my favourite song 💀 that’s why it’s important to not take melons word as gospel even when he shows you a lot of cool music because with it being his opinion you’ll find that sometimes he’s right on and other times you’ll be left scratching your head
Because fantano never gives any positive opinions about rap music that isnt “experimental” , “agressive” or “energetic” there is no point even watching the review of most things cuz his taste in rap is shit
Eveey song is amazing, and yes, Soft Landing is still the best song. I swear Fantano picks the best song and puts it in his least favorite just to troll people or something.
maybe you’re noticing a similarity in the way I describe his rapping from album to album because I’m noticing a similarity in his rapping from album to album.
The beat on soft landing is incredible! The way those guitars melt together to create such a psychedelics sound is so fire...Fantano is tripping for that one.
@@filesjofficial The whole production on the album is otherworldly. It reminds me of (bear with me) that one youtube lofi girl, a dark, dingy alleyway, and a warm cup of tea at the same time. But I might just be tripping.
I don't really remember track names, so when I went back to the album to hear which track this was I was baffled, Soft Landing is possibly my favorite song on this thing.
Billy Woods has to be in the best of all time conversation now. He’s incredibly consistent, been at it for 20 years straight, is incredibly talented and is very recognizable
This albums deserves a strong 9. In fact Billy Woods never deserves lower than a 7. He’s broken the threshold and is only being compared to himself in other moments of his career.
@@zeno6169 I’m aware, which is insane. I’m pretty sure Fantano would acknowledge that any Billy woods album is better than every lil pump album yet he game one a 7. I think Fantano gets in the habit of hold certain artists to a very high expectation, and when they don’t reach it he ranks them against the ones that do, leaving them with a lower score. But I’m reality, they are much better albums than others he will give higher rankings to.
@@ndenhalter enjoyability comes into factor though. You might recognize if an album is well produced or if the lyrics are decent, but if you don't enjoy that much then it's fine to give a an average or even below average score. It's personal how you connect with music at the end of the day. Nobody should feel pressure to give one album a good score because everyone is enjoying or else it wouldn't be authentic
@@royalwarlord2342 I literally blast the shit on my speaker when I'm biking lol but yeah it's hard to even get my closest friends into billy woods. Like one told me he was put off by the beatless tracks and the nihilistic vibe on the older shit, but I'm like cmooooon man. Imma have a talk with him about getting him to listen to Aethiopes cause that's a 10 in my book
@@TheShankPimp lmao yes he has a big fanbase the internet is pretty big 😂😂😂 settle down there bud im just poking fun but this shit niche af. My buddy keep trynna put me on and i just cant with this ☠️
"Sooner or later it's gon' be two unrelated active shooters / Same place, same time / Great minds, Tesla and Edison" holy shit, when I heard this line I had to look up the lyrics to make sure I heard it right, absolutely insane
@@angelom.7892 Hip Hop sense. Great minds making a living on the streets and ending the great potential of one another by crime (Jail and murder). The competition of great minds thinking they know the right way when they both do in a way and are partly on the right track but focused on a competition for survival rather then their own genius. Humans / History is always looking for a winner. That my interpretation after reading the line.
To me he's commenting on mass shootings in America, saying that with how common they've become he wouldn't be surprised if he saw that there were two unrelated mass shooters in the same place at the same time. He sarcastically compares them to Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.
NYC Tapwater to me is about woods returning from his tour after missing home and still feeling out of place, because of the slow creeping gentrification in his neighbourhood. That ties in so well with the story at the beginning with him attending a dinner party at a wealthy white neighbour's and turning into a bit of a monster figure. The thematic thorough-lines really take this album to another level.
yet another stellar woods album only receiving an 8, he’s arguably dropped 3 records deserving 10s in the last 5 years. and how could you not have soft landing, rapper weed, or agriculture as favorite tracks??
This album is so good its actually insane and as always he says so many things that make me think but laugh at the same time. When he said got caught lackin like 9/11 I lost it.
Imo at least a 9. The line "I don't go to sleep i tread water till i sink" just fuckin hits so hard in the feels. Those Danny Brown and Aesop Rock features were sick as fuck too. Production was on point!
