EarthGang - Ghetto Gods ALBUM REVIEW

[@achronos178]

I really think when they embrace their weirdness they will make a classic.

[@MaxRosewater]

I agree, I actually felt this one was kinda a bland album. I miss their Mirrorland craziness and uniqueness. That's what I listen to them for, not them sounding like every other trap beat artists.

[@bills8450]

IMO that was Torba and it was awesome. Everyone sleeps on it though

[@royalwarlord2342]

@@MaxRosewater nah Mirrorland falls off hard in the back half. Boring bloated songs that go nowhere with same soundy production

[@myyoutubeaccount4167]

@@royalwarlord2342 The thing about Mirrorland is, it sounds *great* once you get to "This Side" and everything before is just unimpressive. Ghetto Gods on the other hand, does have Billi and Black Pearls, which both SUCK. But other than that, I enjoyed the rest of the album.

[@royalwarlord2342]

@@myyoutubeaccount4167 Black Pearls one of the best lol you trippin

[@CoziTCG]

Definitely resonated with the idea that they’re stuck between going full weirdo and going full commercial. I’ve been listening to Earthgang since 2014 and feel like I’ve watched them struggle to find their place in the industry. Personally I love their music and always wish they would fall solidly on the weird side of the divide. F Bomb is one of my favorite rap songs of all time. If Earthgang is bringing that kind of energy I feel like they can’t lose.

[@imanigordon6803]

Nah if you want a great artist these days you have to follow the balance of two worlds. Kendrick learned that really quick

[@tontonbonnet7397]

@Imani Gordon the irony of what you’re saying is that Kendrick actually blew up after he had an actualisation to stop trying to cater to the mainstream. Listen to “Let Me Be Me”. So your statement is contradictory

[@LetsArion]

@@imanigordon6803 honestly I feel like kendrick is not really a great example. He had massive success with TPAB which is very out of the box and not commercial at all. While damn is definetly having a more commercial/mainstream oriented Sound. It's not like he tries to balance between the two but does one record in a jazzy experimental way and the other one more toned down, while other artists struggle to have a clear distinction between weird and unique and accessible for Mainstream audiences. I feel like dijon did that balance really well with his latest album, he is definetly out of the box but still not too weird for mainstream audiences to enjoy. I would also bring up genesis owusu, but I know quite a few people who already think his music is too "weird"

[@imanigordon6803]

@@tontonbonnet7397 Are you saying Good kid Maad city doesn’t have very mainstream tracks?

[@imanigordon6803]

@@LetsArion King Kunta, Alright, and I on TPAB are very mainstream. Once again the balance between consciousness and mainstream are the only way to reach the masses now.

[@cookiemonster3066]

Melon's 2022 Scores: 10/10: 0 9/10: 4 - Silvana Estrada - Marchita - Black Country, New Road - Ants from Up There - Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes 8/10: 6 - The Weeknd - Dawn FM - FKA twigs - Caprisongs - foxtails - fawn - Krallice - Crystalline Exhaustion - Beach House - Once Twice Melody - Black Dresses - Forget Your Own Face 7/10: 9 - Nas - Magic - tricot - Jodeki - Yard Act - The Overload - Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep - Ustalost - Before the Glinting Spell Unvests - Animal Collective - Time Skiffs - yeule - Glitch Princess - Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa - EarthGang - Ghetto Gods 6/10: 6 - Earl Sweatshirt - SICK! - Cordae - From a Birds Eye View - AURORA - The Gods We Can Touch - Mitski - Laurel Hell - Saba - Few Good Things - alt-J - The Dream 5/10: 0 4/10: 5 - Boris - W - Yeat - 2 Alivë - Big K.R.I.T. - Digital Roses Don't Die - Zeal and Ardor - Zeal & Ardor - Avril Lavigne - Love Sux 3/10: 3 - Roddy Ricch - Live Life Fast - $NOT - Ethereal - Oliver Tree - Cowboy Tears 2/10: 0 1/10: 0 0/10: 0 NOT GOOD/10: 1 - Gunna - DS4EVER NOT BAD/10: 1 - Walker Hayes - Country Stuff The Album There are some cool ideas here but I mostly feel like a voyeur at this point looking at something that is very much in progress while also watching one of the darkest times of somebody's personal life that I'm not really sure that I want access/10: 1 - Kanye West - Donda 2 v2.22.22

[@syr72]

