billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps ALBUM REVIEW

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  • @JD-wy3ih
    @JD-wy3ih ปีที่แล้ว +472

    "A single death is a tragedy but eggs make omelettes" dope line

    • @haonyoass9556
      @haonyoass9556 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Theneedledrop11116congrats on 9 subscribers anthony

    • @bryaninfante3499
      @bryaninfante3499 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That whole track is full of brilliant lines it’s insane

    • @GameJunkyard11
      @GameJunkyard11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@bryaninfante3499My daily routine narrated by an Attenborough

    • @tevin1185
      @tevin1185 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "when is my time to go no need to pass a hat just throw me in when the fire is good and crackling"

    • @danwillreview
      @danwillreview 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@GameJunkyard11"statistics how he look at war casualties, killin' is one thing, what sticks is how casually"

  • @MrJacobeee
    @MrJacobeee ปีที่แล้ว +511

    The beat on soft landing is incredible! The way those guitars melt together to create such a psychedelics sound is so fire...Fantano is tripping for that one.

    • @filesjofficial
      @filesjofficial ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That song feels so comforting ngl

    • @wavesinthe5112
      @wavesinthe5112 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💯

    • @desperatelycravingahamsandwich
      @desperatelycravingahamsandwich ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@filesjofficial The whole production on the album is otherworldly. It reminds me of (bear with me) that one youtube lofi girl, a dark, dingy alleyway, and a warm cup of tea at the same time.
      But I might just be tripping.

    • @taffy55
      @taffy55 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I don't really remember track names, so when I went back to the album to hear which track this was I was baffled, Soft Landing is possibly my favorite song on this thing.

    • @TUBOSCHIFOSO
      @TUBOSCHIFOSO ปีที่แล้ว +28

      BIRDS FLYIN HIGH YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL

  • @SerebralK
    @SerebralK ปีที่แล้ว +147

    His lyrics are very sensory. It really is poetic at times; billy woods is incredible. Also that Danny Brown feature is fucking nutty.

  • @forkrunner2208
    @forkrunner2208 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    Literally no idea how you can listen to Soft Landing and say to yourself “you know, I wasn’t really feeling that one”

    • @gushlak3983
      @gushlak3983 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      my favourite song 💀
      that’s why it’s important to not take melons word as gospel even when he shows you a lot of cool music because with it being his opinion you’ll find that sometimes he’s right on and other times you’ll be left scratching your head

    • @aaronstratton9122
      @aaronstratton9122 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same favorite on the whole albums

    • @bayzoify
      @bayzoify ปีที่แล้ว

      Because fantano never gives any positive opinions about rap music that isnt “experimental” , “agressive” or “energetic” there is no point even watching the review of most things cuz his taste in rap is shit

    • @Zxl..
      @Zxl.. ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Best song on the album to me, the Nina Simone chorus is a vibe, I don’t get what Anthony is talking about

    • @spazalicious
      @spazalicious ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Eveey song is amazing, and yes, Soft Landing is still the best song.
      I swear Fantano picks the best song and puts it in his least favorite just to troll people or something.

  • @Jewrangutang
    @Jewrangutang ปีที่แล้ว +360

    His ability to paint his surroundings into words is incredible. One of the few rappers where his word choice actually feeds into the music

    • @beaualoevv
      @beaualoevv ปีที่แล้ว +6

      don’t care, clairo better

    • @bartbreukels5429
      @bartbreukels5429 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@beaualoevv this but unironically

    • @gkay8889
      @gkay8889 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bartbreukels5429what?

  • @adamquenano8563
    @adamquenano8563 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    Billy never misses, you love to see it

    • @Boomi_Dog
      @Boomi_Dog ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great since 03

    • @royalwarlord2342
      @royalwarlord2342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For weirdos sure, but nobody outside the internet is bumping this im afraid

    • @somekid7
      @somekid7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@royalwarlord2342 I literally blast the shit on my speaker when I'm biking lol but yeah it's hard to even get my closest friends into billy woods. Like one told me he was put off by the beatless tracks and the nihilistic vibe on the older shit, but I'm like cmooooon man. Imma have a talk with him about getting him to listen to Aethiopes cause that's a 10 in my book

    • @TheShankPimp
      @TheShankPimp ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@royalwarlord2342 I guess thats why he sells out venues like Babys All Right and does shows overseas. Audience is just a bunch of computers.

