pure facts bro, they need to hit a joint

u dont need to smoke to enjoy this

shut ur corny ass up

u talking to me?

Smokers album

I do

+LAS PLAYAS Luke James has some really good reviews if you took the time to watch his videos

Luke is my favorite reviewer hes fast and clear

Same

Preach!!

Dustin Lynch

Ong

😂😂😂 fr

Yea uhhhh thank you..... i agreee

You can for like.. 80's synthpop music with super cheesy, heavily reverbed saxophone solos

DomSeesTheStorm 47 all fax

Bet you were surprised at 20:25

I mean a 7/10 ain't bad so.

This is one of my favorite rap albums ever

No it's Luke James not the singer!

it's Luke James the retired singer turned rap critic

It's the Internet and a lot ppl don't read the description when it said, you guys know that this is my opinion, right?

+Michael Regis A lot of people only read the description, to look at the score, and don't listen to his reasonings

+Michael Regis people don't give a shit I know I don't

The creativity, atmosphere, and vision of this project deserve far more support and recognition than what academically would be considered a failing score (60% - D minus). Same applies for Blank Face. At a certain point it comes across as insulting.

comparing his 0-10 scale to an A-F grading scale is literally the most incorrect way of understanding these scores.......

Nice sarcasm bro.

you think it deserved worse? I thought it was alright and gave it a 5. what made you think it was worse?

+Balla Baby I think he wants it to be higher....

+beefy mario huh? that can't be it. the album was average at best. it'd be ludicrous to put it up any higher

+Balla Baby no I'd give it an 8 I enjoyed it immensely

It’s like saying “The Life of Pablo isn’t focused.” Yes, that’s the entire point. Kanye is divided between being a Christian and his egotistical natural self. Zay is lost in his life, he’s struggling with substance abuse, his upbringing, his fatherhood, and his life as a rapper. These guys seemed to turn their ears off to listen to this one.

@@remingtonbianchi9866 in my opinion TLOP's messy aesthetic sounds purposeful and ironically focused, with the fantastic production and kanye's themes of family, religion, hedonism, fame, etc. he touches on different things to keep you interested. here some of the beats are pretty boring and uninteresting, and isaiah rashad's mumbled delivery gets really tedious towards the end like they said. and its unfocused nature detracts from the album. obviously hes unfocused, but in my opinion he has to have something pop to keep the listener interested, like the amazing woozy production on cilvia demo. doing something badly on purpose does not automatically make that thing good. i liked this album more than them but their criticisms are on the mark. its just too sleepy and uninteresting for most of its runtime in my opinion :/

​@@remingtonbianchi9866 Anthony isn't a hiphop fan like that. He just doesn't get "it" and he grades on a different slope.

@@ugonwigwe5136i can’t remember what song it’s in, but there’s a voicemail in one of the songs that says isaiah needs to find a topic. This and the song find a topic both show how this album is intentionally unfocused

The Impossible kid is the best project this year in my opinion.

Royce da 5"9's Layers rapes this album in the ass. Wat's Wrong and Stuck in the mud were the only songs I considered great

he said 6 or 7

8-9

No this album is a bore. Not trash but very disappointing. 6/10 is a good score

What were you doing with the mcchicken??

Honestly for the best. That shit ain't chicken...

go back to long stroking those mcchickens, fam

Kid Cudi "No more chicken sandwiches. Yes, I'll pay for the damages."

I put down the fries though~~~

he gave blank face a 5

If you're gonna be a Whitney complainer at least get it right. He gave blank face a 5 lol cya

I hate people who complain about Whitney!!

Butters lol got me

cilvia demo is a beautiful album. this one is a watered down version imo

+FLYING OBLIVION hell yea

They're both great albums, nowhere near classics though. A lot of people just like to toss around the word "classic" when referring to any 8/10 or 9/10 albums.

How do you not like cilvia Demo as a hip hop fan?

