JPEGMAFIA - Veteran FULL ALBUM REACTION and DISCUSSION! (first time hearing)

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[@lukeshen1661]

When John said peggy wasn’t as intimidating on 1539 n Calvert, I couldn’t wait for real nega to come in 😂

[@maszamap3888]

luke shen hahah same

[@jack101starZ]

If only he knew 😂

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

I love that Real Nega is the second track. 1539 is an amazing song that also gives the listener a false sense of security, then Real Nega comes in like "you really thought you were ready for Veteran?" From a chill trap banger with fairly aggressive delivery to a crescendo of ODB's throat noises, then the completely over the top, barely comprehensible drums come in and Peggy gets animalistic. The beautiful borderline ambient guitar at the end makes the experience even better, when the drums drop out and it's just that guitar and ODB you finally begin to understand: "I just experienced Real Nega."

[@YeaBoi]

Fun fact for you Jon: Panic Emoji was recorded on the spot while peggy was having a panic attack in a bathtub. That sound in the background is the water running from the vocal recording

[@JonDenton]

Damn.

[@genesisosuna]

@@JonDenton by Kendrick Lamar?

[@pixiepearl2783]

@@genesisosuna 7/10?

[@retnugnahte]

@@pixiepearl2783 Melon head?

[@piyush2465]

@@retnugnahte flannel enjoyer?

[@splonkerz]

Time for xxx and atrocity exhibition by Danny brown, LETS SEE IT

[@KingOfTheBeez]

Why skip Old?

[@splonkerz]

@@KingOfTheBeez I personally didn't like old as much as both those project, but if he reacted to it I wouldn't be mad

[@EpicPotato9000]

King Of The Bees I don’t feel that’s it’s that important in his progression tbh

[@jackharris2335]

Danny Brown season leading up to the album release!

[@ulquiorra4cries]

Just ATROCITY EXHIBITION

[@genesisosuna]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="51">0:51</a> 1539 N. Calvert <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="164">2:44</a> Real Nega <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="232">3:52</a> Thug Tears <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="367">6:07</a> Dayum <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="381">6:21</a> Baby I'm Bleeding <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="470">7:50</a> My Thoughts on NEOGAF Dying <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="492">8:12</a> Rock N Roll Is Dead <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="587">9:47</a> DD Form 214 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="693">11:33</a> Germs <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="795">13:15</a> Libtard Anthem <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="815">13:35</a> Panic Emoji <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="978">16:18</a> DJ Snitch Bitch Interlude <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1012">16:52</a> Whole Foods <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1136">18:56</a> Macaulay Culkin <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1177">19:37</a> Williamsburg <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1317">21:57</a> I Cannot F*cking Wait Until Morrissey Dies <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1341">22:21</a> Rainbow Six <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1472">24:32</a> 1488 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1579">26:19</a> Curb Stomp

[@oozy1333]

why do i see you in overwatch and music shit how tf

[@2013_Shox]

Real nega is a odb sample.

[@justjayceeok99]

I think the Rainbow Six sample is the famous clip of the Intervention guy crying

[@vevovevo6576]

@Lucas Lütken Larsen 8AM Havrehedskolen it isnt, its a paulstretched sample of some indie song. speed it up and see for yourself

[@Emersonlakeorpalmer]

@@vevovevo6576 it is

[@genesisosuna]

@@Emersonlakeorpalmer I think jpeg himself said it isnt the guy crying

[@shaansiton7884]

Peggy’s production is amazing, very few hip hop artists today express their personality through their production as well as he does

[@manel4700]

please listen to The Money Store by Death Grips!! it's an incredibly experimental and industrial hip hop album that was released in 2012. it was anthony fantano's first 10, and once you take a look at their discography for the first time, you're in for a ride. it'd make for a great reaction video since they're so untangible and complex and non-traditional, please consider it!

[@samhands275]

*intangible

[@jboy1761]

His first ten was removed from yt, and classics count as a 10.

[@manel4700]

@@jboy1761 I know his first 10 was removed and I don't think classics count as 10 (?) didn't want to tldr it

[@jboy1761]

@@manel4700 all of the classics are 9s or 10s judging by his rateyourmusic

[@artemiswallace8716]

He has to start with ex military though

[@jja2000]

The milipede is actually a single penclick, now you know it sounds much more like one :D

[@YonaDagalosi]

“That is the sound of waking up with sleep paralysis” Peggy would be proud haha

[@flynnyman123]

Low-key classic, the dude has such an idiosyncratic sound!

