Kanye West - ye ALBUM REVIEW

[@theneedledrop]

The album's credits were updated today and it appears as though it's PartyNextDoor on "Ghost Town," not John Legend (as was widely being reported). So kudos to PND.

[@samsungfanboy]

Is there a redux review of Ye coming anytime soon?

[@blackkbeardsopposition9056]

ayeee

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

PND blew my mind on this

[@therealwillly5401]

theneedledrop I thought it was Kid Cudi

[@94XBlackXEyedXPeas]

William Ruiz he is talking about the first verse that’s PND then it’s Cudi

[@fatxcx7530]

*i hate wearing flannels it's awesome*

[@0subscriberswithnovideosch774]

Asick_Wolf I hate wooshing people, it's awesome

[@Dijxiejdns]

Asick_Wolf aàáâæãåā respond

[@arsipantsu]

"I hate this yellow flannel, it's too red"

[@DumbBaby]

hahahah

[@toxictim5319]

Revisit, people with bpd tend not to take their meds because they like the rush of a “manic state” and they also have a “depressive state” which would be the hate

[@OppenheimerJ.]

The opening track was lowkey about Melon giving MBDTF a 6

[@KA-gy3lz]

TheDamnPope 😂😂😂

[@AP90x]

That album is overhyped garbage its his second worst album behind yeezus, but yeezus high points where higher than mbdtf.

[@Christianrreyes]

Cartie King bro, stfu.. TLOP Kanyes 3 worst are Yeezus, 808, & TLOP

[@UnisusMC]

Cartie King Get out.

[@Waluigi-vr4qz]

Christian R narhh not for me. Tlop and 808s his Best albums for me, and i love all his albums and dont come around and tell me im not a Real fan because i even know his mixtapes

[@quadecaX8]

I’ve never been more satisfied to see an album get an 8

[@shockyamom6496]

Exactly, but we will always remember Damn.

[@ced2594]

Quadeca didn't expect to see you here my guy, keep doing you & never change 💯

[@erichschnekenburger6528]

Diss track the melon for giving MBDTF a 6

[@frontodiegrabba1643]

Quadeca appreciate the spoiler

[@chasesturgeon1151]

hey you 🔥

[@slurnie]

Can’t wait for the KSG review Easily a 10/10

[@lilotc4175]

Hella called it, illuminati ass dude 😂😂 all three projects were 10'$ in my eyes

[@TheseBitchesWantNikes]

Goddamnit you called it

[@XD123771]

Bruh this comment aged like fine wine 🔥

[@hermansniffler9540]

Holy shit

[@thelastpepsi9369]

Well I'll be damned

[@josephjohnphillips2535]

If the shirt is red, the album is dead If the shirt is yellow, congratulations my fellow

[@4ortKnox]

Smokey Joe Earned a like from me

[@silviofta]

Damn right

[@ianseavey2519]

..... nice

[@drewp.weiner5708]

Of course in Canada the whole thing's flip-flopped.

[@Sim0n98]

Beautiful

[@JoseHernandez-hb8vf]

I bet Kanye was hella relieved when he saw the melon wearing a yellow flannel on the thumbnail.

[@azfanatic44]

Jose Hernandez 💀💀💀

[@mytimetochime]

He wore it for the original TLOP as well (6/10). He does it for any review he knows is gonna be big.

[@TheFlamingWatermelon]

Now I can enjoy a kanye album, thanks for the permission

[@luxmar1]

TheFlamingWatermelon LMAO

[@luxmar1]

TheFlamingWatermelon melon also enjoys LR, College Dropout

[@bigmommatron]

Terrel Clay shut up normie

[@Ayaxes]

Thanks for the persimmon

[@erboch7124]

I thought he'd give it a 5 or 6 tbh

[@JTassassins]

Today I thought about grilling you PREMARINATED BURGER

[@Jacobpowellmedia]

probably the only comment to make laugh out loud

[@Mankiratsinghsehra]

Thanks for making my day

[@prod1o]

this comment aged unbelievably well

[@idgafdude326]

@@prod1o how?

[@Noah-ci1oi]

This made my day XD

[@rishabhnair3789]

When the album score is higher than the no. Of songs

[@josephgoggin5632]

Rishabh Nair The Glowing Man

[@novanebula8004]

Bruh the number of likes is triple 6 right now

[@anthonyrosenthal3674]

Rishabh Nair and the length of the review is more than half of the album

[@kylerhuels05]

Rishabh Nair w

[@Yottifferent]

Kids See Ghosts, A Shadow In Time, Life Metal, Pyroclasts, Daytona

[@cheerfuljuan]

GHOST TOWN HAS IMMEDIATELY BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE KANYE SONGS HALL OF FAME

[@5ive20wenty]

Juan Luna facts

[@grantsilveri6509]

indubitably

[@richie9150]

Mayham beats (Charlie heat version)

[@5ive20wenty]

Richie Storey lmfao

[@jumpman171]

It’s Runaway 2

[@gayjemma]

"I hate being bi-polar it's awesome" is something I'd expect to read in impact font over a picture of a minion on Facebook.

[@thenavigator2559]

Which is funny cause that's true, but when someone different says it with confidence it sounds different

[@blakeiboi3062]

@THE FIRE RISES Theres a world where a guy named THE FIRE RISES insults kanye the internet is wild.

[@MARlOKART]

I’m pretty sure Kanye himself said somewhere that he saw it as a meme somewhere and ran with it

[@zackzallie8735]

@@blakeiboi3062 What did he say, dude?