Who cares though

he gave Bottomless Pit a 9, so sure he does

+Ronald & Hip Hop L

Jeffery was a 7 but Birds should of been an 8

L

+caleb garcia opinions my dude

I mean did u listen to it? This project is very good

And he rated it above average, so chill.

people taking offense lel

+reign W0V3! The Whole album is smoove

What... A weeb? here?

tru

But Kendrick and DG both have multiple very good projects

and now daughters or kanye and cudi

lol kendrick the goat

@@lucashogberg9336 daughters: one good project. KSG: in melons eyes its improvement. The pattern fits

Travis album was meh blank face was bad

+Damon Humble blank face was fire

+Damon Humble enlighten me

blank face was some OG west coast shit, yall are buggin. Travis album was the most generic pop rap shit, watered down rodeo i ever heard. that travis album was terrible

black face was sooo fucking bad.

+Jeeezsus nuts yea I felt this one was a 6 too. black face an 8 tho

Blank Face a nine to me. Ten if it wasn't for e40

"If it ain't Kendrick,it's ain't getting past 6" -Fantano ,BF is a 9 btw

He gave Oxymoron and Control System 8s just saying. This album is a 6, it's decent at times but too inconsistent. Blank Face for me was an 8, easy, I was so shocked when Anthony reviewed it.

To be fair, Blank Face was shit. I was surprised by his generosity on the 5, the one good verse on the album came from Jadakiss.

+Elijah Tan Ahahhahaha take a W both of you

+Elijah Tan Fagthony Sucktano.... Suns Tirade.... FOREVER

...SVESTITE!!

+Elijah Tan 😂😂😂😂👌👌

Lmaooo best comment everr

Lmfao again you dumb ass kids are so fucking dumbed down you can't grasp any of fantano's reviews , shut up and stay in a child's place

prod.3D what the fuck are you saying

james who the hell is pro

Threat thats my old profile pic

@@thedondon911911 lmao u stink

I listened to this MAAAAAANY times, man. As a big Isaiah Rashad fan, I really wanted to like it but I just didn't. I'm not sure if you watched the whole review but I talked quite a bit about his flow, delivery & lyrics. That was actually the main part that let me down.

+Luke James (Album Reviews) I guess I should be specific. His cadences, flow, and lyrics all relate to something of unison vision in regards to the album title and intent. Which recent interviews of his have you seen?

Trey Allen I watched some of the radio interviews he did and also read some pieces/interviews on various hip-hop sites so I knew all about his substance abuse issues, how he damn near got dropped and how he was trying to mess with some new sounds - I also talked about that in this review, I believe. Even knowing all of that and what he was trying to do with this album, I just really wasn't feeling it much. A lot of it was very sluggish for me, personally - but if you're loving it that's good!

+Luke James (Album Reviews) Unless I have missed a new edited upload, I literally typed this comment within one minute in hopes of backspacing it all but that never happened. none of it was brought up. Nonetheless, I'm still confused. you guys mentioned Cilvia was more cohesive and this was dragged out and sluggish. which is interesting because you take away the 1-2 tracks from TST and you're practically left with the same listing as Demo. You enjoyed the first half more ? I believed you stated. (I can see the Cole alternate universe sign) lol

Trey Allen I can't speak for Anthony, but for me, the production is more interesting/varied AND the rapping/content is better on Cilvia Demo. That said, even though this one is only about 15 minutes longer it still makes a pretty big difference for me. Sonically it drags along, the mumbling gets old fast and lyrically I didn't find this as focused as CD. That's just my opinion though!

Kendrick makes better music then Isaiah. I'm a fan of both of them but Kendrick is a better rapper and way more popular.

no shit it would have been good if kendrick made it

Dad Pull Out Please Dad Pull Out Please

Or a lite to a decent DAMN.

but it's not by Kendrick. That's the point. Even Kendrick's delivery and flow in his cameo on this is the best part of the album.

2015 and before: 20% 2016 and beyond: 50%

A lot lol

Not you Dennis

me lmao

Jeffery the GOAT

Because both projects tried to do something different, and Jeffery did what it set out to do better than TST

Well if you just turn that 6 upside down you'll see that it's a 9 now.

Yes but if u play Panda backwards, you'll learn that Satan lives in Atlanta, so...

baole58 Jeffery was better than Slime Season 2??? Hell nah

+Romy Taylor untitled unmastered wasn't really a project, just B-sides

+Romy Taylor untitled unmastered isn't a real project. it's a compilation tape of tpab throwaways

Romy Taylor Kendrick's throwaways are over those 2 projects. You think because those projects had a couple decent songs they deserve an 8?