    • @royalwarlord2342
      @royalwarlord2342 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheShankPimp lmao yes he has a big fanbase the internet is pretty big 😂😂😂 settle down there bud im just poking fun but this shit niche af. My buddy keep trynna put me on and i just cant with this ☠️

  • @modernmusicmayhem769
    @modernmusicmayhem769 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Billy Woods, Run The Jewels, & Denzel Curry are all in a heated race to see who can score a 9/10 first

    • @teamkockroach4080
      @teamkockroach4080 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      fr, this is Billy's eighth 8/10 now. (History WIll Absolve Me, Known Unknowns, Paraffin, Hiding Places, BRASS, HARAM, Aethiopes, and now Maps)

    • @SecretBandito
      @SecretBandito ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Aethiopes deserved a 9 easily. RTJ2 is a personal 9/10 for me and Denzel got close with TA13OO

    • @teamkockroach4080
      @teamkockroach4080 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Love Again" from RTJ2 is a pretty weak song, and I don't see any album with it as deserving a 9/10. Aethiopes did deserve a 9 though

    • @attackthewack262
      @attackthewack262 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Aethiopes and RTJ4 both deserved 9/10

    • @joshuassites
      @joshuassites ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Aethiopes should easily be a 9 in my opinion.

  • @ianblum22
    @ianblum22 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    Great score but Soft Landing in least fav tracks is insane

    • @samj3389
      @samj3389 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It's crazy probably one of my fav

    • @kwyatt261
      @kwyatt261 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yeah it's the best instrumental on the album lol

    • @alexbr2
      @alexbr2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Love the melon, but he always puts the best track from any album as his least favorite for some reason lmao

    • @Jay_R_S
      @Jay_R_S ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WTF melon? That track is absolute 🔥🔥🔥listen again

    • @mhbackman
      @mhbackman ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agree. It's a frontrunner for song of the year for me.

  • @swed4490
    @swed4490 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Billy Woods has to be in the best of all time conversation now. He’s incredibly consistent, been at it for 20 years straight, is incredibly talented and is very recognizable

    • @traplover6357
      @traplover6357 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      People who put MF DOOM in their top 10 MCs might be inclined to put Billy Woods in the convo. But other listeners wouldn't.

    • @swed4490
      @swed4490 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@traplover6357 I think they don’t put him there simply because of Billys lack of popularity, they just don’t know how good he is

    • @rpemulis
      @rpemulis ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@traplover6357 damn thats crazy, who would have thought that people who are actually into lyricism would like two great lyricists?

    • @SHIFTKICK
      @SHIFTKICK ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he’s been climbing and climbing my list of favorites

    • @tboss8157
      @tboss8157 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@traplover6357 traplover can’t appreciate goat level lyricism, what a shocker

  • @IndieRed
    @IndieRed ปีที่แล้ว +1713

    anthony physically cannot talk about billy woods for 30 seconds without saying "his delivery borders on spoken word"

    • @andish9227
      @andish9227 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I mean he is quite deadpan

    • @commaJim
      @commaJim ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And what's your point

    • @chadthunder5068
      @chadthunder5068 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      What are you talking about? This is Dustin Hoffman.

    • @theneedledrop
      @theneedledrop  ปีที่แล้ว +1017

      maybe you’re noticing a similarity in the way I describe his rapping from album to album because I’m noticing a similarity in his rapping from album to album.

    • @ZealotWasHere
      @ZealotWasHere ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@theneedledrop anthony

  • @GeckoZob
    @GeckoZob ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Now that i think about it
    Billy woods has the most 8/10 an artist ever received on this channel by far
    thats crazy

    • @R-H-B
      @R-H-B ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doesn’t Denzel have 7? I didn’t think Billy had that many 8/10s

    • @sagafor11
      @sagafor11 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@R-H-B this is billys eighth 8/10

  • @ndenhalter
    @ndenhalter ปีที่แล้ว +264

    This albums deserves a strong 9. In fact Billy Woods never deserves lower than a 7. He’s broken the threshold and is only being compared to himself in other moments of his career.

