POP SONG REVIEW: "Bad and Boujee" by Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert

Raindrop... drop top... I don't really get this song a whole lot lot

[@sayethvexus8332]

Rain drop Drop top Todd's no longer a fan of the hip-hop

[@galleryofrogues]

Sayeth Vexus Chihuahua fell in the sauce pot

[@ffjreviews9029]

Gettin demonetized by bot bots

[@MrColatown]

Yeah Todd is mad & moody

[@svansy]

Todd says stop stop

[@oliviagore7067]

​@@MrColatown😂😂😂

[@DrRobertBischof]

"Whoevers rapping just has a second guy to make a goofy sound or repeat the last line." Yep that's migos lol

[@EraVulgarity]

MOMMA

[@betterthancat]

momma

[@ArizonanSummer]

@@EraVulgarity FLIPPING

[@thatoneguy9582]

(water)

[@taylor21136]

"switching my flows like my clothes" *proceeds to not remotely change his flow*

[@celticmyths5009]

Maybe he's implying that he never changes his clothes or his hoes.

[@donovanjohnson6123]

He literally changes flows right after tho Switchin' my flows like my clothes (Like what?) Keep on shootin' that gun, don't reload (Damn) ---Flow Switch--- Ooh, ooh, now she want fuck with my crew (My crew)

[@azureoni3491]

"Bitch I'm a dog (woof)" Alright, forget everything you thought you knew, this is the greatest most thought-provoking line you've ever heard in any song. Admit it.

[@troodon1096]

Um, no.

[@tommycarr8111]

The fact that he calls his female companion a bitch, and then refers to himself as a dog, suggests that despite the derogatory term and suggesting that she is merely an object to him, they are in fact at an equal level and should see each other in the same way. In a way, the meaning behind the lyric is rather thought provoking and meaningful.

[@tommycarr8111]

Lizzy Swan Don't worry I wasn't being serious.

[@V4Now]

All he did was Steal DMX's schtick!🤦🏾‍♂️

[@rateeightx]

Who Would Win: "Bitch I'm A Dog (Woof)" Or "Bitch, I'm A Cow"?

[@niggamanishere8196]

As a Migos apologist, not even I can admit that they're good lyricists.

[@puneethvenkatrao332]

@John Nichols you put it perfectly sir.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Roger Gibson That sounds like grasping at straws, why can't people just say "they're not great, but I just like how they sound"

[@delphia3K]

@@isetmfriendsofire because sometimes it's nice to analyze music and find out why we like it or don't like it, and what its strong and weak points are. roger didn't say if he liked them or not, but just added something to the conversation

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Fimpo And sometimes you can analyze where a person is coming from and assume that they're a fan (not that there's anything wrong with that) I could, of course, be wrong.

[@delphia3K]

@@isetmfriendsofire of course he could be a fan. I'm just saying that what he said was perfectly reasonable.

[@bryanrich8899]

Whoever told u that Migos were lyrical artists needs to be fired

[@Tank-lc4nw]

Have you heard my boy takeoff

[@HiThere-wt1we]

They started off not lyrical at all but they’ve got better over time

[@nelly6016]

Listen to commando my boy

[@waspswarm870]

@@takemyhand1988 yeah but 30 years later the genre has naturally evolved past the point where every rapper needs to be super lyrical. sometimes music is just fun

[@Nicktoth81]

"ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya"- Lil Uzi Vert

[@petercahill6696]

Nick Toth Tupac ain't got nothing on my nigga Lil Uzi Vert.

[@jpagss]

Nick Toth "Woo woo woo woo woo..." - Offset

[@jonnil1997]

Honestly one of my favourite music moments 2016/17

[@t4nkychannel921]

I like how in the video it looks like he's slowly breaking down and each "Ya" is giving him another mindbreaking revelation. Perfectly sums up how I feel about him as a rapper.

[@OfficialChrissums]

"ya ya ya ya ya" - a virtuoso

[@rusted_ursa]

Speaking as someone who was working in a movie theater, in the ticket box, when Ratatouille came out, I can promise you that no one paid any goddamn attention to the pronunciation.