[@flynnyman123]

Veteran wasn't too shabby either

[@leonjames2384]

^^^ u smart

[@VULCAN1135]

The album is out of this world

[@hahaharvey3068]

What the fuck is an idiosyncratic

[@Gilly11557]

Now we gotta get a Death Grips - Money Store reaction. I think he’s ready

[@maszamap3888]

BfCoD51 nobody is ever ready for deathgrips, ive listened to a lot of their music and i think i will never be ready

[@yekros303]

Esh Kedit fax

[@tomkilburn3998]

Nah exmil is better to start with

[@Gilly11557]

Esh Kedit yeah true i guess im just used to it. Wish I could go back to when I first listened to tms and exmil and saw all their crazy ass music videos tho

[@Gilly11557]

Tom Kilburn idk I feel like tms is more accessible to the regular music fan but idk exmilitarys great too

[@oliver6530]

You NEEEED to react to Clipping - CLPPNG. It's an amazing experimental hip hop album with insane flows and lyricism don't miss it!

[@lucasheras1460]

Yes

[@SlyBeastx]

Loving the content Jon! The square album cover behind you looks way better like that. A <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="243">4:3</a> box. It just looks smooth as hell and the symmetry stands out.

[@JonDenton]

Thanks. Still figuring it all out.

[@sven9594]

Yo you definitely need to check out the "A Colors Show" version of Thug Tears aswell if you find the time. That's how I experienced the track for the first time and damn it's just so aggressive and in your face.

[@MrDegeuz]

Please do the full album Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad.

[@snottymane7042]

good pick

[@sodiepopz6650]

And suns tirade

[@xenmafia2041]

A mf classic

[@LucaMalaspinaBeats]

Listen to his live version of Thug Tears on Colours (youtube channel), it’s interesting to say the least

[@wyseass]

This is a necessity and what made me truly fall in love with Peggy

[@LucasMartins-en9er]

THIS

[@izefreeze]

I genuinely love that version more than the album version.

[@EpicPotato9000]

One of my favorite COLOR shows. And that’s saying a lot.

[@malcolmnotinthemiddle]

Then do Danny Brown's XXX, Old, & Atrocity Exhibition.

[@lm6827]

Skip old and do the hybrid or hot soup!!

[@malcolmnotinthemiddle]

@@lm6827 I actually agree. I'd replace Old with the hybrid.

[@jamielee5695]

Please do MM...FOOD by MF DOOM before Madvillainy. Perfect introduction

[@willthompson3811]

I made it through Jon. Right now the music reaction game is very over saturated, but you’re easily one of my favorites keep up the good work!

[@bandaidtoxin]

clipping. - Splendor & Misery PLEASE!! Such an incredible concept album

[@bliss9280]

W.

[@Blueissuperior]

hell yea

[@calebcampbell391]

You are literally the best friend I wish I had lol!!!

[@JonDenton]

♥️

[@HoboBusiness]

Can we be friends Mr. Prophet

[@hebrewsfl]

I get to see this dude tonight. Album release party finna be crazy.

[@streetlightsglowing3809]

Weave Crew damnnnn you get to be *disappointed* in the craziest way possible

[@hebrewsfl]

THAT SHIT WAS FIRE. MY WHOLE BODY HURTS. Peggy is cool af. So glad I got to go to that.

[@inactive9544]

When you said that "the production is posing questions to you" by being so abstract, that kinda hit me. Never thought of Veteran in that kind of organic way.

[@dysperdotted]

this is the video we all wanted.

[@patrickreynolds18]

You might've recognised the vocal sample in panic emoji from Travis Scott's 3500, its called the Roland Ah sample I believe

[@joebo6044]

I'm so ready to be Disappointed™!

[@wisp.]