    • @zeno6169
      @zeno6169 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he actually gave two of his albums a 5

    • @ndenhalter
      @ndenhalter ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@zeno6169 I’m aware, which is insane. I’m pretty sure Fantano would acknowledge that any Billy woods album is better than every lil pump album yet he game one a 7. I think Fantano gets in the habit of hold certain artists to a very high expectation, and when they don’t reach it he ranks them against the ones that do, leaving them with a lower score. But I’m reality, they are much better albums than others he will give higher rankings to.

    • @i_kickflipped_my_dog
      @i_kickflipped_my_dog ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ndenhalter Yes lol it is his review channel and he creates the criteria for which the scores are assigned

    • @bruh......2005
      @bruh......2005 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ​@@ndenhalter enjoyability comes into factor though. You might recognize if an album is well produced or if the lyrics are decent, but if you don't enjoy that much then it's fine to give a an average or even below average score. It's personal how you connect with music at the end of the day. Nobody should feel pressure to give one album a good score because everyone is enjoying or else it wouldn't be authentic

    • @vashbabe
      @vashbabe ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only Camouflage and The Chalice are >7

  • @JeromeIsChrome
    @JeromeIsChrome ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I discovered the album in the metro and had to burst into laughs when Danny Brown entered by surprise with his « CHAAAY » and carjacked the track

    • @switz6141
      @switz6141 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao same! I was in my car just vibing, and the moment that adlib came through it was like "Oh shit, Danny wtf are you doing here???"😂😂😂

    • @shaftmonkey
      @shaftmonkey ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CHEECKKK

  • @SteMail926
    @SteMail926 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    NYC Tapwater to me is about woods returning from his tour after missing home and still feeling out of place, because of the slow creeping gentrification in his neighbourhood. That ties in so well with the story at the beginning with him attending a dinner party at a wealthy white neighbour's and turning into a bit of a monster figure. The thematic thorough-lines really take this album to another level.

  • @yatazen7670
    @yatazen7670 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    billy woods just keeps making amazing albums i dont know how he does it

    • @1fujitaro
      @1fujitaro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi yatazen

    • @yatazen7670
      @yatazen7670 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1fujitaro TARO hi

    • @Boomi_Dog
      @Boomi_Dog ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Been doing it since 2003

  • @archol6596
    @archol6596 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    soft landing is easily my favorite song on the album, probably my favorite woods song in a while

  • @nbtn
    @nbtn ปีที่แล้ว +21

    yet another stellar woods album only receiving an 8, he’s arguably dropped 3 records deserving 10s in the last 5 years. and how could you not have soft landing, rapper weed, or agriculture as favorite tracks??

  • @calebnailson7508
    @calebnailson7508 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    "Sooner or later it's gon' be two unrelated active shooters / Same place, same time / Great minds, Tesla and Edison"
    holy shit, when I heard this line I had to look up the lyrics to make sure I heard it right, absolutely insane

    • @eggboy9126
      @eggboy9126 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This line definitely struck me

    • @angelom.7892
      @angelom.7892 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      could you guys give your interpretation?

    • @EthanHayez
      @EthanHayez ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@angelom.7892 Hip Hop sense. Great minds making a living on the streets and ending the great potential of one another by crime (Jail and murder). The competition of great minds thinking they know the right way when they both do in a way and are partly on the right track but focused on a competition for survival rather then their own genius. Humans / History is always looking for a winner. That my interpretation after reading the line.

    • @kogut5851
      @kogut5851 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      To me he's commenting on mass shootings in America, saying that with how common they've become he wouldn't be surprised if he saw that there were two unrelated mass shooters in the same place at the same time. He sarcastically compares them to Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.

    • @dcomposed1336
      @dcomposed1336 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@kogut5851 this

  • @OLDMANWAFFLES
    @OLDMANWAFFLES ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Billy and Kenny do not miss. I still remember when you reviewed History Will Absolve Me, and that’s when I started watching this channel! Much love Melon, this is AOTY so far for me.

