Solace found me at my lowest, helping me rise from the depths a better man, as a South African who is the same culture (tswana) as Earl, as well as our upbringings being so similar, alot of his songs felt like he was talking to me specifically. i love Thebe so much, i pray he visits SA for a performance one day, ill make sure to sell my moms fridge for that ticket
@@TooMuchSascha the question was about popularity and I think it’s obvious why he’s not popular. His entire sound and why we like him is cus it’s not a “popular sound/vibe”
this video is absolutely beautiful. the way you can twist, manipulate, and combine words to describe your thoughts feels like i'm being rewarded for something. you seriously have a fucking gift. love you bro
the way you describe things really sets you apart from all the other youtubers talking about this type of stuff. i loved the way you described mac’s music as open and muted and all that, its exactly how i feel abt his music i was just never able to put it into words until you did perfectly
Holy freakazoid this video was made for me. The thumbnail suprised me so much, some of my favorite artists i especially sidnt expect Earl to be mentioned.
Your writing resonates with me, splicing in pieces of your thoughts, experiences and influences in between examinations of others, all of it carrying a certain gravity and creating a unique narrative. Big ups man.
These 2 men are my daily musical outlets for guidance and hope and companionship thru the bullshit. Thanks for giving em both such a heartfelt tribute bro ❤
I deeply relate to a lot of what was said, so much so that I spent half an hour quoting you so I can talk to my friend about how I feel the same way. The way you describe their music is very familiar and I have gone through the same issues with not wanting to be here and these 2 are to this day so important to me, as I surely wouldn't have made it without them. They're my 2 favourite artists and both the works that you primarily talk about in this video are very dear to me. I also treat their work like scripture, as I do with many other artists, though they are the only ones I do it so thoroughly with. I also find it hard not to draw parallels between their completely separate experiences. I also treat them like martyrs in my head and quote their verses "like bible verses". Their art has helped me stay here, I'm very grateful for it and seeing another person have a similar experience is both weird and, in a way, comforting. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I'm grateful for it. Thank you for the essay.
I think this is the place where the people who listens and read converge to share their experiences with these two musical magicians . I look are these artists the same way I contextualize and read and soak in the ideas the poets have and I don’t think a lot of people understand that
it's really rare for yt videos to really make me feel connected to someone like this and your analysis and pontification really felt like a moment in time, i really appreciate that.
Underrated channel, this is one of the best videos I have watched, same with the Spotify wrapped. I love how you cover topics but add in philosophy as well
man i havent even finished the video and ts is awesome. 13 minutes in and you already said enough to hook me. you said everything i wanted to say ahout them but couldnt. i fucking love this video
this is quite literally one of the best video essays i have seen, definitely for the genre you are covering. please never stop man i feel like i am watching the early days of nardwuar or something similar. just a pure passion for music, it really inspires me. amazing work man seriously
@@tosin_is_hungry bro learn to take the compliment haha cause it’s nothing but the truth I’m just calling at as I see it, also very nice seeing someone give watching movies the credit it does deserve even all those years later puts a smile on my face as it was what got in me into listening to rap as a whole tbh so that album will always mean the world to me
@ hey been there Kanye was always my favorite growing up and I just simply wish he would get help for his issues, he inspired me to do the same but that unfortunately doesn’t excuse the well ya know…
@@tosin_is_hungry yah. at a loss of words recently. everyone in the comments have said what i thought. beautiful wording, intertwining of messaging. its nice to distract myself and learn from others. thank you
I loved the video! But I strongly encourage you to revisit swimming. I love all the albums you referred to- and Swimming is one of my favorite albums ever. And circles and swimming are a yin yang in and of itself.
@ glad to hear it!! If you want a resource for more analysis I’d recommend the Dissect Podcasts analysis of it. But the albums together means “Swimming in Circles”. He’s no longer drowning, he’s learned to swim. But still, he’s going nowhere. He’s swimming in circles.
Dawg maybe im drunk but this has to be the most beautiful video ive seen. This is coming from a diehard Mac fan. Thank You for doing justice to both artists. Keep writing, youll go far if you keep it up, i promise.
