Jack Harlow is TRASH!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Jack Harlow dropped a new album COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU, solidifying himself as the Billy Madison of Hip Hop. I had hope for Harlow...no, no I didn't, I thought he was trash for a minute now.
Jack Harlow - COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Full Album Tracklist
1. Talk Of The Town
2. Young Harleezy
3. I’d Do Anything To Make You Smile
4. First Class
5. Dua Lipa
6. Side Piece
7. Movie Star
8. Lil Secret
9. I Got A Shot
10. Churchill Downs
11. Like A Blade Of Grass
12. Parent Trap
13. Poison
14. Nail Tech
15. State Fair
There are no best tracks. - เพลง
If you haven't noticed Saweetie getting a pass based solely on her personality and looks. The industry is focusing on relatability and personality rather than the quality of the music.
@@romaretaylor9953 Saweetie has 3 solo platinum songs and one of them is triple platinum
WHO LIKES HER AYO WHO
@@romaretaylor9953 SAWEETIE drops hits all the time . My type , tap in , closer ,
And Coi
Using the Drake card without the classic music
As a Jack listener from 2019 before the whole What’s Poppin thing, it’s clear to see he’s already sold his style to the mainstream. While that may not be a bad thing, it can make the music boring and unoriginal as hell. He used to flow like butter on some songs and utilize his voice really well, but now it’s just half-assed verses and average beats with A-list celebrity features not doing anything.
hit the nail on the head there big fella
Agree I feel like the same for migos sadly
@@brnsde539 truly sad what happened to Migos. Had the world at their feet, but chose to make mediocre half-asses songs and over-saturate their albums with filler.
like Shawn said, imo he’s style didn’t change that much when he got popular, but he’s best songs are still his older ones
adding to your list: using samples of popular songs to make mediocre songs
the most annoying thing about harlow is that he spends ALLL his interviews talking about 'how we gotta bring lyrical rap back/how he's upping his pen game' - then he drops the most sterile plug-n-play album ever - he legit sounds JUST like every half-assed college rapper i went to school with...
He literally used the same themes for every single song in the album. " I'll do anything to see you smile" my one stand out hit. Everything else is derivative. What a shame
Plug n play record 😂
You can thank the label for that. They hinder most new artist. He needs more creative control. Label just want radio hits not real lyrics.
@@jwil2414 What a load of BS. Excuses.
Show me where he hasn't sounded like that though lol
His first mistake is idolizing and following Drake's "aRTiStRy" 😭
People can't separate the person from the art. He's a likable, cool ass guy.
His music is empty and bland and has no personality. Decent technical flow and nothing else.
Unfortunately we in that era now where you just gotta look like a rapper and = success, rather than actually having rap skills.
@@unknwngamer1 u saying he can't rap💀
@@unknwngamer1 Jack has actual rap skills, this is coming from someone who thinks both of his albums are 5/10s at best. Thing is jack doesn't have album skills, so far he can't make an interesting album for the life of him. That's just me.
@@yung_dagger_d1469 can he? you can rap too then… mediocre lyrics u yourself can write in 3 minutes over an average catchy beat. rap= dying
@@beaualIoevv You're acting like Jack can't rap at all, go watch some freestyles. Anyone can instantly hear that this man is legit.
Y’all need to realize that while nothing is awful, all the elements, from writing to lyricism to production, are devoid of ideas. There’s nothing distinct here. That’s what an album needs.
I would rather have an album that is awful if the artist is still pushing some kind of limits. Harlow just pushed the “generic asf” button with this album
@@jordan12118 exacrly
disagree
@@BoxOfCurryos list a single unique idea
Disagree u don’t need to be original or even change anything at all to be good as long as it sounds good which it did
Jack Harlow is a budget post Malone
They’re both trash and they don’t even remotely make the same music.
Damn budget of budget, almost free
I really like his chill songs with nostalgic lo-fi type beats like Walk in the park, heavy hitter, and big chillin. I'd love to hear more tracks like that I wasn't a fan of the direction this album went
Exactly that’s the actual jack Harlow we all know this new persona he’s putting on with his music is just trash
Yea Shawn is acting like his old songs were the same. The production was FAR better and he could use a few different flows. After That’s What they all Say his discography became trash to mid.
@@Yoshsterpalooza facts he just became this industry 🌱 and it sucks
@@edriesgardezi2563 he’s not an industry plant, but his label might be influencing him to make music that caters to women.
You should listen to OUT FRONT and Creme (Creme is a little less of the lofi beat thing but it's still pretty chill but fire) then because they're pretty chill songs and are some of my favorite Jack Harlow songs with OUT FRONT being my favorite Jack Harlow song ever
Jack Harlow is a better celebrity than he is a musician and that's all that really needs to be said. He's seen Drake's blueprint and is running with it. He knows he can get by making mediocre music, because his personality and public persona is what's going to carry him.
It’s a shame because earlier projects have a lot of heart and we’re unique
@@leocartwright5471 💯
Drake’s music when he was first coming out and around 2012-2015 was immaculate. Now? He’s just meh.
complete facts
This is facts
The Urkel/Stefan comparison was masterful.
