Killer Mike - MICHAEL ALBUM REVIEW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2023
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Killer Mike contains multitudes, some of which aren't working in his favor here.
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FAV TRACKS: DOWN BY LAW, SHED TEARS, SLUMMER, SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS, TWO DAYS, MOTHERLESS, DON'T LET THE DEVIL
LEAST FAV TRACK: RUN
KILLER MIKE - MICHAEL / 2023 / LOMA VISTA / HIP HOP
6/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? - เพลง
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The Kendrick line ‘u miss when hip hop was rappin, mf if you did killer mike would be platinum” played in my head several times during this
Also ‘capitalists posing as compassionates be offending me’ on mr morale lol
What song
@@hkm3542 Hood Politics.
Kendrick def was wrong about that
@@emmanueld.5875Michael won album of the year. Kendrick was not wrong
I liked it a lot. Never heard of Mike before the Grammy wins. I wanted to listen to it before being upset about Utopia not winning. It’s much more meaningful and I’m glad it won.
I also enjoyed Michael, but KD3 was way better
W honestly, you didn’t get mad and decided to listen to it.
I actually agree haven’t heard pure rap album like this since 2020
Highly recommend you check out run the jewels. They’re some great albums.
This album just won the grammy
and he swept the category 😂
and it's 6/10 😅
Bro this is hilarious 🤣🤣
the most mid grammy's of the 21st century.
@@LittleHombritokeep crying💀 utopia was ass
Killer Mike in 2016: KILL YOUR MASTERS
Killer Mike now: TIP YOUR LANDLORDS
@@ghost_mall Nonsense. Black capitalism doesn't represent liberation for black people on the same grounds that capitalism doesn't represent liberation for poor whites: We can't all be capitalists because capitalists get their wealth from workers. A tiny minority of extra black people being given the chance to also oppress the poor isn't the win that people like Mike represent it as.
@@mortimerwake2974yeah I get talking about having to exist within/exploiting capitalism despite being a leftist (“Driponomics” by Soul Glo is great at this) but that line ends when you’re just rapping about exploiting the lower class (I.e. being a landlord)
He became Killer Michael
We have to own something …
@@mortimerwake2974 Well said. I mean in a box, yeah if you have money you should invest in property or stocks. There's nothing wrong with that; life is hard--do what you can to survive. However black capitalists tend to believe that owning property in itself if a cure-all for black people's problem. It's the myth of Black Wallstreet that tends to point the finger at back people themselves, suggesting that we are solely responsible for our own oppression.
My favorite part was when killer mike became Landlord Mike
And proceeded to collect rent all over the audience
Kill your masters. Being a landlord is aspirational.
I am politically coherent and deserve to be taken seriously as a political thinker.
@LDVenus-kz2lc and don't get me started about his stint with Killer Kemp
Ya he should be poor forever, never invest his money
@@bakerausif he’s going to claim to care about the housing crisis and gentrification, treating people’s homes as an investment should be the last thing he does
Woah... a six??! That's pretty lukewarm, man! As a landlord, I'm personally feeling a light nine! Thank you Killer Mike !!!!🦅🦅🦅
can't wait for new Rent The Jewels album 🔥🔥🔥
Can’t believe he turned so many people on him by his stupid landlord bs. What a stupid way to hurt your brand 😂
Mike personally replaced my blind slats and fixed my garbage disposal. Great land lord!
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 it's funny how everybody has a problem with him being a land lord yet if he rapped about killing or selling drugs nobody would care. Really makes you think 🤔
Cause it's unlikely he's out there with an AK-47 no matter how many lyrics he has about it.
But the legal system in the U.S is ridiculously corrupt in favouring rent seeking behavior (in this case literally) that it's absolutely hurting hundreds of millions daily.
So a landlord to most is not someone you've made a fair bargain with but someone you're forced to deal with in a rigged system to avoid being homeless without any proper alternative or competition because ownership is so consolidated by companies like Black Rock.
Regardless of how mixed I feel overall, it was a really interesting listen. Would love a new El-P album as well. Cancer 4 Cure is still a banger to me.
that one song that I’m not allowed to say on the cancer 4 cure album is my number one speaker destroyer
@@desperatelycravingahamsandwich I'm with you. The music video is also fun as hell.
