Because The Internet Is The Rap OK Computer

[@aledandrian]

“Childish Gambino made one of the greatest rap albums of all time” - Donald Glover

[@georgenapper532]

Have you ever seen Childish Gambino and Donald Glover in the same room???

[@eleruces7722]

We need the obama giving medal meme

[@ehtz]

I’m not gonna lie, but Childish Gambino and Donald Glover… look the same? Must be a coincidence.

[@nalon7414]

"Soulja boy made rap" - mysterious man in mustache, glasses, and white Gucci headband

[@alexwood9683]

lol why would I care what an actor thinks about a rap album 😂

[@BlONIC]

Donald is 100% correct. Because the internet is ON the COMPUTER

[@thatrandomcomment968]

You win this, enjoy.

[@tuckerallen1421]

OK

[@Sterance1]

They have the internet on computers now?

[@unlessitsmarco]

He’s right. It sounds OK on the computer.

[@winlover37]

I don't know why this is so funny, thanks for the laugh 😂

[@burkehinton5017]

bald glover is incredibly unsettling can't explain why

[@MrRobloMan]

Hes not in his 20s anymore man he was losing his hair

[@KamenRaiden]

Give it a good slap

[@burkehinton5017]

@@MrRobloMan certainly still looks like he's in his 20s tho black don't crack

[@jesuspernia8031]

I thought the picture was edited at first

[@Probablylani]

Paw paw swag

[@6foottallAardvark]

I'll just say that Radiohead never had to go out and convince everyone how influential OK Computer or any of their work has been. Legendary albums speak for themselves

[@brians.5597]

Facts bro. You just said some shit.

[@nathanieledwards7150]

One of the greatest comments of all time right here 🏆

[@-Scrapper-]

It's a 6/10 at best

[@bagboimuffin4814]

@@-Scrapper- sure, but you can't deny it's strong influence. In fact most of your favorite albums probably wouldn't have been made if it weren't for OK computer.

[@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6]

@@-Scrapper- 😔

[@sleep6837]

I still bump most of this album to this day. I think Because The Internet has really high highs and a few lowlights, but I do still love it.

[@sleep6837]

@@beaualIoevv I've been L+Ratiod

[@MrRobertGillan]

What are the lows?

[@k3njii218]

@@beaualIoevv no one asked you

[@Optizy]

There are no lows to BTI

[@PartnershipsForYou]

@eanfran shadows is a banger man

[@zacharywoloszynski4258]

I have to disagree Mr. Melon, I believe OK orchestra by AJR is the rap OK computer.

[@blaghgames5050]

so true

[@Aliens2Exist]

I knooow i knooow for suuure ring dang dang dang doing ding daaang I

[@TheDonkey666]

AJR is not that bad!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Did fantano says that Yeezuz is "The Rap Ok Computer"? What is the melon smokin'?

[@tomasruckett]

Disagree. OK Human by Weezer is the rap OK Computer

[@benny7878]

okay but can we just talk abt how Fantano canonically considers Yeezus a Rap Ok Computer

[@pemp9606]

Bro ik 🥲 he’s finally coming around a bit

[@K2ELP]

He didn't

[@dyldragon1]

Yeezus getting a 5 is a bigger L than MBDTF getting a 6

[@juanfeduchi1998]

@@dyldragon1 so true!

[@QuillPGall]

@@dyldragon1 unironically. MBDTF is really good, but not his best.

[@MedicatedThembo]

whether you think he's right or not, publishing an interview you conducted with yourself, just to hype yourself up and call your album super influential, is one of the most comically egotistical things ever

[@topfloorbossopium]

i know dude i really hope he's self aware lol. BTI one of favorite albums ever literally but him speaking on behalf of it, calling it influential, shouldn't have to be done if it speaks for itself.

[@dynomar11]

As somebody who has created things before, it can be kind of like talking about your children. It's hard to be clear headed about it is what I'm saying

[@Wesker3996]

I mean i fuck with some of his music but he always struck me as an incredibly pretentious douchebag.

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

i mean he's literally a fucking stand up comedian. Wild how people can't see he's joking.

[@Daydrmmms]

@@THICCTHICCTHICC no one thinks of him as a stand up comedian first anymore lmao, especially if he’s talking about his “serious” rap career

[@The8bitdin0]

Anthony, saying “Donda esta, La bibliotheca,” over and over isn’t a good way to review the article

[@addie699]

lets get more likes on this one folks

[@brettonjohansen1619]

Me llamo T-Bone, la araña discoteca fr fr

[@catsupempire3920]

mr u.n. funni called he wants to talk about your joke

[@dragonfangcomics]

Thank you for this.