[@MrCillaKam]

"I didn't know crack needed to be slow roasted" I'm dead lmao.

[@KiraNeverSurrender]

Please never stop reviewing the newest rap. Your innocent confusion while wrestling to grasp the newest lingos is refreshing and oddly sweet.

[@ryanne.5172]

Toddly Sweet? Sorry, imma head out.

[@cvabent]

That "Hey Jude" bit had me in tears. Comedic timing at its finest.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

(Finest!)

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

The Supervillain (Gak!)

[@nvl2158]

George Harrison actually wanted to do adlibs with his guitar on Hey Jude. Paul told him to fuck off :(

[@T2G-DJT]

(Fuck off!)

[@majicnamie8440]

Is it bad that I would SO listen to MC Wokeness's 30 minute lecture on systemic racism in america

[@pikgears]

what if i told you Todd said 80 minutes?

[@Saintnick90]

If it existed, it would be better than "Bad and Boujee." Actually, the fact that it doesn't exist automatically makes it a better song than "Bad and Boujee."

[@kylemoder7550]

@@pikgears even better!

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

80 minute*

[@andrejg4136]

Basically listen to anything from Arrested Development that wasn't a hit. It's the 90s equivalent of poorly thought out woke poetry and there is a reason every 'second' generation urban artist clowned them even in the day (basically those who cane up between 88 and 98, roughly).

[@Clipeuh]

cooking up dope with the uzi = making dope songs with lil uzi vert, todd

[@PopMami]

flopan Aahhh... I see what they did now. Still not very clever.

[@bZman]

Clever is not in their forte' I gather

[@tvesrb]

clever is a rarity in modern mainstream hip hop

[@Hakajin]

In a crock pot, for some reason.

[@Merlewhitefire]

Yeah, even my fat pasty-white ass was able to put that together, I think Todd was too busy actually trying to take this silly bullshit seriously as a critic to put that together

[@mydadshowering2978]

"I'd rather be listening to Kid Cudi" Someone hasn't heard Speedin' Bullet to Heaven...

[@aaronthebox]

Cudi had SO MUCH potential, recent stuff makes his drop off the map even more depressing

[@djangomarkov7948]

PS4 Games on a shelf I actually liked speeding bullet to heaven, but on one hand a lot of people hated it because it's not what they wanted from kid cudi and on the other hand a lot of people blindly follow needledrops opinion. I mean that's fair he enjoys young thug and called lorde and lana irrelevant but I'm sure he knows what he's doing

[@cubedmelons876]

Shhhhh... Let him figure it out on his own. No need to destroy his hopes and dreams tonight.

[@motch3234]

talking down on migos and modern trap...but saying he'd rather listen to kid cudi...credibility gone hahahahha

[@enygmaenigmatic8156]

D'jango Markov That album is horrible. No need to scrape through Needledrop's opinion. EVERY CRITIC ON THE PLANET said that Speedin Bullet to Heaven was one of the worst pieces of music ever conceived. and as a fan of Alternative with a slice of Grunge, it is one of the worst albums to ever try it on.

[@ThePi314Man]

Rain drop Drop top Respect women

[@giovannimoise1473]

Why do I have respect my dishwasher

[@jonnil1997]

ThePi314Man lol

[@kylemohler2402]

Rain drop Drop top Fuck bitches

[@kimifw58]

Rain drop Drop top What have women ever done for us? #meninist /sarcasm

[@spitfireohone]

steak man Woah. Tell him I said Happy Birthday, George Agdgwg... George.

[@Robovski]

Usually when Todd plays the tune on his piano it sounds ok to good. This is not one of those times.

[@tahaistheboss98]

Robert Turner it sounds like noir music

[@HellwingX1]

Sounded pretty cool imo

[@kennydnolan]

It sounded depressing. Like some soundtrack for a sad scene in a movie

[@matthijsvancampen7901]

Mike Lippenkrantz or creepy pasta reading

[@plusmin09]

Not much to work with...