Lack Larlow = mid
Exactly he’s trying to skip the early drake phase but the early drake phase is what made us fuck with drake
Wait. 🤣 I can see it lol 😂
@@beaualIoevv Lack Larlow 💀 I’m using that
Lack Larlow 💀
people overreacting in both extremes when it comes to Jack Harlow so much right now. He's neither the next coming of Drake, nor is he the worst rapper of all time or had the worst album in years. People get caught in the hype in both ways, the reality is that he is mid , nothing more nothing less. But still i can enjoy his music
Facts.
Exactly he’s meh to me with a couple somewhat catchy songs lol
considering i dont care for drake much or empty platidude driven "RAP". That people actually buy into...bc were talking "PEOPLE" that wouldnt have listened to rap in the 80s/90s mind you...yet HERE WE ARE. SAME ppl still not bumping 80s/90s rap....yet are "hip-hop" fans...and huge lovers of the made for consumption EMPTY PLATITUDE driven hip-hop. Drake has ppl writing his songs; and some of the worlds best producers on the majority of his tracks. SO even if the lyrics lack actual substance the beat matches perfectly with the fuccboi vibes. Just think about how many date-rapes and bastards were brought upon thanks to drake...and now jack can carry that torch. U think ppl that like jack harlow bump, blade, or suicide boys XD....yet theyre all the same white kids/crowds/AF1 wearing cookie cutter humans...their parents used to crowd around and turn up to madonna/hair metal...nothing new here. Same shit kids that dont know who their daddy is...and MOMS that dont know either XD.
i think a lot of his acceptance in the hip hop world comes from the fact that he came up the old fashion way. doing free shows locally week after week, finding an audience locally first ( a lot of people my age / friends went to his shows back then), then finding gigs at real venues like music festivals, and eventually getting his radio hit. it's not as common to come up like that these days, and i think thats respected among peers as evident by the features he's getting and general reception. I'm not huge on his music either, and im from the same city, but I won't deny that the dude has been through the trenches so to speak.
Nah he came up because the hoards of white suburban kids love him and prop him up . No one else
I AM SO TIRED OF WATCHING WHITE PPL IMITATE US. YALL HATE US AND KILL US BUT WANT TO BE US THEN STEAL OUR CULTURE AND RESELL IT BACK TO US AND THE WORLD AS IF YOU CREATED IT - DISGUSTING.
I think it's because of the marketing and fake propaganda they put in behind him. All that hype does not show or translate on social media. It's paid for. Plant
XD "We went to his shows back then" bro its ok to say bc the crowd he attracted werent all going home with JACK that night....its ok to be honest
He doesn’t sound anything like he did since 2018-2019. I know that’s not far off. However he’s dropped multiple projects since then and they’re all MID.
Now he’s mimicking Drake at every turn and using his sex appeal more than making actual great music. His bars are average and he was carried by the beat for most of the songs. At this point Jack Harlow is more of a character entertaining women than a rapper.
They all the same type of style & approach its all been mid
He was also really terrible in 18-19 though
I kinda agree. His older stuff were harder
Dude was making solid fuckin records “loose” album was fantastic, confetti was alright there was some bops but yeah these new albums meh
@@jakemilano8868 no he wasn’t. Gazebo and loose were quality
I must say the community was very disrespectful comparing this man to Drake. Drake second album was Take Care and this is what he dropped. Jack may not even be lucky enough to drop an album that's better than Thank Me Later
Thats what im sayin!!! there is LEVELS to this. Drake at the same age was far better lyricly ,vocally and perfomance-wise
@@joellgdi2057 I went through Thank me Later today, I’m listening like Jack does not have the ability to make fireworks and the resistance or even the versatility of a shut it down
@@romaretaylor9953 stop it.
@@romaretaylor9953 bro thank me later has over , fireworks, find your love , fancy and many more in case u forgot😂
@@joellgdi2057 your right idk what I was thinking. I like some of jacks music but he’s not drake and never will be
It took you EIGHT minutes to finally accurately describe him "painfully generic and inventive." Thank you
Jack Harlow continues to channel Drake’s music and persona to the point that it is indeed disrespectful. Even when on the same track as Drake you can tell he’s trying too hard, and it’s not landing
the irony of him talking about "lyricisms" when drake had his meek mill dis-track ghost written among OTHERS....i mean the industry as a whole and its fans are a hoot just a circus and a crowd. EMPTY platitude after empty platitude
Thing I give Jack credit for, he knows his audience. That is…ppl who don’t listen to rap like that. He is what G-Eazy always wanted to be. But in the long run, especially with his personality, he don’t even have to give much effort. Idk how much longer he’ll be relevant due to the fact.
G Eazy gave me a “cool guy at the club but I wouldn’t wanna be around him after that” vibe. I feel like that’s why he fell off eventually. Jack is like a dope guy you’d actually want to hang out with. Music wise however, he NEEDS to create some sort of substance in his work. We get it, you fuckin all day everyday. So is every other rapper.
G-eazy was suppose to be that 50 style rapper that bring back greaser theme back this in the rap game. He have both somewhat meh and some good songs and I'm a G-Eazy fan.
