i didnt really agree at the end when he gave the album a 0 at the end with the sole reason cited being the fact that kendrick is black, but other than that, great video, totally agree
this review is actually a 10/10, like no joke, how its structured and everything, Fantano conveys his points really well and thoughtfully. I think this review might be a classic in reviewing history.
I think this review of Anthony's review is a 10/10, I mean, honestly, everything about it is stellar. It's got a priceless flow, and the penmanship is top notch. I would honestly say that there are no review of reviews like this one out there on the Internet today, well done.
Yeah I mean, Kendrick copied his style so much is amazing like, did you hear every flow on each track, sounded the same. Had that Kirk or baby on baby vibe ngl. 💀
@Don Shrek I'm pretty sure he said that as a joke about how everyone thinks every game that's kinda hard is like Dark Souls. But this album isn't that.... Its harder than Dark Souls.
@@fai7hsThe only album I can see that baby keem helped write was MMTBS everything else that kendrick made before, he writes his own shii. Drake tried so hard 😂
Wrote a dense narratively driven with interconnecting plot with multiple characters album called GKMC at the age of 12. Of course he can make TPAB at the age of 14.
@@nightonthesunband plus the amount that other rappers and music figures have made reference to or mentioned the melon himself, I think even the best respect his opinion
quadecaX8 That was fairly true for me. It's still far from a 10 for me mind you, but a few listens did make me like it a good bit better. Honest it started at like a light 3 for me, and grow to like a strong 7 (using this channel's rating system).
To Pimp a Melon: 1. Wesley’s Melon 2. For Melon? 3. King Melon 4. Institutimeloned 5. These Melons 6. m 7. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy REVIEW 8. Melon For Sale? 9. Melon 10. Melon Politics 11. How Much a Mellon Cost 12. Complexin (a Melon Love) 13. The Blacker the Melon 14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Melon Said) 15. n 16. Melon Man
heres the times for the songs/specific bits of the review if anyone cares intro 0:00 3:30 i 4:30 mortal man 5:55 production on these walls and blacker the berry 6:10 poem/end of mortal man 9:20 themes/major idea of songs 10:20 for free 11:00 "Kendrick is not shoving an ideology down your throat" 12:30 westlys theory 13:50 for sale 14:03 king kunta 14:35 these walls 15:00 institutionalized 15:55 u 16:45 themes of momma and hood politics 17:15 hood politics 17:50 you aint gotta lie 18:07 i 18:15 themes of blacker the berry and complexion 18:40 finishing thoughts 19:10 summing up album
I think this album is a masterpiece and it's crafted incredibly well, but it only works for me if I treat it like a book or movie. I gotta start from the beginning and go all the way through. For example, "u" literally feels like a scene out of a movie, so it's weird when it randomly comes on shuffle. There are only a couple of songs I can listen to on their own and really enjoy, but mostly it feels better as a whole. Does anyone else feel this way?
Same. Songs like Wesleys Theory and How Much a Dollar Cost I can listen to no problem, but songs like u and institutionalised I can only listen to when going through the whole album. And u is my favourite song on there, too.
I completely agree. I was excited about the album but I hadn't really enjoyed the singles ( I, Blacker The Berry) because I was listening to them out of context. I've been listening to the album endlessly for the past few days and its honestly one of the most satisfying experiences in music I have ever had. Each new listen I get that much closer to figuring out and deciphering the messages he places into the songs. I salute Kendrick for believing in his fans\listeners and not insulting their intelligence by giving us something to really analyze and sink our teeth into. Kendrick is a living legend, the kind of artist i'll be telling my children about when they ask who I loved and listened to as a young man.
wow Anthony, this review was extremely well-done. Not only did you effectively convey all of your main points with reasons for those points, but I agreed with every single one of them. Once again, just a job well done. Unsubscribed, blocked, and reported
La Creatura sounds really weak in my part, but I watch this review once every few months and I get goosebumps at how excited he is with this album, and I tear up at how this album is such a master
With all of the things I've disagreed with you about, I can forget about all of that knowing that you gave this masterpiece the perfect score it deserves.
When people say “why do you watch music reviews” I point them to this video. Your passion and attention to detail to the point of view of the artists is very admirable. I went through a slump where I didn’t appreciate music as much but as I watched the video on how you review music to see videos like this I started changing the way I listened. This definitely caused me to stop enjoying a lot of artists i use to because I stopped looking for catchy one liners and “hard” beats. But it made me appreciate not only real hip hop artists who put time and thought into their albums, but other genres I may not have cared for. Basically I wrote this to be another to acknowledge your impact on music and it’s listeners. In case you ever see this never stop being you!
I went through a slump as well for awhile. For years I thought I had heard all the music I would ever like until literally last year I found a whole new ecosystem of new great artists. Feels good to love music again
Dont trust everything fantano says tho, hes good at understanding music but sees it too much from his own perspective and not the artists’.. like his 2014 fhd review was bullshit how it was obvious he skimmed through and didnt understand the album
Tyris Mayo The album cover is a nod to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", in the book there's a black man that gets convicted by a white judge for rape despite his lawyer giving a ton of strong evidence to prove his innocence. Basically, the judge on the cover is the same from the book.
All jokes aside i rly wish this fanbase that i have the displeasure of being apart of wasnt so dumb and u can tell the hate got to fantano, wish he gave it a proper review but i understand why he didnt
@@williamnick5474 BRO I CANT STAND ALL THESE CORNY KENDRICK FANS THAT ARE OBSESSED WITH DRAKE. The pop out event was not entirely about hating drake. Also the “drake funeral” stuff is so cringe and annoying
I have auditory issues and so hearing lyrics to a song is rather difficult for me. I usually listen to music for beats rather than lyrics. However, I forced my self to learn the lyrics to everyone of these songs, then went on to try and listen to each song as I follow the lyrics on my screen. And thus, this is now the first album I have ever understood the lyrics to, and it's one of the greatest things I have ever had the privilege of listening to. That's all I wanted to say really. Good day. Oh, and well done on 1 million.
+TheNerdyResponder madvilainy was so good! Took me a while to listen to it but I am now a huge fan. I was wondering if you could recommend a doom album? Or any album for that matter.
As a metalhead who rarely goes out of his way to listen to other stuff, I decided to finally give Kendrick Lamar a try. I listened to Section.80 and GKMC, and I’m upset that I’ve been missing out on this art. Kendrick has an amazing ability to write compelling and in depth stories in his lyrics and flows while not giving up awesome instrumentals and just overall catchy music. It’s artists like this that make me wanna venture off into more hip hop music. I’m onto TPAB and I’m so interested in how it’s supposed to top his previous 2, since I just cannot stop listening to them. EDIT: TPAB is one of the best albums ever
Same here. From listening to Tool or deftones everyday I have now started to enjoy rap, surprisingly. It’s funny how different the genres are and how I’ve grown up with metal but now enjoy something I always thought I hated
When Kendrick won the Grammy for Best Rap Album he saluted Nas & Snoop and said, "We will live forever, believe that." Considering the fact that this album is already being taught in some schools, and the impact it made, like the protesters chanting "Alright", I truly believe this album will live forever. It's just perfect.
