I never understood the hate this album got, it’s definitely a classic 2010 album and the album cover is classic too, the son of Kanye as he called himself delivered great art
@@MemeLord42069 absolutely, there's the one track that sticks with people and makes them come back to the album and realize what they missed. Ye had Amazing from 808s, and Black Skinhead from Yeezus, and obviously Bino has Bonfire from his EP and 3005
@@MemeLord42069 it def wasn't misunderstood at the time lmao this came out when I was a junior in high school and was one of the most popular albums that year. Just cause pitchfork (who is always shit) gave it a bad score, it doesnt mean it was misunderstood. If anything, this album earned him more respect in the industry. This was basically his Watching Movies and the only justifiable criticism he really got for this was that some of the songs were pretty uninspired/not fully fleshed out to the point where you couldn't tell if they were meant to be interludes or songs. Camp wasn't very good minus a few songs and he was seen as a corny punchline rapper by a lot of people but then this project legitimized him. Also, I love Bino, but dude isn't even remotely in the same league as Kanye musically or culturally imo lol theres really no comparison at all minus his own one he made sort of as a joke
@@sk33t_38 well, the number of artists that can actually be compared to Kanye in terms of impact and relevance is extremely small. But they're both very much on the same wave, much of which can be spoken for by Kanye's influence, but not all. To say that there are similarities in some of their discographies and their reception is not an overreach, per popularity at the times of release and how that popularity changed beyond album singles as well as those albums being turning points in each artist's respective career
That was one of the most fullfilling reacts I've ever seen from Bob. He clicked the anotations, he got the references, he apreciated the creativity in the beat and the lyrics!! Love you Bob, that's one of my favorites from you for sure. Love the album too
@@bobthepoppop if you get the chance you should react to under pressure by logic, I believe it came out the same year and features gambino as well :) one of the best albums ever
I strongly believe Flight Of The Navigator is the best song on the album. When you're in your feels, this is the best song you can listen to. As a teenager who's been through a lot, this song hits home for me.
Bob u have to do “Awaken, My Love!” By Childish Gambino. I know it’s not a rap album but it is so good and it’s something to just sit back and enjoy. It might help with ur urge to look at lyrics all the time. Much love tho Bob keep it up
The podcast series “dissect” has an amazing season dedicated to this album. It made me appreciate this work of art even more than I had already. Highly recommend it.
Yeeeeah. But you shouldn’t have to draw some (very, very) abstract theories on why an album is good. Cal from Dissect really reaches sometimes and puts his own theories out there and people grasp to that as an “Ah Ha!” Moment. BTI had some great songs, some okay songs, and…I don’t need a whole screenplay to say that a wetsuit. Or the internet doesn’t actually mean anything. That’s super lame, and I’m happy that I have Donald Glover has great stuff in other mediums.
The insane beat switch in Zealots of Stockholm continues to terrify me. I was in the back seat of our car on the way home from Florida. It was about 3:30 AM and I had headphones on, playing Because the Internet while I slept. I was awake enough to know we just parked in a truck stop so my mom could use the bathroom. I dozed back to sleep and just as we were leaving, the beat switch happened and SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. I woke up panting, almost throwing my headphones. I’ll never forget that when I hear that song.
love this album and everything that came with it, I own the vinyl and the detail in itself is amazing. the screenplay and emotion Bino created with this project will stick with me forever. Death By Numbers will never leave my head.
He definitely created an experience. It was a unique weekend going down the rabbit hole of what this album has along side the short film and screenplay.
Awaken My Love is his best album definitely with the instrumentation and amazing singing by Donald. Definitely worth checking it out. Soul R&B Rock Funk elements all throughout.
@@cz5696 yeah same. Awaken has really high highs and really low lows in my opinion. Because The Internet is more consistent, and I'm more of a fan of the Hip Hop sound than the Soul R&B sound
It's kinda good but like funkadelic and parliament have been doing the same thing since the 70s lol half the songs are samples of their music. Redbone the most popular track is a slowed and reverbed version of bootsy Collin's I would rather be with you. Bootsy Collin's being one of the leads within both bands.don't mean to sound rude though no hate it's just it's been done for a while
This album has aged amazingly. When it came out and I was in high school It was an awesome album with some really unconvetionally catchy tracks, but it offers more with every relisten, especially taking the screenplay and movies into account which I didn't even know existed till I had spent years with the album. There are things to love about every track, no matter how abstract the ideas. Impossible to pick favorites off this thing.