Why the focus on Jack tho??😂 His flow/voice on beats is smooth as butter. lyrics are laidback, nothing to intricate but still has solid lines. There is SO much trash out there and you mfs shine a extra spotlight on Jack for some reason😂 and he's fuckin decent he's not even bad lol
I agree. G Eazy went super pop and it didn’t work out for him. He lost everything that made him unique and just became another generic white rapper. Meanwhile Jack’s music may be heading more towards generic, his personality is still the same and that’s what people gravitate towards. Not to mention apparently G can’t stay faithful in a relationship to save his life. There’s a thin line between lady’s man and sleezeball…
@@W4TSKY I just hope he goes back in that greaser style again, he can pop back if he does goes back that what made him unique and his latest album is not that bad is just Sony like always failed to promote him. The instructions with YG, Hate the way why always I miss you with Blackbear, Provided with Chris Breezy, and Faithful with Marc E Bassy are actually good singles. I think should move to Dre's Aftermath label, TDE, Kendrick PJLang agency to give him the freedom he deserve I can't stand when white boys tries to be another Drake, trapstar, or popstar just be you because your rap art and flow is telling your story and describing what type of person you are.
When I saw that Jack had 52 MILLION Monthly Listeners on Spotify landing him at the 15TH most streamed artist on the platform while Drake only had 53 million, I immediately sensed a problem…
@amr3 Even before Industry Baby he had way over 35 mil Spotify monthly listeners 😭 that's more than Youngboy, Gunna, Durk, Kodak, Uzi, Lil Baby and Future ffs
@@martinelli7662 before industry baby what’s poppin was still doing crazy numbers and was a massive hit. Majority of those monthly listeners are literally only listening to what’s poppin, industry baby or first class and haven’t listened to anything else in his discog. Y’all act like monthly listeners = fans, he’s only got 6M Insta followers and when those hits die down his monthly listeners are definitely gonna drop down to the 10-15 million mark y’all are insane if you don’t think so.
Jack Harlow has more monthly listeners then Beyoncé, Adele, Mariah Carey, Snoop, Pharrell, Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, it goes to show you that a steaming platform matter at a certain point doesn’t matter
@@malcolmxpanther once again because he’s had a lot of recent hits monthly listeners does not equal fans.
Y'all also are leaving out that Spotify has mixed playlists.... What's Poppin and as well Industry Baby is all throughout Spotify's suggested playlist.
I saw another woman on tiktok basically saying he's a savior for bw and I don't understand why. I guess bc he hasn't made colorist remarks or degraded bw specifically but like you said, he makes fuckboy music so it doesn't make him much diff from other rappers lol. I think maybe girls like him bc of his personality outside of music? I only liked one song by him and it was "Thru the night", using an amazing 90s sample & features Bryson Tiller.
The problem is . Drama Being drama . They tried to ride out this “pop” Jack Harlow which is cool on few songs but a whole album of that ? No. People liked him on what’s poppin because he captured the flow . And sounded different and new . But what they tried to do with this album completely failed this guy . Drama tried his best to capitalize on this pop Jack Harlow but sorry y’all missed .. back to drawing board
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XD he can tour with the jonas brothers, or someone like harry stiles...or fkn post malone....and still sell out th0t filled crowds...even if the songs suck theyll want to hear/see him peform them. Its the amazing part about projecting yourself as an "ARTIST" you wind up in a prison of your own existence for all to see.
So crazy the amount of people genuinely saying he's above Mac Miller
Plain disrespect.
Odd comparison
I haven't heard a single person say he's above Mac Miller, they say him and Mac would mesh well together that's about it lol
who has said it? I've literally never heard anyone say that.
@ᵐᵃʳᵏ ʲᵃˢᵒⁿ this wasn’t even funny
Ok but how does this affect Lebrons legacy?
explain this in nba terms
😂😂😂
Nah cuz he’s a sport player
He's 99 rated but below Jordan, Magic and Kobe.
@@tropical9913 he's above magic and kobe fytb kobe like 5-8 all time mf didn't even put Kareem.
“Life is all about perspective”- Kendrick Llama. With that being said this album was booty.
You're on the money Shawn. I never could get through a full track of his, I get through a verse and a hook and I already get the point.
that hes from money and needs an ENTIRE industry and spotlight to PULL....enough conveyed indeed
He struck out big time. This album had the potential to take him to superstar level given all the hype and momentum he’s had up until this point. It’s going to be hard to re capture that in the future
Big Sean dropped a trash album when he was poppin in 2013 and the backlash made
Him step up his skills for dark sky paradise and the future. And by then he was older than Jack Is now. Now if Jack CARES enough he could very well do that and it would be cool
@@romaretaylor9953 big sean and jack harlow don't have the same rap pedigree. not everyone who stumbles can stand back up. the industry will probably give him another shot, but i haven't seen anything from him that shows promise of coming back harder and stronger. maybe if they put a lot of money into the producers and features because i think jack harlow has peaked as an artist
@Romare Taylor that album was trash but Beware was a hit and a year later he dropped Don’t F with you; and Harlow doesn’t have a in house producer like Kanye who is going to give give him songs like All Your Fault and F with You
man thats just not how pop stardome works, watch this album be huge anyways.