[@astronova6150]

DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA

[@NeonRadarMusic]

What I love about Anthony is that he can admit that albums he doesn't vibe with are still hugely influential on the genre. Notice the presence of Yeezus when he mentioned there being many other contenders for the title that Glover has claimed for his album. Because The Melon.

[@amysel]

Thats just the editor lol

[@andrewhale428]

@@amysel no melon mentions it by name on the spot

[@daboomchakalaka7898]

Why what did be not rate Yeezus well?

[@benanon4429]

@@daboomchakalaka7898 nah, he gave it a 5/10 i think, crazy right?

[@man4437]

@@benanon4429 it's a 3

[@gavindalton2238]

The dude was a writer and pretty good comedian, I doubt he lacks the self awareness to see the implications of a comment like that. I think this is just a meta way to provoke people in a weird ass way, I mean he wrote an article interviewing himself

[@SaucyMcSaucer]

If that’s the case this provocation doesn’t seem well thought out or the intended results of it seem odd

[@Gino565]

I for one do think he lacks the self awareness. Dude’s had articles calling him a genius for too long.

[@ojben6134]

Why can’t black people proclaim their genius without being labeled weird or pretentious

[@soothy8279]

@@ojben6134 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mightymoeish]

Whats meta mean in this context

[@sharkosupreme]

is it bad i legitmately had to reread this title a couple times because the phrase "because the internet is the rap ok computer" made me think i was having a stroke. but yeah BTI was like, what got me legitimately interested in exploring rap more artists

[@jelly5289]

I was literally like wtf is OK computer HAHHAAHA

[@comoplaysdestiny5106]

Was about to comment this myself

[@dmoody4628]

Same. I was confused af

[@Rexen1995]

Help I can't make stroke stop.

[@Blacklightning201]

@@jelly5289 Odee. Shoutout to all the younger niggas googling okncomputer 😭

[@KamariaHolden]

Donald is attempting to live out his Kanye era that he's always wanted to.

[@yens1609]

Pretty much this, he's called himself the son of Kanye in the past even

[@theXlegend17]

It's cringe

[@KendrickMegaFan]

Yeah. I mean when Kanye acts like an ass, at least he has genuine masterpieces and huge influence to back him up, Glover hasn’t done any of that yet

[@SocalSteeze]

@@KendrickMegaFan say what, have you even listened to awaken my love?

[@KendrickMegaFan]

@@SocalSteeze yeah it’s a good album, but it’s nothing groundbreaking or massively influential tho like many of Kanye’s albums are

[@tuckerarm2]

I like a lot of Donald’s music especially Awaken My Love, but Atlanta is the best thing he’s done yet.

[@redgenerall28]

Facts

[@lukebattennn]

His role in community >

[@ihavenoideahelp5239]

@@lukebattennn yea but Atlanta is so incredibly unique you have to put it right beside his role in community

[@MrRobertGillan]

@@ihavenoideahelp5239 They’re also so different, it’s hard to even compare the two.

[@popkorn12345]

Of his discography, BTI is still his best work imo

[@mymyscellany]

Ok Computer really isn't an album where its sound was ripped off super heavily. I mean it's super influential but it's so iconoclastic it's hard to rip off

[@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6]

I’ve been waiting to hear a song that comes even remotely close to sounding something like Airbag

[@BareBandSubscription]

Eh, I see it more as how other bands and artists took clear cues from the sound they established on OK Computer. Coldplay, for example, doesn’t sound like any 1-to-1 ripoff of OK’s overall sound (from what I’ve heard), but you can absolutely see the influence dripping off of their most popular records, especially the more ambient or ethereal qualities of Radiohead’s work.

[@tmgar9847]

Agreed. I’d say The Bends was influenced by/ influenced way more music of the 90’s-00’s.

[@rolanddeschain6265]

Iconoclastic is easily the most advanced vocab word I've ever seen in the KZbin comments lmao

[@j.solano]

I mean... Muse tried pretty hard but never nailed it.

[@icarus212001]

"Album is one of the all time greats," says man who made album.

