You can tell he’s biased for a certain genre of music. Itekoma hits got a 9/10 Daughters album got a 10/10 Death grips albums get a 10/10 Swans Albums get a 10/10
On pinata Freddie really adapted to Madlib and Madlibs style but on bandana it seemed like the opposite. Madlib was going out of his usual zone and creating stuff that really fit Freddie's style
Jamie sounds about right. My order of those 5: 4. Kids See Ghosts 3. You Won't Get What You Want 2. The Money Store 1. To Pimp A Butterfly (Haven't listened to To Be Kind yet, in the middle of listening to Swans discography in chronilogical order)
@Vatnik no mumble rap, he channeled Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony. "thuggin smokin lethal warrior." But it was definitely outside of what we would expect.
RitzKrakerz totally agree, shit is my 2nd favorite song after fake names and that beat switch. But he’s right, Freddie went nuclear weapons testing on this one
Killer Mike while smooth on the chorus I did kinda wish that he spit a verse or two tbh And tbf while Piñata is better, I can’t Deny the highs on this album
Roughly around the time of pinata. The beats on Pinata were probably his signature SP303, some were also made years before 2014, but MED's stuff in late 2014 and 2015 were defo made on iPad (Bad Neighbour)
housekeys doubt it. Madlib been MAJOR CAPPIN. These were not made on an ipad. Maybe some but not most. Many of the beats used for piñata and Bandana can be found on rare beat tapes like raw cake. If he did make them on an ipad they were prolly recreations of what he had on CD which makes more sense since Freddie said he had tons of actual CD and couldnt play them because he needed a CD player. I feel like madlib made the SONGS on an ipad not the beats idk if u get me
@@josechamu240 I get you but madlib isn't responsible for making the songs. He's probably present during mixing sessions but he just makes the beats. And you gotta listen closely to hear they're made on ipad. Or atleast some sort of DAW or modern tech, it doesn't carry the sound of his older and better stuff.
Gat Damn is one of the stronger songs in the album imo. Freddie’s hopeful yet grisly voice rapping about staying positive in prison and working to fight the devil is uplifting and a definite vibe
Yeah I agree. to be honest I think it's a little soon to say that pinata is better when we've had 5 years to soak it up. we need to give bandana a fair amount of time before conclusions can be made.
@@ptrcrispy the production isnt better💀 pinata production more abstract and classy. the way he was chopping up those samples. madlib stole the spotlight from freddie in pinata
How does Madlib using digital technology have anything to do with beat switches? You make it sound like the iPad allowed him to achieve this amazing feat lmao
Lol Fantano doesn't really know what he's talking about here. Madlib uses an MPC app so it's really not all that different than what he's done before. Id bet the whole "Madlib only uses analogue" thing is overblown and he's used programs like Ableton before.
@I’m Right, You’re Wrong So don’t R/woosh me yeah, he has a few great songs here and there but a few songs like "I love it", "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1", "All Mine" or his fucking lame ass verse on Pusha's "Infrared" make me want to scratch my head and say "really Kanye?"... I guess those songs are average and not really that bad, but I'm looking for something as great as MBDTF where he used to rap for more than 20 seconds and where the production was jaw dropping. Not impressed by current Kanye.
@@oshin_aykaz6889 I'm speaking everything after Yeezus, you can't say his latest music is at MBDTF level, you just can't... also, I would say some of his worst songs ever have came out after 2015
Piñata was better imo. Had more memorable songs, and I prefer the production as well. Bandana is still a great album on its own though, it’s the best album I’ve heard so far this year.