@@desperatelycravingahamsandwich you may feel that you're not allowed to say it, but i've noticed that the R-slur is making a comeback in a big way lately, for better or for worse
I literally am one but i rarely ever say it because I don’t seem like it
@@verbatim7508 I’ve started using it as a term of affection across autistics
How will this affect Big Boi’s legacy?
We found a Bigger Boi
@@p-ruthless9005Wait until you find out about the Biggest Boi
By showing that his artists have longevity, perhaps? Keep in mind that Killer Mike has been around for over two decades.
Gotta ask Ja
@@JohnDoe-vc5qb Morant?
I personally quite enjoy this album, thought there was some great jams on this thing. But I understand the mixed reception of it. For me at least the high points are so good it kinda makes up for its lower points. I’d personally give it a strong 7.
I was waiting for the punchline the whole time reading this
@@Saientificlmao
I agree the highs overshadow the lows and I also have it as a 7
Eryn Allen Kane killed the vocals. Deserves a call out imo
She has an angelic voice. Listen to "Piano Song" by her
The cover says it all: devil horn hair and halo, he's divided, at odds with himself. Also he's getting older, trying to stay edgy while becoming part of the establishment. Common artist story.
If rap was about rapping killer Mike would be platinum
Lol thanks for the misquoted Kendrick line from almost a decade ago. Very salient point.
Lmfao
@@OneDayAsALannister: He's clearly paraphrasing. Including the whole quote as it was written would make less sense in this context.
how op found out about killer mike
@ericforsyth it was a diss not a compliment
Never thought I’d see the day michael Jackson gets a 6😢😢😢
Bro
This is Mike D from beastie boys
Its fine, he gave him an 8 in 2019
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@Milan-vi1bq💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Exit 9 has to be my favourite song off the album. This whole project was so good with some incredible beats, bars and features. I do hope we get a new RTJ album
Fuck no
I loved this album. I’ve followed Mike his entire career and although there may be some inconsistency I’ve never felt mikes music has ever felt more comfortable.
We can debate the creative details all day, but I felt like this is mike. Conflicted, learning, comfortable in his space and creating the way he wants.
I don’t feel like I’m being sold this album.
Its a forced listen
I like this take a lot. I don't think there is anything wrong with having some personal conflicts in your beliefs. Especially for people that were raised religious but no longer are.
Further I feel like the nuance in some of the lyrics was lost on melon. Great album. Strong 10.
@@SadPandaisSadI thought was great idk why people are hating on it the comments
Better review than anthony's❤
I loved this album. I’m not a music critic. I listened to this while biking to meet some friends, loved it
Who's here after Killer Mike won the grammys?
Killer Mike's best song is Ric Flair and it's a damn shame it's not on Spotify
I like how you matched Mike's Halo with the ring lights in the reflection on your glasses. That's the attention to detail we've all come to love.
damnnnnnnnn
That's pretty obvious
Rapping about being a landlord is almost antithetical to rap itself. So unbelievably tone deaf it's practically a crime against rap.
Rent is almost due
Lmao, what
@@ericforsythhe's right fucking cry about it
@@shjilz: Cry about people expecting money for an investment, a service, and a risk. 😂
@@ericforsyth being a private landlord isn't a service, it's a drain on society and something that is actively destroying our country. of course there will be people like you who defend it, but everyone who warned against it will be proven correct when it becomes literally impossible to buy/own a home in a few years.
(it already is in most of the country.)
Cool review, Anthony. I can say for myself personally that I really enjoyed this album. This joint right here is southern hip hop at its finest. The knocking bass throughout the whole thing ❤ chefs kiss. Also, it was a really retrospective album where killer Mike showed us another side of himself. After listening to this project, I feel for the guy. Easy 7 to light 8 out of 10 imo
Hopefully there's a JAIME as well before RTJ5 inevitably drops
I say this as a life long CoFlow/def jux/rtj fan; having someone to balance Els frantic paranoia conspiracy flows REALLY helps on full length albums
People weren't ready for El Producto 20 years ago and still aren't
@@nrran6835 I honestly think El's solo work is more interesting. RTJ is fun but the formula's wearing kinda thin.