my favourite album of all time, obvs i understand its not the best album ever but that doesn’t stop it from being my favourite, one of the only albums i can listen to back to front with zero skips
Bob all I have to say is Donald is one of my favorite artists of all time and I've been following all of his moves for the past decade or so. One of the first "rappers" I genuinely resonated with. Lots of good memories with this album, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love the entire album but over time Flight of the Navigator became one of my favorite tracks EVER. It just hits me so deeply. Gonna stop here cause I will ramble and ramble but just know that Donald is my fuckin HERO, look into his other projects when you find the time :)
I love when people get so passionate about a piece of music that they have to slam their own brakes to stop from going nuts over it 😂 That's a good problem to have :)
This is my favorite rap album. Came out during my highschool years and even now in my mid 20s it feels more relevant than ever. The longing for connection, even when everyone in the world is a finger press away, the everpresent desire for genuine affection and gatherings, and the inevitable disappointment and angst when you realize that there's more to life than just "chilling". No Exit gives me chills, it's everything I've felt wrapped so beautifully, and Life the Biggest Troll really puts it all into perspective. Love the videos, can't wait to see your additional thoughts on this one.
I’m glad you reacted to this, it’s my favorite album of all time. The way he managed to create not just an album but an actual world, using all the talents he has in one single project, its really amazing. Modern renaissance man
I get way too invested in these videos. It was buffering for a minute and a half straight and I thought wow this must be a really deep lyric that bob is pondering it this much
STOKED to hear you liked this. I think BTI haters have a lil bit of Kanye West bias where they can recognize when a Ye lyric is supposed to be more funny than clever, but they don’t extend the same understanding to Gambino’s lyrics. I got so happy to see how many of his lyrics you enjoyed. Gambino is such a fun rapper I hope he makes his way back to hip hop eventually.
I'm glad you enjoyed the record. This is a personal favorite of mine, as its one of the first albums that got me into music at a deeper level- when it came out I was only 13. Crazy stuff.
Gambino is ultra talented. Singer, rapper, and actor. Lyrics are insane and the sound effects of his songs were so unique back in the day. This his best album and a personal favorite. Crawl, worldstar, sweatpants, and 3005 are "S" tier rap songs.
I’ve been waiting on this for SO LONG. Since he ain’t going along with the screenplay I’m super curious to see how much of the storyline he catches through lyrics. I beileve in Bob
Man I really enjoy how you breakdown the lyrics. A lot of first time listeners to this album don't know anything about the screenplay or the short film. Keep up the good work!
I haven’t watched yet but you have to listen to Awaken, My Love. It’s Bino’s best album (it’s a soul/funk album) and as someone who grew up on rock and loves both rock and rap I know you will love it too.
This is undoubtedly an important album. While I look back on at and don’t consider it my favorite like I did in high school, it is so conceptually unique in both theme and execution that to write it off is to ignore a pretty big chunk of the 2010s where this album stood alone. I am glad this one was not delayed.
Very much same experience for me. My buddy and I were huge fans obsessing over Clapping for the Wrong Reasons, looking for secrets in the music videos. Still enjoyable but not my favorite anymore. Funny thing is my sister just went through a Gambino faze her sophomore year of highschool
I’m glad you liked the album. I feel like BTI had a big impact on JPEGMAFIA’s sound. Awaken My Love is a complete departure from this, so I can’t wait for you to hear it! Also, I highly recommend Acid Rap by Chance The Rapper. It’s a classic mixtape at this point and a blast to listen to.
hmm.. i can't really say that this album had a big impact on peggy's music, his earlier works from 2009-2012 is just so unique and the sound is nothing like gambino's. id say jpeg got his sound from himself only
@@dez-m bro, peggie started dropping in 2009, and he didn’t pick up steam until 2017. veteran was definitely inspired by bti. the modern flows/singing, chaotic production, and internet-age social commentary. you’re deaf if you can’t hear the impact of this album on peggy’s work. why is influence a bad thing all of a sudden? (JPEGMAFIA is my favorite current rapper/producer btw)
just explaining the whole thing with the term "worldstar": worldstar is a hugely popular page on several different social media platforms that mostly got their fame from posting fight videos / fight compilation videos.
I really really love that you review this album. Sounds like dial-up, and the worst guys had a certain sound that sound I can often described as the sound I would play or think of if I was describing my teenage years as audio Gambino definitely captured a point in time with this album of how most young people felt.
I remember the build up to this album. All summer long this was the soundtrack to my life. I remember going to Stone Mountain and playing gambino off the top of the mountain and thinking about how this album certified him as my favorite musician. Then of course if you found bino first you look into Donald and fall in love with him too. Man of many talents definitely a creative king for the 2010’s
listening to album the first couple of times, i didn't pick up on a lot of the one liners and the amazing wordplay, this reaction just made me appreciate the album 10x more
Mann one of my favorite albums ever, Donald being my fav artist of all time . This album is polished so perfectly but the bino fan in me just loves “Camp” a tad bit more , hopefully you can make it to that one day . GLAD YOU LOVED THE ALBUM BOB 😭❤️
I never knew this album was soo hated until I looked it up on the internet. Me and my friends thought that this album was one of the best albums we heard in that time. Especially because in this time mixtapes where the biggest thing in hip hop and shit even Gambino was featured in one of the biggest tapes of that time which is Chance’s Acid Rap. So a lot of rap albums in this time where overlooked but Gambino gave it his all and made his best album in his discography in my opinion. Awaken, My Love is a amazing album but nothing will beat Because The Internet.