Was hyped for the Conway rating!! The machine🤖🤖🤖🥁🥁🥁

[@windy6587]

update NOT GOOD/10 : DRAKE - HONESTLY NEVERMIND

[@SlurpTacular]

I remember seeing Earthgang and JID back in 2018, best concert I’ve ever been to. Best part was that it as $15

[@toby4784]

Now that’s a bargain

[@Chowder0440]

Biggest regret of that year was that I didn't go cuz none of my friends listened to them. Massive L

[@carlolrac7889]

@@Chowder0440 bruh denzel finna come to my country too but goddamn, none of my friends listen to him too tho, but gottamn i rlly wanna go lmao

[@Feyesal]

@@carlolrac7889 go alone bro what's stopping you

[@Feyesal]

@@carlolrac7889 go find people that do listen to him there:)

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Anthony, that’s supposed to be where you put the album cover, not a picture of your backyard.

[@GuyInAForrest]

most underrated comment😭😭

[@perplexed1783]

AMEN is really such a groovy track, Can't wait to play it the whole year

[@PakRT84]

So just play it man, no need to wait.😉

[@birdsfly7199]

That track is such a vibe. I know I’ll always find ‘that’ song whenever I listen to an EARTHGANG album.

[@BushidoMauve]

They really tryna get the strip clubs going off with one.

[@crapisforyou]

Amen

[@mckoolaid1567]

Waterboyz is the best song off the album JID and Jermaine went crazy

[@arnav4174]

Power

[@J.5.M.]

Waterboyz + All Eyes on Me

[@glennburns7898]

I don’t know about the Jermaine dude but J Cole was nice on it

[@luckynumb3rsl3v7n9]

Strong friends 💪🏾💪🏾

[@pyxidus_]

After barely seeing any coverage of this album on KZbin and overall pretty mediocre reviews on rating sites I’m really thrilled to see how positive this review is. I really loved the project and I’m glad melon gave it the nod it deserves

[@hunter_lionel]

Me too. Im seeing no love for it anywhere but i put all my homies on and now i got like 3 of em going to the concert w me. Album is so soulful i wish it was getting pushed. But yeat had to drop 😭

[@DoctahhOfficial]

I was really impressed by this project. It’s much more versatile, topical, and revealing than their last solo effort while still retaining what made the best spots on the last one so infectious

[@beamerboy8788]

Topical

[@Hunteldork]

Mirrorland was better imo, it had more versatile songs that had beat changes and shit, ghetto gods is mostly one beat for each song that is repeated for like 4 minutes, which in my opinion is pretty annoying

[@imanigordon6803]

@@Hunteldork Ha! I guess I won the battle sir. My score was exactly on the mark 👍🏾

[@Hunteldork]

@@imanigordon6803 yeah I was thinking bout you the whole time, it’s good that you like the album I personally just think earthgang has bigger potential

[@imanigordon6803]

@@Hunteldork I also think they have bigger potential I think this album though is slightly better then Mirrorland though. It’s not perfect but I think they took what Mirrorland had and gave it more grounded and mainstream appeal

[@xanderlyndon-racho2793]

Idk, Anthony. Saying that the record "fell flat" near the end is a little controversial, especially considering that the earth is a cube.

[@SauceBoyBeats]

It's definitely my favorite Earthgang album yet, I think it's going to age really well.

[@altarslan]

Swivel and ready to die was great songs from them. Their older and mellow songs are much more my vibe, but sadly it's not what I did get from Mirrorland and I was so hype for it. Now because of that this album waiting to get listened downloaded on my phone

[@imanigordon6803]

Ready to die is still one of my favorite track to me. I showed my sister to introduce them and she was impressed

[@LilSpitzz]

as someone who usually like slower, more mellow songs, i loved mirrorland. it was fun asf and had a lot of good summer songs on it. definitely had its misses but it has a special place in my heart.

[@zacharytaverner5710]

I really loved Mirrorland and was excited to see another record, which I’m loving, but I also agree that I don’t think they’ve quite reached they’re stride. That said I expect that at some point they’re going to release a VERY strong record, they just need to nail down the right formula of consistency and weirdness.

[@itsallenwow]

Really loved this one. Honestly my favorite Future feature. I hard disagree about that. I felt the gravity of Future’s voice came in and worked really well with how the song suddenly got really dark.

[@c00mwall]

This was my favourite kanye album to date

[@so.beats.]