@@dabunnydabunny1243not even, bring on RTJ5
I think Alabama shake's Brittany Howard called her solo album Jaime, so I hope el-p finds another title for his album :)
Just won 3 grammys for this album 👏🏿
I think a lot of the duality in some of the album’s themes clearly went over Fantano’s head unsurprisingly. This album is a solid 9. Outside of a few underwhelming features (Mozzy & Young Thug) the album was excellent. It’s absolutely the best rap album to drop this year.
Listen to Beloved!Paradise!Jazz!?
the more solo stuff I hear from KM, the more highly I think of El-P
Good way of putting it
I love El-P but he can't rap like Mike can
@@carstarsarstenstesenni can see people not liking his voice or delivery as much but el imo raps at least as well as mike if not better
@@carstarsarstenstesennyou must be out of your Damn mind to think Killer Mike can rap better than EL-P, go listen to I’ll sleep when your dead
@@carstarsarstenstesenn I'm not saying he's worse, just that El-P brings something more out of him that KM can't do by himself on his solo stuff
he gave this album a light 6, which means he thinks it’s on par with MBDTF, which means that this album is actually a 10!
Killer Mike in dave rubin arc.
Next Lp is called why i left the left.
He is going to make an apology song for Ronald Reagan.
@@outersiderofficial Would be based, Reagan is a great president
@@osubucknut100Iran Contra
@@HeckYep ending Cold War
@@osubucknut100 You're really all over this comment section simping for dead racists. Do you have a goal with this or are you just trying to be a shithead?
Definitely agree with what you said about the mixed messaging and how much Mike seems to contradict himself. The bars about broke haters and being a landlord made me roll my eyes, especially after the Kill Your Masters bars on the first couple of tracks. That song about teenage pregnancy and a summer love gone wrong is written in such a clunky way that a lot of what he says comes across as this really weird pro-life message that I don’t think he intended at all.
I don’t really agree that the sound of the album is Yeezus-like or even close to that type of experimental rap, especially for Mike. There is plenty of variety and interesting sounds but a lot of this album contains bits of soul and R&B that just go on too long and don’t really amount to a lot aside from a few really good performances. I gave it a 9 on first listen, then an 8, and that’s where I think it lands for me right now
Which is fitting, considering many of the tracks are produced by No I.D. - who discovered Kanye.
Do you think the mixed messages have anything to do with the cover art? Do you think it's possibly done on purpose because Mike, like most people, is complex?
@@WizardBreath Good point! Remember, if you come out with a landlord anthem song and you were previously known for rapping about killing your masters, it's not clunky or actually a contradiction at all - it's because you're so complex. Spaceship Views is such a deep song with so many hidden layers 😂
7/10 album. killer mike is basically just atlanta jay-z. dude loves bernie but he absolutely hates taxes lol, it's not that complex
@@WizardBreath no, there are other ways to show inner battles and complex emotions without dropping brag raps that directly go against the message you’re trying to send.
@@WizardBreath That is an interesting point though
This album won a Grammy and neither JPEG or JID were nominated.
Grammy’s are a joke.
Should be whining about Her Loss being nominated instead
Cry me a river
@@thelssjbroly9873her loss deserves it if anything hero’s and villains shouldn’t have been nominated
@@zapify6999bro said her loss deserves it 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Do you even fkin know who Killer Mike is?? Go and search Run The Jewels. This guy is a legend. RTJ were the beatles of hip-hop 2 decades ago.
You can't just subtract four points from this album as retribution to him joking about a new 3k solo album, Anthony.
I felt the same about the album, but I think it fits with the album cover. He's depicted as an angel and demon at the same time and I feel his lyrics, as contradictory as they are come from both perspectives.
Yup I think that's the point some are missing. Like the concept of 2 things can be true.
When will the big time rush another life album review video drop?
scientists & engineers absolutely rips. also would love to see a review of the new home is where record!
I gave this album a 6 for him lying about that Andre 3000 solo album.