[@simpsshallbeprosecuted8751]

It's so fun watching reviews of old songs with hindsight. This song was super influential and will go down as a classic.

[@Aurelian369_]

seeing Todd review these 2010s songs fills me with nostalgia

[@Rexicity]

Todd had my laughing straight up off that MC Wokeness bit...LMMFAO

[@troodon1096]

Todd... the reason why you don't get it, is because there's nothing to get.

[@pseudofox]

YES

[@jacksonelh]

@Is me ? why? it's a dance-able song with fun punchlines and an energetic guest verse. i think it's pretty good

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@jacksonelh I think he meant that you shouldn't analyse the lyrics. Just listen to it, dance, and take a few shots at the club

[@anthony-le5uo]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 the lyrics arent' bad

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@anthony-le5uo I made no value statements about the lyrics.

[@8-bitheart983]

I'd love to hear Todd's piano cover of this song. The first few seconds of him playing it sounded so sophisticated-ish

[@schris3]

8-Bit Heart He is the real virtuosic.

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

I, too, come from the hard streets of suburban Virginia Beach... and while I like me some dumb-ass trap music, this song just didn't click with me that much. That fucking "virtuosic rapping" comment from the P4k review is hilarious though being applied to fucking Migos. I will now quote a bar from Quavo's verse on Lil Yachty's song Minnesota: "I love my Motorola... I love my Motorola... I love my Motorola... I love my Motorola!"

[@AaronCeeRPG]

Digibro my favorite anime reviewer watches my favorite music reviewer. lord take me now

[@seth6427]

Digibro Rain drop Drop top Bakeretsu bakeretsu la la la Bakeretsu bakeretsu la la la

[@Liliputian07]

digi, fucking of course you'd watch Todd it seems so obvious for some reason

[@robertterrill525]

Wow digibro likes trap I’m so happy I wanna die.

[@amberdent651]

Exactly AaronCee RPG. Plus, I have to agree that this song doesn't do anything for me

[@DaVideoGameBeastr]

13:06 "bow! blam! skreeeeeeeeee..." - packed with color and virtuososic writing

[@yoeribaatsen1785]

MC Wokeness is a good rap name.

[@pseudofox]

Yeah, seriously.

[@NyQuilDonut]

Not really but it's not the worst I ever heard.

[@antoinea.9791]

it's J. Cole's nickname

[@AserHapi]

I workout to 80 rant about systemic racism in America

[@dennisritchie6132]

Holy fuck do I want MC Wokeness and Yung-n-Preachy to be a thing.

[@jcunningham8041]

shoutout to MC wokeness

[@crazyluigi6664]

Shoutouts to Simpleflips also.

[@LordArikado]

Found a fellow Joel fan!

[@tini96]

Was "yung n preachy" in this vid

[@brycerauba5561]

Rain drop Drop top this meme died 4 months ago guys really there's no need to revive it

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

Bryce Rauba Rain drop Drop top I borrowed this convertible from someone I dislike

[@JakeTahoeMusic]

When Todd say "oh it's the flow!" for a second I thought he was going to start talking about the triplet flow of most Migos songs, which is one the most influential and recognizable parts of their sound. Granted, they aren't the first ones to do it, but it's definitely prevalent across their music to a large degree. I really like trap music, it's fun and not all rap needs to be conscious. While I don't think Migos will ever be in the same class as Kendrick, I don't think they're really trying to be either. Different strokes I suppose.

[@megami7373]

Mood wow

[@ZMacGregor]

Heavy agree. Sometimes I wanna turn my brain off and be obnoxious. It's why I like lil pump. It's just fun and catchy.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

So basically they popularized it by doing the same thing over and over. Not to say that as an insult, I mean, same thing happened to the powerchord because of punk rock

[@anthony-le5uo]

@@ZMacGregor you don't have to turn off you're brain to enjoy trap

[@thatonekree3301]

Todd in the Shadows: I don't want to feel old >begins to analyze a meme

[@randal5054]

"Guys, I grew up in the mean suburbs of Virginia Beach. " lol sums up this video

[@michaelwindixie7646]

I know right... He puts his musical tastes above critism of the song

[@tommyjohnson4855]

Fuck this song and all mumble rap

[@isabellamorris7902]

@@michaelwindixie7646 Late af, but to be fair to Todd that *is* part of the point to being a music critic

[@toot1231]

only people who get this music are fortnite kids lmfao

[@catiseith]

So, are we soon reaching the point where music companies premanufacture memes for their songs?