People always think the "classics" can never be touched and nothing can ever reach their level, but in twenty years this album will be looked at the same way Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt and other classics are imo
Well, this album is overrated as hell. No way in hell is it better than Dark Fantasy. And what impact did it make?? Except for the lyrics, the music in the album is a paint by number hip hop record.
B-Mint1994 Searching with "Album Review" and sorting by views, there's one video that's higher than this one and it's an hour long review of a Taylor Swift album.
i keep coming back to this review, it's so rare to see melon so passionate about a record, his joy is incredibly infectious. the comments on this video are hilarious, too.
for real, melon did a great job of selling this album. I wasn't all about it the first listen through, but after i watched melon's review and how he raved about every single song and when he said you really need to listen to what kendrick is saying. It was all very true, and glad i gave this album another chance, now it's probably tied for my favorite of all time along with gkmc.
TPAB is an example of an album that transcends genres and works better when listened to from start to end in one sitting, like most legendary albums like this and Dark Side.
I think ‘transcends genres’ is weirdly underselling it. It’s unequivocally and unapologetically hip hop and essentially the culmination of every era of and precursor to the genre
u is my least favourite song on this album and honestly the only skip for me and i dont understand why ppl love it so much, could you explain what you love abt it?
@@FakeAdirTVthere is the point of how certain songs resonate with people and their subjective tastes, but there is also something to be said about it in context of listening to each track on the album in order. The track overall goes really hard. I don’t care too much for the beat switch, but the song is very lyrically sound nonetheless. You could make the case that there isn’t a skippable song on the album with its catchy hooks, beats, lyrics, etc. Personally I wouldn’t make that case, but you certainly could.
@@FakeAdirTVI love u because it has a really catchy chorus at the start which also has a deep melancholy meaning to it which just feels so good with the tone just going down and then the voice crack Kendrick is just really nice
@@FakeAdirTV What I love about u is how raw and emotional it is. It's tonally dissonant and somewhat hard to listen to but that's to some extent the point.
T(w)o Pimp A Butterfly = TPAB = 2PAB T(w)o Pimp A Caterpillar = TPAC = 2PAC "Kendrick leaves with a great poem that he made for Pac and leaves us with a caterpillar which becomes and butterfly to escape the m.A.A.d city."(taken from genius) Knowing that the album has many deep and hidden messages, this can't be a coincidence.
+Fedora The Explorer when you're looking for hidden messages you're going to find them.... and don't annotate rap genius cause they also go way to deep
+clercq025 x 100% true. A rapper would be like "I saw the sky was blue and it was nice" but rapgenius be like "this shows the artists sadness and depression they felt in life, and blue is a depressing color etc blah blah" lmao you get the idea
I love who Kendrick surrounds himself with, Flying Lotus, Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Thundercat, Bilal, Anna Wise, etc. He understands that you have to work with great musicians in order to make great music, this album is beyond fantastic and absolutely perfect. Great review.
Let's all take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this influential masterpiece of an album lost album of the year to Taylor Swift's 1989. They don't call it the Scammys for nothing 🤷🏻♀️🌚
Well, shit. I don't think it has to do with race. Most mainstream platforms adhere to what is mainstream in itself. A LOT of records are acknowledged and praised for certain aspects, yet it always seems like the Grammys are so narrow-minded into awarding the status-quo.
I don't think any album has ever made me feel the way that this did. The deep message along with the AWESOME basslines and jazz elements makes me feel so great. I would give it an 11/10, but that's over the limit, so 10/10 is perfect. Kendrick Lamar got me into hip hop and it is still my favorite hip hop album, possibly album in general.
Man, as a producer, I really appreciate how the way the vocals are mixed on the poem segments. They’re mixed like an actual interview mic, foreshadowing the twist at the end.
I love a lot of Kendrick Lamar's lyrics. But I feel like I have to sit down and read them to actually fully understand them and then research the references to god and the older rappers. I like his music but I feel like a lot of the lyrics go over my head.
That's part of what keeps it enjoyable, ya find something new everytime ya here it. And the fact that he can weave such a web is a huge testament to him as well. But yeah, everytime ya here it ya have something new to chew. I prefer that to something like Drake's new album for example any day. Ya here that once and ya got it, but Lamar gives you something with repeatability.
Honestly, in the beginning when this review dropped, I disagreed, but then I really listened to the album. I took in all the detail within the lyrics and beats, and it pays off amazingly.
It grows on you right lol this is a hip hop album that makes you smile, dance, reflect, and maybe even cry for many. Awesome emotions mixed into an album
+William Pope Took me like 2-3 full listens. One the first go I thought he was on some bullshit, listened again and REALLY listened to what he was saying and then it was all I listened to for like 2 1/2 weeks and it blew my fucking mind again and again.
+William Pope TPAB is really that "needs 3 listens bare minimum to be good" album. Kdot just packs it so much there's no way to pick up on everything the first time through
Dylan Connolly Totally agree. On first listen I didn't like the non-crossover joints. I mean you could like Alright, Hood Politics, These Walls on first listen but for the deeper meaning in Wesleys Theory, For Sale?, U, and the rest it takes a while to digest.
It's so cool to see how Playboi Carti/King vamp inspired this album, if you really listen to the album you can hear the similarities to Whole Lotta Red, this album is lyrically almost as great as WLR! I love this album definately a 4/10
I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 (what, yeah) When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agree (hold up) This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred (plot, slatt) It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification (what, what)
Honestly the most impressive thing about this album was that I actually understood the story it was telling. I always hear about other popular albums telling these intricate stories that you don't know exist wheras TPAB is so easy to understand.
Great comment. Kendrick doesn't try to sound like lupe or something and make his lyrics super complex. He makes it straightforward and they still hit hard cause it's different
That is one reason I love him so much. He codes his lyrics just enough to make it interesting to figure out, but not so much where it is overwhelming (Lupe, Aesop)
I like what this comment gets at but idk if that's exactly it. I don't think it's easy to understand per se, I think there's a certain amount of effort that has to be put in when listening. But once you put that effort in the story is so seamless and wholesome that it clicks perfectly
Man, I take it you're probably kidding, but we all need to collectively stop paying so much attention to the numerical rating. The man spends 22 minutes meticulously explaining why the album is stupendous, but we're all hyped to see what score it gets so we can get into the same old tired conversations about "GOATs" and "top #5's" and "#1 in the game right now". I think we lose sight of the music because of all the hype that surrounds it. If I had to guess, Fantano probably feels the same way, but uses a scale because it's the norm among reputable critics and because it generates a lot of controversy... but at the end of the day, it's just a number that conveys little meaning in comparison to all the words that describe it.
The Easy Instrumentals That final verse by Rapsody is one of my favorite verses ever. Black as brown hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea And it's all beautiful to me Call your brothers magnificent call all the sisters queens We all on the same team, blues and pirus no colors aint a thing
This album was one of the greatest experiences i've ever had in all my years listening to hip hop. A bizzare, funky, jazz influenced trip but at the end so rewarding. This album has everything from originality to great production, real messages and a very mature Kendrick which seems to ''age'' like wine does. You can argue for days which album is better this or GKMC but at least respect an artist going entirely out of his confort zone and delivering such a satisfying result. The game lacks a fresh approach and we should all encourage when rappers take the extra mile and deliver something new. I'd give this album a strong 9. Way to go K-Dot.
biller97 It's beautiful really? why you may ask because GKMC brought so many hype fans to his table but this right here is artistry even more so than in GKMC
Shiny Ninetails yea I played this album to my friend mo he dropped his jaw is disappointment so I kicked him out of my house and called him a fake fan like man did he even listen to mortal man?