Romare Taylor that still messed up his trajectory. He could have been way bigger if he nailed his first 3 albums. Look at Kendrick’s career.
This is why if I was an artist I don’t think I could sign to a label, jacks early music showed exactly the characteristics you brought up but as soon as Drama got a hold of him his music went downhill.
At this point it’s clear as day that artist screw themselves over creatively (and sometimes even financially) by signing to a label.
exactly hes becoming a Drake clone
@@Qbedrivin dawg
dawg money talks, thats how life works.
@@Losabias111 a lot of times artist actually lose out on potentially earnings when signing to a label, especially a major label. More likely than not the artist doesn’t own their music. Also, 360 deals are becoming more common. In a 360 the label gets a cut of EVERYTHING you do.
I don’t think Jack Harlow listened to rap outside of radio growing up, The rap industry is trying to chase a new age Eminem
He’s seen the “mainstream arrived and on top blueprint/version” of Drake and basically rearranged and repackaged it for his first album for his own convenience- seemingly ignoring and devaluing the stages of the climb so there is no rich foundation for folk to connect too, like mixtape grind, meaningful co-signing features, much earned achievement- celebration stage and so on. W/o this trajectory, arriving where JH is, you end up with something that’s ultimately hollow and fast fading. And what’s crazy is Drakes SFG mixtape is probably is strongest most compelling project to date. Go figure..
This is a bad case of ppl just loving and praising jack Harlow as a person/ character than him as an artist
Cough *future* cough
Honestly, i don't really like most of his music. I'm just a fan of him as a person. But I'm not lying to myself about his music lol
A reverse Michael Jackson?
Exactly bruh people can never seem to separate the artist from the art itself.
I’d argue that Lil Dicky is more lyrically talented than Jack Harlow
lil dicky, rittz... harlow just gets by on his marketable image. he's never done anything that i found irrefutable
Ohh definitely
He is
Shit even give me yung gravy
I mean who in the mainstream actually cares about lyrics though. It’s a stupid comparison
You can skip to any part of any song and it will all sound the same.
He’s a slightly cooler/more likeable G-Eazy, won’t be surprised if his career eventually fizzles out the same way. Being relatable, or at least understandable is what ultimately gives a person longevity. If the person you constantly portray is someone who’s always just too cool for school, eventually your songs start to sound the same and you lose touch with fans that eventually want to get to the know the real person behind the persona. Every rapper who’s made it has at some point has been vulnerable and talked about times in their life that were not so glamorous.
Jack Harlow getting compared to Mac Miller is a whole SIN. Macʼs a straight up LEGEND status. I donʼt see Jack Harlow making music as equal as Swimming, Faces, Circles, WMWTSO ever.
He did it all without a Drake feature!
fr
Facts!
@@dabs.47 That part.
Just because Mac Miller died means he's a legend
Hes just overhyped. He makes music for the mainstream. The album is mid but the mainstream still likes it because the sound is good enough for them
Have not listened to this guys music but I watched a rap skit they did in SNL and this guys rap is so cringy I can not bear to finish.
women listen to him, more than 50% of his listeners are women, that explains it all
Jack Harlow makes music for guys who wear those dangly cross earrings.
nice try but this wasn't funny
@@idkhowtospell someone has a dangly cross ear ring
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Your commentary is Wholesome 🥰🥰
#subscribed🦋
Comparing this man to Drake, worse than comparing Cordae to Cole 💀💀💀💀
I always said it, his personality and charisma is carrying him so much, the music is not even comparable
Shows though how much that can impact an artists career all the appearances he has online gets him hella buzz
What personality and charisma? he's just white...
@@TeddIdle34 not all white people act the same bud hope you know that
@@slick3996 That's not what I said or meant
@@TeddIdle34 well regardless your comment was pretty dumb so it’s good you deleted it (or i can’t see it for sum reason)
The industry wants him to be one of the leading artists of the next generation, but he doesn’t have the artistic vision to match up. Drake, for example, had far more vision on his first couple albums. Kanye, for example . . . well, that comparison doesn’t even need explaining.
I just found you and I'm already loving your commentary .."I need therapy" LOL ...
It’s the fact some of his fans think “you don’t like him cause he’s white” when his music just ain’t good
I agree his music isn’t good at all but Shawn has said he doesn’t like him cause he’s white
@@FranciscoC626 he's trolling. He jokingly calls himself a racist all the time.
@@Blackmagic_874 definetly not trolling. there is alot that goes into being a white rapper, and Jack Harlow is a pretty bad example of how to do it. Especially now on his new album when he has sold out like this.
i didn’t even know he dropped. i have him bIocked on spotify cuz i wont listen to mid. i can’t stand eminem but if i had to choose then eminem over Lack Larlow
Dude literally has just 3 good songs. Nail Tech, Tyler Herro and the Drake feature, which is honestly a Drake song.
I saw Shawn's live reaction to Jack's album on twitch, my man actually broke out in tears cause of how fucking boring, and at times outright ass, the album was
What's his twitch??
I was there too and when I tell you I was laughing my ass off..😂😂😂
Do you have a link?