In the span of time between late-January of 2018 and now JPEGMAFIA has become one of my favourite artists of all time. I was introduced to Veteran (how many others were I'm sure) through Anthony Fantano's review of the album. Off of his description of the album alone I knew it was something up my alley. Keep in mind some of my favourite artists prior are in the experimental rap field like: clipping, Death Grips, MF DOOM, Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Cannibal Ox, Denzel Curry. On first listen I was hooked by him, the line mentioning Myke C Town from Dead End Hip Hop got me, and I was enthralled the entire way through. It became an album that I would turn on and I wouldn't skip a moment through. So many great albums came out through the year like Flatbush Zombies' Vacation in Hell, SOPHIE's OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES, Death Grips' Year of the Snitch, Denzel Curry' TA1300, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, ye, Earl Sweatshirt's Some Rap Songs, to name a few. Peggy stayed on top strong all the way through the year, placing #1 on my top 42 albums of 2018. I also went back in his catalog after listening to Veteran and wasn't disappointed by 2016's The 2nd Amendment with Freaky, and earlier that same year on Black Ben Carson. Though I don't think either of those albums is on the same level as Veteran, they both show a great sign of what's to come, and the trajectory of an artist showing fragments of genius. The 2nd Amendment is definitely slept on in my opinion. Black Ben Carson is a bit long-winded but there's plenty of great tracks to take from it like All Caps No Spaces, I Smell Crack, Black Ben Carson, I Just Killed a Cop Now I'm Horny, What's Crackin'. Kinda disappointed you didn't start the JPEGMAFIA SZN earlier to get the reactions to the earlier albums but I understand you wanting to listen to them before the new album comes out tonight. Thank you for reacting to this album though because i believe it will go down as a classic in the experimental rap field and definitely worth getting done so you can experience All My Heroes Are Cornballs with us. I highly recommend getting a clipping SZN done before their new album comes on October 18th. We will all be here for it if you do a reaction of their albums in chronology. I would use catchy titles like midcity Monday, CLPPNG Tuesday, Wriggle Wednesday, Splendor and Misery Thursday. Then you'd be caught up on another amazing rap group in time for their newest debut on Friday with There Existed an Addiction to Blood. Also Danny Brown would be a good one two weeks prior. He is dropping his next album titled uknowwhatimsayin¿ on October 4th. It's produced by El-P, a fantastic artist who is part of Run the Jewels and Company Flow, and has produced great albums for Cannibal Ox and Aesop Rock. Danny Brown has 3 studio albums so far that are all very good in my opinion. XXX, Old, and Atrocity Exhibition are all worth reactions for sure. This comment has been long af, thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[@HoboBusiness]

Please listen to Black Up by Shabazz Palaces! It's an amazing futuristic rap album that definitely will intrigue you since it's like NOTHING else out there. Cheers Geoff

[@ground.jordan]

MHTF I third this

[@hummm2022]

OOOH THAT'S SUM GOOD STUFF

[@xanmancan]

FAX

[@carlrdbro1230]

This is cool. I normally hate reaction channels because their commentary is so surface level and uninsightful, but your comments are actually well reflected and you articulate your thoughts well. Cool stuff.

[@lewismcshane9346]

Finally, been looking forward to this for a long time!

[@ciscog9109]

You’re the man Jon!! Simon would’ve never done this.

[@itzpete10]

Benny the butcher reaction🚨🚨

[@udontexist47]

The plugs i met

[@samhands275]

Tana talk 3

[@drewjozz]

Plugs i met

[@johncarolina4950]

Thug Tears on Colors, react to save us all

[@LivingArtifice]

Jon, this video is really good! Your insight was pretty interesting and a very different reaction to my own on first listen I'm disappointed. Unsubscribed.

[@Skroskznik]

I feel like if you wanna meet in the middle between this experimental goodness and good smackin hiphop, danny brown is probably a great example

[@matthewlong2347]

I cant watch now but I will be checking back in as soon as I'm off work ✌ stoked for this reaction

[@ethanbaileylol2283]

one of the main things about Peggy is that not everything he makes is meant to be serious. he makes tracks for shots at one or two people, or a group, and just makes it a laugh for everyone else. it’s amazing how he does it, in my opinion. i still don’t understand how he can make something like Germs sound sonically pleasing, but he does it. i love his music because i used to listen to basic music, very very basic music, and then i got bored. i moved into hardcore music, and then found this. this is one of my favorite albums of all time, and i wouldn’t want it any other way. thank you for reviewing it John.

[@monfernova]

Veteran was so weird when i first heard it, but now it's in my top 5 albums of 2018. The weirdness and unhinged feeling just kinda works. He's a veteran. It may be incomprehensible, it may be quite sad actually.

[@supercaillou1474]

React to Little Simz, best UK rapper at the moment imho.

[@samhands275]

2nd behind slowtai for me

[@TheClever69]

@@samhands275 I think Simz has better bars in terms of rhyme schemes but Slowthai has much more charisma and personality in my opinion. He sounded fucking insane on the new Denzel joint

[@supercaillou1474]

@@TheClever69 Love them both, Slowthai is my second favourite one.