It's amazing the amount of people I saw trash this album from just listening to the iTunes PREVIEWS. Some people just hate change and I'm glad Kendrick changed it so now we don't have to deal with fake hip hop fans.
It seems like they are more of a fan of the past album but not Kendrick Lamar fan. I'm a Kendrick Lamar fan. I love all of his song. But without his personality and character I wouldn't probably listen to him. Kendrick is the realist! #kingKendrick
This album ended up becoming my gateway hip-hop record. On my first couple of listens, I was loving it for the instrumentals. And then the lyrics started making a glimmer of sense. And then the conversation at the end started making sense, and I learned its context. And now I'm listening to this thing every other day. And I was proudly saying only a few months ago that I didn't dig hip-hop at all.
While I am looking forward to expanding my horizons, I'm not sure that that's a fair assessment. Maybe some of the lyrical content. But the music itself seems so fully realized, I find it hard to believe that it was all done just to impress critics.
UnBR0k3enAngel Nah, I think it's a good album but GKMC was fairly better. It's just very profitable to speak from a moral pedestal. Even if it doesn't sell well, you'll have people calling you a prophet for pointing out the obvious. TPAB is the equivalent of a movie about gay people or slavery. Critics just eat that shit up.
Most rightwingers have the nerve to label empathizing with the black experience as white guilt...the types that don't understand empathy so they fill their void of understanding with a bogus explanation.
UndeadAirwaves I remember few months back there was a ton of people getting mad at Kendrick for “not tweeting or saying anything about the protests” turns out the dude was fucking protesting in the streets of Compton 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ people are so stupid bro like just listen to his music if you wanna hear him speak on this type of shit
@12:01= a lot of the opinions that I've seen so far...which is sad to me because the people who think that way are the people who probably need to open their minds up the most. Great review, Anthony. I agree with the rating and I think that this album will go down as a classic. Based on my personal tastes, I prefer it to GKMC. GKMC is great, too, but TPAB pulled my soul out of my body. It Shang Tsung'd me.
Same here. It made me embrace my roots more, it changed my taste in music, it got me through a breakup I was going through at the time. I'm very thankful for this album and Kendrick
Kendrick is one of the reasons I started listening to rap music again after fev years of detaching myself from it. And this album helped me in many ways find lacking self confidence and sense of self worth. If so many people can connect with ones music on emotional lvl - it truly speaks for itself
Say what you want about Fantano, you could tell by this review that he truly is passionate about music. The true bliss on his face is all over this video, while I disagree with some of his review, I will say that he is real, and he does really care about music.
i didnt really agree at the end when he gave the album a 0 at the end with the sole reason cited being the fact that kendrick is black, but other than that, great video, totally agree
fuckin dying lmao
Love the trolls on his comments lmao
@@radicalsprites melon deserves all of it
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this review is actually a 10/10, like no joke, how its structured and everything, Fantano conveys his points really well and thoughtfully. I think this review might be a classic in reviewing history.
Did you just review his review
A solid 9
I think this review of Anthony's review is a 10/10, I mean, honestly, everything about it is stellar. It's got a priceless flow, and the penmanship is top notch. I would honestly say that there are no review of reviews like this one out there on the Internet today, well done.
I think this review of the review of Anthony's review is a 10/10.
Might be the best ever written.
@@danielsemmelrock7808 I think this review of the review of the review of anthonys review is a 10/10. Best I've seen.
Oh, so when Kendrick makes an album you give it a 10, but when Kendrick makes an album you give it a 7? Really shows your bias in artists
It’s actually a 6 he downgraded it
confused
@@raafay_s1027 I think he is saying he isn't bias
Kendrick is trash anyway he’s one of the most overrated rappers ever
@@kevisjohnson2901 you probably listen to juice,YB,Polo G,Or X just shut up bro if you don’t like his music don’t comment
it’s really cool to see how dababy influenced this album and shaped kendrick as an artist
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Fr, goats create more goats
Yeah I mean, Kendrick copied his style so much is amazing like, did you hear every flow on each track, sounded the same. Had that Kirk or baby on baby vibe ngl. 💀
@@liltc0q245 Ever heard of a joke or sarcasm?
TPAB is the TPAB of albums
TPAB is the Dark Souls of rap music.
TPAB is the Nicholas Cage of acting
@Don Shrek I'm pretty sure he said that as a joke about how everyone thinks every game that's kinda hard is like Dark Souls. But this album isn't that....
Its harder than Dark Souls.
Whenever I listen to this record I’m harder than Dark Souls
TPAB is Tools’ Lateralus of rap music
Listening to this album on shuffle should be punishable by death
it became mumble rap
I AGREE
I did this once and it played mortal man first then alright
I just pick my favorite songs and put them all on one playlist. Should I go hang myself ?
I’m the 1k like!!
Literally one of the few albums where we all agree this is a solid 10 hands down.
9.8 for me but still great
sirawesome hat What makes it a 9.8 rather than a 10? What is a 10 to you? Just genuinely curious man
@@madcock8825 lmao no I can name 5 10/10's off the the top of my head
wee woo Ofcourse, me too. Because top two albums of kendrick are 11/10. So there are lots of 10/10s
@@madcock8825 are you implyig kendrick has the best hip hop album of all time...
crazy how baby keem wrote this album at the ripe age of 14
lies😂
@@superthon7762 drake really said keem was writing for kendrick like he wasn’t a minecraft youtuber 😭😭😭
@@fai7hsThe only album I can see that baby keem helped write was MMTBS everything else that kendrick made before, he writes his own shii. Drake tried so hard 😂
@@jaquinrice7923 drake probably wrote that line down and thought he did something 🤣🤣 meanwhile aubrey has his ghostwriters LMAOOOOO
Wrote a dense narratively driven with interconnecting plot with multiple characters album called GKMC at the age of 12. Of course he can make TPAB at the age of 14.
Sometimes I wonder if Kendrick ever saw this video...
Alejandro Martinez he def has
He saw the dead end hip hop one. No way he didn’t see this
@@nightonthesunband plus the amount that other rappers and music figures have made reference to or mentioned the melon himself, I think even the best respect his opinion
Micah Vanderweide Anthony met Kendrick back in 2010 so he probably is aware of this video
@@micahvdw962 like who? I'm curious
I bet that Dr Dre guy who's picture is in the back is getting so much exposure off of this review.
byFiji I’m so sad this comment didn’t get one of the top
@south r/woooosh
Edit: im sorry guys i didn't know what /s meant, fortunately urban dictionary did
@@versetylevty946 Do you know what /s means?
@@thisismyname5657 im sorry but i dont learn languages in starter packs
Haha they baited yall
For those who don't like the album, keep listening. The tracks grow on you
quadecaX8 Definitely. I didn't like it very much at first but now i love it!
quadecaX8 That was fairly true for me. It's still far from a 10 for me mind you, but a few listens did make me like it a good bit better. Honest it started at like a light 3 for me, and grow to like a strong 7 (using this channel's rating system).