This is at least a 9 for me. It's the best album billy has dropped thus far (imho) I have played it front to back at least 7 times already! billy & Kenny are a dream team and I hope we get another one down the road.
Didn’t hit as hard as Hiding Places for me but these two are 100% still one of the best pairings of rapper and producer in the entire hip hop game today
Billy and Kenny do not miss. I still remember when you reviewed History Will Absolve Me, and that’s when I started watching this channel! Much love Melon, this is AOTY so far for me.
Soft Landing is one of my favorite instrumentals on this album. I do think The Layover sounds like something off Dour Candy or Known Unknowns tho, so I see what he means when he says it sounds typical for woods.
Really enjoyed this one! Billy is quickly becoming my favorite. Love hearing Quelle and Danny on this too, they're some of my favorites when it comes to artists who feature frequently
Soft Landing is my favorite track off the LP😭 Such a sorrowful instrumental, works perfectly for woods. Reminds me a lot of All Jokes Aside or Pollo Rico from the vibe alone
Can we just acknowledge that Billy, JPEGMAFIA, and Danny Brown are some of the most consistent rappers in the game, and have quietly dropped the two best rap albums of the year so far?
i saw billy last year and it seemed like he didnt want to be there at all. it was aweosme 10/10 great show bought tickets again for end of this month on maps tour
i saw armand hammer live and they played some from this (soft landing was beautiful live). i met billy after the show what a down to earth and real guy, even got a photo with him
I did see Billy live and I was standing right next to earl and alchemist before the show I looked up and earl was 5 feet away staring at me and I should’ve said something but I pussed out
yo i think that crocodile tears bar is also in reference to the track of the same name off of "history will absolve me". (fucking incredible album btw) the album that was supposed to be his final but ended up jumpstarting the leg of his career were all familiar with now. it came out in 2012 roughly ten years from when he probably was recording the verses for this project.
Didn’t really enjoy it as much as Hiding Places but that’s only really because Hiding Places is one of my favorite records of all time. Great project and i’m very happy the two did something together again. They just have a perfect chemistry between each other that only comes around once in a blue moon, like Doom and Madlib
Awesome review Anthony. thank you for always reviewing Billy woods, because when it comes to underground hip hop he's only had like one miss in the last 5 years. Which was church but I even still liked half of that album. So as you can probably tell from reading I am a fan, and with that being said this album is just what I needed. Kenny Segal was the perfect producer for him to hook up with they fit each other like a glove. Plus pull the best out of each other in my opinion. Because good lord the beats on this thing nasty, the bars on this thing super nasty. Plus imo every feature did there thing and not one of them missed. All around awesome album.
Oh there it goes another eight for billy woods ain't even gagged I'd be more surprised the moment that anthony scores billy with something lower than a seven
@@Simply_Ando I def will! I posted one video of billy woods verse on stone fruit. Back in like 2021 I think. But It’s on this account I’m using. I’ll be taking videos for sure tho.
Highly disagree with you saying it's an improvement over Hiding Places. That album's untouchable with masterpieces like SpongeBob, Spider Hole, A Day in a Week in a Year etc. But of course, Billy is super consistent as ever and this album is just another great addition to his incredible run. And I can't believe you didn't like Soft Landing, that one's just like a classic Billy song to me. You misspelt "Waiting Around" in the description!
I literally ASCENDED reacting to blue smoke and year zero. seeing soft landing in the least fav tracks made me sad tho ngl. and rapperweed and agriculture not in the fav tracks those were literally insane
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"A single death is a tragedy but eggs make omelettes" dope line
@Theneedledrop11116congrats on 9 subscribers anthony
That whole track is full of brilliant lines it’s insane
@@bryaninfante3499My daily routine narrated by an Attenborough
"when is my time to go no need to pass a hat just throw me in when the fire is good and crackling"
@@GameJunkyard11"statistics how he look at war casualties, killin' is one thing, what sticks is how casually"
Literally no idea how you can listen to Soft Landing and say to yourself “you know, I wasn’t really feeling that one”
my favourite song 💀
that’s why it’s important to not take melons word as gospel even when he shows you a lot of cool music because with it being his opinion you’ll find that sometimes he’s right on and other times you’ll be left scratching your head
Same favorite on the whole albums
Because fantano never gives any positive opinions about rap music that isnt “experimental” , “agressive” or “energetic” there is no point even watching the review of most things cuz his taste in rap is shit
Best song on the album to me, the Nina Simone chorus is a vibe, I don’t get what Anthony is talking about
Eveey song is amazing, and yes, Soft Landing is still the best song.