Yeah I’m still pissed at that, when I heard the fake news I was screaming and running around my room lol
I don't think he was lying, I think he just wasn't suppose to say shit and 3000 was pissed.
Aged like milk
Rate it how it should be rated.
@@prentisdavis9781 oh chill
3:10 bro is always using obscure words like “confluence”😂…..I fw the vernacular heavy🫰
MOTHERLESS is one of my favorite songs of the year. An awesome song. EAK sounded awesome all over this project.
Gun to the back of ya head name 10 killer mike songs
Go and listen to his discography stop embarrassing yourself if you think killer Mike is underated you just don't listen to enough hip hop
you need to not ride him @@nathanakpe4897
ur underage
Gun to yours….. name 10 better rappers than him in the last 5 years……. I’ll wait.
Totally disagree, album's a classic
Rap album of the year but this guys thinks it wasn’t his best.
Yo review the new Acacia Strain. They’re a deathcore band usually but this time they experimented with super super long tracks and doom and sludge metal among other things. It’s wild and I don’t know what to make of it so I’d love to hear your opinion
It would be cool to see a little more mainstream attention for that project. TAS has been improving so much year after year and it’s for sure their best record(s) yet.
"I'm too cool AC" - Killer Mike
One of the songs from this came on shuffle and I was shocked it wasn’t from 2012.
As a slumlord I 100% endorse this album
Getting real sick of the first name + childhood photo combo for albums
agreed but it has a bit of meaning in this case: He goes by Michael and not Mike and this album is all about telling people about Michael rather than just being the "Killer Mike" character
its literally who people are lol
illamtic
i think ya’ll misunderstanding mike
life is a paradox
we can feel more than one way about a thing. we might hear it as contradictions, but life is messy and everything is legit a fucking paradox.
maybe respect the art by delving into it deeper ❤️🔥
he’s telling his story
dope album
peace ⚡️🪷🙇🏽
100% IT'S EASY TO BE AN IDEALIST FROM YOUR COMPUTER CHAIR. KILLER MIKE IS OUT THERE ACTUALLY DOING SHIT AND HE KNOWS THAT THE WORLD OFTEN CONTRIDICTS ITSELF. THE TRUTH AINT PRETTY
Bro iswtg, I was afraid that he'd give it a yunoreview bcz the review didnt come out early
I feel like the contradictions were intentional since the album cover has devil horns and a halo; but the issue is the "evil" half seems and probably is sincere which sucks
Idk about this but i listened to it and i agreed, 6. But after i went back to hear it... Damn i enjoyed it even more the second time round. Aside from RUN. I get what Fantano is saying but i find the beat incredible, and i dont feel like Dave Chapelle is sucking off Mikes ego. I find the intro heart warming, and motivational to me. Also motherless and something for junkies made me super emotional. Also the hook for high and holy and slummer and exit 9 are super addictive to me somehow
Damn i really enjoyed this album, like musically in incredible didn’t expect so low
This had no potential to be his best, man has lost his touch. Went from saying "I'm glad Raegan dead" to bragging about being a landlord. If I want prosperity gospel I can find that literally everywhere else in this genre; Killer Mike stopped offering what made him unique a while ago.
I don't usually like landlords but not all of them are bad
@@carstarsarstenstesennlol
@@Lavender_enjoyer lol
@@carstarsarstenstesenn Landlords enrich themselves by holding the threat of eviction over their tenants and drain money out of the working class by forcing people to pay more for their housing than it is actually worth. If you exploit people like that it doesn't matter if you're a nice person, same as with cops, which is why it's so frustrating that Killer Mike doesn't understand this (or doesn't care anymore).
@@pluveo8059 It's the way it works. i don't like it either but somebody has to be a landlord and most of them just follow what the market dictates. what do you expect landlords to do? like I said I usually don't like them either but it's the world we live in
Please review some Al.Divino & Estee Nack LP/EPs? Would love to hear your opinion on Al.Divino - Monumentality. It is something truly different within the confinements of hip hop. Or Perhaps Al.Divino & Estee Nack - The Door EP? They have ties to Griselda & Wu if that helps sway you. Would love to see you review some of these guy's work. Although I am entirely aware that it wouldn't likely be a big draw for your channel/view count lol. Here's to hoping though!