Belsy6000 me fuckin too ;) ;)
Yoooo its quadeca!!!!
If I'm being honest. Every album grows on you after listening to it a lot
This album is right up there with TPAB
TPAB > TPAB imo
@@madebybroovy nah your tripping TPAB is way way better
@@staigenerator2949 TPAB shits on TPAB all day, can’t believe people think TPAB is better than TPAB smh
@@madebybroovy I agree
@@madebybroovy I'm tired of hearing that argument when people say TPAB is better than TPAB smh
might as well change this review to classic/10
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fitting that it had to be the King
Right in time for 500k subs
melon emphatically declaring "tHiS dIcK aIn'T fReEeEeEeE" was everything i didn't know i needed
Oh.......that's who melon is
Jackson Dowdle lmao
Wow he said that at the exact moment I read your comment
I can't believe anyone would skip this track. I die laughing even to this day and I know all the words.
@@benjiusofficial SAMEE!!! lol
To Pimp a Melon:
1. Wesley’s Melon
2. For Melon?
3. King Melon
4. Institutimeloned
5. These Melons
6. m
7. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy REVIEW
8. Melon For Sale?
9. Melon
10. Melon Politics
11. How Much a Mellon Cost
12. Complexin (a Melon Love)
13. The Blacker the Melon
14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Melon Said)
15. n
16. Melon Man
MELON.
MELON 80.
GOOD MELON, MAAD CITY
BLACK MELON
OVERLY MELONATED
heres the times for the songs/specific bits of the review if anyone cares
intro 0:00
3:30 i
4:30 mortal man
5:55 production on these walls and blacker the berry
6:10 poem/end of mortal man
9:20 themes/major idea of songs
10:20 for free
11:00 "Kendrick is not shoving an ideology down your throat"
12:30 westlys theory
13:50 for sale
14:03 king kunta
14:35 these walls
15:00 institutionalized
15:55 u
16:45 themes of momma and hood politics
17:15 hood politics
17:50 you aint gotta lie
18:07 i
18:15 themes of blacker the berry and complexion
18:40 finishing thoughts
19:10 summing up album
weisgamererz thx. I needed this
Ayy going back to this
you beautiful bitch
missing crucial part.. 21:59 YEH
He didnt talk 'alright'?
I think this album is a masterpiece and it's crafted incredibly well, but it only works for me if I treat it like a book or movie. I gotta start from the beginning and go all the way through. For example, "u" literally feels like a scene out of a movie, so it's weird when it randomly comes on shuffle. There are only a couple of songs I can listen to on their own and really enjoy, but mostly it feels better as a whole. Does anyone else feel this way?
Same. Songs like Wesleys Theory and How Much a Dollar Cost I can listen to no problem, but songs like u and institutionalised I can only listen to when going through the whole album. And u is my favourite song on there, too.
Felt this way about GKMC .
I completely agree. I was excited about the album but I hadn't really enjoyed the singles ( I, Blacker The Berry) because I was listening to them out of context. I've been listening to the album endlessly for the past few days and its honestly one of the most satisfying experiences in music I have ever had. Each new listen I get that much closer to figuring out and deciphering the messages he places into the songs. I salute Kendrick for believing in his fans\listeners and not insulting their intelligence by giving us something to really analyze and sink our teeth into. Kendrick is a living legend, the kind of artist i'll be telling my children about when they ask who I loved and listened to as a young man.
***** love your content man
Oh hai! Its you hahah I agree the only ones I seem to able to listen to on their own are "u" "Alright" "complexion" and maybe "king kunta"
You can really see how much Gunna is an influence on kendrick in this album
Kendrick stole Gunnas style man smh
Bro is that Pinkerton and Kid A profile pic?? Where did you find that?
Also alot of Lil Xan and Lil Pump influence on it, I would even assume he stole alot of their style
Shame on you Kendrick🤦♂️
At the end of the day Kendrick will never be as good as gunna or slim Jesus
Smokepurpp and lil buu are the guys that got Kenny started being a rapman
I get you really like this album, but I think you took it a little far when you sang the opening to Wesleys Theory.
lmao
What’s wrong with that, Anthony is black
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wow Anthony, this review was extremely well-done. Not only did you effectively convey all of your main points with reasons for those points, but I agreed with every single one of them. Once again, just a job well done.
Unsubscribed, blocked, and reported
Charlie he creates an almost perfect review for an almost perfect album. I couldn’t ask for much more.
Canceled
I'm dead.
It was pretty good, but I don’t think he needed to say the n word THAT many times
One of the best and funniest comments I’ve seen in a while
what happened? lmao
I remembered it was such a big deal when it got a ten. Now it's like "well yeah, no shit". It's a perfect album
Facts lol
Taylor Chausky Nah, solid 8/10.
FYNFB sit yo ass down you sleepin on the production and lyrics
FYNFB what did you give Section 80 and GKMC?
kobron1559 Haven't listened. Look, To Pimp a Butterfly was a good rap album, I just don't think it's a 10.
Anthony's excitement in this review is infectious.
La Creatura couldn’t have put it any better
His enthusiasm is amazing to watch
el goblino....
Ikr I get excited watching it
La Creatura sounds really weak in my part, but I watch this review once every few months and I get goosebumps at how excited he is with this album, and I tear up at how this album is such a master
If the album was called "To Pimp A Butterfly" you would've given it a 10
If this album was called hoods hottest butterfly he would have given it an 8
If this album was by j cole he would give it a 6💀
@@thedrainmaestrobro?
@@thedrainmaestrothis guy lmao
@@thedrainmaestrooh hell no
So this was the moment the yellow checkered shirt became iconic
Did u just call it a sh... ok
checkered?
bruh
BRUH moment tbh
@@joshuakoppes3665 Of course he called it a shirt. It's a shirt.
I come from a future where Anthony gives the next Kendrick's project a 7 wearing the same shirt.
U know we can see you wrote that 8 months ago right?
Gagi Ugrekhelidze lmao. did you look up when you heard the whoosh sound? that was the joke flying over your head.
@@abecasas kindly fuck off with your whoosh bullshit
@@howdyizzypartner Are you Gagi's second account?
@@lilph9644 no
i remember you was conflicted
misusing your influence
abusing my power full of resentment
MrNinjaStar a resent that turned into a deep depression
Nicholas Littlewood i didn’t want to self destruct
Nicholas Littlewood so I went running for answers
When Anthony listens to this album he comes fast but he never gets embarrassed
What?💀
@@locajoji8315 it’s a gkmc reference
@@locajoji8315 how don’t you get it 💀
@@locajoji8315 Backseat freestyle
and i recognize u have what ive been wanting
I am shocked that Kendrick Lamar copied The Big Day. smh.
This wife ain't free
Yeah
I love my CITY
Kendrick Lamar on 'i' :
"and i love my-WIFE"
Bro I know it’s so annoying. What a copycat
With all of the things I've disagreed with you about, I can forget about all of that knowing that you gave this masterpiece the perfect score it deserves.
this album is straight up trash
lil lil You probably think revival is a good album foh
lil lil
Simpleton lol
lil lil can’t expect someone to know real music when their name’s lil lil
lil lil pee your pants
Still have never heard Fantano this horny in 2018
Speedyy what about now?