I swear Fantano picks the best song and puts it in his least favorite just to troll people or something.
anthony physically cannot talk about billy woods for 30 seconds without saying "his delivery borders on spoken word"
I mean he is quite deadpan
And what's your point
What are you talking about? This is Dustin Hoffman.
maybe you’re noticing a similarity in the way I describe his rapping from album to album because I’m noticing a similarity in his rapping from album to album.
@@theneedledrop anthony
His lyrics are very sensory. It really is poetic at times; billy woods is incredible. Also that Danny Brown feature is fucking nutty.
The beat on soft landing is incredible! The way those guitars melt together to create such a psychedelics sound is so fire...Fantano is tripping for that one.
That song feels so comforting ngl
💯
@@filesjofficial The whole production on the album is otherworldly. It reminds me of (bear with me) that one youtube lofi girl, a dark, dingy alleyway, and a warm cup of tea at the same time.
But I might just be tripping.
I don't really remember track names, so when I went back to the album to hear which track this was I was baffled, Soft Landing is possibly my favorite song on this thing.
BIRDS FLYIN HIGH YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL
Billy Woods, Run The Jewels, & Denzel Curry are all in a heated race to see who can score a 9/10 first
fr, this is Billy's eighth 8/10 now. (History WIll Absolve Me, Known Unknowns, Paraffin, Hiding Places, BRASS, HARAM, Aethiopes, and now Maps)
Aethiopes deserved a 9 easily. RTJ2 is a personal 9/10 for me and Denzel got close with TA13OO
"Love Again" from RTJ2 is a pretty weak song, and I don't see any album with it as deserving a 9/10. Aethiopes did deserve a 9 though
Aethiopes and RTJ4 both deserved 9/10
Aethiopes should easily be a 9 in my opinion.
Great score but Soft Landing in least fav tracks is insane
It's crazy probably one of my fav
Yeah it's the best instrumental on the album lol
Love the melon, but he always puts the best track from any album as his least favorite for some reason lmao
WTF melon? That track is absolute 🔥🔥🔥listen again
Agree. It's a frontrunner for song of the year for me.
His ability to paint his surroundings into words is incredible. One of the few rappers where his word choice actually feeds into the music
don’t care, clairo better
@@beaualoevv this but unironically
@@bartbreukels5429what?
I say this often, he paints pictures like no other
Billy Woods has to be in the best of all time conversation now. He’s incredibly consistent, been at it for 20 years straight, is incredibly talented and is very recognizable
People who put MF DOOM in their top 10 MCs might be inclined to put Billy Woods in the convo. But other listeners wouldn't.
@@traplover6357 I think they don’t put him there simply because of Billys lack of popularity, they just don’t know how good he is
@@traplover6357 damn thats crazy, who would have thought that people who are actually into lyricism would like two great lyricists?
he’s been climbing and climbing my list of favorites
@@traplover6357 traplover can’t appreciate goat level lyricism, what a shocker
This albums deserves a strong 9. In fact Billy Woods never deserves lower than a 7. He’s broken the threshold and is only being compared to himself in other moments of his career.
he actually gave two of his albums a 5
@@zeno6169 I’m aware, which is insane. I’m pretty sure Fantano would acknowledge that any Billy woods album is better than every lil pump album yet he game one a 7. I think Fantano gets in the habit of hold certain artists to a very high expectation, and when they don’t reach it he ranks them against the ones that do, leaving them with a lower score. But I’m reality, they are much better albums than others he will give higher rankings to.