@@dabs.47 ShawnCee
@@Blackmagic_874 thanks
Artists like Jack Harlowe and Billie Eilish are being paraded around by the music industry at every turn and it certainly baffles me. They’re choosing artists on the pure basis of relatability to the younger audiences regardless of whether their music is of actual prolific quality or not. The music is ultimately inconsequential within the context they’re trying to create.
at least you can tell why billie is relatable for many people, who tf actually finds jack harlow relatable 💀
@@Designed1 He has charmed a lot of people, even if that doesn’t include yourself. The hate train only picked up steam from this album dropping and being atrocious.
Bruh what 💀. Jack isn't even on billie's level. I know rap fans and males like to hate on her for no reason but she's actually really talented. I don't know any young people that can "relate" to Jack, he doesn't make relatable music tbh, just typical mediocre college party rap music.
idk why Billie was brought into this when there’s artists like Taylor Swift making generic sad cowgirl music…
@@tnago916 Billie has a lot of her music produced and written for her. She’s a modern day industry plant and that’s blatantly obvious, along with the fact her best and most prolific work was made largely by Finneas. Just flat-out overrated.
Also pretty sure the reason you relate to Billie and not Harlow at all is because you’re obviously a girl yourself. Doesn’t change the fact that a lot of younger dudes have already tried emulating Harlow the same way younger girls have with Eilish.
Yo he said Billy Madison the album! 🤣🤣🤣 I can’t with u! You did it again another great review with the best analogies and metaphors. Also will be referring to this album as that from now on 🙏🏾♥️
This trend of the mainstream music scene being mid for the better part of the last 3 years is concerning. A lot of artists are putting out below average bodies of work. And tbh, it's only going to get a lot worse. We're in the age of instant gratification. Artists would rather die than not be relevant or seen and the industry machine is too strong. The art form is slowly dying before our very eyes.
Obviously there's many factors at play but this is over satiation at this porn. Everything is easily accessible and it's making the output dull. Everything is fast food now.
3 years? Try 20.
it’s all abt marketing nowadays not the music anymore
Last 3 years? There has been fast food music since the inception of humanity and then capitalism
Maybe mainstream music, but so far 2022 is one of the BEST years of music I’ve heard. But I listen to a lot of different genres, but rap has had a great 2022 so far. Jack is just mid
@@ZachGatesHere 2022 has been one of the best years for music in a LONG TIME
can’t lie i didn’t expect a hard album anyways
he a tik tok rapper, mediocre lyrics you can write in 4 minutes by yourself over an average cheap beat. rap is dying bruh
@@beaualIoevv he’s not a tiktok rapper 💀💀💀 he’s been making music since like 2016
@@chuyozuna2398 were talking about the audience his music is targeting. We aren’t saying he rose from Tik tok
@@chuyozuna2398 his audience is tiktok girls
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Shawn Cee is wrong
“This production is some of the worst shit I’ve heard from Pharrell in a long time.” This made me laugh so hard. 🤣
Jack Harlow is to Shawn Cee as
Lil Dicky is to Anthony Fantano as
Lil Nas X is to Lil Boosie
😂😂😂
Lowkey feels like the moment women stop finding him attractive is the moment he stops being relevant
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only bIack women love him.
Fr
5:25 am I handsome or nah 😭😭😭
Your content and overall commentary is just so so good
My theory on Jack's success is that everyone who likes him knows deep down that he's very mediocre.. but.. he carries himself like he's really good. Confidence and being white is like a Jedi mind trick to be seen as unique and talented.
I’d say I’m a Jack Harlow fan and yeah I can admit his music isn’t really saying much but I thought we were past the point in hip hop where music HAS to be lyrical or super creative to be valid. Like there are so many artists that go on making the same thing without issue, which is fine, the music is just fun to listen to. His flow isn’t anything crazy, or new, but it fits him. It’s smooth, it’s cool and his lyrics are fun, sometimes corny, but it’s never anything that ruins the song
@@kidcotter4294 you’re right about the lyrical part, but creativity is more important than it’s ever been in this point of hip hop
You don't have to be lyrical to be creative. Rappers like thugger, asap rocky, or killer Mike are necessarily lyrical but thug is eccentric and charismatic, rocky is smooth and bragadocious, and more is brusque and in your face.
This Harlow album is inoffensive and milquetoast. Which are some of the worst qualities to have as an authentic musician vs a product.
Facts!
And ppl think he’s handsome🤷🏽♂️
I’d rather take an artist who makes bad music but makes it experimental or different, instead of a rapper who makes the most basic generic music ever
Fr tho
i mean thats tyler the creator in a way and generally speaking his whole appeal.
Jack is wack.
Don’t worry he’ll fade out.
It's funny. I'm glad you said all this! I just recently heard of him, and after looking into him, I thought I was like the only person that's not impressed with him. lolz. I was like
"whos he?"
"a SUPER POPULAR rapper?!"
"I call bs cuz I've never heard him?!"
Then I looked up his music, and was like "oh ok, ya he does that annoying song on the radio, anything else?! anything good?!" and yeah the answer was no.