I don’t know how it keeps happening but my love for music is helping me find the answers I’m looking for.This video just gave me another perspective on my life and my art
feel like earl and mac would be one of those crazy duos of mac was still here. yes i know they had music already i was there when it dropped but like thug and quan they really could have made some dope stuff
holy cow this video is amazing from your awesome (i dont really know how to describe it other than that) commentary to the music in the background, amazing analysis. im so glad this showed up on my recommended youtube put me onto something great
Faces it’s a great rap album in my opinion, very transparent project. He detailed his depression very vividly, so well it’s a bit of a hards listen now that he’s gone…
Thank you for making this Video essay! It is absolutely 'beautiful'. The two has been in my daily thought for quite sometime, glad I am not the only one and people like you can put it in word and share it with us. 👏🏾
YT was spot on with recommending me this video which is also is a great way to find out you made a video on Mavi (today I was listening to shadowbox again, this time on my way to a job interview). I'm subscribing 🤙🏾
Turns out I’ve been passing by some wonderful videos of yours. This one got me cause I love Mac but haven’t given Earl the fair shot I need too yet. However this may help push me to that. Really enjoyed this video and I’m gonna check out more
Great video. The heartbeats at the end combined with the content reminded me of the song My Warm Blood, the last track from the album The Glow Pt. 2 by the band The Microphones.
Being “frat rap” is a label that steer ppl away from listening with open ears because so many ppl label Mac as “frat rap” but it was literally only like his first 2 albums, he was a artist, and he was connected with big people in hip hop.
Yo, shout-out to you from the motherland. I wish I ran into your stuff way earlier; it's very relatable. I've got an old podcast (from the 2020 cocoon days) that shares similar themes and vibes with your content. You're basically a chubbier version of me from an alternate universe that's somehow coexisting with me in this one. Mac really opened my mind's eye to the power of music (Cheesy comment, sure. Truth is dairy, we don't always got the stomach for it). As an addict myself, I can relate to a lot of his messages and he's definitely encouraged me to break out of that funk. Tough luck being based in this relative shit hole of a country, but I still hold on to those messages. Mac is one of the numerous artists who inspired me to pick up a mic and express myself with no(well, with MINIMAL) filter. I've got a few verses and tracks on my YT channel and some more in the vault. I could write a book on how much Mac Miller has affected me, but that wouldn't be fair to anyone's attention span, so I'll just end by saying: Thank you for your entertaining, relatable videos and I look forward to learning more from you. Odabo(I don't actually speak Yoruba, but I probably don't have a choice a la Lagosian) Oh, and I'm a huge Earl Sweatshirt fan. His music intrigues me. The messages often elude me because of how...dense he typically is, but when I do manage to crack the code, it's a very rewarding experience.
@@tosin_is_hungry Yo, just finished the whole video. Made that comment right at the start and realized that small compliment doesn't do it justice. Loved your writing man. Your sharp and witty jabs you make and the fact that you take your favorite things in media and connect to them so much, deeply resonates 100% w me and reminds me of myself in my vids LMFAO. Your way of stringing shit together and finding so many examples and things to connect your points to and explain them in such great detail is sick. I'm a filmmaker/ writer so seeing (well one, seeing a writer REPRESENT YAH) someone just as passionate making it on here... talking about their life stories/ what they love and how they connect to these pieces of art just makes me happy and stoked for you man. If you're down, I'd love to hit you up and see if we could chop it up sometime and get to know about more of our music tastes n shit and if you'd ever be down to collab on this music project/ video essay/ youtube documentary thingamabob i got coming up in the future bro, or to just talk stories about music! (I'm also the biggest Mac fan in the world bruh don't play w me I got 3 tats dedicated to him and plan to get more, and listen to everything, I mean everything from him like religiously). You speak from the heart, and twist these words into shit that just made me go "wow, that's true as fuck" bro. And that's all I aim to do too, and share what I got, as a writer, as a youtuber, as a filmmaker, whatever yk?. But yeah man awesome video, lmk if you're down to chat or even watch one of my vids to get a feel for my writing style and whatever you'd gather from anything, now im fs as the music hip hop fanatic i am gonna tune in to ya next one bro 🤠🙏🏽.
Wow, thanks so much, man! Comments like these keep me going. And of course, I'm always down to connect with artists. Writing can be such an isolatory experience and I always love to reach out to fellow writers.
great video, just sad you couldn't find any tracks off Watching Movies worthy to write about. some real gems in there. Still a great video, thank you for sharing.