@@ndenhalter Yes lol it is his review channel and he creates the criteria for which the scores are assigned
@@ndenhalter enjoyability comes into factor though. You might recognize if an album is well produced or if the lyrics are decent, but if you don't enjoy that much then it's fine to give a an average or even below average score. It's personal how you connect with music at the end of the day. Nobody should feel pressure to give one album a good score because everyone is enjoying or else it wouldn't be authentic
Only Camouflage and The Chalice are >7
I discovered the album in the metro and had to burst into laughs when Danny Brown entered by surprise with his « CHAAAY » and carjacked the track
Lmao same! I was in my car just vibing, and the moment that adlib came through it was like "Oh shit, Danny wtf are you doing here???"😂😂😂
CHEECKKK
Billy never misses, you love to see it
Great since 03
For weirdos sure, but nobody outside the internet is bumping this im afraid
@@royalwarlord2342 I literally blast the shit on my speaker when I'm biking lol but yeah it's hard to even get my closest friends into billy woods. Like one told me he was put off by the beatless tracks and the nihilistic vibe on the older shit, but I'm like cmooooon man. Imma have a talk with him about getting him to listen to Aethiopes cause that's a 10 in my book
@@royalwarlord2342 I guess thats why he sells out venues like Babys All Right and does shows overseas. Audience is just a bunch of computers.
@@TheShankPimp lmao yes he has a big fanbase the internet is pretty big 😂😂😂 settle down there bud im just poking fun but this shit niche af. My buddy keep trynna put me on and i just cant with this ☠️
"Sooner or later it's gon' be two unrelated active shooters / Same place, same time / Great minds, Tesla and Edison"
holy shit, when I heard this line I had to look up the lyrics to make sure I heard it right, absolutely insane
This line definitely struck me
could you guys give your interpretation?
@@angelom.7892 Hip Hop sense. Great minds making a living on the streets and ending the great potential of one another by crime (Jail and murder). The competition of great minds thinking they know the right way when they both do in a way and are partly on the right track but focused on a competition for survival rather then their own genius. Humans / History is always looking for a winner. That my interpretation after reading the line.
To me he's commenting on mass shootings in America, saying that with how common they've become he wouldn't be surprised if he saw that there were two unrelated mass shooters in the same place at the same time. He sarcastically compares them to Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.
@@kogut5851 this
Now that i think about it
Billy woods has the most 8/10 an artist ever received on this channel by far
thats crazy
Doesn’t Denzel have 7? I didn’t think Billy had that many 8/10s
@@R-H-B this is billys eighth 8/10
NYC Tapwater to me is about woods returning from his tour after missing home and still feeling out of place, because of the slow creeping gentrification in his neighbourhood. That ties in so well with the story at the beginning with him attending a dinner party at a wealthy white neighbour's and turning into a bit of a monster figure. The thematic thorough-lines really take this album to another level.
billy woods just keeps making amazing albums i dont know how he does it
hi yatazen
@@1fujitaro TARO hi
Been doing it since 2003
yet another stellar woods album only receiving an 8, he’s arguably dropped 3 records deserving 10s in the last 5 years. and how could you not have soft landing, rapper weed, or agriculture as favorite tracks??
This album is so good its actually insane and as always he says so many things that make me think but laugh at the same time. When he said got caught lackin like 9/11 I lost it.
If you were to take fantanos least favorite track from every billy wood’s album and combine them all together into one album it would be a masterpiece
Imo at least a 9. The line "I don't go to sleep i tread water till i sink" just fuckin hits so hard in the feels. Those Danny Brown and Aesop Rock features were sick as fuck too. Production was on point!
Insomnia has never been painted more accurately
@Dan Will Review 100% it fuckin sucks dude. I totally get it more than I'd like to, but that line is just pinpoint accurate.
That was my favourite line on the entire album.
I will defend this album till the day I die. This is an EASY 10 for me. I'm literally not joking. There are ZERO misses.
agreed
Agreed. SPLIFF COULD PROLLY JUMP YOUR CAR BATTERY
Just wish the opening track was longer
agreed
soft landing is easily my favorite song on the album, probably my favorite woods song in a while
Facts
soo many amazing lines
How do u not like the soft landing beat?!?!? That shit is incredibly beautiful
Feeling a strong 11 on this one
The production was top notch, and billy came with the best lyrics in the game, I still don't respect you Fantano, you know what you did
Yeah mbdtf should be lower
yeah wotw should be higher
will billy ever escape the shackles of 8/10
9
This is at least a 9 for me. It's the best album billy has dropped thus far (imho) I have played it front to back at least 7 times already! billy & Kenny are a dream team and I hope we get another one down the road.