...You're totes right! His shit isn't catchy or vibey, there is no good lyrics or beats anywhere! I was like I don't get why everyone love him so much?! he sucks ass!?! People are like oh but hes funny! ....but hes not that either.... lololz..
I dont understand all the hype that has been around his personality either, its generic like his music...
Calling him Trash and worst album of the year is a bit over the top definitely not the best album he could’ve done he played it way too safe but it’s your opinion at the end of the day
I mean to be fair, he hyped this album claiming it was going to revolutionary and game changing. So, but if we are to compare it to pimp a butterfly even on technically level it trash or atleast very lackluster.
@@jeremiahborders2959 no I agree he capped heavy but Jack is a troll so am I shocked that it wasn’t, no but to say he’s trash is a bit of a reach idk man
Nah this was warrented, this was ass
I have to agree with you. I didn’t have crazy expectations for this album and I think a lot of people like Shawn were already prepared to hate this album. This album is just alright imo. Has a handful of tracks I’ll go back to
@@culverp1138 exactly like ppl coming into the album saying he’s gonna be better than Eminem when he ain’t even gonna be on Mac Miller level he gonna sell 200 plus all this hype and he dropped a mid album it is what it is he’s sold out to make song for these Instagram and TikTok girls
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this was a great video essay. makes me hope that jack can cut the fake charismatic charm bullshit and open up the depth that exists in his authentic self. its like hes been boxed into a corner by the industry to act a certain way and instead of questioning it, he sees the paycheck and approval and decides to subvert risk completely. this is all of what youve already articulated in much more eloquent and interesting fashion shawn, but i digress. i felt this way since he came on genius for the first time to talk about a song of his (probably pre whats poppin? idk); he just appeared like he was fronting. a facade to hide the qualities about himself that might isolate his surface level fanbase. perhaps its a fear that he doesnt possess legitimate rapping skill or depth, and if he were to try and access the deeper aspects of himself he would be met with a dryness that wouldnt translate well into a career, so hes sticking to the lane that hes unfortunately stuck in and trying to master that. amplifying personable qualities and media training until a point where he cannot differentiate talk show harlow from the jack that he grew up with. its okay to be a normal fucking person, to be nervous, to fail to charm women lmao. if jack wanted to authentically connect with people then he wouldnt be so focused on trying to control how other people perceive him, using social skills to hoard the common denominator. he would just like himself for the niche interests and qualities that he has independent from the expectations of his female fanbase. also, i hope he realizes that the type of people that gravitate to his charm are usually not very emotionally intelligent, or are just straight up immature young people... real adult women want more than a cute smile.
Ooh shit!! Hold up what video is that at 2:29 I think I know shorty on the left🤨🤔😳
he is relying too much on his physical appeal then actually his art or talent, it’s honestly sad seeing the path he’s taking but you can’t blame him in this type of industry, that is the last option he truly has.
saying that this album is worse than the big day is not valid bc that album has to be the worst thing i’ve ever listened to and jacks album is far from that (even tho i still think it’s mid)
He thought he was on to something by comparing those two albums the big day is literally the worst album that came out in 2019 that album needs to be deleted from existence.
@@obieosuji9986 exactly, if I just heard Harlow’s tracks shuffle I would let it play, but i’m fuckin blacklisting the big day
Big day>> mid harlow’s album. Y’all just wanted another acid rap or coloring book. Chance experimented and did well
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@@richthekidsleptonmycouch lol wtf
The point of he doesn’t put his personality in his raps are valid af and the content is consistent and doesn’t push any limits whatsoever is also a good point. Lol I just didn’t have those expectations for him 🤷🏾♂️ so I thought it was some decent songs over some pretty decent beats and good raps. I knew what I came for and I’m ok with it. Very well said as always Shawn !!
while i agree all his stuff post whats poppin has felt extremely formulaic, soulless, and safe. Most of his stuff pre whats poppin is actually pretty good. walk in the park, sundown,eastern parkway are all bangers id recommend everyone check out before u call him talentless.
Finally, SOMEONE HAS SAID IT.
Jack Harlow is MEDIOCRE and people saying he's the 2nd best White rapper under Eminem is blasphemy (Mac Miller is). The industry keeps trying to force him down our throats and trying to make him the next Drake or IN thing it's annoying. His album was mediocre at best but had some skips it wasn't worth all the hype at all. And before people say I am a hater head on down to Genius and look at some of the lyrics and bars for his songs its cheesy and corny and he gets away with it
Lol Mac is not even close to 2nd best rapper
@@WOODSLD80 he means white rapper i think
white rapper tier list is Aesop rock, El-p Mac miller, action bronson, Em and Jack Em and jack are very VERY overrated because of their earlier projects
@@scottfreeman5301 Action Bronson dropped some garbage the other day too.
@@Blackmagic_874 wdym, that abum was good
Honestly I enjoyed a lot of the songs on the album. However, I do think he needed to step up a level with this album and work on a concept, which I thought this album would have based on it’s rollout and title. Unfortunately he didn’t and I was disappointed, but they are still enjoyable. He does need better lyricism though.