Yeah the people that hate this album have flimsy reasons. They hear some outdated references call it corny and disregard a classic album based on nothing. It's just counterculture vultures whining because it's popular "itS cOrnY aNd diDn'T AgE wElL!!!!1". They have to feel special somehow
comparing it to big steppers is so valid with how much it feels like a screenplay, script. first album that really got me into music when it released, glad you enjoyed it! its starting to show its age with the sound i think but few albums create such strong imagery as this one
So happy you were able to listen to this album. Was insanely ahead of its time. Gambino almost had a Kanye aura, where all his work only gets better and the craft can’t be imitated !
1:38:15 Very minor point but it makes sense that you can't remember the name of the main character--he's nameless, which adds to the feel of the book, in that because he has no name he could be any one of us. Either by coincidence or, as I think is more likely, entirely on purpose, the main character in the BTI screenplay is only referred to as "The Boy," similarly making it so that he could be anyone. Interesting stuff. Love this album, glad you enjoyed it!
I love this album!! Also the numbers on the titles show when an act in the screenplay starts and ends. So the first act starts with Crawl and ends with Worldstar
About the Drake/Fantano thing in the opening thoughts because it seems you were missing some of it. Drake randomly sent the "Your existence is a light 1" etc. to Fantano. Fantano decided to make a joke video where he created fake DMs from Drake that were actually nice and included a vegan recipe. It was a pretty funny video and because of the nature of Fantano's second channel nobody would've ever known if it was real or fake outside of Fantano and Drake. Then Drake posted the real DMs online where you can see he was kinda just being an ass, even though Fantano ignored it and just made a joke about it. I personally wouldn't say Fantano did anything wrong there and I thought it was pretty funny. I do love that quote from the Kendrick song though.
The video was actually a pretty clever way to use that to get some views without exposing Drake, no one would know that there was an actual DM if he didn't post it after
I'm glad I was wrong about Fantano's side. Seems like he did a solid and somewhat tried to side-step Drake being an ass. But Drake went the extra mile to 'fix the problem' lol... The whole situation is so bizarre to me 🤷♂️
Im glad you liked 3005. This song was a huge hit back in the day and listening to it now gives me great nostalgia since it's one of those songs that's beloved by all by not played much in the modern day. It takes me back to old days when times were simpler.
I’m so happy you finally got to review this!! It’s one of my personal favorites from last decade for sure. I know you’re definitely booked with albums for a long time, but I wanted to throw a suggestion out there for you. “This old dog” album by Mac DeMarco. It has a psychedelic/indie type of production. Definitely a refreshing sounding album.
Would love to see you react to “The Waters” by Mick Jenkins. It’s a conceptual album with a ton of meaning! He is both lyrical and conscious hailing from Chicago.
Idk how I was a week late to this I been waitin forever for this 😂 but there is an interview with Kendrick where he's asked what he's been listening to recently, and he said he thought BTI was the album of the year!
BTI is like, incredibly ambitious in terms of what CG wanted to do with the project as a whole, and all the short films, and all his interviews as 'The Boy' at the time........... but like, at the end of the day even if u think all that was dumb, the album itself slaps so hard
I almost never comment on videos, feeling that they are often insignificant or overlooked, but this time I will go out of my way to do it. You seem in touch with your community, and that might give my recommendation the chance to be seen. This is a 5AM type of thought that came after a 2 hour session of listening to him, and I have literally no idea if it has been proposed before, but what I would like to recommend is that you give Bon Iver a listen. You might be familiar with his sound from some of Kanye's classics such as Lost In The World, so why not give it a shot. He is very innovative, and his music; having many layers, subjects and metaphors; would certainly produce an interesting analysis. Having said that, I would also like to congratulate you for the quality content, and thank you for the time invested in order to provide it to us.
Bon Iver has come up before... he's on the list. The trouble with 'the list' is that it's so massive at this point. It basically consists of every album I have NOT heard lol... so being on the list doesn't amount to much anymore, unfortunately. Which kinda kills me because I'm open to hearing all of these projects. It's a lot of fun going through them. Just all comes down to time 🤷♂️
Beyond grateful you finally have done this one and didn't bump it out of rotation once more lol. Genuinely one of my favorite albums of all time. It has a lot of meaning to me personally.