"Almost ANYONE" a new moniker for Anderson Paak?

untitled unmastered was way better then blank face though. it was more cohesive with only 8 tracks. blank face had too many skippable tracks, beyond then just 3.. its an opinion we can all have one calm down satan

so you like shit?

Big L ^^^^ that's a Big Pun

Lmfao boi

+Jacuzzi La Fleur W

+Midora "Third Tiger" BIG boi

wrong channel L

L dead meme, I bet you still posting Spongar pics.

I miss spongegar MOTY

Implying there are bad songs by Kendrick lamar

+Seattle Made no it's the fact that Anthony seems to dickride Kendrick that's all

hes not dickriding kendrick is the best rapper in the game right now by far,its hard for him not respect the talent

+Tame Impala I didn't say that I was just pointing out what he meant smh

7/10

"Lyrical value"? Cilvia had "Lyrical value", this sounded like he was just saying whatever would fill the tracks up. No song in here has lyricism even close to "Tranquility" from Cilvia. just my opinion, though.

I fuck with this album too, but if I don't fuck with the sound, I can't listen to it no matter how lyrical it is. I don't care what anyone says, lyrics alone are not enough to carry an album.

The reason an album isn't just a person talking/singing is because the "sound" matters....a lot. Reason a serious album can be made without vocals, but can't be made with only vocals (a Capella aside)

no one gives a fuck bout lyrics or bars anymore, intelligence is just for old losers now we are xanax nation praise jesus and turn up wit the homeboys haaay cause pussy is pussy and we all gansta asf now cuz we all watched a chief keef vid and young thug is the new gil scott heron am i right fellas and drop them pants below ya booty so we can be hard together am i right fellas

+Alessandro Moosa rope was. That whole concept of suicide is amazing

Well considering make way better albums than everybody else in TDE ... Of course it would be higher

+ohhyeahhbaby1 you need to stop it

control system was an 8/10

SZA got an 8

He loved q’s album

if you turn a 6 upside down, it would be a rounded P if you want a 9, you would have to rotate the 6 one hundred eighty degrees so the saying should say "rotate the 6, its a 9 now"

Cristian Hidalgo Got it. 😉

+Cristian Hidalgo Shut yo bitch ass up Sheldon

Cristian Hidalgo specify the direction

#8 the amount of melodies on this track are out of this world smoke a blunt then come back.

@Emerald city kid this comment aged like trash lol melody based music rules the world

​@@indicasmok398 if you gotta be high to enjoy a song, then it's not a good song

If you think every rap album that comes out is magically a masterpiece and a strong 8 out of 10 because it isn't COMPLETE TRASH (that's how everyone else seems to think), then yes, because your standards are low.

Lasspeng What do you think of this album?

At some point you must have agreed with him or at least will agree with him in the future

Rashotcake I have agreed with him before. It is just recently, albums like this and Blank Face LP. I enjoyed them so much, and so did the majority of the viewers, but he somehow gave them a low ass rating. A dissapointing rating.

Popular ≠ Good

ROPE

rope gang unite

Yeaaa

Ropes out for the culture

Aged like MILK

shut up

Louie Miles yes sir

felt that

i like it too

im in love with every song on the album

By George is great

fav track

It's my fav on this. I don't get why the hate it so much, it's so wavy..

If the best create a "new wave" why did Rashad ride an already existing one on this album? He even admitted that in interviews that he wanted to do insert the vibe mumbler feel into his project...

Maybe I could've worded that differently or explained further. He might have taken some inspiration from music he was listening to, but it's all very much his own. He said he's been bumping that "Yachty", but none of these tracks seem like something Lil Yachty would appear on. His album is a contrast to most music being released in my opinion.