I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of Freddie stepping up & Madlib being less consistent. I actually enjoyed the slight experimentation that Madlib used on this album. I found the "cleaner" sounds of Half Manne & Situations actually worked really well with the haunting & sparse melodies he used on those beats to create a cold & harsh vibe that was perfect for Freddie's voice. It makes the album slightly less coherent sound wise as we don't have a sustained nostalgic, old school vibe anymore, but IMO the one flaw of Pinata was how much some of the instrumentals blended together, so I really appreciated the added dynamics these weirder beats offered. I could have done with a couple more introspective storytelling tracks on this album in the same vein as "Broken" or "Deeper", or even something with the intense passion of "Shitsville". If anything I felt that Freddie was a little flatter & less emotionally expressive on Bandana than on Pinata. All in all though I agree it's a great album. It's a solid 8/10 for me as well, & one of my albums of the year so far
crazy how this has only been out for a year and is maybe the only album where if a song from it comes on shuffle in one of my playlists, i leave that playlist immediately and just listen thru the album in full like 3 or 4 times. 10/10 album, idgaf
Anthony. Holy fuck. I just listened to the money store for the first time and oh my fucking god. I dont know why I kept on putting it off saying I dont think I like them. The album actually put me in a trance. Totally deserved 10/10
Situations was my favorite on track on it... It felt like a return to form to one of Freddie's older styles. Love his flow and melodic style to it. It's a bop.
So palmolive has a decent hook from Killer Mike, one of the best Pusha T features to date, but just cuz of the antivax line you didn't include it in the best tracks at all
Papadoc1981 so you base one‘s passion for a certain genre based on what melodies they like? Sounds fair. The beat is very flat for Madlib standards and that vocal sample being looped over and over and over does not exactly make it exciting to listen to. I’ve listened to all of Bandana for like 20 times by now and it’s by far the track I revisit the least
I actually thought this was better than pinata in how cohesively it flowed as an album, and I LOVE pinata so I didn't think they'd find a way to outdo themselves. From a technical standpoint, I think both of them did
something tells me that freddie just wouldn’t give a fuck that “anti vax bars probably aren’t a good idea.” bro has a music video where a crackhead is literally smoking crack center frame. also gat damn top 1 bandana for sure
I pads have way way more technology than most drum machines in circulation at the moment so it should not be looked upon as incredible I pads are equipped with so much production power
Not a single skippable track for me lived to my expectations and I've been listening to it on repeat non-stop. Definitely my favorite album of the year and now we wait for Montana
NAILED IT! Great review anthony. I struggled like hell between 8.5 and 9.0. Gave it a light 9. Barely. Could've gone with 8.5 like you but your rating is almost a light 9 which I gave it so yeah, practically the same. My thoughts are prettyt much spot on the same. Pinata for me has higher highs but is less consistent for my liking, maybe I need to revisit/relisten to it. It's a strong 8.0 for me (Pinata). Bandana is very consistent but doesn't reach those Pinata highs very often. Massage Seats fucking goes.
An 8 is just two zeros stacked on top of each other Anthony why did you hate this album
He hates black people
"Bandana is the worst album of the year, 0/10" ~Anthony 2019
h8*
Jaq F
The number 8 is two Zero’s having sex. The number 0 is a skinny letter O.
@ “your father” stick to hokey pokey
>"Shit's so real, gotta use fake names"
>Vaxthony Vaxtano
>Melon
Being the internets busiest music nerd brings heat... gotta stay lowkey
@@thomasking3567 Don't wanna pull an okey dokey
THEYRE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER TURN THE FRIGGIN' FROGS GAY
Anthony Fantano rating system:
8/10
6/10
NOT GOOD
And a meh/10 for Saba :/
@@iamsyzygy9611 more like a strong 7 and above
I Am Syzygy fuck MBDTF fantanos take care review is the worst review to date
Nah 3/10 as well
@@anthonyl1017 Care for Me review***
I can't believe you gave it a NOT GOOD cause zebras remind you of Logic.
☠️☠️☠️☠️
Sees yellow flannel: “Yessir!”
Sees that it’s only an 8/10: “Whatever!”
I'd kill for my album to get an 8/10
@@nicke.424 Give us the link 🔗
MarTin ShorLux I wonder how many people know that your comment is a Quasimoto reference lmao
10/10 tbh
I “quas” what you did there......