While I’m not a big fan of this album, I truly adore “Awaken My Love” and it’s a complete departure from the sound on bti. I really think you will like it and I can’t wait to see your reaction. I will say tho that flight of the navigator and urn are some of gambinos best songs.
i love this album, probably my favorite gambino album. very excited for the donuts reaction 🙏🏽🙏🏽 pls add Manager On McNichols by boldy james to that long list pls
worldstar was a popular website in the 2010s where people uploaded fights and hiphop related stuff like music videos. i think sometimes people posted messed up shit like someone getting shot
Can’t wait to see you experience his future albums. Awaken my love is a fucking masterpiece of an album, but very disconnected from anything else he’s ever made and standalone. 3.15.20 on the otherhand I feel is very underappreciated and misunderstood. To me it works as an amazing companion/continuation of the themes presented on this album. An amazing album that sadly got overshadowed by one of the Weeknds best projects.
Hell yes Bob Im so happy you dug the album and I just knew you would be someone that would really get how wild and creatively ambitious this album is. Also on The Worst Guys, I always looked at it as kind of a duality of this. “All she need wassum” is obviously referring to dick but in context of the whole song I feel like it just may as well be a girl just looking for love and Gambino isn’t looking to give either one regardless because of his perception of how everything is socially. She doesnt get whatever it is she wants at the end but he leaves it just ambiguous enough to be a song about unrequited love but also surface level just a thirsty chick lol he leaves it up to you to decide
I haven't finished the video yet, so I don't know if it gets brought up, but you should give it another listen while you read the screenplay that he wrote for it.
I believe that conceptually 3.15.20 is a better album than Awaken My Love. It's more of an experience and it's hard to compare the two but personally, 3.15.20 is slightly better.
I can't believe anyone would think this is mid it's probably my favorite besides the royalty mixtape. Even for the fans of only the singing urn and flight of the navigator are so good
I never understood the hate this album got, it’s definitely a classic 2010 album and the album cover is classic too, the son of Kanye as he called himself delivered great art
Pitchfork took a huge dump on it, it was totally misunderstood at its time and aged very well
@@GIGAFAT3 “totally misunderstood at its time and aged very well” his Kanye comparison makes so much sense
@@MemeLord42069 absolutely, there's the one track that sticks with people and makes them come back to the album and realize what they missed. Ye had Amazing from 808s, and Black Skinhead from Yeezus, and obviously Bino has Bonfire from his EP and 3005
@@MemeLord42069 it def wasn't misunderstood at the time lmao this came out when I was a junior in high school and was one of the most popular albums that year. Just cause pitchfork (who is always shit) gave it a bad score, it doesnt mean it was misunderstood. If anything, this album earned him more respect in the industry. This was basically his Watching Movies and the only justifiable criticism he really got for this was that some of the songs were pretty uninspired/not fully fleshed out to the point where you couldn't tell if they were meant to be interludes or songs. Camp wasn't very good minus a few songs and he was seen as a corny punchline rapper by a lot of people but then this project legitimized him.
Also, I love Bino, but dude isn't even remotely in the same league as Kanye musically or culturally imo lol theres really no comparison at all minus his own one he made sort of as a joke
@@sk33t_38 well, the number of artists that can actually be compared to Kanye in terms of impact and relevance is extremely small. But they're both very much on the same wave, much of which can be spoken for by Kanye's influence, but not all. To say that there are similarities in some of their discographies and their reception is not an overreach, per popularity at the times of release and how that popularity changed beyond album singles as well as those albums being turning points in each artist's respective career
That was one of the most fullfilling reacts I've ever seen from Bob. He clicked the anotations, he got the references, he apreciated the creativity in the beat and the lyrics!! Love you Bob, that's one of my favorites from you for sure.
Love the album too
:)
@@bobthepoppop if you get the chance you should react to under pressure by logic, I believe it came out the same year and features gambino as well :) one of the best albums ever
ludwig göransson's production is on another level with this album, so amazing
he's underrated asf. god tier producer
Yeah... REALLY good. Like 'holy shit' kind of good.
@@cheddar8213 AND composer. Fun fact, he composed the music for Community, the show Donald played in
I strongly believe Flight Of The Navigator is the best song on the album. When you're in your feels, this is the best song you can listen to. As a teenager who's been through a lot, this song hits home for me.
Flight of the navigator caught me so off guard when I first heard it that it made me cry. Top 3 on the album fs
Absolutely hits
the intro reminds me of some nature esque stuff straight out of Life is Strange
Def agree, that song puts you somewhere & it never gets old
Shit can still make me cry if I put on ngl
Bob u have to do “Awaken, My Love!” By Childish Gambino. I know it’s not a rap album but it is so good and it’s something to just sit back and enjoy. It might help with ur urge to look at lyrics all the time. Much love tho Bob keep it up
this would be amazing
He did blonde so I’m sure he will do awaken
Awaken is a classic or soon to be!
