It takes balls to publicly give Lil pump's project a 7

I really started to appreciate Anthony when he gave Thank U, Next an 8. I loved that album, but I was basically anticipating him to dunk on it because I'm so used to music nerds just tearing apart Ariana Grande or whoever's popular at the time even when they're outputting very high-quality stuff. Funnily enough, Anthony's openness to pop music is what made me receptive to indie music. Before him, I had assumed that indie music mostly fell into the categories of bland guitar ballads or weird hyper-abstract avant-garde art experiments that I couldn't possibly comprehend. Anthony got me to realise that really, it's not all that different from pop music, it isn't a different art form, good pop music is comparable to good indie music. It was something my brain hadn't really processed until I saw him giving the same type of positive feedback to a pop album, feedback which I _agreed_ with, to other albums which I assumed were out of my reach.

@@kanon3335 it is tho

Mr. Moodle I agree, some artists are straight up making pop music but not getting any recognition for it. That’s why I despise the ppl who say “pop sucks, I hate the top 40.”

he's never open-minded about certain genres though, and is more open to others. Like any noisy experimental hip-hop a-la Death Grips is a guaranteed 6/10-and-above usually

I mean he is the busiest music nerd and even has the best teeth in the game

trust he been at this consistently for 10 fucking years plus managing separate channels

He reviews like one album every 4 days lmao

@@danieldemaras3099 You think he's just chilling around his house until he decides he wants to review an album and then gets the whole video made in an hour or so? It's clear that a shit load of work is put into his job.

Daniel Demaras bruh be releases a review like everyday

good for you

Best video about me I’ve seen, tbh. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Lol.

@@theneedledrop oh hey guy from hot ones

theneedledrop are you the internets busiest music nerd

@@theneedledrop Oh its Sean Evan's sidekick

Imagine someone who doesn't know who Fantano is watches this video and goes to check out his latest video. He would be so confused.

Omega

its probably one of his best reviews tho

it was an omega/10 how’s that not a review???

The ending of that video was heartwarming though. Important in times like these.

Exactly!! Fantano has an opinion, as does Alfo, as do the rest of us. They’re just opinions! If Fantano gives something a fat goose egg and it’s your favourite album, who gives a shit?

I spent the whole video thinkin about this...

MBDTF is the best Kanye album !!!!

guys look I said a nice thing on the internet everyone give me likes

THIS!

same.

same.

same.

Same. I mean he introduced me to The Money Store which is now one of my favorite albums of all time. That's however the only 10 from him I'd agree on unfortunately

same.

You should check out Spectrum Pulse then. He’s one of those critics where I don’t share the same tastes at all but I will watch his videos because his reviews are just that good. To me, he genuinely takes music critique to an artful level without the pretentiousness that is way too common in the music blogging scene.

@@drewgadbois I find him very obnoxious. Same with ARTV guy.

Leonardo Peña Critiquing art in general is inherently obnoxious and pandering. I think with Mark and to some degree Fantano, their style makes the review feel separate from the music they’re reviewing. Can’t say the same for ARTV though

bro just watch deep cuts. He is way better than Fantano.

Isaac Davies no he’s not tho he makes nearly entirely different content

Ive found that he's just, recommended so much good music to me, but even when he gives a negative review to an album or song i dont like, it doesnt make me dislike the song, if that makes any sense, it just gives me a different opinion on that thing, like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy is my favorite album ever, and he rated it a 6, i dont really care though, thats just what he things

@@brandonwhite2401 congratulations, unlike many people you have a healthy and productive reaction to criticism of media.

Nathan Trujillo he rates on a artist by artist bases, scores of one artist shouldn’t be compared to other artists

@Nathan Trujillo Because the scores can't be compared 1 to 1 between artists, especially when the score takes into account what he expects from that particular artist for example.

There are plenty of albums where I disagree with Fantano's opinion, i.e., Lana del Rey's music; however, I cannot say that I have ever watched a review from him and did not understand why he felt the way he did. Whether he likes an album or dislikes it, what is more important than the score is the why, and even if his scores miss the mark sometimes, he never fails to explain himself.

Same I got so much music from him

the comment section in my opinion is so unbareable and cringe, that I just completely ignore it. Its repetetive and bad jokes.

his comment section is goated fr

Tbh like legit half of death grips’ fanbase might be from Fantano. It’s hard to assign an actual amount so I guess it may be less or more, but I’m pretty sure it’s substantial

Same bro

I... Agree

@sylvester squeal I have some bad news for you about black dresses...

To be honest, I don’t think I ever would have gotten into Death Grips if it weren’t for him.

Dalton Ringey I heard :’( so fucking shitty

Underrated comment 😂

You're the best, you're the best

@@eddiekaspbrak4624 where should humans live next?

Planet Earth Forever

and he's thicc

Ryan Shea he really is

@@whereisforest He really is a very beautiful man.

Same. About 80% of things I like were introduced to me by fantano.

Tbf I agree with that, don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed

@@ethanielclyne5810 it is a good album, for me it tops at a 9/10 but people really be looking it as Best album of all time lmao.