It's gonna be a yellow flannel summer everyone. don't h8 the 8s
You can tell he’s biased for a certain genre of music.
Itekoma hits got a 9/10
Daughters album got a 10/10
Death grips albums get a 10/10
Swans Albums get a 10/10
@@Dsksea it's almost like people like some music more than other
@@Dsksea all 3 of those albums are different genres
@@gracismart i think he means that they are just loud and noisy
Anima next, it's gonna be a 9
I sure hope you washed that flannel Melon, I can smell it from here.
dont worry man, he's got wardrobes full of each flannel, adidas track suit and metal t-shirts he uses.
Why would you even hope he washed it if you could smell it from wherever you're at?
Smells like granola and sadness
Are you stupid or something? You can’t smell a video
EnderKeenan Have you heard of jokes? Are *you* stupid or something?
Pinata = Godfather 1
Bandana = Godfather 2
🔥🔥🔥
@@lostinstrumentalsproject7343 that's fair
Bandana is more like Goodfellas.
Sean STROMAN lets hope their next album Montana isn’t Godfather 3
@@Renecide FACTS fam
for a minute, i thought you were talking about the wiley albums 😂😂
On pinata Freddie really adapted to Madlib and Madlibs style but on bandana it seemed like the opposite. Madlib was going out of his usual zone and creating stuff that really fit Freddie's style
That is so accurate right on sir
shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet I think thats what it is good fuckin ear man
Agreed my man. On some tracks it worked, some it didn’t.
@@si8eria907 maybe some didn't work for you and some others but I can't really pick out any songs I didn't think worked
True
Madlib: uses cleaner drums
Melon: that wasn't very experimental of you
Button it up Anthony, this is a music review not a Burlesque show
Anthony should make a top 100 albums of the decade at the end of the year
Ian Sickles he is. He said he would upload it around January or February of next year
you know Pinata gotta be in top 10 hiphop wise
TPAB no doubt #1
Jamie sounds about right.
My order of those 5:
4. Kids See Ghosts
3. You Won't Get What You Want
2. The Money Store
1. To Pimp A Butterfly
(Haven't listened to To Be Kind yet, in the middle of listening to Swans discography in chronilogical order)
@Jamie w
i turn that 8 upside down is an 8 now
I literally just compared the two digits in your comment.
Drake: Hold it right there *grabs blackberry*
Now turn it on its side ∞ and it's infinite!
OVO ghostwriters: Repeat that again
this is beyond science
How can you not like Situations.. that’s one of the best tracks on the album.
It's really bad dude. I get some mumble rap vibes from it
David Karlsson How tf is that mumble rap? You got too much wax in your ear.
@@davidphilipkarlsson no your hearing is bad dude
Bc like most ppl he can't just appreciate something thoroughly without throwing a bit of hate in there somewhere
@Vatnik no mumble rap, he channeled Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony. "thuggin smokin lethal warrior." But it was definitely outside of what we would expect.
situations being absolute heat makes this a 9/10 tbqh fam
RitzKrakerz totally agree, shit is my 2nd favorite song after fake names and that beat switch.
But he’s right, Freddie went nuclear weapons testing on this one
Killer Mike while smooth on the chorus
I did kinda wish that he spit a verse or two tbh
And tbf while Piñata is better, I can’t Deny the highs on this album
RitzKrakerz 💯
madlib has been producing beats on the ipad for a while now, he didn't switch over just for this record
Roughly around the time of pinata. The beats on Pinata were probably his signature SP303, some were also made years before 2014, but MED's stuff in late 2014 and 2015 were defo made on iPad (Bad Neighbour)
housekeys doubt it. Madlib been MAJOR CAPPIN. These were not made on an ipad. Maybe some but not most. Many of the beats used for piñata and Bandana can be found on rare beat tapes like raw cake. If he did make them on an ipad they were prolly recreations of what he had on CD which makes more sense since Freddie said he had tons of actual CD and couldnt play them because he needed a CD player. I feel like madlib made the SONGS on an ipad not the beats idk if u get me
@@josechamu240 I get you but madlib isn't responsible for making the songs. He's probably present during mixing sessions but he just makes the beats. And you gotta listen closely to hear they're made on ipad. Or atleast some sort of DAW or modern tech, it doesn't carry the sound of his older and better stuff.