[@AgentMaryland]

CaitSeith If the CIA can do it, so can companies.

[@troodon1096]

We're already past that point.

[@ZephyrinSkies]

CaitSeith Isnt that the reason behind Selfie?

[@catiseith]

I should had added the word "successfully"

[@bigboineptune9567]

This aged well

[@ifuqedurhooo7903]

I think he called ratatouille "ratatoolie" to reference that he carries a gun. But honestly I'm might be giving more credit than he deserves.

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

Damn I was about to fall asleep

[@nosidezero]

Same here.

[@jackcarlson4358]

The timing is insidious.

[@pop510]

The music sounds dead. I can't sense any kind of life from it at all.

[@jlprizm]

I think they all must be dead. It's just a zombie hip-hop apocalypse.

[@diamondcreeper28]

e m a s c u l a t i o n

[@bigchaozu634]

5 Years later this song still holds up. Migos fell off, but uzi is still doing his thing

[@469ka37]

You just made me realize why I like this song - I know there's no substance to it but I love the weird sounds which is why lil uzzivert's verse is my favorite because I wasn't looking for the substance to begin with just a beat.

[@artbk]

So, bubble-gum hip-hop?

[@stuartkeating6508]

Rain Drop Drop Top What the fuck happened to hip hop?

[@TimedropStudios]

Nope. That actually rhymes. Try again.

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

(hop)

[@TheReviewerBoy01]

Stuart Keating you judged an entire genre by one song

[@heelstevenmaggle5615]

Rain Drop Rain Drop All I see in the sky is Raindrops!

[@dacdan423]

you aren't listening to enough of it is what happened

[@crabdragon243]

This is the type of song where I don't ever find myself listening to it by myself, but driving around and singing along with friends in a packed car at midnight is just incredible fun.

[@taylorfrench6722]

RIP Takeoff, you were a one-of-a-kind artist.

[@mhardyfan97]

This It's the earliest I've ever been for any video. Ever

[@mileyminer7241]

Rob M same

[@burningloki8305]

Rob M this is the earliest I've been for a Todd video

[@bthsr7113]

The Uzi actually has two smaller variants, one of them fairly compact, and if he knows that much, he might know to hold it vertical, in the sense that holding it sideways is 90 degrees of wrong.

[@juju-been]

There was a time where you could be alive not knowing what the word thot means?

[@erikdaniels0n]

Screw Raindrop, Droptop, the best memes to come from this song were “OFFSET!! WOO WOO WOO WOO” and “YA YA YA YA YA YA YA”- Lil Uzi Vert

[@angus6149]

HUMBLE By Kendrick lmar PLEASEE

[@livingabstraction2206]

Angus Wright Well Rap Critic just uploaded a review if that counts

[@hongu1634]

Rap Critic is shit though.

[@livingabstraction2206]

Mechazawa I find him respectable in his own right, he's not on Todd's level but he has his moments, oddly enough he also did his own review on this song and was just as harsh.

[@gothfromtheblock3274]

Angus Wright OH GOD NOOO! we don't need to be tortured by another shitty song.

[@livingabstraction2206]

jeremy burrows But Humble is great though not on the level of Kendrick last few songs but pretty damn good

[@aaronthebox]

I've been rewatching Samurai Jack, it's still so goddamn good, you should all get back on it. Oh and this song sucks

[@samoria7530]

jackthayer There's a reason for that

[@gabrele.ggreen3429]

The new samurai jack is better

[@lunabearsong2043]

Five beautiful seasons!