[@harleyschannel3859]

Fr

[@Amanboy2012]

This review is almost as long as the album

[@CartyCantDance]

Amanboy2012 lmao wrecked

[@lilbill141]

Chhillllll

[@OnlyBadSalmon]

My mans posted a 16 minute review for a 24 minute album

[@nickicouture7297]

OnlyBadSalmon 😂😂

[@dillman753]

My mans u gay?

[@emmanuelfernandes4713]

ahahahahahah great observation bro

[@emmanuelfernandes4713]

maybe its the biggest correlation between review duration and album duration

[@lukeramer7702]

OnlyBadSalmon to

[@zombieed_0498]

I agree. I really like this album. It makes Kanye seem like a person.

[@begonethot4869]

Jeeses99 I agree, a lot of people slated it but it's a good, semi-deep album that is a journey, more so than I felt Yeezus was

[@raz1616]

Harrybo its not a journey, its a cheap attempt to grab sympathy after kanye intentinally pissed the masses off to sell it.

[@mikecraig2062]

I’m so Cool finally. Hated seeing kanye as an alien

[@user_8982]

This is his 2nd worst fucking album imo

[@z_shaza_x4845]

Sai Teja_ doesn’t make the album bad though

[@col7402]

This album is aging like fine wine...

[@cleansing3000]

SO TRUE! LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!

[@Matt_and_stuff]

Ye

[@hornyleftbuttcheek856]

Ye

[@chucke.cheese2212]

sylvester squeal Tbh, it really isn’t.

[@noahalexander1743]

@@chucke.cheese2212 it definitely is bro

[@veridian4433]

Nothing beats the lyricism found on Lift Yourself

[@ahamay656]

poop

[@BigKeegDrives]

That part at the end was flames

[@NasteeJo]

thats because you never listened to Lil Ugly Mane

[@Always_Focused]

poopy-di-scoop

[@cmarin342]

Veridian no doubt scoop

[@rubbad]

You know how many girls I took to the melon shop? If she get the flannel with it, that's a 50 pop

[@AcquaticIsOG]

LMFAO W

[@Bmckimm]

W

[@halfstrike721]

Lmao

[@diegoandres8711]

rubbad underrated comment

[@madnizz1511]

LMAO

[@tyisnt]

I hate being Bi-flannel It’s awesome

[@youngthugvevo4160]

I hate having a Melon Head It's awesome fixed it for you

[@tyisnt]

Why does this have 800 likes.

[@e.t4635]

IAmNotJewish because 800 people liked it

[@tyisnt]

@@e.t4635 why does this have 1500 likes

[@aestheticbeatz5700]

Hahahaha good one

[@imheretosayyo3064]

Ghost Town is easily a top 5 Kanye song

[@thentheb5466]

Samwise the Brave disagree highly. But let’s agree to disagree

[@ImK4Os]

@Samwise the Brave gorgeous??? Sorry gotta hard disagree with that choice, I would personally pick Jesus walks instead. Also waves is very unfinished and kinda lazy, famous imo is miles far superior

[@ImK4Os]

@Samwise the Brave it's mixed horribly, genuinely sounds so.muddy and bland, when it could've been so maximalist and clear and gargantuan. A lot of mbdtf has this issue but gorgeous is the worst example. Yes the verse is definitely one of the best verses ye has ever written, but the raekwon feature is genuinely useless, why is he even there? Do you even remember what he's rapping about, because I wouldn't be shocked if you didn't. I get that if there's one part of a song that hits you particularly it's difficult to see the flaws in the rest of the track, but I bet if I asked you about power you'd be able to talk in detail about all the parts and why they're amazing, yet probably wouldn't even remember 75% of the final gorgeous verse. Shows that it didn't impact you at all

[@ImK4Os]

@Samwise the Brave I mean yeah, but I don't think it is intentional, it just seems amateur and thrown together. You have every right to love it, it's a great fucking song and 90% of rappers in the game couldn't top a song like that, but with the standards for Kanye being SO HIGH that's why I had to disagree with it being in the top five, especially when Jesus walks or famous were ignored, which production wise and lyrical content wise are far superior in their own unique ways

[@Zrizzle]

Samwise the Brave Runaway, Devil in a New Dress, No More Parties in LA, Famous, All of the Lights, Lost in the World, Hell of a Life, all better if not very close. So I wouldnt say easily...

[@24FramesOfNick]

8th album, 8 points

[@neonspec]

:O Illuminati confirmed!

[@angrytoast1497]

7th album was 7 points!

[@georgerinotv673]

Next one is gonna be a 9!

[@lsandjs9793]

Next kid cudi and kanye album gon be a 9

[@gmald1107]

24 Frames Of Nick make another video dude I'm waiting

[@MemeSnack]

finally i can like the album

[@sneedfeed7204]

Meme Snack r/hiphipheads was so toxic. The anti-kanye circlejerk in there was too much. Then there was that horrible pitchfork review, that was more about politics than the actual music. I'm just glad that the best reviewer is rational and logical as always.

[@megatronsroyalemissary382]

Same!

[@goopium5970]

with the /r/hiphopheads guys it's all about trying to fit in, fit into the sound that you were with 10 years ago, fit into their expectations of how your album is going to flow, fit into what the popular sound is, fit into what they think hip-hop should be like and so on. Also it's such veiled petty politics. all art is political, kanye's even more so. and then fuckers come in and talk about the tracks as if the context doesn't matter eh, but it's finally done with, on to other meme news

[@ab-finance6647]

fuck /r/hhh ... AMEER DID NOTHING WRONG. He cheated on some clingy girl, people acting like he raped someone. K-Pop fans are less cringy about artists' morals.

[@magnumopus2786]

AB - Finance You're a moron.