[@jonhoskins8737]

Fantano I know you are gonna disagree with this take but he's right. The Worst Guys is just Karma Police

[@themandownstairs4765]

all she needed was some (karma police)

[@base4yrface]

@@themandownstairs4765 This is what she needed This is what she needed This is what she needed

[@thegoat3153]

@@themandownstairs4765 i now want a gambino radiohead mashup

[@MyoticTesseract]

all she needed was some (hitler hairdo)

[@alexpavalok430]

Lmfao thanks for this. Brightened my day

[@anabell7184]

TheGuardian literally has an article on their website entitled... "Why Radiohead are the Blackest white band of our times" ...which melon should do a reaction to

[@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6]

One of the stupidest goddamn articles I’ve ever read

[@aexcezz9573]

Kind of a stupid article title lol

[@dazed3947]

I didn’t read the script but I listened to the dissect podcast of the album. Even if you don’t find substance in the work, I think we can all appreciate how Glover represents the life of a character: truly depressing and unfulfilling. The way Donald is able to show aspects of life with this universe is incredible to me.

[@fr0zt_ed]

While I definitely think glover is talented, I agree. Because the Internet is a pretty good album, but when compared to other albums in the genre of hip hop you don't hear about it too much.

[@dazed3947]

Underrated imo. I didn’t listen when it first dropped but I got into it a little while ago. I listened to the dissect podcast about it and I learned so much about the universe of bti. That being said however, you could argue that having to learn about it through a podcast suggests that the plot isn’t transparent enough on its own

[@tanssi2145]

As someone who listens to DG without anyyy nostalgia I can say unbiasedly that it hasn’t aged well, the prod and concepts are extremely trapped in their era and all it really has to offer anyone is the ‘oh I remember this’ feeling, how are we comparing this to an album that really did birth bands and genres and concepts and does to this day

[@uglyaniimals]

@@tanssi2145 what bands n genres did ok computer birth ?

[@johnnynojokes]

I think this album is rated the right amount. It’s a fine record, it has its (rabid) fans, it debuted on the billboard top 10, hell it even got a Grammy nod - but it didn’t light the world on fire and definitely didn’t have the impact or the reverence that OK Computer did and does. I mean it doesn’t even have the impact or reverence that other DG records have.

[@SolidSnake240]

Like Fantano said there could actually be an argument made for Awaken My Love.

[@KingOfNebbishes]

I would call it less rap's "OK Computer" as far as comparing it to other concept albums as much as I would call it rap's "Quadrophenia." Less a predictive record than a slice of life at that moment, and not The Who's best record either, but full of bangers. Still a great album, though.

[@GrooveMcDuck]

Yep

[@barneysandchells6306]

boomer

[@GrooveMcDuck]

@@barneysandchells6306 don't

[@zackzallie8735]

@@barneysandchells6306 your pfp is a vinyl tho so checkmate

[@releasio9921]

I had no idea he was bald now wtf

[@jghbkjniphobihgjhbiuohip]

I think the issue with a lot of Donald's work is that he sets up a lot of dots for the audience without connecting them. This leads the audience to do the connecting themselves and can have everyone arguing over random things that were/weren't intended in his art. I think Donald tried his best to say everything he possibly could about the internet and then try to squeeze all those thoughts into the album, screenplay, clapping for the wrong reasons, live tour etc. But this left us with a lot of "unfinished" points making the audience connect them. All this to say that I think Because The Internet touched so many different ideas, but didn't complete all of them, that's why people don't give it the credit Donald thinks it deserves.

[@ajesco]

I'm sorry but what does Trump have to do with any of this

[@fluidthought42]

@@ajesco He's talking about Donald Duck

[@TheSkaOreo]

But one can argue that that's the point of art. Art is not about telling people how to feel. It's about giving audiences to tools to figure it out on their own. The problem with this era of millions of KZbin "explanation" videos is that it leaves no room for personal interpretation. How you feel about an artist's work can be drasticaly different than the artist--that's fine. Because you're supposed to draw in your own personal experiences when consuming someone else's work.

[@dashweinhardt4536]

usually it's better to have an inferred connection of the dots by the content reasonably having close thematic proximity but not to say it outright or else you end up with shit like the 4yeo outro where the artist is egregiously violating show dont tell

[@TAHJKEETON]

All the dots connect but you must do the research. Look up the iceberg on this album and everything makes more sense. I think what he does well is make people interact with the album more than just listening.