@@josechamu240 also id question the legitimacy of the "Raw Cake" CD's
Palmolive gotta be in fav tracks man
True but mista bandano doesn't like anti vax line
Gat Damn is one of the stronger songs in the album imo. Freddie’s hopeful yet grisly voice rapping about staying positive in prison and working to fight the devil is uplifting and a definite vibe
That's a strange way to spell Freddie Gibbs and Madlib "Bandana" 🤔
Bro what are you even talkin about?
Lmao
That's a weird way to spell Banana
8:44
>says "that's it" & doesn't follow it up with "an education"
2014- PIŃATA
2019- BANDANA,
2024- HORCHATA?
M O N T A N A
*PASSATA*
Day 930 of asking Anthony to review despacito 😔
@@claycall1144 ????
Can't wait till the next virus outbreak so he can re-review this for a 10
ok how is this not the top comment??
There's a different virus getting traction now will that work?
Will Cantor wtf
Will Cantor are you a time traveler? 🤯
You can't always trust edited comments.....
Just like Piñata, this album will just grow on you. I think lyrically, Freddie has never been better.
Yeah I agree. to be honest I think it's a little soon to say that pinata is better when we've had 5 years to soak it up. we need to give bandana a fair amount of time before conclusions can be made.
I hated Piñata when I first heard it lol.
Youre gonna prefer Bandana real soon, the production is better and tailored to Freddie. Freddies rapping skills has never been better
@@ptrcrispy the production isnt better💀 pinata production more abstract and classy. the way he was chopping up those samples. madlib stole the spotlight from freddie in pinata
@@Duantee and madlib gave freddie some of his most challenging beats to rap over for bandana and he absolutely killed it.
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib missed the perfect opportunity to make their duo named MadGibbs
I decided to introduce my friends to TheNeedleDrops
after that intro i have no more friends
Thank you for coming to my kid's birthday party last night. He really enjoyed it.
Electrus Boom ur profile pic makes this 10x funnier
How does Madlib using digital technology have anything to do with beat switches? You make it sound like the iPad allowed him to achieve this amazing feat lmao
I was going to say that
Lol Fantano doesn't really know what he's talking about here. Madlib uses an MPC app so it's really not all that different than what he's done before. Id bet the whole "Madlib only uses analogue" thing is overblown and he's used programs like Ableton before.
Next is the plugs I met by benny the butcher, another sick pusha t feature.
Griselda!
Yea thane drop that fly god 🔥🔥🔥
plugs i met shits on bandana
@@lucidjackson8291 stop smoking. They both great albums.
fantano gave madgibbs album a 8 cuz freddie gibbs a antivaxer
The Japanese Guy being all black and Gangsta is the definite highlight of the album.
HE WENT HARD! ! !
no fukuboisu, riiru niggasu onri
No yellow bandana? I'm dissapointed.
Dan Bing this should be the top comment
Strong 9 for me. Situations was also one of the highlights for me.
it could even be a ten ngl
Too bad Yandhi isn't ever dropping for that back 2 back 10s.
I’m Right, You’re Wrong So don’t R/woosh me exactly
if Yandhi ends up being lazy like most modern Ye songs then I hope it gets cancelled too.
@I’m Right, You’re Wrong So don’t R/woosh me yeah, he has a few great songs here and there but a few songs like "I love it", "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1", "All Mine" or his fucking lame ass verse on Pusha's "Infrared" make me want to scratch my head and say "really Kanye?"... I guess those songs are average and not really that bad, but I'm looking for something as great as MBDTF where he used to rap for more than 20 seconds and where the production was jaw dropping. Not impressed by current Kanye.