[@Bishcona]

Make the yellow flannel great again

[@Dethmaster64]

400 Years of the Yellow Flannel was a choice

[@Bishcona]

DLilly 😂😂😂

[@ab-finance6647]

SELF-VICTIMIZATION IS DISEASE. I'M NICE AT PING PONG.

[@isaaccastro4846]

This review returned credibility to the yellow flannel

[@97HawksFly]

Ikr. I mean I agree with him but I was expecting Fantano to trash it

[@TheAllAroundMan]

The scoopty poop line was ghostwritten by Cal

[@wendigoe]

nice pfp homie

[@moby755]

if you look at the credits, that song had 3 writers

[@farhannr28]

"Whopity Scoop, Scoopdidi Whoop" -Cal Chucesta

[@animalpenn-q5c]

@@moby755 because when you sample something you have to credit the original artist of the sample

[@panrady]

Please don't call him the m-word anymore, it's not funny guys

[@keanukahrobaie]

MELON

[@rawlvee]

Migga

[@Bendanna93]

@David Van Voorhis Nice

[@patrickmiles3098]

@David Van Voorhis tell em hug and kiss my ass x and o

[@jackgerwe9050]

melon

[@Max25670]

Melons is savage, melons is monsters melons is pimps, melons is players 'Til melons have flannels, now they precautious Father, forgive me, I'm scared of the karma 'Cause now I see flannels as somethin' to nurture Not somethin' to conquer

[@kameron5979]

Bob You're won

[@tanzer.mp4]

Beautiful

[@MegaNutMuffin]

w

[@kawhizer3317]

WEEWE

[@trakc17]

You only gave this a high score because you liked it

[@trakc17]

@Red Phone ?

[@streethalo]

@@trakc17 he acknowledged your pfp what's so hard to understand

[@retnugnahte]

I can't believe he formed his own opinion about an album. So edgy Anthony

[@emomu]

no bc it was good

[@scoopsahoy4072]

almost like that's how it works stupid fuck

[@not_emerald]

melon 2010: I don't really care about Kanye's personal issues melon 2018: I loved the direction of this album because it deals with Kanye the person and not the figure he portrays Also melon 2018: i still hold the same opinions about mbdtf that I did in my review

[@tster266]

Eduardo Ramos dumb comment. Ye is about his actual personal issues while MBDTF is about his fake superstar lifestyle and made up drama

[@jakegraham3758]

Tster it’s not made up Kanye knows those issues he’s a superstar we aren’t there’s a disconnect doesn’t make it made up and I mean lyrically it’s his best production is his best say what you want about the subject material but technically it’s perfect

[@thenavigator2559]

@@tster266 how the fuck is it made up, nigga was and is a SUPERSTAR

[@zackzallie8735]

@@tster266 bro do u actually know Kanye personally?

[@bradying807]

@@tster266 ???? this makes no sense ??? “his fake superstar lifestyle.” he DOES have a superstar lifestyle. tf??

[@laurentbrutsch-430a2]

*I hate being a melon its awesome*

[@ManuelMendoza-ct3yu]

L L you win the comment section on this one

[@forestsunset9617]

400 years of melon sounds like a choice

[@Bishcona]

Well the review is almost as long as the album lmao

[@blqnky.5581]

pizzaguy 💀💀💀

[@henrydorval2223]

Lol

[@gordonprouduct]

Lil 21 Uzi Slump Tentacion Boat Minaj almost a good troll light to decent 7

[@williamlavagna1096]

Lil 21 Uzi Slump Tentacion Boat Minaj . Well he *did* say almost as long.

[@newbieOo]

Lmao - very true I’m still hesitant to call this an “album”. You can’t even clean the house to this project lol

[@xbulmiruwu6030]

“Proof that Needle Drop Gives High Scores to Alt Right Artists” -Fader eventually

[@xavierwooten5907]

Romeo Kim oh please god no

[@guy100008]

please no I still have ptsd from that shitpiece

[@thibhan98]

International Relations Neither is Anthony. But we know how that turned out.

[@RunningP123456]

hahahahaha

[@xbulmiruwu6030]

International Relations Implying Fader does their research.

[@AwkwardAfrican]

*Poopthony Scooptano here*

[@Alex_Nason]

I said that...

[@1010DoorsAreAlwaysOpen]

Yes

[@asvpfern]

Yethony Yetano

[@bobcho105]

fern yeethony yeetano

[@AnusIntruder]

fern YEEThony

[@jeremydavis5661]

fern Anmelonwavythanos

[@HeliumXYZ]

🍉😂👌🏽YEETHONY 😂👌🏽YEETANO😂👌🏽🍉

[@lars2675]

Easily Kanye’s most underrated album, largely due to the antics surrounding kanye that overshadowed the release of this album. Respect to melon for being honest and just talking about the album for the music rather than focusing on the dumb stuff kanye was doing at the time like a lot of other reviewers did. This review aged really well.

[@aphextwink2343]

This album aged soo good definitely underrated ghost town is a masterpiece

[@waluigi521]

facts the last two songs are masterpieces

[@collind7158]

​@@aphextwink2343I really like it but you don't think the vocals are slightly annoying

[@bobjimbobjim9006]

@@collind7158no

[@thatcheesy8613]

Wait till this guy sees fantano’s review on vultures

[@QuanWorld1]

Turn the 8 upside down its a 8 now yeeh

[@williamlavagna1096]

I am Jesus Father . That's the same number.

[@ramonthompson2629]

William Lavagna woosh

[@iamethan2153]

ye

[@Jimmy-es8bc]

Turn the 3 on it’s side it’s a M now.