[@Dethmaster64]

Childish Gambino must not have seen the meme comparing Kendrick Lamar's discography to Radiohead's first six albums

[@MichaelTries]

While I understand the opinion that it is pretentious, it has heavy nostalgia, overarching narrative, climax, and a list of songs I’m excited to hear every time. Shadows, 3005, telegraph, party, no exit, crawl, world star, pink toes, sweatpants, worst guys, flight of the navigator

[@MrRobloMan]

Worldstar is very 2013. The 2013 internet references take me back and that has powerful nostalgia for me for a time that wasn’t too long ago.

[@hjblacdes61]

yeah melon was right on the money with it being "right on time" if it had came out in like 2016 it wouldve sound pretty dated

[@MichaelTries]

And urn!!

[@CBeesy]

Zealots of Stockholm 😯

[@themandownstairs4765]

I think this statement is easy to misunderstand because OK Computer can be dissected a thousand different ways, as can Because The Internet. I'm not saying Gambino is correct, but you could arguably make the case it speaks to the culture of anxiety and detached apathy affecting a demographic similar to the one the artist grew up as. It also wouldn't be out of character of Donald Glover for this to just be a troll to provoke people. Just a thought.

[@nicksuciu169]

Creep by muse is better

[@Gino565]

When Donald glover talks like this it doesn’t feel like trolling. He just comes off as an incredibly pretentious dude.

[@Jon-cw8bb]

No

[@Jon-cw8bb]

@@Gino565 ye agreed

[@Jarrettmonty99]

I haven't watched yet, and I'm not the biggest Radiohead fan so the analogy is even further lost on me, but I despise when analogies are given in this form. Conversational, yeah its fine whatever, but if you're being serious, there's no way to interpret it. If he's saying BTI is to rap, as OKC is to prog rock, maybe that makes sense (though in terms of influence, hell no), but there's no way of knowing. By leaving the latter comparison out, it's like you said, literally 1000 ways to dissect. its almost meaningless.

[@dynomar11]

I always thought Donald Glover needed to make another album to go beyond what he did in Because the Internet, but he kept just going into experimental stuff and he never really got back to that same level of rapping

[@kodyokeefe3212]

agreed

[@sam-bw5mr]

imo this was one of the best albums of the 2010s especially on the production side. i get how if other artists had started to copy the form (album+screenplay+short film) in creating artistic worlds for fans to inhabit through the internet it would’ve been predictive like ok computer, it just didn’t pan out that way. still an incredible project imo

[@anony1596]

He's such a specific brand of self-righteous blerd. It's almost fascinating

[@puccan479]

Because of the internet is top 10 albums of the 2010’s. Conceptually, musically, visually, lyrically , instrumentally, this album is one of a kind.

[@bigpapi6688]

*comment written by Donald Glover*

[@therockbottomcarpets3475]

BTI is great. To me, it’s in the pantheon of records like Blond, Igor, KSG, Circles, etc. where you hear it and immediately think that the person making it set out to make the best album of all time to them. Those are always my favorite records. It’s the kind of album that someone says “got them through high school/college”. I think you can debate which records are better (like, clearly Blond and Igor and Fantasy are all better musically) but just that immediate impact that lends itself to years worth of nostalgia can’t go unnoticed. It’s a fantastic record, truly.

[@frankrogers2968]

Your pantheon of great records ain't so great

[@therockbottomcarpets3475]

@@frankrogers2968 Those are just the albums of that are regularly mentioned alongside it, Frank Rogers

[@joebidenjr5902]

Lmao mfer said KSG, it's just an ok 7 song album, Fantano stans are delusional.

[@ttarkus]

Circles is a posthumous album. The best album for Mac himself that he made was probably Swimming.

[@Zuri_SM]

I really like BTI, but I don't see the impact/influence from it that bino is saying the album has. Wish he could have explained further, maybe brought up music he feels was influenced by him.

[@ajreacts6889]

Marshall Mathers LP imo would be the definition of "The Rap OK Computer" knowing that that very record has inspired a lot of the greats themselves or artists such as Tyler, The Creator

[@trumpetking11]

Because The Internet is his best album front to back. Super underrated! I think some of the production is pretty unique too, particularly tracks like Sweatpants, No Exit, and Zealots of Stockholm.

[@BananaWamma7]

Na his best work was Awaken My Love BTI is great in my opinion but to say it’s “underrated” I feel like is the exact opposite of what it is. Everyone likes to stroke the albums dick, just look at these comments. I call it overrated

[@debodatta7398]

Theres no way you can say that after he released Awaken My Love

[@wowzus366]

Real

[@Prodbyjah464]

“Because true internet,” and “underrated,” don’t make sense in the same sentence

[@chasem4774]

Him interviewing himself and asking if he hates black women was insane.