[@lunabearsong2043]

gabrele.g Green It's more adult, but it's on par with the other four seasons. It's ALL beautiful!

[@NyQuilDonut]

The fight scenes suck. I like it otherwise.

[@gimmefeedback]

MC Wokeness changed my life

[@spencerraney4979]

What I love is that the singer sounds likes he singing “My N••••s is sad as roofers!”, rather than “Savage, Ruthless”.

[@TheSoapyandPhil]

Remember when ad-libs used to be actual words and not just random sounds?

[@RadioGaGago]

Gee, I have never felt so old as when I listen to this music... People actually find this.... tolerable?

[@ouci]

GutentagCharlie yes. its fun.

[@snookbob7865]

GutentagCharlie yeah we do

[@xDarkTrinityx]

Nope, it's ass

[@thedudeperson]

it's good yer dumb. it's for high IQ people

[@darkstarsupremo]

Pff, not even you belive that one dude c'mon, this thing is trash....

[@CaroleMcDonnell]

Oh my gosh! Loved your "I don't get contemporary rap" intro/apologia. I pride myself on liking all kinds of music no matter how old I get. So I listen to everything but just yesterday I said to my hubby, "I'm 57 and apparently I've reached the age where I don't get rap anymore. I who can listen to anything suddenly can't understand rap in 2017." I totally listen to all your videos and wow, when you said you didn't get some modern rap, I realized that it wasn't just me. Much of modern rap has this meta-nursery rhyme sing-songy feel and it felt so like doggerel I kept wondering if I was seriously out-of-the-musical-loop. Thank you, Todd. Thank you, thank you.

[@leonardomapache]

Groove is in the heart taught us that Todd loves random sound effects. :)

[@soundrogue4472]

I wonder why he didn't like this song then?

[@alex1sandulache]

@@soundrogue4472 I'm guessing it's because "Groove is in the Heart" actually has music and singing in it...

[@Lycaon1765]

I think sometimes critics forget that sometimes people don't give a shit about lyrics or whatever, they just like how the song sounds.

[@johanneswerner1140]

Yeah, and I dislike that.... "Song" it's only attached to some stupid meme, apparently. (though, yeah, in some cases I don't really care about the lyrics, so I cannot disagree)

[@shaynemack3017]

"I am totally down for random sound effects." Sounds like you might be interested in Ed, Edd n Eddy.

[@RenegadeVile]

You can't get into the newer stuff because it's ass. IT's just whiny people doing the opposite of rapping and doing their best to be completely unintelligible by mumbling every word they say.EDIT: In light of the comments below I will make a clarification: the newer stuff ON THE RADIO. I'm well aware quality still exists, but it's not mainstream and like Todd usually, I'm purely talking mainstream.

[@samiali749]

Renegade Vile no there are many hip hop artists that do other music in this age and it isn't hard to find.

[@sunwukong2]

Renegade Vile i'm gonna keep saying listen to d.r.a.m. he's cool and different

[@mikemoos]

You´re just salty it´s dying an even more pathetic death than Rock.

[@sunwukong2]

EpicEevee nah, rap isnt dying at all. rap is super big right now and rap's been around for a long while and has been revitalized a few times. If you think it's dying you haven't been paying attention to the state of the music industry.

[@darkstarsupremo]

Yeah, rap is not dying, there are still good rappers around , Kendrick, Tech9, Lupe, Eminem, Even the one you mentioned D.R.A.M he is kinda cool, and does really fun music. But then again for every good one i can count 5 bad ones, you need to dig deep to find the hidden gems.

[@Sweet_P0tat0-piiie]

I'm 23 and I don't get today's rap. I used to be really into hip-hop but lately, I've done a 180 and listen exclusively to alt rock. I'm black so I get made fun of for it but I can't listen to shallow lyrics anymore.

[@cloudlesssky4350]

toxiccandie94 it's okay baby you can cry on my alt rock shoulder

[@nachowarrior1]

Yeah I know right, Kendrick and cole really have suuuch shallow lyrics, really unlistenable right?