When it comes to the difference between great rappers and good rappers it's all about what are they doing for the culture. Fuck numbers, anyone can have numbers if they grease the right pockets. You can have a dope flow and beat selection but if all you're spittin is some braggodocios bullshit you'll never be considered great in the eyes of real Hip Hop fans
I’ll be honest I actually really like his first album, I can still go back and listen to it front to back (maybe a skip or two). Could be the f boy phase thing but still it’s just a fun album, I love a lot of songs on it, so I was hyped for this next album. Huge slap in the face it’s just boring and to me at least it’s different from his first album
Shawn is taking this shit personally😭
nah he spitting
Yea sound kinda mad
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This was so spot on, Jack harlow is my guy but his artistry hasn't got better or worse he just that guy that makes ok music & appeals to the people that just wanna heard hear some other type of music for a change I've said this about him before. He ain't a album guy he is a singles/ep type of guy.
Tbh - I can see him Sustaining this level of hype and riding it out for a long career - he’s just surface level and mid enough for people to enjoy his music - gain amnesia - and forget by the next time he drops a passable project. So they stuck in a never ending cycle of overhyping his basic music.
That’s fair to say
so he trash
He used to be an album guy I belive🧐
@@roninhubbard9059 nah his first project was a ep the song what's popping was on a ep
he needs to to stop trying to bag Dua Lipa and Saweetie and do some soul searching, and by soul searching I mean finding a new job
i HAVEN'T even watched this video yet and I agree based off the title alone. Honestly just hearing his voice (on any radio station) I immediately change the station/song. Thought it was just me!! hahahaah
6 out of 15 tracks were somewhat good to me. And thats the best way to put it. It was boring and not worth a second listen. The songs sounded the same, no continuity between tracks, boring hooks, the beats were mediocre, etc. He’s a more successful G-Eazy with some watered down Drake mixed in
I think what y’all fail to realize is Mr. Harlow advertised himself a certain way…wanting to the best of his generation, even not wanting to be considered a sex symbol to be taken more seriously in his music, and also all these people co-signing him for something that’s supposed to, I guess be a stand out from the other rappers coming out right now. This album wasn’t bad and me personally I liked some songs, flows and definitely the production but it’s not enough to compare to the lead up of who he and everyone else is trying to convince us he is. In order to be great, act like it simple. Don’t talk it, be it. To me he has yet to prove Kanye claiming he’s at the top right now, and I don’t see how people r getting lost on other shit lmao
Flows? What flows? 💀
@@AnmlPeeweeIsHere …..🌚 maybe you just being snooty, but even if the flows are wack every rapper has a flow. Out of all of the flows on the album a good 5% them were decent enough for me to like. Good day
@@queendism oh lord 🤣
i’d say imo the only thing i kinda disagree with is he did have more variety in his older music now a days it feels like the same flow but he did try a lot harder back then. and a lot of the stuf about him not having his nerdy side, a lot of his older stuff he was a massive nerdy kid he did have a lot of that nerd stuff. i agree nowadays he is so lukewarm and he doesn’t try anymore bc he didn’t need to bc he know he’ll sell stuff but that erkul stuff he had a lot of that he become stefan i think
3:07 that photo is legendary 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Finally somebody saying it. I disagree with Shawn on a lot of stuff but this I definitely co-sign. Raps average at best. Not terrible but way too hyped imo.
Totally agree ppl only hype him because of his likable personality rather than his actual music ability
This is the only time I’m agreeing with him.
I usually agree with your takes on most things related to music, but calling Jack Harlow one of the worst rappers off all time is a terrible take imo. I don’t think the album was amazing but it was far from the most terrible album i’ve heard.
Literally anybody is better.. lol hes ok I guess if you like will smith from 2000
Ok, consumer
Dude is the definition of mediocrity, which might be worse than being bad
agreed
Completely agree. So many Harlow haters it seems like . This album slaps
Bro when I work in retail I heard some goofy shit I ask my co worker I said who is this he said Jack Harlow I said man wtf is this bro I don't understand how he get comparisons to nwts drake wtf
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@@lilwoken2327 yeah so? I don't have arthritis like you
@@ZZ-rc1yw you just saying shit
I normally feel like you have some great takes but this just feels so left field. This album was good at best but trash is a disgusting over-exaggeration of the quality of music he makes. This album sounds like a Jack Harlow tape and anyone should be able to comprehend that. Thank you for giving your honest opinion and making great content but I really disagree with this one.
It being so middle of the road, uninspired, trend hopping and unadventurous despite what he was saying about "wanting to be the face of the rap game" and talking about his pen game is what made it bad. It felt so chameleonic and soulless which is in my mind worse than trying and failing at something.
It was trash
*Shawn went from* “he’s good but calm down on the hype” to “He’s a terrible rapper” and I’m not knocking him… he’s being carried by his personality and everything but his music.. take Doja Cat for example - has a goofy likeable personality but has music that is genuinely good.
I thought Doja’s last album was aggressively mid and I don’t even find her personality likeable anymore
Marius Dam Christophersen - I hear that and can certainly see that viewpoint.. but to me - her music is just something you can just put on and not think too deeply about.. and it does feel like any artist with a “Goofy” personality automatically gets a “Stan Twitter” type of following nowadays - which is what I don’t like.