[@noahdunston9630]

Wowzerz

[@ritzthedog1118]

Ghost Town was my favorite song of 2018 I love it so much

[@nickiaabank4384]

Good review, Fandango. You live to see another day.

[@mmelifluo]

I was lighting my pitchfork

[@Six-qr5kl]

I was dell with a bell

[@louisjeon97]

this is clem fandango can u hear me?

[@UploadN0ob]

Go back to Magnus Ronning videos Nicki

[@nickiaabank4384]

John Smith I'm trying to branch out

[@elitecenafan]

Kanye is a top 5 artist, top 3 producer. Say whatever the hell you want... but the man knows how to make MUSICAL art.

[@ericlytle2209]

elitecenafan just like some of the greatest painters and composers the crazier his life gets the better his art gets

[@elitecenafan]

Eric Lytle Agreed.

[@raz1616]

WRONG

[@SuperMutyo]

MUSRICAL ART? JESUS!

[@MattMatrixJohnson]

Eric Lytle Best album is still #2 imo. ..but I haven't heard this one yet

[@clamchowder138]

You did good, melon. You get to live, this time.

[@mariodelbarrio32k]

I gave it a listen, and I've never been a Kanye West fan , but I liked it a lot. I'm kind of excited to go into his backlog of albums.

[@noelmcgovern3987]

You won't forget it! Listen to Kids See Ghosts!

[@agbaniglobal]

You haven’t heard Graduation😯 hands down his best album

[@jhud9286]

wait till u listen to the college dropout

[@traplover6357]

Shit, now you're a stan.

[@jeremydavis5661]

David Agbani weird way to spell Yeezus

[@sneedfeed7204]

I liked ye and got slandered for it, now that the Melon is in my corner I feel invincible.

[@wetsweatshirt]

Somali Pirate Who Pirated Your Girlfriend nice copy and paste from reddit 🤠

[@youhavetogoback8449]

ciro >Going on plebbit at all Boi

[@sneedfeed7204]

ciro you know i could have made that comment 🤔😉

[@LateCodOficial]

I put my hand on the stove to see if I still bleed

[@animec-dramaskpop6362]

Somali Pirate Who Pirated Your Girlfriend I always find it funny when people attack someone for not thinking the way they do. Look over those foolish people, just sit back and laugh it up. I personally love to show my friends and family the hilariously stupid comments and we have a ball.

[@TheSchranksalat]

-Gives MBDTF a 6 because he‘s not interested in Kanye‘s character -Gives ye an 8 because of how it portrays his character

[@Vageta1999]

jawieso i disagree with his rating too but its clear that the album focused on kanye the person instead of kanye the "god or icon"

[@boombenbang]

delusions of grandeur on mbdtf is what he didn't buy into

[@stoothemighty]

Literally just thinking this! How can you praise this record in particular for being a 'snapshot of Kanyes mental state' when that's what pretty much every album he's released for the last 8 years has been

[@whiterthanyou5930]

Trainer Red this, Fantano never was a fan of kanye because of his main appeal, his ego, and on this albulm kanye didn’t bring his ego up like he did on most of his other albulms. I think that’s why this is my least favorite kanye albulm lol

[@promisethatyouwillsingabou7920]

jawieso MBDTF was being over dramatic abt typical celebrity trash and ye talks abt straight up kanye’s character and nothing else

[@alihakimflorian4692]

This is somehow still an L for Russ

[@oscarlizarraga8395]

Ali Hakim Florian And for Drake

[@vigilantslacker6039]

Dude this comment is so funny I hope I see it twelve more times every time I scroll down on a new KZbin video

[@ryanb1950]

Bro I took a shit this morning and it was an L for Russ

[@ANGELO-lj1ez]

Please never call kid cudi "the cudster" ever again

[@retnugnahte]

Cudster

[@FinnXVI]

@@retnugnahte cudster

[@retnugnahte]

@@FinnXVI cudster

[@suffermore1576]

@Evolve_fanGs cudster

[@SeanMacadelic]

@@suffermore1576 cudster

[@zachwilliamson13]

Kinda confused why you took your shirt off and poured orphan blood all over yourself, but other than that, good review melon.

[@TheRealBeatMaster]

GOOD music season 2/2 so far

[@jaredsmalley2367]

Mpilo Mhlongo we’re not gonna count him this season

[@don95ful]

3/3 if you count killing Drake

[@CheeseyMilkshakes]

TheRealBeatMaster I'm just worried about the Cudi/Ye project. Cudis last two projects have been complete trash.

[@SnokeZ]

pusha t's last albums havent been particularly great either but here we are, i have big hopes for new cudi music

[@don95ful]

xxxtensioncord Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin wasn't trash at all fuck you talkin about

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

Can you review the minecraft soundtrack? Maybe for next Classics week?

[@audioredux6836]

What??

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

Well, I'm not sure if the soundtrack is technically old enough to be a "classic" yet, but it is timeless.

[@nygmaa]

Memes aside, it's actually good and soothing :/

[@godswag1767]

It's actually a good soundtrack

[@GewoonRood]

Anthony actually said in some video that he really likes the Minecraft soundtrack

[@spa7us]

This album is the reason why I got into Kanye for real. I started from The College Dropout to Ye and I got to say that every single one of his albums has been my favorite at one point. All of his albums have a different feel for every mood and situation that makes Kanye such an amazing artist. Greatest artist ever

[@hamzasanhaji9818]

Same bro

[@PARAFERNALIAFUNK]

Exactly bro the reason I think he’s the greatest ever

[@phothewin6019]

*BUT YOU GIVE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY A 6?* DAMN.