[@infinitewav4655]

xxxtentacion makes alt rock 😂😂😀

[@averyterribleperson5292]

toxiccandie94 I understand, most of the black people I work with rarely listen to modern trap and rap unless their under 20

[@quentinchilds4007]

Infinite Wav X is crap, in my opinion.

[@Cloudy_Jones]

These rap songs are about the vibe and feel of the song, the rapping has to just keep that vibe, the content isn’t important as long as it sounds good, if you want thought provoking rap you in the wrong sub-genre.

[@Positive_Tea]

Except it sounds terrible, there's no vibe

[@itsbosh3345]

Lmao if you don't "get" newer Hip Hop, then you gonna have a hard time this year with reviews, look at the top 20, a large majority of it is Hip Hop, this type of Hip Hop. That's a positive for your viewers though, cause this is probably one of your funniest reviews yet.

[@trymikefirst]

Dude, the top 20 hip hop songs is being held by Kendrick Lamar. Stop acting like every rap song is like this.

[@itsbosh3345]

I'm not saying that AT ALL. First of all, only reason why Kendrick has those spots right now is cause it's the week his album came out, same thing happened for Drake, Future, and all big rappers who has albums come out in 2016-2017 thanks to Billboard taking in streaming statistics, next week they'll all be gone except Humble and whatever the next single will be. And I'm just saying that the past few months Hip Hop has been a very dominant genre in the Billboard Top 20, specifically stuff like Migos, Uzi Vert, Future, Kodak Black, etc. No fucking shit I know that all rap ain't like this, even new rap. I'm just talking the charts for the most part, you know, the things Todd actually pays attention to (once in a while we get shit like Kendrick or J. Cole in the charts, but for the most part, its' this kind of stuff).

[@Silverizael]

All Todd asks for are songs that have lyrics that make any sense.

[@ahhculdee]

Bosh Force One DNA and Humble will be in the Top 10 simultaneously because they released the video.

[@breakfastenjoyer]

Bosh Force One this isn't hip hop lmao this is rap

[@TRUCKLOADOFPAIN]

"the rap version of a loading screen" jesus christ that's funny.

[@KobashiTV]

Think of it like big band music. The words are just part of the sound. It's not about the words, it's about the sound, flow, beat, etc.

[@The23PRNCSS23]

I understand Todd's frustration. I really like this song and can't for the life of me explain why.

[@samiali749]

My Password Is Phil the flow is really bouncy. The beat knocks a bit and the ad libs

[@bZman]

I would venture that either you are deaf and had not noticed it, or that you have begun to identify with your captors. All the "singers" in this song sound like they just downed a bottle of valium, they have no energy. Modern rap music just sounds like incorrigible twats whining about how "awesome" their life is. I sincerely hope this fad dies soon and their brand of "music" with it.

[@froggodoggo79]

My Password Is Phil because it's a meme with a decent beat

[@christophermarsh9152]

Brent Z Rappers, not singers. I don't know if I can trust the musical opinions of someone who doesn't know the difference in two vocal styles so different one became it's own genre.

[@bZman]

You are correct I should have stated "vocalists" instead of singer, its a force of habit. Although even vocalist is stretching it when every word they say is so mumbled and unintelligible

[@ZeroTookTheKids]

Even my 50 year old mother knows what the word "thot" means.

[@Hegder]

Man, is he wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt? I can't believe Todd didn't point that out!

[@gooshe9233]

Daniel Hedger uzi has said Manson is one of his biggest influences he grew up listening to him

[@seedyours9979]

This style of rap music is intentionally hallucinogenic, melancholy, and off-the-cuff, like the lean-soaked lonely and paranoid nights in the club it draws inspiration from. Those who live like this, both intentionally and against their will, are most likely to relate to the zombie malaise. I tend to be depressed and occasionally nihilistic so that's why I can get with this and Future and Travis $cott, etc. The biggest difference between this and something like Kid Cudi is how this feels a lot more spontaneous while still trippy, whereas Cudi is simultaneously too-mannered and too-lazy to produce anything this freewheeling.