🤔

[@trevor5400]

Ye really took a risk changing his stage name for this album, but i think it worked out great!

[@killapositionz2]

I like Earthgang's EPs Rags, Robots, Royalty all were incredible especially Royalty.

[@waldog1079]

*Melon you can’t just listen to an album then eloquently dissect all the pros and cons of it and call it a review*

[@distantsalutations9120]

Would've been a 10 if it was called Affluent Suburb Gods

[@imanigordon6803]

😂

[@thetragedyofcommons]

yooooo purple-ish shirt??? this album must be a banger

[@strangerofthe2067]

Is that a window into your basement behind you? Damn Melon…..

[@trisalyx]

sad there wasn’t a cal chuchesta interlude where he’s playing the piano singing gospel music in the middle of a church with a scarf around his neck and a shirt saying “worlds best grandma”

[@elesh.n]

I know right? Thought he would have done that at this point for sure, total no-brainer

[@clark1973]

have a lovely monday everybody

[@infinitewordcount]

Strong 7. Some of it I'm not that into, but tracks like "American Horror Story," "Lie to Me" and especially "Smoke Sum" are some of my favorite of the year so far.

[@ΓιαννηςΓαλανης-β5λ]

Idk I feel like earthgang have not surpassed shallow graves for toys yet. I might be biased, since it's the first album I heard from them, but the sound they bring on sgft is really special.

[@julianluna8688]

Yeahh agree. They are just really average to me. Not bad.... but not amazing. The Applebee's of hip hop 😂😂

[@andrew_gould]

CeeLo really dropped the feature of the year so far, he needs to rap more 🤯🙏

[@DoctahhOfficial]

agreed - every time he drops a feature verse it goes crazy. his verse on Git Up, Git Out is still one of my all time favorites

[@andrew_gould]

@@DoctahhOfficial i've only really heard him sing, but this verse is insane, his delivery is super unique. ✨

[@Nadzap]

Faxxx he sounds like Busta Rhymes a bit. Felt so in place on that track

[@DoctahhOfficial]

@@andrew_gould oh my friend, you’ve got a whole lot of Goodie Mob to listen to. peep the Outkast track i mentioned up there and if you like it, try out Soul Food by Goodie Mob

[@alili945]

@@DoctahhOfficial thanks bro🫶

[@spark9_]

Earthgang made a MBDTF level album already huh

[@stevewalters4773]

Not even close lol

[@bustabrownproductions]

A solid album. A solid review.

[@haydenberberich4229]

bro it’s been out for less than a min

[@Bazil591]

Comment made 1 minute ago. Review 9:22 seconds long. 💀💀💀💀

[@certainpeople159]

Such a good review! I like the part where... uh...

[@haydenberberich4229]

@@certainpeople159 uhh where he gave it a 7. yeah i think that was pretty cool

[@williampetty1778]

Awesome review Anthony I'm really glad that you liked this album because I thought it was amazing I would go as far to even say it's a 8 imo the beats flows and lyrics all touched my souls and this might be crazy to say but this is one of my top 5 favorite albums released this year so far

[@1gav123]

I miss the old earthgang. I don’t blame them for going more commercial, and I still support them, but their EPs and earlier projects were so much more complex and interesting

[@Meyer56]

When this album first came out I was really disappointed but as time moved on I re listened and fell in love with the album I’m glad I listened again in the recent months and not left it in the back burner

[@Yenz25]

This whole vid looks like melon has children locked up behind him💀

[@tahir2443]

LIE TO ME is my favorote track

[@natejt]

The title track was such a good tone setter

[@varundommeti878]

Personally this album was at least an 8/10, with what I feel is just a more polished and better version of the more recent dreamville projects

[@TheBatosai]

Nah, it's about a 6 or 7. You are a fanboy is all.

[@logannewberry5788]

@@TheBatosai why y’all trippin over a number, when you attach numbers to every sound that goes in your ear it cheapens it all, I never watch these videos till the end, I just like hearing what he has to say about the music. Also, how does a 1 point difference make him a fanboy lmaoooo.