A lot of your reviews have introduced me to some real dope alternative artists, like Godspeed You! Black Emperor etc, and I am so thankful that you introduced me to them, I wouldn't have likely found them otherwise! Really hope you get a chance to check out one of the afforementioned recommendations. Keep up the good work. Thanks again!
He made an honest album from an unabashedly black perspective, of course it flies over the heads of most white people. I generally tend to agree with a lot of modern ideas to an extent but I've never liked how its biggest proponents are all so detached from the black experience, and react is familiar ways when a black person fsres to offer a different view. Sometimes just let people speak instead of outright dismissing. Not speaking to the fantano review in specific but some of the comments
king's disease 3 was better than this album but oh well grammy's be grammy's
I'd disagree
GIVE IT A TEN NOW OR ELSE I RAISE YOUR RENT
Hola melon, was wondering if you could give your thoughts on the new Spangle Call Lilli Line project Ampersand. One of the top albums this year for me.
09:50 yoo Melon went off for a few bars there
I can almost guarantee you that no one around this time was think "Oh yeah, this gonna win a grammy over travis scott"
its not far fetched tbh. travis isnt what he used to be hit wise, his current stuff is poo poo junk.
@@GRAITOM L
Travis had really good production. Lyrically is a bit meh. Don’t know why people are sucking these guys off. Either was fine.
yes this album wasn't for you fantano this is a good ass album
Will El-P ever drop another solo project? It’s been so long
It’s like he’s not critiquing the album, he’s critiquing what rap music is/should be to HIM. I like his take on just about everything, even this album. Please understand that most listeners are not judging rap albums like he does.
This album was a solid 8.5 maybe a 9. He’s bugging on this one.
It's ok to show some duality in the songs. It's still rap, not everything has to be received so literally and factually. Album of the year for me. Strong 9.
i think hes saying the opinions are being delivered as though he fully believes them both, but they contradict. like, if he was making some sort of statement about himself with the "im a landlord" flex in contrast to "kill your masters" then that would make more sense to me. maybe it is though, i didnt listen
Agreed, 9
A lot of toxic travis fan here, lol. Go and listen to the entier album and you'll prob like it. Its good :)
stfu killer mike is terrible
even if its good its not better than utopia. it didnt deserve to win aoty or soty.
i did and the shit is mid asf. this mf said "im the shit, going fecal" or smth like that and ur sitting here telling me this the best rap album of the year 💀
@@jahterminatedlmao5473you all the other amazing bars you ignored then the only bad one is what you picked bro are you daft
@@nathanakpe4897 deadass give me one noteworthy bar on that album
It’s almost like the album with a cover showing Mike having both a halo and devil horns… puts contradictory sides of him on display 🤔
you know an album is absolute garbage when it's a "serious" rap one by a rymsphere artist and it gets a 6. so in reality it is at best a 3
So your opinion is based around someone else's?
@@sircartier2723 nope i unfortunately heard it as well. i shouldn't have played it though, the warning signs were there, the unbelievably overplayed cliche of an artwork with a childhood photo + first/middle name as title combo is so damn corny, then the little horns and halo are just as original, poetic, and profound. my morbid curiosity got the best outta me but at least i know what the most trash album of 2023 is
facts this guy killer mike is complete asss
Shut up
Killer Mike been whining about critic reviews on Twitter the past 2 days, good luck fantano 😬
he came in and did his job. it’s not groundbreaking but it’s excellent
Hey, can you review the new Swans album?
Kinda sad that Mike's success changed his content like that. Dude was an angry underdog and now a wealthy landlord saying protesters need to be nice.
@@exilecomplex7344we shuddup
@@exilecomplex7344he’s the biggest hypocrite and just as corrupt as all the politicians he used to complain about he’s only out for more self gain power and wealth. More people will wake up to this over time
Not what he said at all lmao
Nice changing the words to fit ur narrative
Finally got around to listening to this myself and I thought it was alright though Mike seems to have some more reactionary views as of late and that Dave Chapelle feature definitly rubbed me the wrong way... The Andre 3000 feature was probably the highlight for me, really hope we get a solo project from him soon!