Kid Cudi just did
Wait till his astroworld review
Jared Xia hell give it 6
Jared Xia uhhhhh
When people say “why do you watch music reviews” I point them to this video. Your passion and attention to detail to the point of view of the artists is very admirable. I went through a slump where I didn’t appreciate music as much but as I watched the video on how you review music to see videos like this I started changing the way I listened. This definitely caused me to stop enjoying a lot of artists i use to because I stopped looking for catchy one liners and “hard” beats. But it made me appreciate not only real hip hop artists who put time and thought into their albums, but other genres I may not have cared for. Basically I wrote this to be another to acknowledge your impact on music and it’s listeners. In case you ever see this never stop being you!
I went through a slump as well for awhile. For years I thought I had heard all the music I would ever like until literally last year I found a whole new ecosystem of new great artists. Feels good to love music again
Dont trust everything fantano says tho, hes good at understanding music but sees it too much from his own perspective and not the artists’.. like his 2014 fhd review was bullshit how it was obvious he skimmed through and didnt understand the album
this album makes me cry in so many spots, the end of mortal man is so chilling. a masterpiece
How Much a Dollar Cost is BONE CHILLING.
The Blacker the Berry is Stone Cold.
For free is absolutely incredible.
King Kunta is FILTHY.
But at the end of the day.
When shyt hit the fan, is you still a fan?
i mean sing about me kinda got me teary eyed but why would you cry in tpab
Omer KUcuk do u not realize what the lyrics meant?
And... Fantano had to reaffirm that for you?
The promised land.
Haha cool, to pimp a butterfly....to kill a mocking bird?? Any relation???
To Drop a Needle
Tyris Mayo The album cover is a nod to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", in the book there's a black man that gets convicted by a white judge for rape despite his lawyer giving a ton of strong evidence to prove his innocence. Basically, the judge on the cover is the same from the book.
theneedledrop TENTHONY TENTANO
ANTHONEEE FAAAAYNTAAAYNOOO
still amazes me how much this album grew on me
Same
It gets old after like 1000 Plays
+Mark Rontti I got 1056 plays lol
Piña ColAda same thing happened to me I actually hated the album when it first came out, I started loving it like half a year after it came out
+marco bazan.
If it was called “BUTTERFLIES 1” he would’ve given it an unreviewable/10
LMAOOOOOO
All jokes aside i rly wish this fanbase that i have the displeasure of being apart of wasnt so dumb and u can tell the hate got to fantano, wish he gave it a proper review but i understand why he didnt
bro 😭🙏
@@Rehman_SyedExactly I can't stand kanye fans but I love his music and the same thing is happening to kendricks fans since there is so many new ones
@@williamnick5474 BRO I CANT STAND ALL THESE CORNY KENDRICK FANS THAT ARE OBSESSED WITH DRAKE.
The pop out event was not entirely about hating drake. Also the “drake funeral” stuff is so cringe and annoying
I have auditory issues and so hearing lyrics to a song is rather difficult for me. I usually listen to music for beats rather than lyrics. However, I forced my self to learn the lyrics to everyone of these songs, then went on to try and listen to each song as I follow the lyrics on my screen.
And thus, this is now the first album I have ever understood the lyrics to, and it's one of the greatest things I have ever had the privilege of listening to.
That's all I wanted to say really. Good day. Oh, and well done on 1 million.
If you want another perfect album, listen to Madvillainy
+TheNerdyResponder Lmao another DOOM hypebeast on a Fantano video
***** DOOM is top 10.
Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper is probably DOOM
+yung dad i dont even know if you can get anymore salty than this
+TheNerdyResponder madvilainy was so good!
Took me a while to listen to it but I am now a huge fan.
I was wondering if you could recommend a doom album? Or any album for that matter.
This review really has that “best album of the decade” energy
I mean what would really rival this project? Mdbtf is the only one that comes to mind
@@отпирайте *cries in 6*
Kiel Tem right
MBDTF is and will always be better
pushingsincedayone is this a Joke?
I wanna see Ben Shapiro react to the blacker the berry with the lyrics
iT’s nOt mUsIc!!!
ps. love the username, golf wang
Gavin yes....among other reasons relating to his politics
Watch him react to Imagine by John Lennon. Never seen someone get so triggered by a popular song from someone who died before he was even born.
totlyepic yeah if one person on the planet would hate that song it would be him
a a I read that in ben’s voice lmao
hard to believe this album is already 17 years old
fr man, i cant believe it was released on 1846
It’s crazy that this album is older than the Roman Empire, feels so long ago
That beethoven verse goes fire tho
Don't tell Drake.
The Egyptians were rocking Mortal Man while building the pyramids
This is the 10iest 10 of all time. Easily the best of all the 10s
Well there's not a lot of competition. There's only like 5 or 6
@@thestanman1486 I mean yeah, but they're all 10s, they're the strongest competitors you can hope to have
What about Nas' Illmatic
Joe Dorben YWGWYW is literally album of the decade
Sidhant Sood .....
As a metalhead who rarely goes out of his way to listen to other stuff, I decided to finally give Kendrick Lamar a try. I listened to Section.80 and GKMC, and I’m upset that I’ve been missing out on this art. Kendrick has an amazing ability to write compelling and in depth stories in his lyrics and flows while not giving up awesome instrumentals and just overall catchy music. It’s artists like this that make me wanna venture off into more hip hop music. I’m onto TPAB and I’m so interested in how it’s supposed to top his previous 2, since I just cannot stop listening to them.
EDIT: TPAB is one of the best albums ever
Same here. From listening to Tool or deftones everyday I have now started to enjoy rap, surprisingly. It’s funny how different the genres are and how I’ve grown up with metal but now enjoy something I always thought I hated
Try on:
Run The Jewels 👊👈
A$AP Rocky
Odd Future
MF Doom
@zGettingMoney idk tool can be both, but early on was anything but smooth. It was raw and weird.
I'm a metalhead too so I tried to get into Death Grips and it's quite heavy.
@@ChristopherRhudy I second that
When Kendrick won the Grammy for Best Rap Album he saluted Nas & Snoop and said, "We will live forever, believe that."
Considering the fact that this album is already being taught in some schools, and the impact it made, like the protesters chanting "Alright", I truly believe this album will live forever. It's just perfect.
I used this album in my English essay when discussing racism. So it will eventually be taught in school.
People always think the "classics" can never be touched and nothing can ever reach their level, but in twenty years this album will be looked at the same way Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt and other classics are imo
+Jay Iraj I think so too, in my opinion this is the great American hip hop album.
It is already being looked that way.
Well, this album is overrated as hell. No way in hell is it better than Dark Fantasy. And what impact did it make?? Except for the lyrics, the music in the album is a paint by number hip hop record.
This is Melon at his peak, showing his excitement & love for this album. How he dissects every song is pure greatness.
This review is Anthony's magnum opus
he got the rating wrong tho
peenlick for real, was expecting an 11
Ummmmm..(cough)(cough)angelic 2 the core (cough)(cough)
LEARN THE SACRED WORDS OF PRAISE, HAIL SATAN!! 666th like
@@carlanga3104 nope 702 likes sorry buddy
back here to hear the 10 slip out that melon mouth
LMFAOOOOO
cat _ HAHAHAHHAHHAHH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
people bust nuts when they hear the word “10”
And here we have it folks. The first album review in youtube history to hit a million views. Congrats Anthony.