  • @desperatelycravingahamsandwich
    @desperatelycravingahamsandwich ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I will defend this album till the day I die. This is an EASY 10 for me. I'm literally not joking. There are ZERO misses.

  • @infrared6973
    @infrared6973 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This album is so good its actually insane and as always he says so many things that make me think but laugh at the same time. When he said got caught lackin like 9/11 I lost it.

  • @ninjasrose1653
    @ninjasrose1653 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is at least a 9 for me. It's the best album billy has dropped thus far (imho) I have played it front to back at least 7 times already! billy & Kenny are a dream team and I hope we get another one down the road.

    • @dawgmadoesmusicnshi
      @dawgmadoesmusicnshi ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Aethiopes better but I feel you

    • @ninjasrose1653
      @ninjasrose1653 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dawgmadoesmusicnshi I personally prefer maps. But, they're both impeccable offerings. 👌🏼

    • @MMfish_
      @MMfish_ ปีที่แล้ว

      hiding places 100%

    • @tazmoir
      @tazmoir ปีที่แล้ว

      imo hiding places (for me its easily a 9.5/10) but maps and aethiopes are great as well. history will absolve me deserves a shout out too.

  • @dillonobrien3817
    @dillonobrien3817 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If you were to take fantanos least favorite track from every billy wood’s album and combine them all together into one album it would be a masterpiece

  • @KAASPER1999
    @KAASPER1999 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    How do u not like the soft landing beat?!?!? That shit is incredibly beautiful

    • @KAASPER1999
      @KAASPER1999 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feeling a strong 11 on this one

  • @ObakengMoshodi
    @ObakengMoshodi ปีที่แล้ว +36

    These two have insane chemistry. My album of the year so far

    • @IFeItYourShape
      @IFeItYourShape ปีที่แล้ว +1

      scaring the hoes top for me but honestly i’ve been rinsing this album way more than i did the former right now so i can see it overtaking it

  • @robf1557
    @robf1557 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Soft Landing is my favorite track off the LP😭
    Such a sorrowful instrumental, works perfectly for woods.
    Reminds me a lot of All Jokes Aside or Pollo Rico from the vibe alone

    • @onojajoe3378
      @onojajoe3378 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the Nina Simone chorus. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @cdizzy42069
    @cdizzy42069 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Imo at least a 9. The line "I don't go to sleep i tread water till i sink" just fuckin hits so hard in the feels. Those Danny Brown and Aesop Rock features were sick as fuck too. Production was on point!

    • @danwillreview
      @danwillreview ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Insomnia has never been painted more accurately

    • @cdizzy42069
      @cdizzy42069 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Dan Will Review 100% it fuckin sucks dude. I totally get it more than I'd like to, but that line is just pinpoint accurate.

    • @joekerins9772
      @joekerins9772 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was my favourite line on the entire album.

  • @loganshaver1178
    @loganshaver1178 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Layover and Soft landing are fantastic what you mean? also Year zero does have a great Danny feature but also an insane verse from woods.

    • @spazalicious
      @spazalicious ปีที่แล้ว

      Soft Landing is one of my favorite instrumentals on this album. I do think The Layover sounds like something off Dour Candy or Known Unknowns tho, so I see what he means when he says it sounds typical for woods.

  • @opossum_elysium
    @opossum_elysium ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really enjoyed this one! Billy is quickly becoming my favorite. Love hearing Quelle and Danny on this too, they're some of my favorites when it comes to artists who feature frequently

  • @dollarsaurus01
    @dollarsaurus01 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Didn’t hit as hard as Hiding Places for me but these two are 100% still one of the best pairings of rapper and producer in the entire hip hop game today

  • @byHexted
    @byHexted ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My favorites Billy line on here was “my tax dollars pay for police brutality settlements” or something like that

  • @kevi4357
    @kevi4357 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    will billy ever escape the shackles of 8/10

  • @thecorbohole3637
    @thecorbohole3637 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'll put it out there.
    10/10
    REVIEW IT AGAIN

  • @Joshampton12
    @Joshampton12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hangman was so haunting with that droning sound in the background. Billy still bodies the beat though.