[@streetlightsglowing3809]

Mfs need to put more respect on Wiley smh

[@formzy1]

@@streetlightsglowing3809 at the moment? Wiley? There are so many UK rappers making better music right now than what Wiley is putting out. (Also a lot easier to respect him if you ignore the shit he's been saying the last few days lol)

[@IsdudeMe]

Please do atrocity exhibition by Danny Brown, amazing album

[@latemammoth]

"it's my brain put into music" that's really some mind you got there

[@Elena-gj6ow]

Literally checked yesterday if you had made this already, great timing

[@arca5200]

I believe that the singing sample at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="845">14:05</a> is from Nelly - Dilemma ft. Kelly Rowland

[@JonDenton]

Fuuuuuuuu of course it is. The worst song in the history of music.

[@skywardstargaze1768]

1539 N Calvert is a place in the city I live in! Used to be this awesome live venue and recording studio called the Bell Foundry, which was a sort of safe haven or respite for the Baltimore underground scene. Unfortunately got shuttered a few years back under Mayor Catherine Pugh (who is now in federal prison). Every day I wish it was back.

[@Eaidin75games]

Oh God, the DEATH GRIPS stans have flooded the comments, quickly run while you still can

[@streetlightsglowing3809]

I mean he’s listening to an MC Ride album so it’s not surprising

[@redmondsurvivor7222]

React to fka Twigs new music (or old).

[@GEORGETHOMAS2001]

Yes we need his reaction to LP1

[@sohumchaudhary7968]

These suggestions are getting so good

[@streetlightsglowing3809]

Peggy reactions are always amazing lmaooo this is no different

[@yekros303]

U should listen to Danny Brown 🔥

[@odinforfang8573]

AWesome man love your album reactions, been subbedd since the kendrick lamar dna reaction on RR

[@maszamap3888]

JD is for tha culture

[@qawszedxe]

clipping. - Splendor & Misery

[@coleaugust4792]

You gotta listen to 100gecs - 1000 gecs

[@jabenjones9894]

Underated comment

[@Zekew24]

We need a track review of Puff Daddy by JPEG and Kenny Beats, its such an unreal beat and great performance by peggy! Youll love it!

[@7p7m7]

listening to this album all the way through feels like you’re slowly getting further into the deep web

[@ALIENjoy]

Mannnn i'm saving this for tmr to kick off my Friday before a long weekend at work. Love to ya, PROPHET!

[@ALIENjoy]

lmao I love that he almost died during Rainbow Six. that's my favourite song off the album. it just sounds so depressing and awful in a good way, and midpack's feature was raw as fuck. i'm definitely looking forward to PROPHET getting around to all my heroes are cornballs and also death grips finally. peggy hates the comparisons but for real there's quite a bit of overlap in their punk attitudes and general aesthetic with obscure references to different mythologies and internet culture.

[@beejinthetrap]

Jon, i’m dying for you to hear acura integurl by frank ocean. insanely beautiful track, I think you’d love it

[@hickyy4886]

If Slowthai isn't on Peggy's album i'll be disappointed

[@no1u521]

Did you feel dissapointed?

[@earlsweatpants2395]

This is Jon after 47 minutes of Peggy now imagine Jon after an hour and a half of the powers that b

[@lukeshen1661]

I made it Jon keep up the good work :)

[@hectorlagos8937]

Boy, react to The Money Store by Death Grips or Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown please!! Fantastic albums and very very freaky as well!!

[@nchlsmhlr42]

I’m glad you reviewed this right before the new album tmrw, perfect timing and awesome review!

[@aesthetic4829]

I’ve been waiting so long for this reaction!!! One of my favorite rap albums in recent memory

[@Pizza_Rat]

bitch i shop at whole foods like i'm BOOOOOGIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE

[@absolutely9412]

You where talking about if he would make pop music and he has made some pop/vaporwave music like 5 years ago or smth (dont remember the exact date). An example is that he has a carly rae jepsen call me crazy cover that makes ur brain sleep on clouds. He dropped this kinda music under a different alias but u should deff try to find it and check it out!

[@sk33t_38]

this is off topic but when Im stoned watching these, sometimes when you make eye contact with the camera I freak out and think you're talking to me and then I realize its a video. As you can tell, my ma thinks I'm a winner.