[@Her_Viscera]

Hahahahahaha oh my GODDDDD

[@123rtXd]

the black women part is because a lot of media and people on twitter think glover hates black women. i think the self-interview is kind of a quirky satire of artistic ego, but its also possible its just a fully indulgent ego.

[@bigpapi6688]

@@123rtXd pretty sure it’s just blatant ego. The first hint was him literally comparing his own album to one of the greatest albums in history despite the fact that most people don’t even call his album one of the best albums of the decade.. in his own genre.

[@123rtXd]

@@bigpapi6688 i mean lets think about from glover's perspective - if you wanted to interview yourself to write a funny interview and simulatenously critique bad interviews why wouldn't you drop a bombshell like that - it generates clicks and buzz

[@donkeykong5414]

Never was crazy about Donald’s music but I highly respect him for Atlanta such a great series

[@dylanyanes]

tbh i think there is a good convo to be had if you don’t look at it as “rap doing what rock did” in the zeitgeist but, instead how art/history can be seen within a cycle of societal feelings / mindsets shift

[@mantispants]

No fucking way he refrenced death grips as a more influential album

[@canopaint2743]

Exactly. I am super confused how they would influence more artists than Childish Gambino. I would like to know Fantano's reasoning behind that comment...

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

Death Grips is great but too niche to be *that* influential as a whole. He’s definitely biased towards the group and has consistently given their records super high ratings. They’re great but not that great imo.

[@andrew_gould]

i still think people don't talk enough about how talented Gambino actually is. i genuinely question if he's a fucking alien sometimes.

[@sleep6837]

Man can rap, sing, write, direct, and do comedy. Whether or not you like him, no one can deny he's talented as hell.

[@andrew_gould]

@@sleep6837 his comedy special is gold, he needs to get back into standup.

[@georgehernandez2156]

He's way too smug about everything. Thats why i cant stand him.

[@Gino565]

People don’t talk about how talented he is because he loves to constantly remind everyone about it. The guy is talented but he feels like the epitome of someone that believes they’re two steps ahead of where they actually are.

[@Blueissuperior]

@@Gino565 I mean if you think about his background and how far he got himself he did pretty well moving through different industries and positions

[@dez-m]

Bro, he swears he is on the same level as Kendrick and Kanye 💀 It's kinda sad. I thought the album was nice to vibe to but he's honestly been in that headspace for a while.

[@Laniccal]

Radiohead’s OK Computer speaks for itself. It speaks for itself so much that the band hated touring those songs and made an (arguably) even better record in Kid A, and still are innovating. Donald Glover doesn’t have that in Because The Internet, but time will tell.

[@gardenboydon]

this album means a lot to me. it has a special place in my heart for sure

[@AmazonCrime]

Fantano in 2022: "Maya is the rap Ok Computer!" Fantano in 2010: "Maya is a strong 5" lol. Redux Melon. We need it.

[@pazuzu66.6]

Tbf no one liked ΛΛ Λ Y Λ when it came out, only recently are people seeing that it’s 10 years ahead of its time

[@ctb432]

Sad part is I love this album and think it's underappreciated but him saying shit like this does not help in the slightest. Radiohead didn't need to say their album was the dark side of the moon of alt rock.

[@billyk3682]

Because the Internet is one of the top rap albums of all-time.

[@safariatari1094]

Nah you tripping. BTI is not only a quality album (at least in my opinion) but it's very clearly inspired the newer generation of rap. I don't know if its on the level of OK Computer but it definitely has done a lot for not only rap culture but culture in general. Songs like 3005, pink toes, sweatpants are not only still relevant and replay-able but that sound is still very much alive in the genre.

[@dez-m]

Yes, it's definitely had it influence, but other albums have had MORE influence.

[@mathispegues6525]

@@dez-m what kind of response is this lol

[@formerfilmstudent8349]

Nothing he did on because the internet were sounds and concepts that hadn’t already been explained. It’s a good album but influential is not the word that should be associated with it

[@paultheporc]

Always good and sympathetic when the artist himself claims this and not fans and critics see it that way.