Honestly I'll give it a relisten one of these days. I think because I heard The Star Room OG version first, and so when I went to listen to Watching Movies and it had a different (and in my opinion, not as good) Star Room it might have soured me on the rest of the album. I'd still give it like a 6 or 7, though.
why do you specifically talk about the og version of the star room? i only listened to the og version for a long time and loved it but i think the official version has so much more to it both musically and conceptually. the official version has probably one of earl’s most dynamic and moving beats along with just being a more developed version of the og one (same chords and all) while the high pitched ‘delusional thomas’ vocals give a glimpse into his consciousness, which i guess is what he’s trying to portray. conceptually the intro and outro have some really impactful lines to me about grief and mortality (and substance abuse), tying the song together (e.g. “hallelujah, thank god I have a future / praying i don't waste it getting faded” and “if there's a party in heaven i plan to leave wasted / retracing my steps way back to biblical times / we all gon end up meeting at the finishing line”). idk why im trying to convince u haha just more so wondering why specifically the og was mentioned (are the earl vocals in the middle the reason 😂😂)
I think the official version is solid enough. I enjoy it, but I appreciate the more gentle approach of the OG version. The sample is ingenious, and it's balancing act of playful, yet melancholic make it genuinely one of the best beats I've ever heard. For me the official version is just kind of generic, by the numbers, early 2000s, alternative hip-hop affair. Still enjoy it, though.
@ very fair, i think the sampling is great and although the intro is kinda uncomfortable, that’s almost quite reflective of the song’s themes? the whole balanced playful/melancholic idea is quite interesting to me, it’s a balance that goes on all throughout faces and this album which i agree is portrayed very well in the og beat. the woozy synths of the official version probably resonate the melancholic side of that a lot more to me which makes the official version a bit more depressing and beautiful to me, along with the intro and outro of course. curious what else you love about the beat so much - in a similar style, i’d say i prefer the raw emotion from something like mavi’s self love or earl’s ontheway. thanks for the response btw, the video was amazing - loved the research aspect of it paired with the personal and philosophical touches. much love :)
@@blackzunderbolt5222 Thank you so much! I also love the MAVI and Earl songs. I guess for me, as much as I like the offical version for it's melancholy, the OG has a tiredness that feels more true to it's lyrics.
Said this a hit of liquid heroin Marylin Manson Channeling panicking spar with anikin till one of us ends in an ambulance
Gesundheit
@ blow the smoke of the spliff in your eye
You ain’t gon live till you die
Intelligent bitch on my side
She bitching I’m spitting habitual lies
"They both hit rock bottom and found something...only one of them found solace, only one of them made it out."
Whole face in the faucet.
Solace found me at my lowest, helping me rise from the depths a better man, as a South African who is the same culture (tswana) as Earl, as well as our upbringings being so similar, alot of his songs felt like he was talking to me specifically. i love Thebe so much, i pray he visits SA for a performance one day, ill make sure to sell my moms fridge for that ticket
Sell that fridge, dawg. (Solace changed me, too.)
loved the video, you should change you smoke alarm battery king. stay safe, take care of yourself. its astounding you dont have more attention
Thank you!!!😭 Be sure to share it with your friends and stuff!
@@tosin_is_hungrycmon bro, AA batteries ain’t that expensive, enforcing the stereotype even further smh. The video is fire though
Bro before I fix that detector pigs will grace the sky. On my mother.
@@tosin_is_hungry real talk bro
gives it a real solace vibe
legendary RUclips algorithm pull right here, beautiful video man
Wow, thanks!
Its absolutely insane that earl is not as popular as he should be we should put him in the top 5.but yall sleep on this mans music.
Agreed!
Cus popularity depends on songs not just rapping ability. Same with guitarists
@DueceBandit Hes still GOAT material with that too
@@TooMuchSascha the question was about popularity and I think it’s obvious why he’s not popular. His entire sound and why we like him is cus it’s not a “popular sound/vibe”
this video is absolutely beautiful. the way you can twist, manipulate, and combine words to describe your thoughts feels like i'm being rewarded for something. you seriously have a fucking gift. love you bro
'feels like i'm being rewarded for something' might be one of the best complements I've ever gotten. Thank you.