SMEGMAZ modern? Kanye released TLOP, MBDTF, Ye and KSG all some of the best albums of the past few years and had some of the best production too
@@oshin_aykaz6889 I'm speaking everything after Yeezus, you can't say his latest music is at MBDTF level, you just can't... also, I would say some of his worst songs ever have came out after 2015
Piñata: Showcases Madlib’s skills
Bandana: Showcases Freddie’s skills
Piñata was better imo. Had more memorable songs, and I prefer the production as well. Bandana is still a great album on its own though, it’s the best album I’ve heard so far this year.
I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of Freddie stepping up & Madlib being less consistent. I actually enjoyed the slight experimentation that Madlib used on this album. I found the "cleaner" sounds of Half Manne & Situations actually worked really well with the haunting & sparse melodies he used on those beats to create a cold & harsh vibe that was perfect for Freddie's voice. It makes the album slightly less coherent sound wise as we don't have a sustained nostalgic, old school vibe anymore, but IMO the one flaw of Pinata was how much some of the instrumentals blended together, so I really appreciated the added dynamics these weirder beats offered. I could have done with a couple more introspective storytelling tracks on this album in the same vein as "Broken" or "Deeper", or even something with the intense passion of "Shitsville". If anything I felt that Freddie was a little flatter & less emotionally expressive on Bandana than on Pinata. All in all though I agree it's a great album. It's a solid 8/10 for me as well, & one of my albums of the year so far
Situations in least favorite tracks man HUH??
Grant S he smoking dope clearly !!
R Sykes no doubt ! Freddie’s flow is hypnotizing on that track
Massage seats was one of my favorite tracks on the album. The beat seemed like one of those goto’s for a freestyle session.
On top of da world world
appreciate the review but you didnt have to refer to MF DOOM's collab album as "MADNIGGANY"
This isn’t even remotely clever. Why do these comments still get likes
I enjoyed this a bit more than piñata. Madlib dabbling in trap beats better fit Gibbs style. Amazing Album
Didn’t talk about Pusha T on Palmolive literally one of the highlights on this album
crazy how this has only been out for a year and is maybe the only album where if a song from it comes on shuffle in one of my playlists, i leave that playlist immediately and just listen thru the album in full like 3 or 4 times. 10/10 album, idgaf
homestuck
@@imatakuvnarod das me babey
In 2021 Vaxthony Vaxtano has such a different meaning
Yeah this album was SOO needed !
It’s Freddie Gibbs melon, not Freddie 🅱️enson
vaxxthony vaxxtano before covid??
I love the juxtaposition on “crime pays” like the gang lyrics combined with the cheesy lounge/east listening instrumental just works
Anthony. Holy fuck. I just listened to the money store for the first time and oh my fucking god. I dont know why I kept on putting it off saying I dont think I like them. The album actually put me in a trance. Totally deserved 10/10
Situations was my favorite on track on it... It felt like a return to form to one of Freddie's older styles. Love his flow and melodic style to it. It's a bop.
" You get an 8! You get an 8! You too get an 8! This is a good season for music! " -Fantano, probably
Good season is 9s/10s
8 is just little better than mediocre
This might be my favorite album of all time, not gonna lie, best song is education, 10/10
Education is so goated
I love you melon. I hope you’re living your best life you the man
So palmolive has a decent hook from Killer Mike, one of the best Pusha T features to date, but just cuz of the antivax line you didn't include it in the best tracks at all
The beat is not that good and Pusha’s Verse while being great lyrically doesn’t sound all that great tbh
@@nomongosinthaworld The Palmolive beat goes hard. I question any fan's true love of hiphop if their head stays still when that track plays.
idkman the beat not that good? 🤨🤨
Papadoc1981 so you base one‘s passion for a certain genre based on what melodies they like? Sounds fair. The beat is very flat for Madlib standards and that vocal sample being looped over and over and over does not exactly make it exciting to listen to. I’ve listened to all of Bandana for like 20 times by now and it’s by far the track I revisit the least
Angel Bautista for Madlib standards it’s super lame
This grew on me to a 10/10 ngl
I actually thought this was better than pinata in how cohesively it flowed as an album, and I LOVE pinata so I didn't think they'd find a way to outdo themselves. From a technical standpoint, I think both of them did
Solid 8.5/10 for me. Truly a modern classic rap album
Great review but I disagree when you said you’d rather have lil xan as a feature instead of pusha T.