B-Mint1994 really?
White Peoples Tears Yup. Try to find an album review that has more views than this one. You probably won't.
B-Mint1994 Searching with "Album Review" and sorting by views, there's one video that's higher than this one and it's an hour long review of a Taylor Swift album.
+Twaddle Tweed Mind posting a link? All I see is this video as most viewed.
+SourPatchSkateboarding fleet foxes is still at 950k
i keep coming back to this review, it's so rare to see melon so passionate about a record, his joy is incredibly infectious.
the comments on this video are hilarious, too.
for real, melon did a great job of selling this album. I wasn't all about it the first listen through, but after i watched melon's review and how he raved about every single song and when he said you really need to listen to what kendrick is saying. It was all very true, and glad i gave this album another chance, now it's probably tied for my favorite of all time along with gkmc.
I can't even look at other albums the same after To Pimp A Butterfly
Man what!!!
Zanny Moore True that man. Kendrick made everyone in the rap game look like fools. This is just too great of an album. It is unreal.
Agreed, no other album can compare
Zanny Moore I agree, everything else just seems half assed.
Zanny Moore Disagree I actually like Friday night lights and section 80 more than this one.....Man on the Moon by Kid Cudi too
kendrick copying WAP was the worst part of this thing tbh
Agreed
Absolutely... It completely distroyed the album for me
@@alvislarson7853 how?
@@aggghgaabk they playing WAP came out after TPAB so its just a joke plus WAP is more braindead than a dead fly
🤣
This album has a bone to pick.
like roses
Kendrick "mad, he mad"
10:54
@@basnijland i ain't feeling broken no more
Nikki Riv but it ain’t stressin.
Institutionalized is an extremely underrated song
Thank u
Ikr even tho all the songs are my favorite institutionalized stands out
My favorite song off the whole album
It's different from the others but still the same
institutionalised and U are the best.
Snoop Dogg can simultaneously be featured on one of the best records of the decade, and the undoubtedly worst one. What an absolute fucking legend.
Which is the worst one lmao?
@@maet8466 Corey Feldman's Angelic to the core.
something something he'll never turn down a check
He’s the Nic Cage of hip hop
him and kid cudi are the only artists to ever be featured on a 0 and a 10 album
THANK YOU!!!!
Amazing review dude
NO PROBLEM :~)
Great review, man.
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
No No No No anthony...THANK YOU..should've given this an 11 tho :D
***** Ewwwww Dizzy wright
TPAB is an example of an album that transcends genres and works better when listened to from start to end in one sitting, like most legendary albums like this and Dark Side.
There's plenty of records that have that front to back energy Ike Igor. Love it that way
Bro shut up it’s so overrated
I think ‘transcends genres’ is weirdly underselling it. It’s unequivocally and unapologetically hip hop and essentially the culmination of every era of and precursor to the genre
this is not a review, it's a love letter
My man said 2010 at 20:10
Mohit Savla10 Holy shit
Yeah of course totally yep that was 100% intentional
Mohit Savla10 glitch in the matrix
how did u ever notice that
Good weed.
You only gave him a 10 cause he's white
Flowervillain , that's a good one
Bless
Stephen Bowar wtf is ur English.
@Stephen Bowar ok chinese kid
Stephen Bowar nah he rated DAMN a 7/10 then later changed it to a 6/10 he not scared of that
You can see how much Nav has influenced this album its truly remarkable.
This trash album? Nah you can keep it. Emergency Tsunami and Ds4ever are works of art not music!
@@BestCivilWarGeneral shut up
tpab> illmatic or should i say
@@BestCivilWarGeneral bruh ok
@@navoneelcan’t say he’s wrong, u can tell that tpab is rly just trying to reach the greatness of RECKLESS. And it doesnt reach it, at all.
@@Rehman_Syedhow does it not reach it? Please explain without just saying corny 🙏
something satisfying on mobile having the thumbnail be the first frame
BAM!
Haedox is alive
Very satisfying
Why you commenting on every video on the website nowadays
UPLOAF
I can't believe George Clinton was both a president and a singer... Talented dude.
@Angad Grewal r/woosh
LMAO
My favourite war criminal😁
Funnily enough, George Clinton also happens to be the name of a major politician from the 1790s
Don't forget he was also a saxophonist
He looks so excited to review this album
that's because he was. his underwear was probably soaking wet
@@xbenci he only gets wet for nav reviews
Who wouldn't to be honest
He set his alarm clock at 5 am just to review this album.
This is in my opinion the best album I've ever heard. I was so deeply moved by this album, and Kendrick does a fantastic job in the song "u".
u is my least favourite song on this album and honestly the only skip for me and i dont understand why ppl love it so much, could you explain what you love abt it?
@@FakeAdirTVthere is the point of how certain songs resonate with people and their subjective tastes, but there is also something to be said about it in context of listening to each track on the album in order. The track overall goes really hard. I don’t care too much for the beat switch, but the song is very lyrically sound nonetheless. You could make the case that there isn’t a skippable song on the album with its catchy hooks, beats, lyrics, etc. Personally I wouldn’t make that case, but you certainly could.
@@FakeAdirTVit's so catchy but also moving
@@FakeAdirTVI love u because it has a really catchy chorus at the start which also has a deep melancholy meaning to it which just feels so good with the tone just going down and then the voice crack Kendrick is just really nice
@@FakeAdirTV What I love about u is how raw and emotional it is. It's tonally dissonant and somewhat hard to listen to but that's to some extent the point.
T(w)o Pimp A Butterfly = TPAB = 2PAB
T(w)o Pimp A Caterpillar = TPAC = 2PAC
"Kendrick leaves with a great poem that he made for Pac and leaves us with a caterpillar which becomes and butterfly to escape the m.A.A.d city."(taken from genius)
Knowing that the album has many deep and hidden messages, this can't be a coincidence.
Holy shit...
+Kenn Adams knows
+Fedora The Explorer when you're looking for hidden messages you're going to find them.... and don't annotate rap genius cause they also go way to deep
+clercq025 x 100% true. A rapper would be like "I saw the sky was blue and it was nice" but rapgenius be like "this shows the artists sadness and depression they felt in life, and blue is a depressing color etc blah blah" lmao you get the idea
He said himself the original name was Tu Pimp a Caterpillar so that it would spell Tupac.This isn't a secret.
My guy Kung Fu Kenny really just pulled 2Pac from Cuba and asked him questions
Hip-Hop Top 9s Why is 2Pac hiding in Cuba?! When he could’ve made a ton of money making music
@Kuziva Mubonderi oh it didn't do that well? IT DIDN'T DO THAT WELL?!?!?
@@jacksondowdle5217 yes, it didn't
@Kuziva Mubonderi I just looked it up it sold 300k copies first week it also sold 1 million copies
@@andresciahooten9598 something tells me money isnt as important in cuba
I love who Kendrick surrounds himself with, Flying Lotus, Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Thundercat, Bilal, Anna Wise, etc. He understands that you have to work with great musicians in order to make great music, this album is beyond fantastic and absolutely perfect. Great review.
nice profile pic i respect that
right back at ya, Atrocity Exhibition is my favorite album of 2016
Mars Rover don't forget Lalah Hathaway lol
Anna Wise is sick!