[@blazekaizer9000]

Darunia deck He gave it a 6 not a 7

[@accountwithnocontent4464]

blazekaizer9000 His joke flew over your head

[@gr86er]

love or lust...

[@TheDjMoogle]

Damn is horrible

[@noelmcgovern3987]

He gave MBDTF a DAMN - 1

[@Rawkenday1]

(YE)llow flannel

[@anonanonanon601]

Nick Hill yo fuck ur profilepic

[@LeBeautiful]

flannel

[@dramafree2474]

LeBeautiful he's OBVIOUSLY an Al Borlan fan.....

[@KaiGuingona]

LeBeautiful 😱

[@alexrohner1984]

Flanthony

[@thegeneral6610]

Anti-histamine

[@KaiGuingona]

The General 💀

[@thestanman1486]

The beat on "I thought about killing you" is my favorite beat in rap history. It's so off putting and scary. And the way Kanye just talked over it. Makes it hit like a fucking train. Love it so much.

[@jonr7207]

Quite well said my guy 🎵

[@Sparsh_05]

Facts

[@Dan.p.]

Check the demo version of the song where Francis in the light discovers the beat while humming. It's amazing and longer

[@llgogo]

thank you that sounds amazing @@Dan.p.

[@MikeDindu]

Loved the review Melon, but I didn't understand your random, passionate defense of the transatlantic slave trade.

[@Myrrheus]

@Arbstel Bleu do you ever watch fantano vids?

[@Myrrheus]

@Gibbous how did I get woooshed? I replied to a guy saying that OPs comment was wrong.

[@dyldragon1]

YOU BETTER HAVE THAT YELLOW FLANNEL FOR YE

[@NerdyDZN]

dyldragon1 can’t spell yellow flannel with out YE

[@Fuk12tv]

I was thinking the same. Its screams EGO like Anthony was trying to match Kanyes ego. But it's also the color of ego in the chakra graph to

[@chrisjfox8715]

Funny how people put so much stock in agreement...instead of liking or not liking whatever they like or don't like without the need for someone else to agree. Novel concept, I know.

[@arsenalfanatic09]

What does yellow flannel have to do with Kanye?

[@furiislurudurke9371]

Arsenalfanatic09 Yellow flannel = good review . Red flannel = bad review

[@SimonTangers]

If you have the album on loop (which I'm sure Kanye anticipated considering how short it is), the shift from Violent Crimes back to I Thought About Killing You is a really jarring change. I think Kanye is trying to show the massive swings he goes through, and in only 24 minutes he brilliantly shows how you almost don't realize the difference while shifting between these two polar opposites. I thought the album as a whole was a brilliant metaphor for what Kanye feels on a regular basis. It starts out really angry, abrasive, scary, but quickly it moves to sadness, euphoria, and self reflection, and then finally in the final song he has a few precious moments of lucidity where he is able to snap out of the cycle and think about his kids and their future. Ghost Town felt like just a happy song a first, but then it feels a little too saturated to be genuine. It has a vibe like getting really high on a sunny day, but then eventually realizing that you'll come back down sooner or later and that it's not true happiness.

[@ctrlaltcreate3827]

Simon Tang gr8 fucking analysis

[@carringtonbondmauro6278]

Didn’t think of this before but I kinda agree especially with ghost town

[@daltonlunn1653]

24 minutes = 24 hours in a day

[@alexanderkleist1127]

shoulda given it a nein

[@adam_baudelaire]

then we would heil fantano

[@motleyorc6859]

naaaaaaah 💀

[@m7mdhake]

nice one (it's bad)

[@jerrykod8307]

Good one (me when i lie)

[@Victor-xp5os]

FOR ALL MY DAWGS THAT STAYED DOWN WE UP AGAIN

[@sneedfeed7204]

Victor i love Anthony for real 😍😍😭😭

[@lifechuchesta9619]

NO THONY WAY TANO

[@filip2949]

NO WAY THONY TANO!!

[@staindman00]

THANOS WNOOYYT

[@loveharrydaily]

Filthy Chuchesta I thought it would be "Slavery Choicetano here"

[@damiansconberg4715]

Filthy Chuchesta wow you quoting in the comments with capital letters added so much comedic value to it!

[@versetylevty946]

r/dontdeadopeninside

[@tomhanks4585]

5:22 MELON THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING CAL CONFIRMED

[@simplefun471]

Tom Hanks idk maybe he thought about killing Mr. List

[@soqquadro7672]

ZYX Ari didn't he already kill him by killing thatistheplan?

[@simplefun471]

Il Cavaliere Oscusa he still does list week

[@Muhd_Akmal]

Easy 8. But we know Kanye can do better. He just didn't have time on his side for this album. He got 5 albums to produce.

[@dacreativebrinson66]

Noctis Altura well he basically had his album done, he just scraped it and made this album in a month span May.1- Jun.1

[@Waluigi-vr4qz]

Jeeses99 i Think this album was amazing. I loved tlop too dont know what allthe hate is about. Yeezus was an amazing album( not one of my favorite kanye albums though) 808s is the most underrated album of all time in my opinion. That album is a masterpiece. I Think this new ye album just needs time, møbecause it Grows better and better evertime i hear it.

[@Waluigi-vr4qz]

Jeeses99 i Think the only Way for you to enjoy yeezus, is to drop the expectations while listening to it. And the lyrics are means to be ballon this album. Try to focus on the many layers the beats have.

[@IvanKisaragi]

Jens Verner Bro, yesss 808's was raw asf. Ye kinda reminds me of it. Also, Tlop is definitely a good album.

[@IvanKisaragi]

Jeeses99 I agree with your ratings for all except the first two, buts that's cause I've only heard them once and didn't really love it(didn't see the fuss was about except on a handful of songs from both), but that was two years ago so maybe I'll try it again.