I wanna hear a knxwledge and Freddie Gibbs album
Why am I not surprised antithony vaxtano gave this album an 11/10
That beat switch on Fake Names was legendary
Personally this is my favorite Freddie Gibbs album.
something tells me that freddie just wouldn’t give a fuck that “anti vax bars probably aren’t a good idea.” bro has a music video where a crackhead is literally smoking crack center frame. also gat damn top 1 bandana for sure
“least fav track - situations”
aaaaaand i click off the video immediately
Least fav track *Situations?!* 😧
As an iPad user, finding out madlib made all of the beats on his iPad instantly makes this album a 10
a lot of these werent actually
Piñata is better
I pads have way way more technology than most drum machines in circulation at the moment so it should not be looked upon as incredible I pads are equipped with so much production power
Do Benny The Butcher next!!
Not a single skippable track for me lived to my expectations and I've been listening to it on repeat non-stop. Definitely my favorite album of the year and now we wait for Montana
MF Doom should've been on this album.
Ik this is old but holly hell how is this not a 10 fantanooooo? What does it take to get a 10. (Love you still fantano but im offended 😡)
I definitely could have used more Killer Mike as well
Album of the year! I loved it on my first listen, Bandana and IGOR are my top two albums... Waiting for number 3.
Palmivole isn't top tracks and Situations is least fav track? hmmmmm
2013: the year melon learns to Harlem Shake
2015: the year melon learns to skate
2019: melon’s year of the 8
"Fly God is an Awesome God" by Westside Gunn comes out tomorrow. Don't believe you have reviewed anything from Griselda Records yet.
SoManyThoughts so hyped for that album
THE MAD MAN JUST WON'T STOP YELLOWING
I’m mad you didn’t like “Gat Damn” that’s song is a jam
How is this an 8 and Piñata is a 9. Both 9s imo
Wow cant believe he made EVERY beat on an ipad technology is crazy
Who else is waiting for the "Case Study 01" Daniel Caesar review?
5/10
Video starts at 8:47 btw
NAILED IT! Great review anthony. I struggled like hell between 8.5 and 9.0. Gave it a light 9. Barely. Could've gone with 8.5 like you but your rating is almost a light 9 which I gave it so yeah, practically the same. My thoughts are prettyt much spot on the same. Pinata for me has higher highs but is less consistent for my liking, maybe I need to revisit/relisten to it. It's a strong 8.0 for me (Pinata). Bandana is very consistent but doesn't reach those Pinata highs very often. Massage Seats fucking goes.
Gonna call the homies and watch this and your invalid opinion with them.
How is situations his least favorite the flows and beat are supreme
Situations is literally the best track off bandana like wtf
Antini Vaxtano. Missed opportunity.
Practice and cataracts back to back is just a 10/10.
Man tbh I thought they outdid themselves i like bandanna better than piñata
Bob John Big facts, Bandana is better. Melon head is trippin on this one.
me 2
this album is a 9 Melon, you’re wrong
Bout to be 6 yellow flannels in a row
This album is pretty great listening all the way through! Really loved it!
Piñata should have been a 10 and this should have been a 9 and Alfredo should have been a 10
An 8 for an album that is a follow up to a classic and a real lighting in a bottle album is pretty damn good
Well that intro aged well...
Missed opportunity to wear a yellow bandana
Thanks melon, now I can more confidently like this album.
I gave Satan 666/10
Thank god, now i can finally hate situations