Then DAMN. comes in :/
Can't believe Nav ghostwrote this.
Ikr
Even though he's the mastermind behind illmatic, I doubt he ghostwrote this
@@DrRAZI99 nah he actually did. You can look it up but I didn’t believe it either. NAV really is the undisputed goat
I'm shook
Damn I thought playboi carti did?
Let's all take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this influential masterpiece of an album lost album of the year to Taylor Swift's 1989. They don't call it the Scammys for nothing 🤷🏻♀️🌚
Mehra A Did that really happen??..... F*ck, no wonder why I jumped off the Grammys bandwagon.
@@logan4x6 yeah it did actually happen. Even Frank Ocean called out on it and said Kendrick should've won AOTY for TPAB.
@@hawkeyedsentinel4648 Frank just won +999 respect from me 😂
Count on the fucking Grammys to always pull the safe card... “Let’s go with what’s ‘The-In-And-Now’ to keep up that fake moral.”
Well, shit. I don't think it has to do with race. Most mainstream platforms adhere to what is mainstream in itself. A LOT of records are acknowledged and praised for certain aspects, yet it always seems like the Grammys are so narrow-minded into awarding the status-quo.
I don't think any album has ever made me feel the way that this did. The deep message along with the AWESOME basslines and jazz elements makes me feel so great. I would give it an 11/10, but that's over the limit, so 10/10 is perfect. Kendrick Lamar got me into hip hop and it is still my favorite hip hop album, possibly album in general.
SuperLuigi22
Same story as me
Same story here
Can't wait to see my kids studying TPAB in school
@Elizabeth It should be studied
Elizabeth
Harvard Dropout
Total Xanarchy
I’m Gay (I’m Happy)
I actually learned about the album because we analyzed it in my AP seminar class
@@praveenweerasundara619 What!!! Thats so cool!! Is it english?
I (born 2002) actually studied TPAB in 2019 when I studied in Japan (only lived there for a year)
Man, as a producer, I really appreciate how the way the vocals are mixed on the poem segments. They’re mixed like an actual interview mic, foreshadowing the twist at the end.
I love a lot of Kendrick Lamar's lyrics. But I feel like I have to sit down and read them to actually fully understand them and then research the references to god and the older rappers.
I like his music but I feel like a lot of the lyrics go over my head.
Thats the best part
+Piña ColAda im brazlian,so english is not my first language. listening to mf doom for the first time without genius was absolutely impossible
That's what gives it such amazing replay value. Still hear things I've never heard before, even after my 500th time listening to it
That's part of what keeps it enjoyable, ya find something new everytime ya here it. And the fact that he can weave such a web is a huge testament to him as well. But yeah, everytime ya here it ya have something new to chew. I prefer that to something like Drake's new album for example any day. Ya here that once and ya got it, but Lamar gives you something with repeatability.
Welcome to rap music
Honestly, in the beginning when this review dropped, I disagreed, but then I really listened to the album. I took in all the detail within the lyrics and beats, and it pays off amazingly.
It grows on you right lol this is a hip hop album that makes you smile, dance, reflect, and maybe even cry for many. Awesome emotions mixed into an album
+William Pope Took me like 2-3 full listens. One the first go I thought he was on some bullshit, listened again and REALLY listened to what he was saying and then it was all I listened to for like 2 1/2 weeks and it blew my fucking mind again and again.
I hated the album when it first came out focally after months it really grew on me and now its one of the best albums I ever heard
+William Pope TPAB is really that "needs 3 listens bare minimum to be good" album. Kdot just packs it so much there's no way to pick up on everything the first time through
Dylan Connolly Totally agree. On first listen I didn't like the non-crossover joints. I mean you could like Alright, Hood Politics, These Walls on first listen but for the deeper meaning in Wesleys Theory, For Sale?, U, and the rest it takes a while to digest.
he gave this a higher score than TPAB lmao
This IS TPAB.
AnimeFreak43511 think thats the joke...
sea.drnkr I this he means TPTB.
sea.drnkr it ised tp be tpac but it sounded too much like 2pac
John Smith fuck off
It's so cool to see how Playboi Carti/King vamp inspired this album, if you really listen to the album you can hear the similarities to Whole Lotta Red, this album is lyrically almost as great as WLR! I love this album definately a 4/10
I'll tell you just how much a dollar cost... the price of having a spot in heaven embrace your loss, I am God (slatt) (slatt) (what) (homicide)
I feel like die lit is carti’s tpab
I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 (what, yeah)
When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agree (hold up)
This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred (plot, slatt)
It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification (what, what)
Good Play, Mad Boi
To Die a Butterlit
WHOLE LOTTA DAMN.
carti> some homeless dude
Honestly the most impressive thing about this album was that I actually understood the story it was telling. I always hear about other popular albums telling these intricate stories that you don't know exist wheras TPAB is so easy to understand.
Great comment. Kendrick doesn't try to sound like lupe or something and make his lyrics super complex. He makes it straightforward and they still hit hard cause it's different
That is one reason I love him so much. He codes his lyrics just enough to make it interesting to figure out, but not so much where it is overwhelming (Lupe, Aesop)
I like what this comment gets at but idk if that's exactly it. I don't think it's easy to understand per se, I think there's a certain amount of effort that has to be put in when listening. But once you put that effort in the story is so seamless and wholesome that it clicks perfectly
Kyle
JerTheBear it’s not but the complexity of it makes it so fun and interesting to relisten too and trying to figure it out
10/10 that's all that matters
Huzzah
MrXarlable Why does the number matter more than what he's saying?
Didnt even watch the vid just looked at its score because if drakes mixtape got better than this i would have unsubbed
Xarlable my nigga
Man, I take it you're probably kidding, but we all need to collectively stop paying so much attention to the numerical rating. The man spends 22 minutes meticulously explaining why the album is stupendous, but we're all hyped to see what score it gets so we can get into the same old tired conversations about "GOATs" and "top #5's" and "#1 in the game right now". I think we lose sight of the music because of all the hype that surrounds it. If I had to guess, Fantano probably feels the same way, but uses a scale because it's the norm among reputable critics and because it generates a lot of controversy... but at the end of the day, it's just a number that conveys little meaning in comparison to all the words that describe it.
anyone love the track "Complexion"?!
My fav song on the album
that hooooooooooooooook!!
kind of reminds me of some daft punk, agree or disagree?
The Easy Instrumentals Yeah, it's got that funk sound that Daft Punk likes to play around with.
The Easy Instrumentals That final verse by Rapsody is one of my favorite verses ever.
Black as brown hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea
And it's all beautiful to me
Call your brothers magnificent call all the sisters queens
We all on the same team, blues and pirus no colors aint a thing
Great album, Macklemore deserves another Grammy for this
Kendrick making history with this album and some people don't even realize it smh
Real talk
Agreed
nagga plz this shit weak c4 all day wit it
Lucas Blake lmao thanks for the laugh
Jermaine Parker Yep. Keep trying to convince my buddy this album will go down as one of the GOATs.