[@josscat727]

Pls react to Rico Nasty's Anger Management

[@Amangiechsin]

if you want the glitchy abrasiveness of Veteran and the lo fidelity soul of Some Rap Songs, you should do a reaction to slauson Malone's a quiet farwell. it's eerie but beautiful

[@Discokid9876]

We are so ready to be disappointed when the new JPEG comes out on friday

[@endakelly4415]

Oh I been waiting on this one! You should re-visit Rainbow Six, once you get over the sample the lyrics actually slap OutKast szn next pls

[@cianh4]

the sample is amazing

[@sandwichesarecool1572]

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

[@sk33t_38]

Will we ever get an Idles reaction? I know the channel is mostly hip hop/rnb but I think a lot of Americans would like them, they just arent that big here

[@thedirtybubble2983]

FINALLY!!!! Keep it up JD!!!

[@NJP695]

Dude your reaction to rainbow six was exactly my own as well it was wicked to hear you get that sleep paralysis connection

[@josfarquharson9746]

If you like the idea of music with a clear groove to latch onto but with weird/experimental stuff going on around it, you should definitely check out a Clarence Clarity album

[@oliverbarrett9950]

Another great video 👌 gonna need that pinata reaction though before you hit 50k and listen to MADVILLIANY

[@smuffinz2809]

Speaking of slightly more chaotic, you should check out some singles by producer Flume, featuring rappers like slowthai, jpegmafia, vince staples etc. Think you'd really enjoy them!

[@ProLarrikin]

MY MAN!

[@AlmightyNata]

This was the most anticipated reaction for your channel for sure (at least from me), I'm glad you enjoyed it, and be sure to check out his new album (reaction or not).

[@thomaslukeable]

pls check out The Cave with Kenny Beats, honestly such a good show, and shows off rappers freestyling skills (except yachty, ignore him). Jpegmafias on it too

[@arca5200]

React to Tyler, the Creator "Goblin" album

[@Blueissuperior]

Germs is one of my favourite beats ever, there's just nothing else like it. Peggy jokes that it's his worst beat he's ever made or maybe hes serious.

[@MoriKAshi]

Try Eyedea and Abilities! Albums E&A or By The Throat. Experimental hip-hop ahead of its time.

[@rossthomson2823]

you should 100% listen to the money store by death grips. i know you and Simon didnt like Takyon but that's part of the learning experience, you have to hate death grips first before you can love them.

[@echofolds]

Please react to Anderson Paaks Tiny Desk performance on youtube he's unbelievably good live

[@endakelly4415]

You should check out the Colours Show version of Thug Tears...also some loosies like Does this Ski Mask Make Me Look Fat, Puff Daddy, The Who...Call Me Maybe, obviously

[@LiLxSN1PE]

Bro, react to Gangstarr- Moment of Truth, full album. kind of random, but you’ll love it.

[@mememan3799]

British man slowly descends into schizophrenic madness

[@iancohen1986]

Rock N Roll Is Dead is one of the hardest if not the hardest track for me to listen to, I can't listen to it for more than 20 secs without throwing my headphones off cause my ears are in pain

[@pxppetrot]

Damn dude i was just listening to this album on the way home

[@leonardrodney2612]

Don’t know if you know but Peggy recorded Panic Emoji while having a panic attack in his shower, stuff like that and little details like his sampling and mixing are so interesting he’s such a unique artist hope you enjoy AMHAC!(he’s said he’s sampled ASMR and has a hidden Brittney Spears sample on this album no one has found yet)

[@TheKre8tiv1]

Can you please react to Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2.0. It's one of the greatest live albums of all time. She performed every track with just an acoustic guitar.

[@artemiswallace8716]

Get ready for all the death grips requests.... Including from me. You have to start from ex-military

[@thomasnewton8223]

The sample on real nega is an intro to a track on an old dirty bastard song. You should definitely react to “return to the 36 chambers”

[@brianfranco1143]

So pleased you did this one

[@UnStop4ble]

oh yea, been waiting for this one :D btw. do you plan on reaction to slowthai's nothing great about britian, or you already heard it?

[@JonDenton]

Already heard it. Fantastic

[@SamDavies94]

The Money Store - Death Grips, but react to it after the 10th listen, where you think you've made some sense of it, but you're only kidding yourself!

[@dylandurham9337]

Please react to CLPPNG by clipping

[@kuromi.miyazaki]

Do a clipping. reaction! Quick before the new album comes out.

[@MrHbfs1234]

React to clppng by clipping!