Yeah, it does not really have the same weight or depth this project does, and it is pretty short too. Maybe it could get a listen during the week?
I think he'll be hooked from the first track
The podcast series “dissect” has an amazing season dedicated to this album. It made me appreciate this work of art even more than I had already. Highly recommend it.
Beat me to it, was about to suggest the same. Their season on Flower Boy is amazing.
where can i watch it? cant seems to find them on Spotify
@@ph4370n youtube
@@Pizgo search "dissect because the internet". it came up for me
Yeeeeah. But you shouldn’t have to draw some (very, very) abstract theories on why an album is good. Cal from Dissect really reaches sometimes and puts his own theories out there and people grasp to that as an “Ah Ha!” Moment. BTI had some great songs, some okay songs, and…I don’t need a whole screenplay to say that a wetsuit. Or the internet doesn’t actually mean anything. That’s super lame, and I’m happy that I have Donald Glover has great stuff in other mediums.
The insane beat switch in Zealots of Stockholm continues to terrify me. I was in the back seat of our car on the way home from Florida. It was about 3:30 AM and I had headphones on, playing Because the Internet while I slept. I was awake enough to know we just parked in a truck stop so my mom could use the bathroom. I dozed back to sleep and just as we were leaving, the beat switch happened and SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. I woke up panting, almost throwing my headphones. I’ll never forget that when I hear that song.
This album is so nostalgic for me. So glad you liked it
Different era. It reminds me of freshmen year being an angsty teen
love this album and everything that came with it, I own the vinyl and the detail in itself is amazing. the screenplay and emotion Bino created with this project will stick with me forever. Death By Numbers will never leave my head.
He definitely created an experience. It was a unique weekend going down the rabbit hole of what this album has along side the short film and screenplay.
Awaken My Love is his best album definitely with the instrumentation and amazing singing by Donald. Definitely worth checking it out. Soul R&B Rock Funk elements all throughout.
idk i kinda like Because the Internet better than Awaken
@@cz5696 yeah same. Awaken has really high highs and really low lows in my opinion. Because The Internet is more consistent, and I'm more of a fan of the Hip Hop sound than the Soul R&B sound
It's kinda good but like funkadelic and parliament have been doing the same thing since the 70s lol half the songs are samples of their music. Redbone the most popular track is a slowed and reverbed version of bootsy Collin's I would rather be with you. Bootsy Collin's being one of the leads within both bands.don't mean to sound rude though no hate it's just it's been done for a while
Awaken is his best album by far imo
Awaken my love> any other album of 2016
This album has aged amazingly. When it came out and I was in high school It was an awesome album with some really unconvetionally catchy tracks, but it offers more with every relisten, especially taking the screenplay and movies into account which I didn't even know existed till I had spent years with the album. There are things to love about every track, no matter how abstract the ideas. Impossible to pick favorites off this thing.
my favourite album of all time, obvs i understand its not the best album ever but that doesn’t stop it from being my favourite, one of the only albums i can listen to back to front with zero skips
Favorite never has to equal best. Just gotta enjoy it 👍
Bob all I have to say is Donald is one of my favorite artists of all time and I've been following all of his moves for the past decade or so. One of the first "rappers" I genuinely resonated with. Lots of good memories with this album, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love the entire album but over time Flight of the Navigator became one of my favorite tracks EVER. It just hits me so deeply. Gonna stop here cause I will ramble and ramble but just know that Donald is my fuckin HERO, look into his other projects when you find the time :)
I love when people get so passionate about a piece of music that they have to slam their own brakes to stop from going nuts over it 😂
That's a good problem to have :)
all the work he put on this album is enough to make it one of my favorites ever, i love this album and it has helped me a lot
This is my favorite rap album. Came out during my highschool years and even now in my mid 20s it feels more relevant than ever. The longing for connection, even when everyone in the world is a finger press away, the everpresent desire for genuine affection and gatherings, and the inevitable disappointment and angst when you realize that there's more to life than just "chilling".
No Exit gives me chills, it's everything I've felt wrapped so beautifully, and Life the Biggest Troll really puts it all into perspective.
Love the videos, can't wait to see your additional thoughts on this one.
Sweatpants is one of the best rap songs of the 2010s. I’ll fight anyone over that
OMG I AM SO FUCKING HYPE RIGHT NOW, the best 3 weeks ahead bro
We got Astroworld, LP, and what else?
@@rafa9200 I was including this week
@@firebagel2936 Ok cool. and we just had Atrocity Exhibition and The fucking Low End Theory. this is a terrific month
I’m glad you reacted to this, it’s my favorite album of all time. The way he managed to create not just an album but an actual world, using all the talents he has in one single project, its really amazing. Modern renaissance man
This album is SO NOSTALGIC AND gets better somehow everytime I listen to it! Can’t believe people hate it 🥳
I get way too invested in these videos. It was buffering for a minute and a half straight and I thought wow this must be a really deep lyric that bob is pondering it this much
rofl
STOKED to hear you liked this. I think BTI haters have a lil bit of Kanye West bias where they can recognize when a Ye lyric is supposed to be more funny than clever, but they don’t extend the same understanding to Gambino’s lyrics. I got so happy to see how many of his lyrics you enjoyed. Gambino is such a fun rapper I hope he makes his way back to hip hop eventually.