This album was one of the greatest experiences i've ever had in all my years listening to hip hop. A bizzare, funky, jazz influenced trip but at the end so rewarding. This album has everything from originality to great production, real messages and a very mature Kendrick which seems to ''age'' like wine does. You can argue for days which album is better this or GKMC but at least respect an artist going entirely out of his confort zone and delivering such a satisfying result. The game lacks a fresh approach and we should all encourage when rappers take the extra mile and deliver something new.
I'd give this album a strong 9. Way to go K-Dot.
Nas Escobar nicely said
Ross M shut up douche
Ross M so mad..
Nas Escobar nice shit my fellow Nas brother
Cool bruh. Let's have a donut
The original title of this album was titled: 2PAC = To Pimp A Caterpillar.
No joke.
TU Pimp A Caterpillar, to be exact
It was gonna be 2pac, then it was gonna be How Much A Dollar Cost until Kdot decided to name it TPAB
wow😁ddnt know that
+Kuba Wilczek W
Lol you know that make sense but that would be pretty funny if that had been the name
After 7 years of listening to this album I can fully say that this is indeed a Kendrick Lamar album
Out of the entire extensive catalog of albums in Kendrick Lamar's discography, TPAB is definitely one of them.
I may have to take your word for it, I've been thinking about this exact problem for years
This album will separate kendricks actual fans from his hype fans
biller97 It's beautiful really? why you may ask because GKMC brought so many hype fans to his table but this right here is artistry even more so than in GKMC
Shiny Ninetails yea I played this album to my friend mo he dropped his jaw is disappointment so I kicked him out of my house and called him a fake fan like man did he even listen to mortal man?
It's amazing the amount of people I saw trash this album from just listening to the iTunes PREVIEWS. Some people just hate change and I'm glad Kendrick changed it so now we don't have to deal with fake hip hop fans.
biller97 YOU KNOW IT.
It seems like they are more of a fan of the past album but not Kendrick Lamar fan. I'm a Kendrick Lamar fan. I love all of his song. But without his personality and character I wouldn't probably listen to him. Kendrick is the realist! #kingKendrick
This album ended up becoming my gateway hip-hop record. On my first couple of listens, I was loving it for the instrumentals. And then the lyrics started making a glimmer of sense. And then the conversation at the end started making sense, and I learned its context. And now I'm listening to this thing every other day. And I was proudly saying only a few months ago that I didn't dig hip-hop at all.
+David Rosen Wait till you expand your horizons. You'll realise this album is little more than critic bait.
While I am looking forward to expanding my horizons, I'm not sure that that's a fair assessment. Maybe some of the lyrical content. But the music itself seems so fully realized, I find it hard to believe that it was all done just to impress critics.
+David Rosen did you listen to Section 80 and GKMC?
+Ich Mein Suuuure...or is it because you were expecting pop-songs and didn't like what your heard because it took more than one listen to enjoy.
UnBR0k3enAngel Nah, I think it's a good album but GKMC was fairly better. It's just very profitable to speak from a moral pedestal. Even if it doesn't sell well, you'll have people calling you a prophet for pointing out the obvious.
TPAB is the equivalent of a movie about gay people or slavery. Critics just eat that shit up.
Jump scare warning at 0:00
Bam
pog
Big Succ omg shut up
ahhahaahhaahh
Hey everyone
This is why Yuno Miles is the GOAT...bro never got the recognition for writing the whole album
Facts
Fax
10/10? DAMN.
he was being HUMBLE.
Guess it was in his DNA
He showed this album a lot of LOVE.
It really put him in his ELEMENT.
I guess Melon lost so much Loyalty.
Still no review has he ever been this excited about.
Harambe Jr the 2nd said the same thing to myself
Bottomless pit?
Jacob McDonald IT’S TIME!!!! AHAHAHAHAHA
Brock Hampton
Most rightwingers have the nerve to label empathizing with the black experience as white guilt...the types that don't understand empathy so they fill their void of understanding with a bogus explanation.
This review is gonna go double platinum with no features
What about Cal Chuchesta?
but it does feature Cal
TPAB does have features.
@@darth2312 They say REVIEW, not album.
Playboi Carti really doesn't get enough credit for ghostwriting TPAB
Nice joke
Ikr
“why hasnt kendrick talked about blm?”
he did... like 2 albums...
Bruh his entire discography is about it. People are clowns
I've heard nobody say this ever.
UndeadAirwaves ikr this is like every comment on alright but I’ve never heard a single person say that and if anyone does they are an idiot
UndeadAirwaves not my fault
UndeadAirwaves I remember few months back there was a ton of people getting mad at Kendrick for “not tweeting or saying anything about the protests” turns out the dude was fucking protesting in the streets of Compton 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ people are so stupid bro like just listen to his music if you wanna hear him speak on this type of shit
2 Pimp.A. Caterpillar = 2Pac
2 Pimp a Butterfly = 2Pac's ascension, transformation, and influence living on in Kendrick
Grasping at straws here.
@@jon.... Or others may call it catching metaphors.
Timothy Smith You changed the title to fit a metaphor that you made up, ignoring the actual meaning of the title.
@@jon.... Lol. Your life's gotta SUCK dude. I'm sorry.
Timothy Smith Lol what are you talking about. You’re crazy delusional dude.
@12:01= a lot of the opinions that I've seen so far...which is sad to me because the people who think that way are the people who probably need to open their minds up the most. Great review, Anthony. I agree with the rating and I think that this album will go down as a classic. Based on my personal tastes, I prefer it to GKMC. GKMC is great, too, but TPAB pulled my soul out of my body. It Shang Tsung'd me.
yup ***** i can say that as well after my 10th listen of it,i can really say this is one of the most creative albums i've ever heard in my entire life
***** Totally agree with everything you said.
***** Than shang tsung line made me laugh so hard! thank you
Absolutely. One of the greatest albums ever.
#notthesinger
you can tell off the bat anthony knows he’s about to review the greatest album ever recorded and he’s just happy to exist when it came out
this album was literally life changing for me
abc123754212 probably changed his taste in music, and/or made him love music
Leo Debatin she's a girl
Karima Stitt facts. A lot of truth in it
True asf
Same here. It made me embrace my roots more, it changed my taste in music, it got me through a breakup I was going through at the time. I'm very thankful for this album and Kendrick
The first time I saw this review was over 22 minutes, I knew he was going to give it a 10.
Lmaoo right?!! Anthony will spend time expressing every point because that's how dense a project was..5 minute video=average usually lol
kobron1559 Lol exactly. Unless it's as bad as Kid Cudi's Speedin Bullet to Heaven. He spent 10 mins on that and gave it a 0 lol.
Bryan H. Well he gave DAMN. a 7 and it was the same length, so.
He gave Angelic 2 The Core and hour long review with a score of 0 (even though we all know it deserved a 10).
HPFMav it deserved a 12
"...a few bones to pick,". Clever slip-in
He also doesnt want us motherfuckers sitting in his throne AGAIN
He's mad, but he ain't stressin'.
True friends... one question
lol i ruined it
What's the yams
Kendrick is one of the reasons I started listening to rap music again after fev years of detaching myself from it. And this album helped me in many ways find lacking self confidence and sense of self worth. If so many people can connect with ones music on emotional lvl - it truly speaks for itself
Say what you want about Fantano, you could tell by this review that he truly is passionate about music. The true bliss on his face is all over this video, while I disagree with some of his review, I will say that he is real, and he does really care about music.
Agreed!