That fire alarm is begging for a new battery.
It is begging in vain.
he's black
@@EthanKlien ???
love. almost brought me to tears. rip mac. long live earl.
RUclips algorithm came through for me today. Great vid
Appreciate you!
the way you describe things really sets you apart from all the other youtubers talking about this type of stuff. i loved the way you described mac’s music as open and muted and all that, its exactly how i feel abt his music i was just never able to put it into words until you did perfectly
A Nigerian that likes earl sweatshirt? Wtf
Are we rare?😭
We're more than You think!!!🇳🇬
@@FOcean-1 Huzzah!
we exist!
@@COLORMIND.mp4 Tell 'em! Also I haven't seen you on here in a while. How ya been? love your videos, by the way.
grief is a top tier song i swear
I concur!
Macadelic might’ve been a bigger shift than from that to WMWTSO
I long for the day I no longer have the luxury to overthink, starting now
Holy freakazoid this video was made for me. The thumbnail suprised me so much, some of my favorite artists i especially sidnt expect Earl to be mentioned.
"Eminem / Nas progeny" is going to live in the dormatory under my forehead for forty further fortnights, I assure you
I do my best, king/queen.
Your writing resonates with me, splicing in pieces of your thoughts, experiences and influences in between examinations of others, all of it carrying a certain gravity and creating a unique narrative. Big ups man.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Insanely shocked to find out you only had 1k. You're an absolute 🐐
Thanks, dawg. Share with your mans.
These 2 men are my daily musical outlets for guidance and hope and companionship thru the bullshit.
Thanks for giving em both such a heartfelt tribute bro ❤
Of course! And thanks for the comment!
genuinely one of my favorite videos I’ve seen in a minute. thank you for making this
Wow, thank you!
Your words are so visual
Might be a top ten comment, brother. Thank you.
4 mins in and you’re great, I love the humor, the flow of the vid, the personality. A great follow
I deeply relate to a lot of what was said, so much so that I spent half an hour quoting you so I can talk to my friend about how I feel the same way. The way you describe their music is very familiar and I have gone through the same issues with not wanting to be here and these 2 are to this day so important to me, as I surely wouldn't have made it without them. They're my 2 favourite artists and both the works that you primarily talk about in this video are very dear to me. I also treat their work like scripture, as I do with many other artists, though they are the only ones I do it so thoroughly with. I also find it hard not to draw parallels between their completely separate experiences. I also treat them like martyrs in my head and quote their verses "like bible verses". Their art has helped me stay here, I'm very grateful for it and seeing another person have a similar experience is both weird and, in a way, comforting. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I'm grateful for it. Thank you for the essay.
This is beautiful, friend. I am honored to be of use to you in anyway. Thank you for the kind words.
i love the way u try to explain the beauty of this artist in your own lens bro much love
I do my best, brother. Thanks for the support.
I think this is the place where the people who listens and read converge to share their experiences with these two musical magicians .
I look are these artists the same way
I contextualize and read and soak in the ideas the poets have and I don’t think a lot of people understand that
Bars.
@@tosin_is_hungry 🥹🥹 thank you for seeing me awesome video
This hits deep man, thank you.
I tought this video had 100k+ views till min 10, it blew my mind, this is really good keep it up Tosin
Appreciate that, be sure it share it!
love this video essay
Love this person.
@ awh wow love you too dude, go be great
This was a fantastic video to appear in my recommendations and immediately sold me on your channel. Great work!
5:41 had to stop the video hear to go bump “grief” real quick. You’re descriptive commentary is beautiful and vivid, dawg. Keep it up.
Absolutely loved that cold open
it's really rare for yt videos to really make me feel connected to someone like this and your analysis and pontification really felt like a moment in time, i really appreciate that.
Underrated channel, this is one of the best videos I have watched, same with the Spotify wrapped. I love how you cover topics but add in philosophy as well
Thank you, thank you!
You are talking, and we are listening. Brother you are peak human.
As are you!!! 😭
Bro, your quality is insane… shout out🙏🏾
Thank you!
A video about my two goats? Hell yeah
_I like your style, Dude_
dope video bro earl and mac been my favorites for years, there’s nothing quite like self expression through art. love ur vids
These vids love you.