[@UrineSample04]

Had an aneurysm heading the title

[@TrebleStarcrush]

Because the Internet is the Dark Souls of rap

[@icydragon308]

That album has never stressed me out or gave me sweaty palms 😂😂 What bro? Lmao

[@TrebleStarcrush]

@@icydragon308 it’s a meme to call a thing the Dark Souls of its genre

[@icydragon308]

@@TrebleStarcrush I aware I just don’t think it fits this here

[@MrJbdizzle]

I think he’s mostly comparing the conceptual nature of the albums and how they both tackle technologies impact on society. I’d say after BTI a lot more hip hop artists started centering futurism and technology in there subject matter as well as being more meta

[@churricardo1457]

I don’t think that album has anything to do with that though, just the age we live in and social media becoming more prominent/young people growing up with these technologies

[@shayla4007]

@@churricardo1457 how is that not technology’s impact on society bro

[@buunyyhopp]

What do you mean by “meta”

[@churricardo1457]

@@shayla4007 ?? That’s what i meant, it has nothing to do with the album

[@unwritten_zephyr]

I don’t know if Because The Internet is rap’s OK Computer, but I think Glover may have just used the comparison to provoke conversation. BTI is definitely an album thats slept on in the hip-hop community, and I do feel like people won’t give it the proper credit until something like Glover’s death. Anyway, I respect the dude for making that bold of a statement. It’s never bothered me to see people hype themselves up like that, even if it could be seen as pretentious. If anything, he proved that its a conversation to be had. That says a lot.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

I like the way each album title expresses societal obsession over technology.

[@tomasruckett]

I don't exactly know on what grounds they're similar. It's much easier to see MBDTF and Yeezus as the OK Computer and Kid A, respectively, of the rap catalogue, given the huge stylistic shift. An artist culminating one era of their discography with a critically acclaimed record, and starting a new one with a polarizing, stripped down, genre-bending, and innovative new one. Seems like Donald Glover is just making a comparison based on the themes of both albums, but there are lots of other artists who've touched on the same subjects.

[@nicksoup_]

because the internet ok rapper

[@jerodwolf5582]

I feel like jpegmafia's work reminds me more of radiohead, especially since he sampled the one song on "all my heroes are cornballs". I think he definitely hits up the best of abstract rap, and can really be seen as a continuation of Radiohead's ideas

[@H13NrV]

Putting slick sonic and Awaken My Love on the same level is insane. It's like comparing factory made and hand crafted art pieces.

[@cartifan2024]

which one is which

[@H13NrV]

@@cartifan2024 Slick Sonic is factory way too flawless / perfect I got love for Anderson Paak but Bruno Mars is sucking the soul out of the music

[@cartifan2024]

@@H13NrV honestly I agree. I liked a few of the songs but it got old fast, and some songs like 777 just sounded like old navy commercial music.

[@tubbythug92]

Not gonna speak on his music but I gotta say Atlanta is by far one of the best piece of media i’ve ever watched.

[@phillyboywonder]

That’s def gonna go to 808s, Donald a goat tho

[@NoaGlyn]

I’d argue that 808’s and Heartbreak was one of the most influential album ever possibly in hip hop history

[@barto_ts]

OK Computer is the Dark Souls of comparisons

[@tamagotchi64]

This comparison is like breath of the wild but for music

[@b_sway]

Can’t wait for everyone to harass him to re-review Yeezus since he called it influential in this video

[@eyekantspele9548]

this take from donald glover melted my computer screen

[@DaFuqBoom]

At this point you're just unreasonably pushing anti-Donald Glover rhetoric. Subscribed.

[@shayla4007]

lame

[@dylantypically5987]

Bruh ain’t you the skibidi toilet guy

[@channelofoxford2131]

The rap of equivalent of OK Computer is Life After Death, because they were both the best album of 1997 in their respective genres.

[@superstygian3751]

I feel like Bino is straight up trolling with that statement lol

[@labellebryce]

I don't get why he has to always make comments like these when he has such a good range of artistic output in past 10 years. He even gets recognized for it too so it's not like he's underrated

[@banzai744]

He desperately wants to be considered the best in the genre I think. Some people are super competitive. Or maybe he just made a joke. It made me laugh anyway 😭

[@mightymeatymech]

@@banzai744 we truly don't know anymore with donald LMFAOOO 😭😭🥴

[@TheSkaOreo]

insecurity probably. A big theme in a lot of his music is how insecure he feels as a black rapper "who acts white".

[@tmgar9847]

Why do so many artists not realize that needlessly comparing their work to all time classics immediately disproves their argument. This is like giving yourself a nickname, it’s just embarrassing. Ik this has been said already but jeez it really only shows how up their own ass they are.