I'm glad you enjoyed the record. This is a personal favorite of mine, as its one of the first albums that got me into music at a deeper level- when it came out I was only 13. Crazy stuff.
Gambino is ultra talented. Singer, rapper, and actor. Lyrics are insane and the sound effects of his songs were so unique back in the day. This his best album and a personal favorite. Crawl, worldstar, sweatpants, and 3005 are "S" tier rap songs.
I’ve been waiting on this for SO LONG. Since he ain’t going along with the screenplay I’m super curious to see how much of the storyline he catches through lyrics. I beileve in Bob
Man I really enjoy how you breakdown the lyrics. A lot of first time listeners to this album don't know anything about the screenplay or the short film. Keep up the good work!
I haven’t watched yet but you have to listen to Awaken, My Love. It’s Bino’s best album (it’s a soul/funk album) and as someone who grew up on rock and loves both rock and rap I know you will love it too.
my favorite album of all time
This is undoubtedly an important album. While I look back on at and don’t consider it my favorite like I did in high school, it is so conceptually unique in both theme and execution that to write it off is to ignore a pretty big chunk of the 2010s where this album stood alone. I am glad this one was not delayed.
Very much same experience for me. My buddy and I were huge fans obsessing over Clapping for the Wrong Reasons, looking for secrets in the music videos. Still enjoyable but not my favorite anymore. Funny thing is my sister just went through a Gambino faze her sophomore year of highschool
I’m glad you liked the album. I feel like BTI had a big impact on JPEGMAFIA’s sound. Awaken My Love is a complete departure from this, so I can’t wait for you to hear it!
Also, I highly recommend Acid Rap by Chance The Rapper. It’s a classic mixtape at this point and a blast to listen to.
Bruv, I feel like it's the other way around with JPEGMAFIA and Gambino, Peggy been around since 2004 with that unique sound
I dont see the JPEG comparison at all, but yeah, I think he should start with 10 Day before he listens to Acid Rap tho
hmm.. i can't really say that this album had a big impact on peggy's music, his earlier works from 2009-2012 is just so unique and the sound is nothing like gambino's. id say jpeg got his sound from himself only
@@dez-m bro, peggie started dropping in 2009, and he didn’t pick up steam until 2017. veteran was definitely inspired by bti. the modern flows/singing, chaotic production, and internet-age social commentary. you’re deaf if you can’t hear the impact of this album on peggy’s work. why is influence a bad thing all of a sudden? (JPEGMAFIA is my favorite current rapper/producer btw)
@@ochiai3 ^
50:26 it did sound like you knew what you were doing Bob! 😂 such a great reaction glad you enjoyed the album even for the little things.
the party is honestly such an impressive song thatshifts the vibe of the next part of album. love this album and love your reaction bob
just explaining the whole thing with the term "worldstar": worldstar is a hugely popular page on several different social media platforms that mostly got their fame from posting fight videos / fight compilation videos.
I really really love that you review this album. Sounds like dial-up, and the worst guys had a certain sound that sound I can often described as the sound I would play or think of if I was describing my teenage years as audio Gambino definitely captured a point in time with this album of how most young people felt.
SAME that’s exactly how I would describe The Worst Guys
I remember the build up to this album. All summer long this was the soundtrack to my life. I remember going to Stone Mountain and playing gambino off the top of the mountain and thinking about how this album certified him as my favorite musician. Then of course if you found bino first you look into Donald and fall in love with him too. Man of many talents definitely a creative king for the 2010’s
I have been waiting for you to do this album phenomenal
So glad that you are enjoying this album. So nostalgic, first album I’ve ever bought.
listening to album the first couple of times, i didn't pick up on a lot of the one liners and the amazing wordplay, this reaction just made me appreciate the album 10x more
Mann one of my favorite albums ever, Donald being my fav artist of all time . This album is polished so perfectly but the bino fan in me just loves “Camp” a tad bit more , hopefully you can make it to that one day . GLAD YOU LOVED THE ALBUM BOB 😭❤️
This album is my favourite of all time, shame that it doesn’t click for everyone
Glad you finally got around to this, one of my favorite albums ever
I never knew this album was soo hated until I looked it up on the internet. Me and my friends thought that this album was one of the best albums we heard in that time. Especially because in this time mixtapes where the biggest thing in hip hop and shit even Gambino was featured in one of the biggest tapes of that time which is Chance’s Acid Rap. So a lot of rap albums in this time where overlooked but Gambino gave it his all and made his best album in his discography in my opinion. Awaken, My Love is a amazing album but nothing will beat Because The Internet.