Aethiopes better but I feel you
@@dawgmadoesmusicnshi I personally prefer maps. But, they're both impeccable offerings. 👌🏼
hiding places 100%
imo hiding places (for me its easily a 9.5/10) but maps and aethiopes are great as well. history will absolve me deserves a shout out too.
Soft landing worst track? My brother in christ that track is beautiful
Didn’t hit as hard as Hiding Places for me but these two are 100% still one of the best pairings of rapper and producer in the entire hip hop game today
Billy and Kenny do not miss. I still remember when you reviewed History Will Absolve Me, and that’s when I started watching this channel! Much love Melon, this is AOTY so far for me.
Hangman was so haunting with that droning sound in the background. Billy still bodies the beat though.
Soft Landing is insanely good and the lyrics are out of this world good
My favorites Billy line on here was “my tax dollars pay for police brutality settlements” or something like that
Layover and Soft landing are fantastic what you mean? also Year zero does have a great Danny feature but also an insane verse from woods.
Soft Landing is one of my favorite instrumentals on this album. I do think The Layover sounds like something off Dour Candy or Known Unknowns tho, so I see what he means when he says it sounds typical for woods.
These two have insane chemistry. My album of the year so far
scaring the hoes top for me but honestly i’ve been rinsing this album way more than i did the former right now so i can see it overtaking it
Really enjoyed this one! Billy is quickly becoming my favorite. Love hearing Quelle and Danny on this too, they're some of my favorites when it comes to artists who feature frequently
deserved a higher score tbh, easily the best thing that dropped this year imo
Def not the best but it’s up there, top 15 perhaps
Soft Landing is my favorite track off the LP😭
Such a sorrowful instrumental, works perfectly for woods.
Reminds me a lot of All Jokes Aside or Pollo Rico from the vibe alone
And the Nina Simone chorus. 🔥🔥🔥
I'll put it out there.
10/10
REVIEW IT AGAIN
Can we just acknowledge that Billy, JPEGMAFIA, and Danny Brown are some of the most consistent rappers in the game, and have quietly dropped the two best rap albums of the year so far?
can we just acknowledge 🤓🤓🤓
JPEG really shouldn't be in the lyricist conversation...
@@johnwayne7201 What do you mean have you heard libtard anthem???
Denzel is arguably THE most consistent, and while he hasnt dropped an album this year, he dropped a damn good live ep
Throw KA in the mix.
Hiding Places is one my favourite albums of all time and Fantano introduced me to it
W
Going to see them in Amsterdam later this month, hype is immeasurable
Genuinely love to see experimental rap in such a great place currently
Been following billy woods since HWAM days. So happy he's now rapping about easyjet flights to Utrecht!
soft landing being your least favourite song is absolutely ridiculous
I was expecting at least a 9 melon
Thank you melon for teaching me how to read Maps. I’ll never get lost again
How are you still calling him 'Billy' after he corrected you so many times in the interview? Come on, dude, 'Woods'
Billy Woods is without a doubt the most underrated rapper right now
This is definitely the real “SCARING THE HOES”
i feel like Billy and Kenny have a 10 in them somewhere. they just need that extra push.
hiding places exist
@yellowpaper i moreso meant a 10 from Fantano, but yeah. honestly, I personally thought this album was a 10
How did you not like Soft Landing? That song is amazing, my favorite on the album
The day woods gets higher than an 8 is the day the world ends
i saw billy last year and it seemed like he didnt want to be there at all. it was aweosme 10/10 great show bought tickets again for end of this month on maps tour
Soft Landing is the first song I've ever heard from billy woods and it got me into his music, it's my favorite so far 🔥🔥🔥
Crap! I forgot I bought this on Bandcamp before it came out!! Glad you liked it... Going to download it now like the old man I am.
Man, this review came out in 2023? Time flies dude
I had a minor freak out when I realized the chorus on Soft Landing has the same lyrics as Nina Simone - Feeling Good
This might be his best album imo
Billy woods is second to none in underground rap
I don't have any issues with the beat on Soft Landing, it's just a mesmerizing track.