[@logannewberry5788]

@@TheBatosai music isn’t objective

[@DoctahhOfficial]

@@TheBatosai Someone gets their kicks from being dismissive

[@andrew_gould]

@@TheBatosai what????????? people can like music without being superfans? i know, a crazy concept 🤯

[@lestonb]

That Nickthony Nametano there has to be the longest one we’ve got ever

[@K_DC]

Fair score. The C-Lo track had potential, but as mentioned the heavy handedness prevented it from being enjoyable. Song was too Nick Cannon specific, if this was what Nick think was the reason why people went after him, then it kind of made his original apology insincere.

[@sachitechless]

Please Gang of Youths review soon

[@nine-toedsloth7168]

Personally I've never listened to this album and therefore have no opinion of it. Unsubscribed

[@twijnerij]

Mr Fantano, will you be reviewing the new Stromae album?

[@MrWatchAndwatch]

Future's part on Billi reminded me of the "slob on me knob" part on King's Dead, just totally killed the vibe😭

[@imanigordon6803]

Disagree if you listen to future this was actually better then majority of his verses.

[@ash-__-]

I think you're a bit biased being one of the 7 billion members of "earth gang". smh melon

[@zachedelic1293]

i give this album an 8.5 out of 10

[@willemkrantz438]

i was waiting for this!!

[@smartjunayd]

EarthGang is the new and the only new gen OutKast...

[@6oseph]

It’s a fun listen with a good message. Solid record.

[@Fleezy81]

Great Intro Anthony 👏

[@CadChamberlain]

There were some absolute bops on this project but some redundant tracks

[@Deadlift4chips]

Yea it seems like they’re limited somehow and I don’t know why.

[@Ads_Snaps]

Melon, you’re holding two children hostage behind a metal fence and they’ve been staring at you for the past 9mins. Please let them out

[@oskarpetureinarsson3880]

You should check out the new Guided by Voices album (Chrystal Nun Cathedral) - their best album in a decade and way more consistent than the last dozen or so albums...

[@mattfleming477]

When Dot’s verse starts on Amen 😤

[@whyareyouusinglightmode2098]

7 seems good enough for Earthgang

[@turboshazed7370]

Most things I personally enjoy are a 7. Not super thrilling but not forgettable and definitely not bad.

[@WheresPoochie]

Review the new Buckshot, you goof

[@ChewyRibbit]

this, who tf cares about Earthgang

[@choporchubbzda1]

shave lookin mad clean tony

[@DVSPQN]

They changed their names melon

[@chagrin6919]

i was so expecting him to shit on this

[@imanigordon6803]

I know right? He agreed exactly with my score 😂

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Everybody in here who calls albums albums instead of projects is cool.

[@samw00dsidegames17]

Billi was such a good song until futures part 😭😭😭

[@elliottbuzby7940]

Agree with this review on all fronts except for ALL EYES ON ME. It shouldn't be taken as a chill track, wholly more banger-ish than relaxing and the production is aggressive to exemplify that. Quality review aside from that.

[@heyaandj]

Was worried this album wouldn’t go over as well as it did for me, but glad so see you actually enjoyed it.

[@caseycoffin915]

Cmon dawg billi is not the worst song

[@turboshazed7370]

Had to be one of em

[@cflame14]

My favorite Earthgang project is their short mixtape Royalty and it's bit sad but they havnt done anything better, in terms of their own project. The songs Cocktail, Build, Nothing But The Best ft. Ari Lennox, and Off The Lot are AMAZING songs that made me love them. Those songs are so soulful and stylish and sound like nothing else out there. Mirror Land did something different but the album reay grew on me after a while so now I love it. Ghetto Gods has yet to grow on me like Mirrorland but I do still like the album.

[@vinzenzgl]

and im still here wondering what the effect chain for fantanos intro vocals are

[@123RafaelPerez]

That tangent toward the end where you compared nuclear warfare in Ukraine and racial discrimination in modern America was a bit uncalled for and totally insensitive. Way too early melon!!!

[@skyboxkenny]

Wonder if Cole would sign me when I get better

[@Godhasbeen16]

Anthony got that fresh cut

[@kosmaroginski9949]

"Billi" slaps so hard, how tf is it the worst track...

[@imanigordon6803]

He said least favorite

[@Alistercem]

Because the album is that good shouldve gotten an 8 tbh

[@myyoutubeaccount4167]

It sounds generic to me

[@2KJones]

The Hook is putrid, wayyy too simple it’s just the same word over and over

[@jessiborlase7070]

my sweet mel mel I’m surprised there wasn’t a mention of strong friends sounding almost exactly like a teezo touchdown track.