Big yikes.
Gen X is on a different wave. They think younger people are being sensitive, but they don't understand that we're heading back to the 60s. They're not seeing the trends.
So you don’t like other people’s politics?
Hell naw, Travis lost to this guy.
Good
@@xrayvisinsmaller artist glazing is becoming a problem fr 💀
@@jahterminatedlmao5473no really the mainstream has never been better than the underground never except maybe in the 80s
@@nathanakpe4897 nah i agree but michael just isnt that good of an album. so many better underground albums and this the mf yall are saying deserved to win cause hes the only "underground" nominee is crazy glazing 💀
@@jahterminatedlmao5473big artists getting away with shit albums in becoming a bigger problem
are you gonna review that KHANATE album that dropped from nowhere? would be nice to hear your thoughts on it.
Plot plan strategize organize mobilize! You missed with this review!
Fella is completely tone deaf
Went from Killer Mike to Landlord Michael 💀
Where have I seen that Album cover before? I've definitely seen it somewhere.
Future Hall of Fame recording artist: This album your reviewing swept the grammy's in 2024
I heard the single with Andre 3000 and even though I like both artists musically, I couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll give the album a shot but I'm not expecting it to wow me.
the deep cuts are better than run and talkn that shit, if you want extra encouragement
Yall can expect a REDUX with Fantano glazing.
The biggest crime on this album to be was putting future on scientist's and engineers andre killed that song needed more from him on it then in dropped in quality with future but mike picked up back to to end it
Seeing as how this album won a dark horse Grammy for Rap album of the year. I think you should probably give it another listen.
Some duds here and there but I don't think they outweigh the quality of the rest of the album. I think bars like "im a landlord, bitch pay rent" can be explained in a way that doesn't contradict the rest of what he's saying (the woke ass shit line was pretty bad though). He was likely just showing a bit more of his braggadocious side without much care for his sort of social activist side, which, for an album more focused on mikes personal life, is not unwelcome even if it does make it more difficult to differentiate these two sides of him. Hell, if you read into it deep enough you may think he's poking fun at himself, pointing out his own hypocrisy given all this braggadocious "ice talk" he's spewing throughout the record, which he more clearly does on Down by Law "I was so young when I stood at that store that I did not know that the money you paid me was meant for your babies and now they just poor, it was just business my N, I am not vicious my N, I had no vision my N, I wanted Gucci and Fendi my N, Guccie Givenchy my N."
Whatever, how you feel is how you feel, I was a bit underwhelmed too; nonetheless, Down by Law (my favorite on the album), Scientists and Engineers, Dont Let the Devil, Slummer, Motherless, and Shed Tears are some of the best hip hop songs released in years, all tied together by a central theme. Expressing why you felt underwhelmed by the *whole* album through mentioning a few inconsistent bars, which could likely be explained with deeper analysis and some charitability, doesn't seem to be a good justification, and I would be suprised if these minor inconsistencies were the central cause for your dissatisfaction. Like almost every problem you bring up in this review would be moot if Mike left Talkin That Shit and Something for Junkies off the album, are two songs really the major reason you gave a collection of 14 tracks a 6?
Yeah, this is a good album- but it definitely meant less than it should have for listeners, given the image that Mike has been putting himself in outside of the music industry.
After hearing the kind of stuff he’s been saying, contradicting points of view that he made his career off of, things I used to admire were said in such a popular position - I haven’t been excited to check out the record. 🤷♂️
Idk what you guys are talking about. The album is great
@@TarboxArtwhat does that have to with the sonic quality or writing of this album?
@@bionicle2122 it doesn’t have to do with the sonic quality but yknow, some people care about what their favorite musical artists say.
And if the writing is talking about wack shit like complaining about woke culture and tenants paying rent then the writing is bad. My landlord burned my duplex down 7 months ago by being negligent. Fuck landlords.