[@OurFoundingLiars]

I’m proud of you melon. You asked questions. Keep asking questions.

[@cokedupnormies2651]

Our Founding Liars is 4:44 better than ye? Don't stop asking questions.

[@lordklek4769]

does moose milk taste different than elk milk?

[@Dazcoolman]

Our Founding Liars can I ask a question?

[@Evolmusicinc]

Our Founding Liars 🤔🤔🤔

[@OppenheimerJ.]

But he dont have the answers

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

I really hope some fake Kanye account leaves a comment saying “Thank you Anthony, very cool!”

[@djojoreeves]

Beanie Lord lol

[@BEDCORN]

*yeLLOW*

[@zBaoyyyPvP]

This album aged like wine. Ghost Town is such a powerful and soulful song.

[@Genevisid]

Ikr it's an amazing song

[@DownInOut]

the ending chills me every time

[@Slesaint17]

So what you’re saying is G.O.O.D music make good music?

[@atrasstoumay]

yeah, that joke is quite bad

[@Slesaint17]

atrass toumay ain’t that what makes it G.O.O.D tho? hehehe

[@stoneyardband]

S Mac oh

[@bosteador]

Good music but they make that hood music.

[@loganknox7]

I like your joke don't listen to him

[@B4raCk0s4Ma]

If he hadn’t supported trump this would’ve been a 4/10 from Anthony. Once again showing his alt right tendencies.

[@Hal9000ize]

Bill I Did Not Bang That Woman Clinton Fuck off Bill

[@mxxmm4365]

When is Bill Clinton getting #metoo?

[@benjaminnielsen2000]

I liked this comment for your username Bill.

[@yungpelvin351]

This review is nearly as long as the album

[@SamOwenI]

YUNG PELVIN J now does that tell us something about the length of this review or does it tell us something about the length of the album?

[@garufimusicgroup4318]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i agree .. this one is a bit boring

[@TedStuffins]

thats what disappointed me most about the album, the music is great but 7 songs? come on ye.

[@mrbigmofoe]

I think it is because he will be coming out with an album with Cudi. Anyways, I think the album is short because it was made quickly about his current state of mind.

[@noahboone524]

Honestly, this is one of Ye's most cohesive albums. Where certain albums he released are more like an art gallery showcasing his own talents, that of his friends and prodigies, new sounds he wants to push, etc... "ye" feels like its trying to say something, it feels like a slice of his mind, and I really appreciate when artists push albums like this. Its far more of an "artistic" album than something like TLOP or Yeezus. In short, this is an album for fans of songs like "Wolves" or "All Falls Down" rather than "Power" or "Can't Tell Me Nothing". If you think MBDTF or WTT is Kanye's best stuff, this album might not be for you.

[@rowdyrathore9911]

Ye and Yeezus are his best in my opinion.

[@n0tashtonglasson]

@@rowdyrathore9911 Same

[@wgliam]

Yeezus is one of his most artistic albums. While it has its low points and it is an acquired taste, it grows on you. The beats for the most part are extremely adventurous and interesting. Honestly Yeezus is some of his best work, as it shows how creative he can be and that he can make it sound good with heavy electronic and rock influences.

[@Amir-qz4bn]

@@wgliam I can mess with only Bound 2, Black Skinhead, I Am A God and New Slaves but the other 6 tracks on the album are ok at best

[@Kiethlmao]

I think you articulated this very well but are a bit misled in some areas. Every single one of Kanye’s albums he’s giving the world his current mental state and perspective. Although graduation is probably the most anthem based, it still had retrospective songs such as Big Brother and Homecoming. All of CD was his most vulnerable and truthful thoughts as he was rising to fame. LR was not as vulnerable but Hey mama still makes me cry. 808 and heartbreak was just (if not more) vulnerable than Ye or CD. MBDTF has runaway which is his grand apology. On Yeezus, Kanye’s on his bully and explains to the world what he’s thinking and the truth he’s spitting such as I am a god, New Slaves, and Blood on the leaves. TLOP was very much the same with songs like Wolves, FLM, Ultralightbeam, and my personal favorite, Saint Pablo. On WTT, those were more bangers for the club but New Day explains what he’s still feeling. The only reason people give Ye (a personal favorite of mine) this “introspective” praise is that it was only 7 songs long so he happened to fit all of his emotions into an album with zero club bangers or fillers (Kanye never has fillers btw). JIK was probably his biggest flop but still features the albums most beautiful song Use this Gospel. Donda features more introspective thoughts and feelings about his current situation. His single Eazy was just as raw. There was never an old or new Kanye, just an evolving, flawed man speaking his mind on every piece of music he gets. Except for his club bangers ofc those are just to bump and they always slap!

[@bananakin94]

Ghost Town and Violent Crimes is an almost overwhelmingly beautiful ending to an album

[@frogmafiaofficial]

*wow can't believe Melon went on a 13 minute rant endorsing Trump*

[@WhiteRussianBC]

Is this what memes are now?

