Do you like Anthony Fantano?

Started by Allis Mines, Oct 20, 2020, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Allis Mines
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    Oct 20, 2020
    A lot of nerds hate on the man because he gave your favourite rappers album a 3/10.

    Personally, I think hes been an important part of hop hop culture for the last decade and he is my go to for music reviews.

    I think he deserves a bit more credit than he gets tbh.
     
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  2. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Oct 20, 2020
    no he sucks and is terrible and shows a distinct lack of understanding about hip-hop
     
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  3. Lil Squeed
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

    Oct 20, 2020
    I enjoy his reviews.

    Agree with some of his takes, disagree with others.

    Either way, he's entertaining.
     
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  4. M Solo
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

    Oct 20, 2020
    Lol. No.
     
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  5. Allis Mines
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    Oct 20, 2020
    That's a bit harsh haha
     
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  6. lil uzi vert stan
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    Oct 20, 2020
    Nope, obnoxious needledick
     
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  7. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Oct 20, 2020
    Corny hipster
     
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  8. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Oct 20, 2020
    He's okay, sometimes entertaining, sometimes cringy. Don't go out of my way to listen to his stuff but if it pops in my feed on youtube and I'm bored enough I might click.
     
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  9. David26
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  10. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO

    Oct 20, 2020
    I mean... Crooked I sampled his vocals for his song with Statik Selektah (on Statik KXNG album) but that's the only part I liked about melon head. He seems to be a dweeb.
     
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  11. aleeex1923
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    Oct 20, 2020
    If a project that I'm interested in drops and he's putting a review out, I'm checking it and I enjoy his videos even if I don't agree with him most of the times.
     
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  12. Enez
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    Enez Purple Heats Forever

    Oct 20, 2020
    indifferent. sometimes he puts me on some good s---, most the time he comes off as a snobby mf who doesn’t know wth they’re talking about
     
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  13. dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl
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    Oct 20, 2020
    He's so mechanical in his cherry-pick approach to reviewing hip hop. "Some of the songs on here are very non-descript" like bro it's not that f---in deep.
     
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  14. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Oct 20, 2020
    I'm not saying he's talentless—he def knows how to make an entertaining video and found a niche—but I think his knowledge of rap is really basic and never informative...for someone who listens to all music he sure puts hip-hop in a box with regard to what it "should" be.

    Also he's the most popular and well-known contemporary music critic by far, gets TOO MUCh credit if anything lol.
     
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  15. The Lyricvore
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    The Lyricvore My balls are gone.

    Oct 20, 2020
    I use to like his reviews a lot... haven’t in yers though
     
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  16. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Oct 20, 2020
    Fagtano more like
     
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  17. Worm
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    Oct 20, 2020
    No sir, I don't like him. I don't like him at all
     
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  18. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Oct 20, 2020
    My issues with Needledrop lie within his own reasoning based style of deducting whether music can be good, especially when it comes to rap. If said music doesn't fit into his mold of what is objectively good (Kendrick, Death Grips), then it's merely discarded as otherwise. Feels like that limits his criteria and his refusal to budge only inhibits his range of critique.

    Don't mind him otherwise, I find his blind followers more annoying than anything
     
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  19. Boos
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    Boos Nova Nation

    Oct 20, 2020
    Man’s been right one time in his entire career and that was giving KSG a 10/10
     
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  20. Tom Brady
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    Tom Brady "I'm a pretty good winner."

    Oct 20, 2020
    He’s ok. I don’t really watch him. I think I find him more entertaining than insightful about music. I enjoy s--- like him re reviewing MBDTF and giving it a worse score lmao.
     
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