Bro’s got the same name as the best guitarist of our generation shit sick as fuck
THAT TOSIN ABASI NIGGA KEEPS SHOWING UP WHEN I GOOGLE MYSELF!!!!
@ lmao you gon be up there one day this was a great watch…
Keep killing it bro
Thank you, brother.
Idk why but this just made me think I want a Les Claypool bassline sampled for a track. Theres defo some gold in that mine
gosh this vid is so well put together! man i loved it!!! pls keep making more
man i havent even finished the video and ts is awesome. 13 minutes in and you already said enough to hook me. you said everything i wanted to say ahout them but couldnt. i fucking love this video
you are speaking beautifully I love it
we need more video essays about earl sweatshirt actually
this is quite literally one of the best video essays i have seen, definitely for the genre you are covering. please never stop man i feel like i am watching the early days of nardwuar or something similar. just a pure passion for music, it really inspires me. amazing work man seriously
This nigga called me Nardwuar. I'm gonna weep. I don't deserve such high praise but I'll take it anyway.
@@tosin_is_hungry bro learn to take the compliment haha cause it’s nothing but the truth I’m just calling at as I see it, also very nice seeing someone give watching movies the credit it does deserve even all those years later puts a smile on my face as it was what got in me into listening to rap as a whole tbh so that album will always mean the world to me
@@dacia2000tm Hell yeah, man. That's how I feel about Kanye (despite his... well...)
@ hey been there Kanye was always my favorite growing up and I just simply wish he would get help for his issues, he inspired me to do the same but that unfortunately doesn’t excuse the well ya know…
Yeah...
beautiful video. from the primary and secondary sources, quotes, etc. as well as your words, analysis and comfort
Thanks kaaaanee. I needed the validation this week.
@@tosin_is_hungry yah. at a loss of words recently. everyone in the comments have said what i thought. beautiful wording, intertwining of messaging. its nice to distract myself and learn from others. thank you
And thank you!
I loved the video! But I strongly encourage you to revisit swimming. I love all the albums you referred to- and Swimming is one of my favorite albums ever. And circles and swimming are a yin yang in and of itself.
I never thought about it like that -- Swimming and Circles being a yin and yang situation. I'll give the album another listen, for sure.
@ glad to hear it!! If you want a resource for more analysis I’d recommend the Dissect Podcasts analysis of it. But the albums together means “Swimming in Circles”. He’s no longer drowning, he’s learned to swim. But still, he’s going nowhere. He’s swimming in circles.
@@zcskizombiesr.5509 Yeah I got that when I heard the albums. He really was a thoughtful guy. RIP, man.
Dawg maybe im drunk but this has to be the most beautiful video ive seen. This is coming from a diehard Mac fan. Thank You for doing justice to both artists. Keep writing, youll go far if you keep it up, i promise.
I don’t know how it keeps happening but my love for music is helping me find the answers I’m looking for.This video just gave me another perspective on my life and my art
Likewise! Thanks for the kind words.
I love u dawg
thanks for your words.
I love you, too! 😭
You gave me peace of mind for the day brother
feel like earl and mac would be one of those crazy duos of mac was still here. yes i know they had music already i was there when it dropped but like thug and quan they really could have made some dope stuff
Love your work. Can hear your passion in your words and appreciate how all your words flow effortlessly to describe the music itself. Subscribed.
I love your sense of humor, it made the video entertaining and informative at the same time. I will SUBSCRIBE!
holy cow this video is amazing from your awesome (i dont really know how to describe it other than that) commentary to the music in the background, amazing analysis. im so glad this showed up on my recommended youtube put me onto something great
THANK YOU!
Faces it’s a great rap album in my opinion, very transparent project. He detailed his depression very vividly, so well it’s a bit of a hards listen now that he’s gone…
It's phenomenal!
Amazing video
Thanks!
I thought my monitor broke because of that black screen tear 😭😭
Lmfao it was a mistake at first, but it's grown on me.
This video is very relatable like honestly I feel as if I have too keep myself from sinking all the time and it’s tiring but I have too or I’ll drown
I get that man.
Make sure to reach out to people.