  • @bryaninfante3499
    @bryaninfante3499 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Soft Landing is insanely good and the lyrics are out of this world good

  • @willhawthorne
    @willhawthorne ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Been following billy woods since HWAM days. So happy he's now rapping about easyjet flights to Utrecht!

  • @jokerwick
    @jokerwick ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hiding Places is one my favourite albums of all time and Fantano introduced me to it

  • @BenBen-md3ix
    @BenBen-md3ix ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Soft landing worst track? My brother in christ that track is beautiful

  • @axelmoriya2708
    @axelmoriya2708 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The production was top notch, and billy came with the best lyrics in the game, I still don't respect you Fantano, you know what you did

    • @theflydude4470
      @theflydude4470 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah mbdtf should be lower

    • @chadkndr
      @chadkndr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah wotw should be higher

  • @ggaffo
    @ggaffo ปีที่แล้ว +13

    deserved a higher score tbh, easily the best thing that dropped this year imo

    • @f4gsforpele
      @f4gsforpele 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Def not the best but it’s up there, top 15 perhaps

  • @whiplash9548
    @whiplash9548 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Can we just acknowledge that Billy, JPEGMAFIA, and Danny Brown are some of the most consistent rappers in the game, and have quietly dropped the two best rap albums of the year so far?

    • @jakobthe
      @jakobthe ปีที่แล้ว +21

      can we just acknowledge 🤓🤓🤓

    • @johnwayne7201
      @johnwayne7201 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      JPEG really shouldn't be in the lyricist conversation...

    • @adamlagerqvist8111
      @adamlagerqvist8111 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@johnwayne7201 What do you mean have you heard libtard anthem???

    • @khalewren2734
      @khalewren2734 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Denzel is arguably THE most consistent, and while he hasnt dropped an album this year, he dropped a damn good live ep

    • @poopymcpoop9945
      @poopymcpoop9945 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Throw KA in the mix.

  • @Bekayvd
    @Bekayvd ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Going to see them in Amsterdam later this month, hype is immeasurable

  • @johnwhite731
    @johnwhite731 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was expecting at least a 9 melon

  • @wadestokan5855
    @wadestokan5855 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So nice seeing you really show off the Death Grips and Richard Dawson in the background over the last few reviews. Thanks Melon!

  • @ME-gs6yn
    @ME-gs6yn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genuinely love to see experimental rap in such a great place currently

  • @RueLangston
    @RueLangston ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Soft Landing is the first song I've ever heard from billy woods and it got me into his music, it's my favorite so far 🔥🔥🔥

  • @shekhan4678
    @shekhan4678 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Billy Woods is without a doubt the most underrated rapper right now

  • @denismurphy1354
    @denismurphy1354 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How did you not like Soft Landing? That song is amazing, my favorite on the album

  • @Madvillainy91
    @Madvillainy91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't have any issues with the beat on Soft Landing, it's just a mesmerizing track.

  • @xxquagsirexx
    @xxquagsirexx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you melon for teaching me how to read Maps. I’ll never get lost again

  • @jacemurphy7295
    @jacemurphy7295 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Kenny Beats really killed it on this one!

  • @royalwarlord2342
    @royalwarlord2342 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is definitely the real “SCARING THE HOES”

  • @BASHERSUNITED
    @BASHERSUNITED ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crap! I forgot I bought this on Bandcamp before it came out!! Glad you liked it... Going to download it now like the old man I am.

  • @fireball9020
    @fireball9020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Jimmy Wopo lyric hit deep on Houdini. So much potential

  • @Bi_scotti_5
    @Bi_scotti_5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i feel like Billy and Kenny have a 10 in them somewhere. they just need that extra push.