Well for me it's top 5 of all time

Idk that it's a masterpiece or anything but it's one of the most iconic albums of the past decade.

@@martinbogadomartinesi5135 it's a 9/10 for me too. hell of a life, lost in the world, who will survive in america (i know its not a song but it doesn't relate to the album) bring it down for me but i love pretty much every other track

The internet's busiest music nerd and the BEST TEEF IN THE GAME

this isn’t a crossover

It’s a joke. Don’t take it too seriously.

Blink and you'll miss it LMAOOOOO

He had to show a random pic because dunkey hasn't revealed his face yet. But yeah he should have at least chose a pic of a black person.

ayaan bazaz No. Haven’t you seen his 500K subs face reveal? He’s actually of Puerto Rican descent.

@@GenericJhare At least you didn't comment before you realized and trigger an r/wooosh reaction.

Ahh it's just mixed up. You see the real dunkey at the bottom left of the critics category.

WHO CAREEEEEES DUDDDE TFFF

he still has some terrible opinions tho

@@lotuscoma4127 as does everyone else

@@lotuscoma4127 because you disagree with him...?

@@xbenci MBDTF= 6 Beerbongs & Bentleys= 7

@@lotuscoma4127 the opinion might "terrible" in your view but he still does a great job explaining why he thinks the way he does

Nah u can have trash taste in music. The thing is even tho its subjective its still up to you if u want to challenge yourself and listen to smth new smth experimental or smth u didnt like before. If someone is listening only to radio pop music that's alright but u cant call it a 'different taste' that's almost not having any taste in music at all

you FREAK, how dare you enjoy something the music god said was bad, REEEEEEEEE

Exactly

Except for the glasses. But that's kind of a plus, so yes absolutely BASED and CAL-PILLED take

True. They influenced some of the “boring” and “worst” movie reviewers in the platform.

@@BillBilliamson You put boring and worst in quotation marks, implying that you don't actually mean it. I don't know if that was your intention

And he deserves it

@@larskerkhof8835 Couldn't agree more

Very happy melon memes made it to this video

@@jacksoncatalano1452 I'm personally not lmao. I AM THE JOKE POLICE /s but nah fr, i dislike what the comments section of Fantano has become. While Anthony is clearly much more into explaining everything about what he enjoyed from an album, the comments section begs to differ, as most people just know making the 6345th n word joke is going to get clicks. It's the 1 line joke reviews all over again. No hate towards people who make joke, I've made that joke A TON, but moreso, i wished there were more thoughtful comments that sometimes actually pertained to the video, and that happens on only albums that are "very sad" such as Circles and A Crow Looked at Me. More "huh, i never thought of that" or "i agree with you on that aspect" comments.

Very original and funny comment. We got a comedian here.

@@anuel3780 There are some instances were the comment section does appear completely...normal. And it's uncanny when it happens. It mostly happens when the video calls for it. Like on the posthumous album Circles from Mac Miller. I find that to be kind of funny.

Or he just has his own taste? He loves welcome to the black parade. You can't just dismiss his opinions by saying he has a certain "expertise" he likes some popular music, he dislikes others, like literally everyone

@Kian Ontong I wasn’t dismissing any of his opinions, I was just saying that a lot of his opinions on more mainstream music are quite unpopular

Bingo.

Nope, you are nitpicking and biased, I win bye bye

@@kishenraghavan572 dammit you beat me, but thats only cause i was blindfolded, the mouse was unplugged and my little brother is typing for me

@@sparksk8er DAMN, that comment made me really feel like Batman.

That Dunkey video is one of my favorite videos on KZfaq. Videogamedunkey is a master of making incredibly rewatchable videos, no other content creator does that for me.

That being said, the real best content creator is: SUPA MARIO BROTHAS 2!!!

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preach. im also 17 and i can't with the laziness our generation displays when it comes to music and honestly, i feel its part of the reason why the quality of music, or pop in specific, is deteriorating.

@@princesseze2148 yeah man. Tik tok is hurting the music industry. Like people just get hits off of the sounds or whatever. It sucks because there is great stuff out there getting released weekly but some of these guys will never blow up unless they get a viral song off of the internet.

That’s majority of music consumers for ya right there unfortunately

I think most music fans would rather do that then working in a cubicle from 9 to 5. Man... thank you for this. It made my day. Thank you. ❤💥

More like CHAD taste

That's so funny let's bring the lame joke that ruins the Fantano comment section over to the Alfo comment section

that was probably the part of the video I disliked the most. it was the most obvious choice one could make to prove that point and really the only reason we disagree with that score it's because it's low. he explains very well why he doesn't like the album in that review; yes, his first review of it was bad, but the redux made me understand why he gave it that score and there's nothing wrong about it

Benci I mean it’s alfo’s favorite album of all time so it kinda makes sense

Wow hilarious AND original!!!

Sean Jossy Yeah I think that’s the best service that music critics provide, putting people on to new things they might not have sought out on their own