@@mariusdamchristophersen1453 I thought it was one of the best pop albums I’ve ever heard
good example tbh and ironically enough that’s why they both have that wave right now.. it’s not that deep and other reasons jacks music is just not as good as doja but obviously not the worst either
Doja Cat is the exact same situation as Jack. Her early music was good but now it’s all just the same bland mid over and over and tbh her personality/look isn’t all that likable anymore either
Sean has been waiting to drop this LMAO
agree with everything except the take about his earlier music. the production, lyrical substance, and just his cadence in general have all severely declined since his previous albums.
I just personally think the quality of music have went downhill in quality since 2010. Not just in the lyrics but the quality and production in music in general. I'm not saying to bring 80s synthensers back, I'm saying to put some serious elbow grease into the passion into producing it. Not just a simple stupid trap beat and somebody rapping with it (Not necessarily Jack Harlow). Maybe with more actual digitized instruments, not just making a song that's easy to make.
Go listen to The Weeknd, he still consistently puts out music that is truly beautiful, innovative, artistic with wonderful story lines
@@bella-sb8ei I agree. But it's just not the same level of quality still like it was back then
@@anthonyvasquez1259 Oh no, you're one of those people who pretend to be a fan when in reality you can't evolve with Abel and appreciate that he continues to grow sonically, artistically, etc. You literally mention synthesizers in your comment when Abel had utilized in both After Hours and Dawn FM yet now it's not good enough for you? I genuinely feel sad for people like you bc you're truly missing out!
@@bella-sb8ei Still listen to his music
It's so trendy for Rap lovers to hate Jack Harlow. He's not that bad, he's just medicore.
That's a bit redundant.
@@ericglenn9984 Bad means bad, mediocre is average
I thought Jack was a mid rapper, and I was lowkey excited to hear his track when I saw it number 1 on billboard, I told myself that I knew it wasn't the one I heard on tiktok bc that was so mid it couldnt possibly be number 1. And sure enough, I listen and it is indeed the song I heard from tiktok. And I don't give Jack props on that number 1 either because he uses a song, Glamorous by Fergie, which was ALREADY a number 1 hit! I checked. If Fergie's original track peaked at number 3 on billboard I'm sure Jack's track would have done the same.
All the white frat boys from the suburbs punching air rn 😭
I love this take. at the same time, Shawn's getting older lol
I'm 36 and you sound like me ranting about Drake 12 yrs ago
the album was bad - but he is definitely not a bad artist... dude's mixtapes are smooth as hell. he's just stretching the bag at this point & shifting his music towards his mainstream fans.
I admire you for publicly admitting that your music taste is horrible.
@@TheJinjo75 if you don't know music just say that
Jack is not a project rapper. Idk how you liked any of his tapes ahaha
@@salamandress music is subjective, learn to live knowing that.
@@salamandress Who told you they think Jack is a project rapper
This video was bound to happen eventually🤣
I never heard any of his music and I want to keep it that way.
As a person who has listen to him for 5 years, he has changed his style for main stream. Not bad, but his bar set (in terms of puns and word play) is elite when he actually tries. The issue is, he hasn’t been trying or at least it’s not present. I hope he steps it up
Happy Mother’s day btw ❤️
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Shawn is my music good?
Tracks like Sundown, Eastern Parkway, and Hitchcock made me a fan of Jack back in 2018. His new music seems to have progressively lost that authenticity since he’s gotten more successful. But can’t hate the dude for enjoying life and success
Sundown so good
Eastern Parkway is such a good song
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"As a formal fuck n*gga" 💀
Am i the only one that thinks he comes up as a creep and not charismatic and a ladies man
People comparing Jack Harlow to Mac Miller make me sick ngl
I thoroughly enjoyed his discography before “What’s Poppin”, but since he became ‘famous’… something felt off.. I can’t wrap my head around it!
i miss the 2011-2015 era when rappers were actually dropping great mixtapes and albums. nowadays we get a few every couple years like denzel ect
i mean shit back on 11-15 denzel was still underground but i see what yoursaying...i mean shit vince staples fell off and i guess thats just what happens when you get access to good means too quick/early. Plus most clowns see ppl like nipsy and know they arent the MAN lack the ingenuity/intent to their community in general. Theyll never be what nipsy was or even close bc the LACK the actual heart and soul and mind and drive. YET have the expectations of greatness and ambition to get themselves out of the "UNDERGROUND" do a lot of these sound cloud rappers actually have the TALENT to push 10-12 songs an album on a 1-2 year basis. VS the would be savants that have endless scribbles/note pads rhymes/bars saved up to use when the album/time is fitting; Like for mix tapes or features etc...putting out tracks constantly/eps yearly ONTOP of full lengths...the level of skill/talent is night and day between some of these guys...add money drugs and h0es to the equation and they wind up being just another dude that got eaten by the industry/system
Drake sprinted so Jack Harlow decided he could just walk it
I typically blame Drama and the response to What's Poppin' being as oversaturated as it was. I still see the penmanship and technicality in What's Poppin' and think to myself, damn, he's like if you blended Asher Roth and Colonel Sanders, and as it stands that's great, why you gotta lean into Drake's gimmick like this