[@porkeywings]

Its his own work and he's proud of it, not everything an artist says is making a grand statement it was just an interview question that was made a headline. Hes an artist and respects good art, he's often used comparisons to other works to describe his own, not in an egotistical way, but just to describe how he sees it. Art is obviously subjective and he can't/isn't making the statement that the album is literally as great as Ok Computer he just uses the comparison to help describe the kind of vibe he thinks the album has in his eyes

[@Blacklightning201]

@@porkeywings ^ totally agree

[@littyagain9402]

or its just having confidence in your work, Kobe nicknamed himself the Black Mamba so your analogy doesnt really work

[@tmgar9847]

@@porkeywings to be fair, I should probably read the article instead of the headline and I do see your side of it for sure. I'm not saying an artist shouldn't be confident in their work/ skills. But I still feel like comparing your work to an existing piece of art boxes in what you've created. Btw I didn't know Kobe gave himself that nickname and now that I do, I like it a little less lol. Also ego in sports is different from ego in art imo

[@doylesky]

@@littyagain9402 nah that self nickname is/was cringe

[@cheddarandsourcream]

I still fuck with quite a few songs off this album hard. Sweatpants, 3005, Crawl, Worldstar, The Worst Guys, Shadows, Telegraph Ave, Life the Biggest Troll

[@UncleSalie]

Imagine if this video was the reason that people in the future refer to TPAB as Hip Hops "The Wall"

[@ttarkus]

Well it would be correct. Both are overlong and bloated with filler.

[@paftdunk9469]

Ngl kinda biast but the reason music went back in time in the 2010s was because of Random Access Memories

[@kucndo]

ΛΛ Λ Y Λ is easily the rap OK computer

[@fillthecrown7034]

Yes

[@BobtheX]

All My Heroes are Cornballs sounds a lot like Kid A. Concept wise they're very different but their sonic pallet is so goddamn similar I love it.

[@BillyMcBillface]

I feel that this comparison is accurate because I only listen to 2 of the songs on both of these albums regularly.

[@erncolin]

Here's the thing with Donald Glover to me, I think he has very ambitious ideas but with not much substance. And I'm fine with that cuz he makes good sounding songs. My problem is everyone builds him to be like look how deep he is and different he is and even himself has said that, when he's not that different than everyone else.

[@chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b]

I don't know if it was his intent, but this is a good way to market a rap/hip hop album to an audience of people who mostly listen to rock music. Radiohead fans will hear this comparison and probably check out the album. Whether or not they agree with the comparison is another matter.

[@smoghuffer20XX]

I love how Radiohead avoided ambitious comparisons when they released OK Computer (The Dark Side Of The Moon, or just Pink Floyd in general), but in this case it’s Donald Glover MAKING the ambitious comparisons.

[@kennethcarow442]

From a musical standpoint I agree but BTI is more than just the music, it has a screenplay that it underscores, videos, all the performances and interviews that glover did in that time, the entire rollout was an experience. When you take that into consideration there is mich more substance to be found, the whole thing makes more sense. Thats why I think he is right in saying that it was very new and different to what had been done before. It just hasn't been imitated much because its so much work

[@MostCharismaticEver]

I listen to Because of the Internet many times of the year. Legitimately one of my most favorite albums of the year.

[@cabalerios]

BASADO

[@iceyroo]

OK computer is one of the best albums of all time, and his album isn’t on that level. Melon is right here.

[@Catokawaii]

I had a stroke reading this video title and died. Rip me 2021-2021

[@ilikespacedinosaurs]

808s and Heartbreaks is the rap OK Computer

[@HunnyBunz1138]

This album is completely vinyl worthy imo. The whole album is a journey. People also forget there’s an entire movie screenplay written for this album that just needs a director. Tbh I love Donald Glover and what he’s done for music and how much this album has gotten me through so much shit in life, but he did not need to boast this album anything past what has already been done.

[@dylanewing1245]

This take is equivalent to the “Radiohead is the Blackest white band” take

[@therrfuin7897]

Is that a real take

[@uncrownedoak7777]

How bout Rage Against the Machine?