This album surprised me, i’ve always respected Billy and recognized his talent, but i haven’t enjoyed any of his projects THIS much
The Jimmy Wopo lyric hit deep on Houdini. So much potential
i saw armand hammer live and they played some from this (soft landing was beautiful live). i met billy after the show what a down to earth and real guy, even got a photo with him
Kenny Beats really killed it on this one!
So nice seeing you really show off the Death Grips and Richard Dawson in the background over the last few reviews. Thanks Melon!
Bro billy workaholic af
Man, Soft Landing is such a vibe, it grows on me more every time I hear it, it went from being my least favorite tracks to one of the best I think.
Billy woods can’t be stopped
This albums been on repeat!
Literally one of my favorite albums
I did see Billy live and I was standing right next to earl and alchemist before the show I looked up and earl was 5 feet away staring at me and I should’ve said something but I pussed out
Was this at the resident in LA?
yo i think that crocodile tears bar is also in reference to the track of the same name off of "history will absolve me". (fucking incredible album btw) the album that was supposed to be his final but ended up jumpstarting the leg of his career were all familiar with now. it came out in 2012 roughly ten years from when he probably was recording the verses for this project.
We don’t care about this we want the Conway “Won’t He Do It” review
Billy Woods has a crazy way of describing an everyday thing with such an odd and thought provoking perspective
Soft Landing your least fav ??? What ??????
The aphex twin sample on Babylon by bus is fire
Thank u mr adjective man. Those were some good adjectives.
Didn’t really enjoy it as much as Hiding Places but that’s only really because Hiding Places is one of my favorite records of all time. Great project and i’m very happy the two did something together again. They just have a perfect chemistry between each other that only comes around once in a blue moon, like Doom and Madlib
Awesome review Anthony. thank you for always reviewing Billy woods, because when it comes to underground hip hop he's only had like one miss in the last 5 years. Which was church but I even still liked half of that album. So as you can probably tell from reading I am a fan, and with that being said this album is just what I needed. Kenny Segal was the perfect producer for him to hook up with they fit each other like a glove. Plus pull the best out of each other in my opinion. Because good lord the beats on this thing nasty, the bars on this thing super nasty. Plus imo every feature did there thing and not one of them missed. All around awesome album.
SOFT LANDING LEAST FAVORITE TF??????
Soft landing is one of my favs wtf😂
@@JoaoPedro-hb3ms same it’s amazing
"Broken like the ice cream machine" might be my favorite bar of 2023.
Oh there it goes another eight for billy woods ain't even gagged I'd be more surprised the moment that anthony scores billy with something lower than a seven
Dude soft landing was my favorite track of this album
Dude listed 12/17 tracks in his favs and only one in his dislikes and he still only gets an 8???
I’ll be seeing billy
Tomorrow in LA I’m hyped
Have fun
@@Simply_Ando thanks man
@@wavesinthe5112 no problem post a vid or something to youtube
@@Simply_Ando I def will! I posted one video of billy woods verse on stone fruit. Back in like 2021 I think. But It’s on this account I’m using. I’ll be taking videos for sure tho.
MAN Billy Woods is underrated AF.
In the description you have one of your favorite tracks as "Walking Around" but it's actually "Waiting Around".
thanks anfernee
White tee under the yellow flannel is wild
“Kenny segals drums are like he’s dropping desks”
Finally, a really good rap underground record. There were lots of duds so far this year, but this one didn't disappoint
Dustin Hoffman is really up to date on his tunes.
If this album could have been called "Flags" you will give a *special crown/10*
Billy woods and denzel curry are the eternal 8's
Consistency kings
Highly disagree with you saying it's an improvement over Hiding Places. That album's untouchable with masterpieces like SpongeBob, Spider Hole, A Day in a Week in a Year etc. But of course, Billy is super consistent as ever and this album is just another great addition to his incredible run. And I can't believe you didn't like Soft Landing, that one's just like a classic Billy song to me.
You misspelt "Waiting Around" in the description!
CLASSIC BODY OF WORK
I literally ASCENDED reacting to blue smoke and year zero. seeing soft landing in the least fav tracks made me sad tho ngl. and rapperweed and agriculture not in the fav tracks those were literally insane
Fantano didn't mention the production on Year Zero?
You gonna review the Madlib x Your Old Droog album?
Just as I figured, time for another review
why is he interrupting my ads