    • @BOO00R
      @BOO00R ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hiding places exist

    • @Bi_scotti_5
      @Bi_scotti_5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @yellowpaper i moreso meant a 10 from Fantano, but yeah. honestly, I personally thought this album was a 10

  • @khalewren2734
    @khalewren2734 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This album surprised me, i’ve always respected Billy and recognized his talent, but i haven’t enjoyed any of his projects THIS much

  • @rbean3891
    @rbean3891 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i saw billy last year and it seemed like he didnt want to be there at all. it was aweosme 10/10 great show bought tickets again for end of this month on maps tour

  • @rojoe802
    @rojoe802 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The day woods gets higher than an 8 is the day the world ends

  • @kettlebellmusclegain
    @kettlebellmusclegain 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Literally one of my favorite albums

  • @corncake4677
    @corncake4677 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t really enjoy it as much as Hiding Places but that’s only really because Hiding Places is one of my favorite records of all time. Great project and i’m very happy the two did something together again. They just have a perfect chemistry between each other that only comes around once in a blue moon, like Doom and Madlib

  • @zombockerman
    @zombockerman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The aphex twin sample on Babylon by bus is fire

  • @daved6536
    @daved6536 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    soft landing being your least favourite song is absolutely ridiculous

  • @fabianrios6276
    @fabianrios6276 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude soft landing was my favorite track of this album

  • @nononowhyno
    @nononowhyno ปีที่แล้ว

    yo i think that crocodile tears bar is also in reference to the track of the same name off of "history will absolve me". (fucking incredible album btw) the album that was supposed to be his final but ended up jumpstarting the leg of his career were all familiar with now. it came out in 2012 roughly ten years from when he probably was recording the verses for this project.

  • @theogalkin4098
    @theogalkin4098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank u mr adjective man. Those were some good adjectives.

  • @key-tg1ih
    @key-tg1ih ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bro billy workaholic af

  • @Monu-mc1id
    @Monu-mc1id ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, this review came out in 2023? Time flies dude

  • @seanjjpaul
    @seanjjpaul ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This might be his best album imo

  • @tri1553
    @tri1553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy woods can’t be stopped

  • @sepse7en2
    @sepse7en2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, Soft Landing is such a vibe, it grows on me more every time I hear it, it went from being my least favorite tracks to one of the best I think.

  • @SHIFTKICK
    @SHIFTKICK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy Woods has a crazy way of describing an everyday thing with such an odd and thought provoking perspective

  • @mhbackman
    @mhbackman ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been listening to Maps repeatedly since it was released and it's crazy how some of the lyrics stick in my mind along with their unique flow. They don't necessarily rhyme but they do border on poetic in how billy strings them together:
    "Colorful packaging, pack 'em in
    Fly like gold on Africans
    Cover my tracks with backronyms
    If the track slaps, in the back, you can almost hear the black cackling"
    and also
    "God bless this sweet home, my beloved heart
    124 bluestone crouched on thin haunch
    While I get dome from the living
    Conch fritters crispin' in the kitchen
    Grew gaunt in prison
    My own warden, celly, and superintendent
    Flaunt flagrant disassociation
    Dissonant cadence
    Free political dissidents from they cages
    But leave 'em open
    We got lists of names, pages and pages
    Wouldn't want to waste the space the previous regime gave us
    This message is to inform you your service will be suspended
    For non-payment
    Midnight ravens
    Head in the loud clouds, both feet on the fuckin' pavement"

  • @SoulSearcherr
    @SoulSearcherr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MAN Billy Woods is underrated AF.

  • @williampetty1778
    @williampetty1778 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome review Anthony. thank you for always reviewing Billy woods, because when it comes to underground hip hop he's only had like one miss in the last 5 years. Which was church but I even still liked half of that album. So as you can probably tell from reading I am a fan, and with that being said this album is just what I needed. Kenny Segal was the perfect producer for him to hook up with they fit each other like a glove. Plus pull the best out of each other in my opinion. Because good lord the beats on this thing nasty, the bars on this thing super nasty. Plus imo every feature did there thing and not one of them missed. All around awesome album.

  • @gupmali
    @gupmali ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy woods is second to none in underground rap

  • @byHexted
    @byHexted ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This albums been on repeat!