[@anthonycarlos2095]

Who tf said that😭

[@frankthompson5294]

I always thought it was Primus

[@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx]

@@uncrownedoak7777 rage against the machine is the whitest black band

[@chrisballantine5029]

Another reminder that we still need that Yeezus redux review

[@SeanMacadelic]

808s & Heartbreak Is The Rap OK Computer

[@OrashiTV]

BTI is a good album, but this is one of Gambino’s WORST takes. . . He really feeling himself lol

[@MvsG18]

You have to be super confident to compare the influence an OK album, to OK Computer. I thought he meant The Internet as a whole, then I agreed, but then i saw he referred to his album, and the because wasn't a part of the phrase he said. Ok Computer is literally the ABC of mother rock, Because The Internet is another album of the bunch, even redbone has been more influential.

[@madremorelos1573]

If anything, it’s Glover’s “The Bends”. The album released before his magnum opus

[@Based_Proletariat]

EL-P's Fantastic Damage is The Rap OK Computer.

[@goldenage1000]

BTI to me is a better version of Camp. The amount of effort he put into it is amazing (despite the story being jumbled here and there) it still has that left over cringy Camp delivery but it doesn't really bring it down for me too much. I think if you are a Donald Glover fan you might consider BTI one of the best albums of last decade whereas if you're someone like me who likes some of his material/casual listener you might simply consider it a good/ok album.

[@andy161994]

I’m a Donald glover fan because of Atlanta and awaken my love everything else had it’s highlights. I remember his early stand up too and liked him then just took me a little while to come around to his music.

[@jeremym4551]

It's an ok album that I have on my computer

[@TheSkaOreo]

I remember at the time Camp being pretty awful. It felt like the culmination of Glover desperately trying to emulate Kanye. Whereas I think Because The Internet felt like he was moving away from that and I think he was starting to find a place that he can belong to as an artist. However, I think his attempts to be considered an "ARTIST" a la Prince rather than simply a rapper has led him to go up his own ass from time to time. I really didn't like his last album. Felt a bit too try hard.

[@quietman208]

It’s better than CAMP because it doesn’t have the corny punchlines and Asian fetishization. I’ve been a fan of Glover since his Mystery Team days. He’s gone a long way since “Asian Girls everywhere... UCLA”. Bro was hella racist lol.

[@goldenage1000]

​@@quietman208 Camp is just a bad album. even if I were to ignore the corny punchlines and racism my main problem with it is how poor his delivery is along with not sounding good when rapping at all. It's like if you got someone from your school who could rap well to do an album but they never really sound professional or now how to carry themselves on a hip hop track. I think the people who still love this album either have big nostalgia for it, it got them into hip hop and never compared it to other hip hop albums, or they haven't really sat down and listened to it in years; even in this interview Donald doesn't like it all that much saying that it's more there for novelty reasons rather than being good. Even if you saying that its an album of it's time I'd bring up Section 80, Sideline Story, or even Goblin to an extent and you'll see that those albums still sound nice after all these years (maybe not so much with Goblin) whereas Camp sounds the least professional out of all of them and the funny part is that those are some of those artists' first major projects as well.

[@newblue7183]

808s is the OK Compture of rap

[@julianholland4009]

That’s a weird way to spell My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[@Kanye2O24]

nah thats Kid A, MBDTF would be more like it

[@silverphoenix4934]

Yup

[@girlfriendg]

it took me like 4 times reading the title of this vid to make out what I was reading lol

[@Rsharif22]

I've never heard of ok computer yet here i am watching this video

[@michaelrislingnb306]

Don’t kill my kids, please.

[@josephneira7]

I love Because The Internet so much, but this was too much

[@owynheath472]

Nope

[@chummyboye2829]

tbh i was just relistening to this album today and flight of the navigator and life give me the same existential dread as a lot of the songs on ok computer

[@oh_banana]

The most confusing title ever, please consider quotation marks

[@boiyeahson]

Aight ima be honest, even tho i disagree w his statement, especially on the influence, I feel like this album is actually left out the convo way more than it should be. This album was great

[@cugly1875]

Donald as a musician is pretty good but everything he does in the field seems to have an air of pretentiousness. Because The Internet is just a good album. His attempts to make it something more through the screenplay, the secret track, and this interview just ignores that his actual musical ability does not warrant such high concept framing.

[@frankrogers2968]

Agreed on the pretentiousness.

[@theXlegend17]

I agree. Because the Internet is okay at best. It has some really good songs, but also has a lot of filler, cringe bars, and just doesn't age well in general. I think that's why I'm a bigger fan of his earlier work. It was good (not great), but didn't have that err of pretentiousness to it that his later albums did.

[@pinkenbajedi2119]

I didn’t even know what the album was, can’t be that influential 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@aexcezz9573]

Gambino is right. Because the Internet is full of hits and they all have substance.