[@joshuabartels4652]

James Murray its just a meme dude this comments are on all of this videos

[@CASSOBLVCK]

Rubbing on my lamp get the melon out the bottle

[@djpamperdemiks4638]

💀

[@PerocDisgusting]

Lol

[@sco5436]

fuck sakes hahahahaha

[@Pro-habits]

CASSO BLVCK he broke buy his best everyone support or I’m whoop y’all assess

[@CASSOBLVCK]

What that guy said 👆🏾

[@Bobotv1000]

Kanye is a genius and he is the greatest artist of our time. That's all i have to say

[@oisoisoisois6735]

You’re 110% correct

[@kanyewestsalpaca1266]

Preach

[@Okabe1600]

Ye

[@hyunseoklee4027]

yessir

[@hyunseoklee4027]

@Liam Wright who is then

[@pestydesperado8771]

Pretty solid review, but I thought you went a little too far when you called ye a schizophrenic ape

[@Taikisavage]

lmao

[@ifeanyiwordsworth8354]

Same

[@sozboy1]

Ye - 8/10 MBDTF - 6/10 *melon logic*

[@Halaa_]

But when will people stop bringing up the mbdtf review on every video?

[@rdiclst6908]

Mbdtf is a 100/100 album. Literally Zero flaws, and finely put together and crafted. I don't think I heard one bad line or song on the entire project

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

Halaa Only when he deletes it and makes an apology video + re-review

[@thebornelazer6435]

Kod-5/10 like wtf

[@Newhouse56]

GD FR still don’t get that one but ye is a really good album tbh

[@abdullah.a413]

Pretty solid album review: you covered most of the points made by Kanye in a very effective manner; however, I thought it was very unnecessary and distasteful to reminisce about the holocaust for the last 5 minutes of the video.

[@gretasstolendreams2154]

Abdullah Abbasi I know right, his tone of voice signaled a fondness, it made me REALLY uncomfortable

[@wolfgang16]

this joke gets me every time

[@michaelryan6333]

Ye's most underrated album

[@mohamedalikaab8203]

He's just hating on All Mine because he ain't supermodel thicc

[@AZANlA]

mak 3198 THICCONY THANTANO

[@SwayJJ]

Did you love this album because Kanye ended the 'beef'...and you are a vegan?

[@theR0ck3tsumm3r]

SwayJJ w

[@panorama1247]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@jesalgandhi]

Finally, a score for a Kanye album reviewed by theneedledrop that I can totally agree with😃

[@ab-finance6647]

Fuck Meaghan Garvey and Pitchfork for giving her a platform to spew that verbal diarrhoea.

[@FangzOfAWolf]

this was one of kanyes best album stop bitching about MBDTF it deserved a 6

[@soapeydudd.93]

Emory Widman leave

[@soapeydudd.93]

Daniel Kipper you can leave too

[@camn9851]

AB - Finance I don't understand

[@mangomonster333]

This album after 5 years is still a 10/10 and one of kanye"s best

[@1nvd]

Violent crimes is on a different level. Incredible story telling

[@apollosmithmusic]

An 8? WOW 😮 I’m shocked

[@aidenbradley2254]

Me too, but I agree it's an 8

[@apollosmithmusic]

Aiden Bradley I like the album I’m just shocked he does lol

[@patrickroache2883]

An*

[@homer2369]

An*

[@ilovecody7514]

I'm not

[@CrocGangEnt]

Melon man giving another melon review on his melon channel with his melon flannel meloning it up

[@etienne9921]

Croc Gang Ent I'm on that A$$

[@Moss_Head21]

Croc Gang Ent your vid on the XXL freshman list 2018 was great

[@reven6e531]

Whole lotta melon shit

[@yesh9023]

IOTA

[@tonycongressi8880]

Melon man. Take me by the hand

[@BlakeGM]

Haven't seen one of your videos get so much attention so quick.

[@dacreativebrinson66]

BlakeGM Ye Affect

[@maxinator317]

BlakeGM what about kendrick lamars damn

[@Dean0ne]

damn is over a year old tho

[@maxinator317]

Claudio Viola that doesn't have anything to do with what i said. Point is it gained attention really quickly and got 1 million views within 3 days.

[@Dean0ne]

oh, yeah you're right. i think i didn't read the original comment carefully enough and though he meant recently, that's why i said that damn is older than a year now. but you're right, my comment was unrelated and damn really got a lot of views fast

[@joelehto9014]

Ghost town is one of Kanye’s greatest songs and may be my favorite song of all time. It’s so powerful and makes me emotional every listen

[@LeonLush]

My favorite flannel man

[@obvi]

Leon Lush this is not related to Instagram, get outta here suz

[@wswann34]

Tomato mafia

[@JACKMARLOW]

A tomato in a melons comment section??

[@ashantinyongo7632]

From far away you look like a white big quint

[@letroimako4310]

im more of a red flannel guy myself

[@genehayes]

OK we get it you hate Wyoming but did you like the album or not

[@SuperMoodyyy]

Oh boy, 8/10? *dont let drake hear this*

[@MrPablo385]

what it do why? He wrote the hook for Yikes which was one of the main praises lol

[@francoaranda6499]

Ghost town is seriously in the running for the best song of all time imo

[@byronharty2787]

Definitely in my top 5 songs oat

[@nebulousbastrd]

@@byronharty2787 same here, top 3 for me

[@kiranabayaratna749]

Yea I'm tied between Ghost town and Lacrimosa by Mozart

[@theobamiumchronicles2838]

@@kiranabayaratna749 hell nah

[@SomeKanyeFan]

@@kiranabayaratna749Mozart?! 💀

[@samissa9921]

I FEEL FREEEEEeeeeee

[@fishydinner44]

kind of free*

[@Mrlegitbeans]

Thanks for my opinion daddy.

[@JakeLewisReal]

070 Shake contributes so much to every track she's on. Love her voice.

[@maxshabazz1543]

Jake Lewis she was truly the star of that album

[@NormalAF]

Jake Lewis she's so underrated on this

[@vinhvo4324]

disagree, she sounds like a kid.

[@b0jang]

I like her on Violent Crimes and a bit on Ghost Town but that line about the stove...