  • @DMontra
    @DMontra 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a minor freak out when I realized the chorus on Soft Landing has the same lyrics as Nina Simone - Feeling Good

  • @Quorthayn
    @Quorthayn ปีที่แล้ว

    "Broken like the ice cream machine" might be my favorite bar of 2023.

  • @kamali2593
    @kamali2593 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, a really good rap underground record. There were lots of duds so far this year, but this one didn't disappoint

  • @OuterGalaxyLounge
    @OuterGalaxyLounge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dustin Hoffman is really up to date on his tunes.

  • @Ehh.....
    @Ehh..... ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont know what it is about this album but Billy woods had never clicked with me until this one. Every previous album ive tried ive bounced off after a few tracks but this one hit different for some reason (I have zero idea why). I wanna go back and try his older output again.

  • @unknownreviews7259
    @unknownreviews7259 ปีที่แล้ว

    I literally ASCENDED reacting to blue smoke and year zero. seeing soft landing in the least fav tracks made me sad tho ngl. and rapperweed and agriculture not in the fav tracks those were literally insane

  • @boombapbenny5050
    @boombapbenny5050 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Melon didn't like Soft Landing!?!? That is one of my favourite from the album 🤣 Soundcheck and Facetime are the other two.

  • @hellraizers2
    @hellraizers2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lets not argue

  • @henryhill92
    @henryhill92 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How are you still calling him 'Billy' after he corrected you so many times in the interview? Come on, dude, 'Woods'

  • @camilofajardo9199
    @camilofajardo9199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh there it goes another eight for billy woods ain't even gagged I'd be more surprised the moment that anthony scores billy with something lower than a seven

  • @MegaKhalid121
    @MegaKhalid121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soft Landings and Hangman the only songs ive heard so far and those songs are excellent

  • @Coldseen
    @Coldseen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If this album could have been called "Flags" you will give a *special crown/10*

  • @GameJunkyard11
    @GameJunkyard11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Highly disagree with you saying it's an improvement over Hiding Places. That album's untouchable with masterpieces like SpongeBob, Spider Hole, A Day in a Week in a Year etc. But of course, Billy is super consistent as ever and this album is just another great addition to his incredible run. And I can't believe you didn't like Soft Landing, that one's just like a classic Billy song to me.
    You misspelt "Waiting Around" in the description!

  • @spellbound985
    @spellbound985 ปีที่แล้ว

    i saw armand hammer live and they played some from this (soft landing was beautiful live). i met billy after the show what a down to earth and real guy, even got a photo with him

  • @laquisabstract4245
    @laquisabstract4245 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    billy woodswoods

  • @themercycatalog
    @themercycatalog 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cant wait to bring my vinyl of this through TSA

  • @Arrrghjay84
    @Arrrghjay84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely love it, plus Aesop Rock’s verse is so good.

  • @elia.0724
    @elia.0724 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Anthony, i don't know if you were already planning to do it, but today the band Lovejoy just dropped their new album called "Wake Up & It's Over". I did listen to the album and i think that it's pretty good, so it would be cool for me to hear your opinion on it. I also think that some songs sound like the songs on the self-titled debute Weezer album, which is pretty cool.

  • @joshuamoose4301
    @joshuamoose4301 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really dig the instrumental on Soft Landing personally.

  • @st_nickelouse9219
    @st_nickelouse9219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why is he interrupting my ads

  • @byHexted
    @byHexted ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I did see Billy live and I was standing right next to earl and alchemist before the show I looked up and earl was 5 feet away staring at me and I should’ve said something but I pussed out

    • @ficus3929
      @ficus3929 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was this at the resident in LA?

  • @financecarter
    @financecarter ปีที่แล้ว

    You should review Panchiko next. I loved their last album but I need to know if you like the new album so I can know if I like the album.

  • @attackthewack262
    @attackthewack262 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey now, Soft Landing is a vibe... Nonetheless, this album is superb! woods & Segal are definitely one of the best rapper/producer duos and I want them to collaborate more. Even the features on this album are all stellar.

  • @dgrancastillo
    @dgrancastillo ปีที่แล้ว

    I started listening to billy since Aethiopes and now I have to follow everything he does.