Fake ass revolutionary fell in line w the status quo bc he got rich. There might be some bangers and I’m not saying he can’t make a good track but I’m not eager to hear them
@@TarboxArt man you guys are such babies. He makes a joke about other rappers paying rent and you get upset and hate the whole album. Killer Mike got a whole fanbase of neolib white hipsters from run the jewels and now you guys are crying he’s back to his old sound
Giving it a listen, sounds good for now.
I think I can agree with most of this but with "Something for Junkies" I think that a lot of the 'degrading' lyrics comes from the somewhat degrading nature of addiction as a whole. I know that Melon could understand being deep in a hole and knowing you're trash and to hear something that splashes inspirational messages with something that speaks to the part of the brain that wants to keep you down and searching for that next hit.
💯. Mike is showing our response and society’s perception to addiction in his perception. That’s how I heard it
well your 6 just won AOY
Imagine how cooked are the grammys that that mid album won AOTY
Utopia Robbed
rare time from anthony being right abt a bad album
@@plum.world.entertainmentdo people think 6/10 is bad it’s above average but nothing crazy lol
@@sebas6284 same way an album of the year shouldn't be above average, either of utopia kd3 and heroes and villians should've won
i agree 1000% with you fantanthony mantano. my fav part was the production by DJ Paul, the andre verse, and the way that killer mike approached all the verses. My other favorite part is Something For Junkies track, being raised in atlanta and also an addict(3 years sober) also knowing so many of my friends that were effected by the opiate crisis. Bringing in FABO on the track was also a really cool addition being someone from our hometown and has been effected as well. Most Love my guy.....new KGLW!!
Have you listened to IDK’s new LP?
theneedledrop Thoughts on (any of) the following albums melon?
Lil B - Bitch Mob tha Album
Mike Dimes - TEXAS BOY
Hit-Boy - SURF OR DROWN, Vol. 2
Kool Keith - Black Elvis 2
JAHMED - The Prelude
Portugal. The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life
Danny Towers - Safe House (ft. Ski Mask The Slump God, Denzel Curry, etc.)
Young Thug - BUSINESS IS BUSINESS (Metro's version)
Coi Leray - COI
The "Black Boulee hate me" bar must've flew over everybody's head
Nah it didn't lol 😅 fire 🔥
Not really. He also bragged about doing business deals with them lol
Kill your masters…but as soon as we riot , white people send him out to pacify the crowd 🤦♂️
i enjoyed this album a lot more than you but i have too agree that there are some weird bars here and there also i hoped for a little more fire with the deep cuts but all in all i'm glad run and talkn that shit turned out to be the weakest on the whole thing
Hello Mr. Hip Hop artist, what would you liek your next album cover to be?
Hip hop Artist: MYSELF. AS. A. KID.
seems to be how it goes a lot
lol Killer Mike spoke about you on the breakfast club about the landlord line
I really enjoyed this and I don’t have many complaints or criticisms. I wasn’t super into RUN but every other track on this album is really good imo. I love the features too and the production is nice and boom bappy
I don't think it's too boom bappy it's too overproduced for that
Critics wanna mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin', mother****er, if y'all did, then Killer Mike would've gon platinum..
1:49 I thought that was supposed to be Gary Coleman, but changed just enough so he wouldn't get a copyright strike?
I’m a hip hop head. Been down since 79. Hip Hop has been shallow and repetitive in the last few years. This album has reset my faith in hip hop. This dude giving the review sounds like an outsider tryna get his misguided interpretation. FOH!
this comment section just made me realise some people simply choose to be broke 💀
Lmao
How did he win the grammy? 💀
I feel extremely bad for travis
@@QTEEPbro its objectively like the 2nd worst album out of the nominees, let alone comparing it to utopia
ART IS SUBJECTIVE@@jahterminatedlmao5473 "well technically utopia is objectively the better album snort snort"🤓👆
@@jahterminatedlmao5473 as soon as you say objectively about music youre arguing uphill, just drop it
I initially thought you should have given this one a higher number but then I realized you're right and I've been listening just from SLUMMER to the end haha. Guess I forgot about the first half of the record that I skip, so good call. Definitely some bangers on here though.
Damn good album. Mike has been on one with RTJ for a while. Good to see that he took that time to refine his craft.