[@feelgoodink5005]

Is it just me or did j Cole do nothing on waterboys? That song is still one of my new favorites but still.

[@nyx3983]

forgot this dropped. got to listen.

[@SAM-MME]

I really think this is an entertaining album. I'm feeling a light 7

[@rmando_]

Solid 8/10

[@Hunteldork]

NAH you tripping, I think a 7 was a bit 2 much

[@Ky-fx8lk]

S/o to everyone who skips to the end to see the rating

[@ebin1998]

This was my least favorite project by them. While I do appreciate and resonate with a lot of the lyrical/emotional topics, I felt the rapping and production was all a very boring attempt at being more commercial. Felt clean and unmemorable for the most part.

[@imanigordon6803]

Nothing wrong with commercial

[@ebin1998]

@@imanigordon6803 no there isn't, but when your music gets worse there is lmao

[@imanigordon6803]

@@ebin1998 The production was very interesting and rapping was very interesting so I don’t know how it got worse

[@colepena5629]

i had fun with this ngl

[@alexhubanov1526]

What does "If your diamonds don't dance, what's the chain of command?" mean?

[@theonepunk]

This uploaded so late in the night

[@Ikemelle]

Anthony Fan Shave Tano

[@DashieNegan41]

It's okay not the best like a low 5 or a 6

[@imanigordon6803]

Disagree

[@imanigordon6803]

Fantano had the same score as me. I’m surprised 😂 usually when I decently like something he either goes higher or lower. Glad we had the same thoughts on this album.

[@ratmane3543]

Waterboyz alone makes this album a 8/10 at least

[@skinnyramen5813]

Earthgang underrated

[@greendro6410]

I give it a 8/10

[@oweng8895]

this was my favorite album of the year. every song is perfect

[@Shotbyethanscott]

please do tears for fears fantano

[@juandelossantos6376]

7 a Godly number 🙏🏽

[@thejtrax]

Earthgang is watching.

[@valentinaabn3080]

Review stromae’s new album pls melon!!

[@so.beats.]

The album was actually enjoyable, no cap ✊🏽

[@valentiyne]

this isnt the weekly round up.

[@sonictrain1]

I really enjoyed their robots ep, I guess I really want that again. But it's still available for listening

[@anwardoug]

Idk how you could not like that future feature

[@robertcloth.apparel8123]

YOD WAVE - YOUR OLD DROOG X NICHOLAS CRAVEN ALBUM OF THE YEAR

[@Phaedron292]

Probably a 6/10 for me. I thought the first half of the album was just really boring and bland but some of the second half tracks really stuck out to. Still think they work better when they're experimenting.

[@njmtrumpet]

Did you (or anyone who reads this) notice how the first eight lines of Dot’s verse on “Smoke Sum” was NOTICEABLY SHARP intonation-wise in relation to the beat (in a bad way obviously)?? Also, Future had the same problem on ALL of the song “Too Comfortable” off of High Off Life! But I’d say this album is pretty okay, definitely not bad-I’d say a solid 6 and I haven’t even watched the full review yet. ANYONE LMK IF IM TRIPPING ABOUT THE INTONATION ON SMOKE SUM THO!!

[@imanigordon6803]

Nah I think the intonation was sharp in a profound way

[@njmtrumpet]

@@imanigordon6803 I mean, he doesn’t have the problem on any other tracks on the record so all I’m saying is he coulda like redone those 8 lines ~10-14 cents flatter and it would’ve been an imACCULATe vibe…..or you could be trolling I can’t tell lol

[@imanigordon6803]

@@njmtrumpet I think the way he does inflictions on the track may make people uneasy about it but it’s definitely not bad

[@njmtrumpet]

@@imanigordon6803 the rest of that verse is fine I was just sayin he coulda been more in tune on the first 8 lines but yeah def not bad

[@imanigordon6803]

@@njmtrumpet oh ok that’s a fine opinion 👍🏾

[@MajoraWaffle]

REVIEW FISH WHISPERER BY VYLET PONY

[@loganmccammon6772]

Hey melon

[@edbtz123456789]

Earthgang is taking a lot of losses. Between options and their attempt to go mainstream is fucking their career

[@imanigordon6803]

Disagree

[@imanigordon6803]

My fan score is 8.5 my review score is 7 slight step up from Mirrorland.

[@jacobn5567]

You should check out Narrow Head’s 12th House Rock