Yeah the people that hate this album have flimsy reasons. They hear some outdated references call it corny and disregard a classic album based on nothing. It's just counterculture vultures whining because it's popular "itS cOrnY aNd diDn'T AgE wElL!!!!1". They have to feel special somehow
@@DoomHydra very stupid argument theres plenty of popular albums that have stood the test of time
@@AlanGonzalez-ev6ur yeah agreed, like BTI
comparing it to big steppers is so valid with how much it feels like a screenplay, script. first album that really got me into music when it released, glad you enjoyed it! its starting to show its age with the sound i think but few albums create such strong imagery as this one
one of my favorite youtubers reacting to one of my favorite albums BLESS U BOB
Point out the people that said the album is mid....I just wanna talk to them for a second....
Great album ! Didn’t even know so many people hated it
One of my fav albums, the production on this is magnificent
watching this in class right now, thanks bob
I recommend checking out the Kauai EP before listening to Awaken My Live
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I’m glad you enjoyed it! Always loved this album throughout my high school years. People slept on this album heavy
So happy you were able to listen to this album. Was insanely ahead of its time. Gambino almost had a Kanye aura, where all his work only gets better and the craft can’t be imitated !
You are absolutely on the right path that this has the similar societal vibe that steppers does…totally different but same frequencies for sure
very happy you enjoyed this album! one of the ones that got me into hip hop!
i never knew that this album got so much hate but its been my favorite gambino project ever since it was released. glad you enjoyed it!
Happy that people recognize this album for how good it is
1:38:15 Very minor point but it makes sense that you can't remember the name of the main character--he's nameless, which adds to the feel of the book, in that because he has no name he could be any one of us. Either by coincidence or, as I think is more likely, entirely on purpose, the main character in the BTI screenplay is only referred to as "The Boy," similarly making it so that he could be anyone. Interesting stuff. Love this album, glad you enjoyed it!
Do Be by common you’re going to love it
I've been waiting for you to get to this 🙌🏾. One of my favorite artists in every lane of art that he's involved in.
It's crazy how much he's involved with. Music, movies, tv... dude stays active. And here I have to force myself to go for a jog 😂
This album is an overlooked masterpiece
most slept on album in hip hop
I love this album!! Also the numbers on the titles show when an act in the screenplay starts and ends. So the first act starts with Crawl and ends with Worldstar
About the Drake/Fantano thing in the opening thoughts because it seems you were missing some of it.
Drake randomly sent the "Your existence is a light 1" etc. to Fantano. Fantano decided to make a joke video where he created fake DMs from Drake that were actually nice and included a vegan recipe. It was a pretty funny video and because of the nature of Fantano's second channel nobody would've ever known if it was real or fake outside of Fantano and Drake. Then Drake posted the real DMs online where you can see he was kinda just being an ass, even though Fantano ignored it and just made a joke about it.
I personally wouldn't say Fantano did anything wrong there and I thought it was pretty funny. I do love that quote from the Kendrick song though.
The video was actually a pretty clever way to use that to get some views without exposing Drake, no one would know that there was an actual DM if he didn't post it after
I'm glad I was wrong about Fantano's side. Seems like he did a solid and somewhat tried to side-step Drake being an ass. But Drake went the extra mile to 'fix the problem' lol...
The whole situation is so bizarre to me 🤷♂️
really one of the best rap albums of the decade
There’s a screenplay that goes along with this album, makes the album 10x better
Im glad you liked 3005. This song was a huge hit back in the day and listening to it now gives me great nostalgia since it's one of those songs that's beloved by all by not played much in the modern day. It takes me back to old days when times were simpler.
Really hope you do Awaken My Love one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years
Not of the last 10 years , more like of the last 3 000 000 years
Years later and this album is still very much relevant....
I’m so happy you finally got to review this!! It’s one of my personal favorites from last decade for sure. I know you’re definitely booked with albums for a long time, but I wanted to throw a suggestion out there for you. “This old dog” album by Mac DeMarco. It has a psychedelic/indie type of production. Definitely a refreshing sounding album.
Would love to see you react to “The Waters” by Mick Jenkins. It’s a conceptual album with a ton of meaning! He is both lyrical and conscious hailing from Chicago.
awaken my love brings me to tears its so beautiful
I literally searched your channel last night hoping you had reacted to this, you have no idea how excited I am for this vid lol
Idk how I was a week late to this I been waitin forever for this 😂 but there is an interview with Kendrick where he's asked what he's been listening to recently, and he said he thought BTI was the album of the year!
bruhh please find that interview if you can i wanna see it
I’m a huge fan of mostly everything Donald glover/ childish gambinos done so glad you are finally listening to him
YES ITS FINALLY HERE
To love this album you have to understand and truly appreciate music and art.