Thank you for making this Video essay! It is absolutely 'beautiful'. The two has been in my daily thought for quite sometime, glad I am not the only one and people like you can put it in word and share it with us. 👏🏾
Anytime! Thank you for the kind words!
YT was spot on with recommending me this video which is also is a great way to find out you made a video on Mavi (today I was listening to shadowbox again, this time on my way to a job interview). I'm subscribing 🤙🏾
Good luck with the job interview! Also I'm the voice at the end of 'shadowbox', funnily enough.
@tosin_is_hungry thank you! And I noticed that while listening to the video. So dope!
Ate frozen lasagna and a banana while watching this
I like you, I think.
@ yay
Turns out I’ve been passing by some wonderful videos of yours. This one got me cause I love Mac but haven’t given Earl the fair shot I need too yet. However this may help push me to that. Really enjoyed this video and I’m gonna check out more
He always killed it with Mac
the first second i saw you i knew i was going to hear the snake alarm 😂
😭
amazing video and analysis
Amazing comment and person.
Really good stuff man big up !
Crazy timing, Mac's Debut studio album dropped 13 years ago today.
Uh... it was on purpose! For sure!
@@tosin_is_hungry it was meant to be!
@@tosin_is_hungry the way you describe these artist is so refreshing and full of depth btw
@@MaxBowyer I do my best, brodie. 'Preciate the kind words.
@@tosin_is_hungry it's very evident that you do props
Great video. The heartbeats at the end combined with the content reminded me of the song My Warm Blood, the last track from the album The Glow Pt. 2 by the band The Microphones.
I'll check it out!
Amazing video man,keep it up
I wll!
first video of yours I've seen! really really good!!!
Early my goat and Mac is in my top 3
Love your videos dawg, please keep up the amazing work.
Thank you!
2 of some of my favorite artists 🔥
Being “frat rap” is a label that steer ppl away from listening with open ears because so many ppl label Mac as “frat rap” but it was literally only like his first 2 albums, he was a artist, and he was connected with big people in hip hop.
Not trying to start fights with ppl in here I just hear this all the time and when ppl talk ab white rappers they fail to talk about Mac miller
Yo, shout-out to you from the motherland. I wish I ran into your stuff way earlier; it's very relatable. I've got an old podcast (from the 2020 cocoon days) that shares similar themes and vibes with your content.
You're basically a chubbier version of me from an alternate universe that's somehow coexisting with me in this one.
Mac really opened my mind's eye to the power of music (Cheesy comment, sure. Truth is dairy, we don't always got the stomach for it). As an addict myself, I can relate to a lot of his messages and he's definitely encouraged me to break out of that funk. Tough luck being based in this relative shit hole of a country, but I still hold on to those messages. Mac is one of the numerous artists who inspired me to pick up a mic and express myself with no(well, with MINIMAL) filter. I've got a few verses and tracks on my YT channel and some more in the vault.
I could write a book on how much Mac Miller has affected me, but that wouldn't be fair to anyone's attention span, so I'll just end by saying: Thank you for your entertaining, relatable videos and I look forward to learning more from you. Odabo(I don't actually speak Yoruba, but I probably don't have a choice a la Lagosian)
Oh, and I'm a huge Earl Sweatshirt fan. His music intrigues me. The messages often elude me because of how...dense he typically is, but when I do manage to crack the code, it's a very rewarding experience.
Beautiful, brother. Congratulations on deciding to break out of the funk.
@@tosin_is_hungry Thanks, man. Gotta keep doing, not just knowing.
great video braddah 🙏🏽.
Thank you!
@@tosin_is_hungry Yo, just finished the whole video. Made that comment right at the start and realized that small compliment doesn't do it justice. Loved your writing man. Your sharp and witty jabs you make and the fact that you take your favorite things in media and connect to them so much, deeply resonates 100% w me and reminds me of myself in my vids LMFAO. Your way of stringing shit together and finding so many examples and things to connect your points to and explain them in such great detail is sick.
I'm a filmmaker/ writer so seeing (well one, seeing a writer REPRESENT YAH) someone just as passionate making it on here... talking about their life stories/ what they love and how they connect to these pieces of art just makes me happy and stoked for you man. If you're down, I'd love to hit you up and see if we could chop it up sometime and get to know about more of our music tastes n shit and if you'd ever be down to collab on this music project/ video essay/ youtube documentary thingamabob i got coming up in the future bro, or to just talk stories about music! (I'm also the biggest Mac fan in the world bruh don't play w me I got 3 tats dedicated to him and plan to get more, and listen to everything, I mean everything from him like religiously).