@@TEFFTPATTERN it's not like that vibe is new to him tho. Hes not catching some other wave. Listen to gil of of pieces of a kid

the fact that it's unfocused is literally the theme

But more reviews with Luke!!!!

or you could stop coming to this channel

Maybe you should just get better taste. At the end of the day, music is art, and the basis of art is creativity, there is no creativity in 15 songs in a 17-track album sounding the same.

like honestly the album is really good, listen to the lyrics and fully understand them and he actually is really good but i legit think 6 was too low

there's a difference between the theme or style of an album and each song sounding the same. there wasnt enough distinction between each song for many standouts except for some from the first half

Idk I really like everyone in TDE. Might be why.

I also really like mumble rap and vibe music so I guess it's just different music tastes

Shows how weak this year's been with rap.

it just was. I feel the same as them. it's just a boring listen for me. I'm guessing people are hyping this album up cause the bar is set low nowadays. people want different things out of their rap music.

@@KrimmReaper can't believe people used to think this shit lmao

Deadass. Their reviews are broken down and you get more then one point of view on all reviews.

CACtano>>>DEHH

the real as in they really boost trash rappers?

This dude like lil yachty calm down. They don't discuss anything about lyrics or concepts. They don't even try to listen to a album multiple times.

Oh and you guys missed the point a lot of times in this review... Taking notes from lil yachty?? Find a topic referring to his critics? He was talking about Dave free if you listened to the voicemail parts.... This review is kinda lazy on your part

supertboi123 gimme some underground rappers I shirk check out

Should*

dude I'm tired of this nigga. always killing my vibe.

Smooth, lazy, jazzy, 'vibey' sh't for 13 or 14 tracks out of 17, with unfocused lyrics out the wazoo, why is this more than a 6 again? it ain't even Cilvia level.

+Alessandro Moosa thank you bro!!!! This album was lazy the whole way through

That doesn't have anything to do with quality , once you let your views of music become biased it's automatically invalid. No everything is opinionated , that's just something kids say because they can't think properly and express their thoughts

+thedondon911911 it's not a bias its an understanding of what rashad is feeling. its a sympathy thing and obviously u mr cold n calculated arent getting that. theres a lot of shit u cant just put in to a box. isaiah is a rlly smart dude and he did an excellent job appealing to someone who feels the same as him. if you dont feel the same it isnt worse like he said its subjective n ur trying to be way too objective about it. chill out

Liam Slone no its biased lmfao, the minute you use "i" is when you lose crediblity. again you kids are so weak minded that you feel like you NEED to relate to someone to like or get them, lmfao no, it doesn't matter how much you "relate" that doesn't take away from the actual quality and execution of the topic or song, lyric wise he's great but the overall project and production here was bland and most of anthony's points are right, im tired of rap being dumbed down by this era, its fucking sad, people use to debate about hip hop like fans do basketball, long, thought provoking, factual debates are now turning into kids pasting the definition of "opinion" over and over because explaining yourself apperently is beyond everyone's thinking capacity, and its always children to which is fucking hilarious, you dont see grown men or fans of any other genre trying to eraticate the word "facts"

+thedondon911911 you could get into music theory and high level writing yes. that is definitely something to take into account when saying whether something is "good" or not but to pretend like music being an art form and art being the way humans deal w the good and bad of our everyday life and who we think we are and what are place is in the world. acting as if u can put it as simply as the production was "bland" is kind of annoying. because ur not being specific the way u just bitched about. im not disagreeing w u on the fact that you can scientifically analyze the piss out of this album and take it apart. but ur kind of missing the entire human psychology part of what makes art subjectively good. not objectively. but if art was made to be objectively good only and not just a way of expressing urself then all wed have is "pop" music. its scientific music. this is music for expression isaiah hits a lot of ppl who are feeling the same way he does and that alone is p great. i think he takes ppl like u into account when making his music and realizes how stupid it would be to lose the art of something to be objectively good. maybe he shud tho so u can shut up w ur weird insecurity about losing touch w the younger generation acting as if its cause theyre naive n they JUST DONT GET IT LIKE U DO BRO. get over urself man

+thedondon911911 wow you're dumb lol

He is NOT invited to the hot box

because it's a good track

+Mezzanine ohh so thats why

It IS one of the best on the album, but these guys are just dick-riding Kendrick. They have no idea what they are talking about. My personal favorite part of the album is the second half of Stuck in the Mud.

CJ Eastt you bet it was

It just wasn’t