BTI is like, incredibly ambitious in terms of what CG wanted to do with the project as a whole, and all the short films, and all his interviews as 'The Boy' at the time........... but like, at the end of the day even if u think all that was dumb, the album itself slaps so hard
I almost never comment on videos, feeling that they are often insignificant or overlooked, but this time I will go out of my way to do it. You seem in touch with your community, and that might give my recommendation the chance to be seen.
This is a 5AM type of thought that came after a 2 hour session of listening to him, and I have literally no idea if it has been proposed before, but what I would like to recommend is that you give Bon Iver a listen. You might be familiar with his sound from some of Kanye's classics such as Lost In The World, so why not give it a shot.
He is very innovative, and his music; having many layers, subjects and metaphors; would certainly produce an interesting analysis.
Having said that, I would also like to congratulate you for the quality content, and thank you for the time invested in order to provide it to us.
Bon Iver has come up before... he's on the list. The trouble with 'the list' is that it's so massive at this point. It basically consists of every album I have NOT heard lol... so being on the list doesn't amount to much anymore, unfortunately. Which kinda kills me because I'm open to hearing all of these projects. It's a lot of fun going through them. Just all comes down to time 🤷♂️
I can't say I've ever given this album a fair chance but I'm happy to listen along. I do wish Donald Glover would've been cast Spiderman though.
Beyond grateful you finally have done this one and didn't bump it out of rotation once more lol. Genuinely one of my favorite albums of all time. It has a lot of meaning to me personally.
cant wait for you to check out awaken my love
I love your reactions. Keep up the great content
While I’m not a big fan of this album, I truly adore “Awaken My Love” and it’s a complete departure from the sound on bti. I really think you will like it and I can’t wait to see your reaction. I will say tho that flight of the navigator and urn are some of gambinos best songs.
Can't wait for Awaken My Love
i love this album, probably my favorite gambino album. very excited for the donuts reaction 🙏🏽🙏🏽 pls add Manager On McNichols by boldy james to that long list pls
Finally we are on BTI, such a good album.
I will NEVER understand the people who say this album is mid, its like we listened to completely different albums
I love this album so much thanks for the reaction as always ❤
worldstar was a popular website in the 2010s where people uploaded fights and hiphop related stuff like music videos. i think sometimes people posted messed up shit like someone getting shot
Its still a current active website.
@@nestdneb i know but nobody is on that shit anymore like who still cares about worldstar fr
Glover saw someone get shot outside a club in Atlanta. I think seeing people record it for virality inspired that record.
Can’t wait to see you experience his future albums. Awaken my love is a fucking masterpiece of an album, but very disconnected from anything else he’s ever made and standalone. 3.15.20 on the otherhand I feel is very underappreciated and misunderstood. To me it works as an amazing companion/continuation of the themes presented on this album. An amazing album that sadly got overshadowed by one of the Weeknds best projects.
This album came out my first year of uni. so much nostalgia hearing this on the train on repeaaaaat
Crazy how songs can bring you back, huh? Little time portals...
This reaction makes me appreciate the album even more! 💪🏽
One of the best compliments I can receive imo 🤘
this was the first rap album i ever bought and listened to all the way through
My favorite album of all time. Can’t wait for you to hear Awaken my love! And Kauai. Such a good artist
Forever one of my favorites! Great memories of this era and this album. My favorite of his.
Hell yes Bob Im so happy you dug the album and I just knew you would be someone that would really get how wild and creatively ambitious this album is.
Also on The Worst Guys, I always looked at it as kind of a duality of this. “All she need wassum” is obviously referring to dick but in context of the whole song I feel like it just may as well be a girl just looking for love and Gambino isn’t looking to give either one regardless because of his perception of how everything is socially. She doesnt get whatever it is she wants at the end but he leaves it just ambiguous enough to be a song about unrequited love but also surface level just a thirsty chick lol he leaves it up to you to decide
It's neat that the left the statement open ended. It allows room for consideration which is important in an album like this.
I haven't finished the video yet, so I don't know if it gets brought up, but you should give it another listen while you read the screenplay that he wrote for it.
i have been waiting for this for a year.
You made my day once again, Bob. This is one of my favorite albums and this was my favorite reaction. Some other great reactions to this on TH-cam too
One of the greatest albums of all time
ohh i love this album and i was waiting for it, thanks!!!
I believe that conceptually 3.15.20 is a better album than Awaken My Love. It's more of an experience and it's hard to compare the two but personally, 3.15.20 is slightly better.
I can't believe anyone would think this is mid it's probably my favorite besides the royalty mixtape. Even for the fans of only the singing urn and flight of the navigator are so good