You speak from the heart, and twist these words into shit that just made me go "wow, that's true as fuck" bro. And that's all I aim to do too, and share what I got, as a writer, as a youtuber, as a filmmaker, whatever yk?.
But yeah man awesome video, lmk if you're down to chat or even watch one of my vids to get a feel for my writing style and whatever you'd gather from anything, now im fs as the music hip hop fanatic i am gonna tune in to ya next one bro 🤠🙏🏽.
Wow, thanks so much, man! Comments like these keep me going. And of course, I'm always down to connect with artists. Writing can be such an isolatory experience and I always love to reach out to fellow writers.
great video man
As always, great essay!
Gratitude!
Thank you so much for this video
this is poetry
As is this comment!
This video is amazing man
This is fucking fire
great video, just sad you couldn't find any tracks off Watching Movies worthy to write about.
some real gems in there. Still a great video, thank you for sharing.
Honestly I'll give it a relisten one of these days. I think because I heard The Star Room OG version first, and so when I went to listen to Watching Movies and it had a different (and in my opinion, not as good) Star Room it might have soured me on the rest of the album. I'd still give it like a 6 or 7, though.
@ favorite tracks would be I am Who Am and Aquarium, those ones are a little more dense than they seem.
Kindred Spirit, loved your video
Loved your comment. It's why I still do this.
Oh!! i remember your channel!! you did the video on Mac miller that was a good mini doc!!
I did!
why do you specifically talk about the og version of the star room? i only listened to the og version for a long time and loved it but i think the official version has so much more to it both musically and conceptually.
the official version has probably one of earl’s most dynamic and moving beats along with just being a more developed version of the og one (same chords and all) while the high pitched ‘delusional thomas’ vocals give a glimpse into his consciousness, which i guess is what he’s trying to portray.
conceptually the intro and outro have some really impactful lines to me about grief and mortality (and substance abuse), tying the song together (e.g. “hallelujah, thank god I have a future / praying i don't waste it getting faded” and “if there's a party in heaven i plan to leave wasted / retracing my steps way back to biblical times / we all gon end up meeting at the finishing line”). idk why im trying to convince u haha just more so wondering why specifically the og was mentioned (are the earl vocals in the middle the reason 😂😂)
I think the official version is solid enough. I enjoy it, but I appreciate the more gentle approach of the OG version. The sample is ingenious, and it's balancing act of playful, yet melancholic make it genuinely one of the best beats I've ever heard. For me the official version is just kind of generic, by the numbers, early 2000s, alternative hip-hop affair. Still enjoy it, though.
@ very fair, i think the sampling is great and although the intro is kinda uncomfortable, that’s almost quite reflective of the song’s themes? the whole balanced playful/melancholic idea is quite interesting to me, it’s a balance that goes on all throughout faces and this album which i agree is portrayed very well in the og beat. the woozy synths of the official version probably resonate the melancholic side of that a lot more to me which makes the official version a bit more depressing and beautiful to me, along with the intro and outro of course.
curious what else you love about the beat so much - in a similar style, i’d say i prefer the raw emotion from something like mavi’s self love or earl’s ontheway. thanks for the response btw, the video was amazing - loved the research aspect of it paired with the personal and philosophical touches. much love :)
@@blackzunderbolt5222 Thank you so much! I also love the MAVI and Earl songs. I guess for me, as much as I like the offical version for it's melancholy, the OG has a tiredness that feels more true to it's lyrics.
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great video!!
Thank you!!
an amazing video omg.
Amazing comment.
U cant truly understand mac unless youve tried psychedelics
I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
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Mac Miller on the thumbnail is an instant click for me
Just wating for this to blow up...
Honestly the response I've gotten today alone has been so heartwarming. Thank you!
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This was golden. I love your commentary. All Diddy
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I feel compelled to point out that that Susan Sontag reference I in fact got from John Green. Even the way I structured it is embarrassingly similar.😭
Faces is one of mac’s best album it’s too dark!