[@Random-ti4lu]

I love her voice but I’m ngl I thought Matt ox pulled up on the song at first

[@deez581]

To this day I will never understand how people think this is one of Kanye’s worst and also not a good album. Like what? It’s in the middle of his discography at worst and would be the best in a lot of rappers discographies in my opinion

[@archiesutherland6127]

Most rappers

[@senbonzakura13]

Probably because it's only 7 tracks and was pretty weird on release. It doesn't have much to do with the actual content

[@owalterluan]

Ye's F = lot of rappers A

[@owalterluan]

But thats an A to B

[@owalterluan]

Too short tho

[@marcusthemartian524]

Fantano, when Kanye said "400 years... Sounds like a choice!", he meant that you take a long time to drop album reviews, not because you're busy, but because you're just a lazy, self centered fuck. That's why we love you melon.

[@indianasummers7716]

Marcus The Martian geez...

[@xyasuke99]

400 years a melon.

[@forestsunset9617]

Melon II Society

[@dfish1214]

This the best comment of all time

[@ing4gi]

400 years a melon sounds like a choice if you ask me

[@lolobrezzy24]

Slavery was a choice/ 10

[@ab-finance6647]

Slavery lasted ~200yrs in America not 400. On TMZ Kanye was rapping about Amistad (first slave ship) & said 400 years meaning blaming slavery for failure TODAY isn't the best outlook. Self empowerment isn't a bad message. It's a message kids need to hear when everyone's telling them they'll never make it because they're not white. People are just going out of their way to misinterpret Kanye because the wore the wrong hat and wasn't militant leftist enough. He's just pushing Gandhism ... exactly like MLK. I'm a PoC and I agree with Ye. Don't think anyone's arguing there aren't remnants of institutional racism but telling black kids it's impossible to succeed because the system is out to get them is just going to make most not even try. It's not true, you'll get some discrimination but self-limiting beliefs are a WAY bigger barrier to succeeding.

[@mxxmm4365]

yes AB

[@grottchew5941]

Live Free or Die

[@ab-finance6647]

I'm bilingual its awesome. Seriously though, he literally says "tryna test my Gandhi" on the album and has been tweeting out Gandhi disciples for months. He's been reappropriating right wing hate symbols for over 5 years now. He did the MAGA hat thing in 2013 by putting the Confederate flag on Yeezus merch. Where was the outrage then? He's kept the same philosophy of taking something that resembles hatred and taking away its power by making it resemble love. Isn't that what black culture does with the N-word? TMZ uploaded his song about Amistad (the first slave ship) 2 days before his TMZ interview. He was talking about victim mentality/mental slavery for weeks before the interview. He's been talking about people failing because they're taught they can't help themselves for a decade. Watch his Zane Lowe interview in 2013. LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME MESSAGE ABOUT MENTAL SLAVERY. Why are you people suddenly getting outraged now? Because he took a photo with the stupid orange baboon man? Suddenly that makes everything bad?

[@mxxmm4365]

AB i already argued the same points as you, it is not worth discussing it, trust me. Who is hating wants fuel to keep hating, we are between intellectual dishonesty and clout mob mentality. For them it is about headlines, social acceptable narratives, twitter activism and memes. Dont take it serious.

[@davidrtd1863]

Wow 👏 this is the most honest review of the Ye album I've seen so far . Glad that you separated the politics from the artists because there have been more than a few riviews mixing politics with the review and coming up with some very clouded conclusions to the album .

[@megatronsroyalemissary382]

Very true!

[@JC-wj5os]

agreed. kanye is such a great artist. but he's also an egomaniac douchebag. so its easy to hate on him...

[@averywilliams6941]

faCTSSS

[@chrisjfox8715]

The politics provides context to the lyrics though. Kanye himself even references aspects of those things in the lyrics. What amazes me is that lovers of Ye tell haters of Ye to separate Kanye the person from Ye the album, not realizing that even their listening ears have been influenced by their appreciation for Kanye the person. That contextual influence being in the positive direction doesn't mean you're separating his politics any less.

[@Kreacher3]

Given the lyrics are very personal, the politics of the person are relevant, especially since Kanye himself has been publicly linking the two. Keeping that in mind makes the lyrics painfully cringey and vapid.

[@Ablo_98]

Kanye at his most intimate and unguarded since The College Dropout? Why wouldn’t you consider 808s?

[@4am555]

This more intimate than 808s

[@hwhswhwhw9575]

808s is more vague

[@bigasianpapi5699]

Melon didn't like 808s

[@MojitoMatt]

Wow Anthony good review but I didn’t really like the part where you called Kanye the n word 16 times. Totally unnecessary.

[@gavinjean9774]

MojitoMatt 😭😭

[@MojitoMatt]

JourneyML1 its a joke kiddo

[@Synistar]

JourneyML1 pull your head out of your ass

[@TheMiels]

Very original

[@PsychoRider666]

What's the origin of this meme?

[@sergeantbootygoon8677]

Hating on Kanye for 5 albums? That sounds like a choice

[@armpitfan7814]

Ian Adams he rereviewed tlop and gave it an 8 lol

[@gabeliveforever]

haha topkek that makes 4 which fits even better for the 400 years

[@peterjohnson5871]

Best comment here. Haha!

[@Alex_Nason]

*Poopthony Scooptano*

[@maturegambino6182]

Anthany

[@DirtCheapFU]

Whoop whoopdiwhoop.

[@voLumez]

BARS

[@brian37107]

Memes aside I just want to say that your ability to articulate how you feel about something is masterful and while I enjoyed the album before watching this I have a new appreciation for the album due to your interpretation of some of these songs.