[@TheSpitfury]

I'm like 90% certain this song is for white people in clubs.

[@crazyluigi6664]

*Black No offense there, of course.

[@anthrax1328]

+Crazy Luigi No, let's be honest, it's white teenagers who want to feel like they're gangsters.

[@crazyluigi6664]

Yeah, that's true. That being said, the same people I mentioned also like their music themselves.

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Mr TopHat Dude who goes to a school with like 97% white kids here, this is white people trying to be black music.

[@matt_dude2446]

Mr TopHat Why specifically white people? Why do white people supposedly like everything bad? I'm not even offended, I'm just confused.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Todd and The Shadows: how to make a millennial look like a boomer.

[@TSFboi]

cant stop watching todd, help

[@oliviospinola8894]

it's about them being rich but they're still about that "hood" life

[@kiatorrette5631]

Why does Todd's piano cover for the song actually go hard?

[@dord]

that was the most menacing piano cover of bad and boujee i've ever heard

[@Ericis323]

the worst lyric in uze part is keep on shooting my gun no reload like I don't know much about guns but I atlest know that you have to reload

[@ryukagesama]

Thank you, Todd, for helping me feel more secure in my lack of appreciation for this as well as some other pop hits. You sometimes show me the light about certain hits I don't appreciate, but I can't see the merit to this one, at least not what propels it so far above other very similar material.

I was half expecting Todd to call Rap critic pleading him for help.

[@mjquebedeaux]

I beg to differ, childish gambino's "sweatpants" is all about being really rich because his parents are

[@itsbosh3345]

Best Hit Songs of 2017 so far: The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming Kendrick Lamar - Humble Harry Styles - Sign of the Times Lorde - Greenlight Bruno Mars - That's What I Like Worst Hit Songs of 2017 so far: Sam Hunt - Body Like a Backroad Maroon 5 feat. Future - Cold Ed Sheeran - Shape of You Iggy Azalea - Mo Bounce The Chainsmokers - Paris

[@guyman4823]

Bosh Force One Was mo bounce even a hit? Also I definitely wouldn't put humble there, I'm a huge Kendrick fan but it and DAMN. are severely disappointing.

[@itsbosh3345]

It was on the Hot 100, so it was a hit somewhere. And obviously Humble and anything off DAMN don't compare to TPAB or even GKMC but the song still bumps, it's still lyrical with an enjoyable beat and decent flow, just not on the level he was on in 2015 or 2012. Still better than most of what's on the charts.

[@guyman4823]

Bosh Force One Oh, I didn't know mo bounce was on the hot 100. Definitely not going to be for long. As for humble I like kendricks rapping on it but I can't fucking stand the piano part of the beat, and its one of the 5 songs of damn I skip. I don't really ever want to hear it again.

[@jtdevold]

Guy Man Mo Bounce did NOT hit the Hot 100 lol it flopped.

[@guyman4823]

Jeremy Devold Yeah that's what I thought.

[@knightwing5169]

Not getting a piece of music and not liking a piece of music are indeed two different things. But they aren't mutually exclusive.

[@brn8481]

Rap music has just turned upside down. I enjoy a good beat but lately Rap seems all sad with no context

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Bryney P I can't figure out why so much rap sounds so fucking depressing recently. In a sad song it's fine but people will come up and talk about being rich, having expensive cars, clothes so on and so forth the whole time sounding like they hate it. If these songs have some sort of message like "being rich isn't everything and life is dull because of me caring about these things yadda yadda" then it's one thing but they definitely don't. Why do people like this stuff again?

[@brn8481]

SaddisticSpeller I've just gone back to the 90's/00's music, much less narcissistic and actually not depressing. Why are they doing this? Ughh

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Bryney P There's plenty of narcissism there as well, they just owned it with in your face delivery and beats. When they said they had money they would make it rain on 20 chicks barely dressed with a hard as fuck beat. When they said they would kill you there was genuine effort (not to mention 90s-00s rappers were actually physically menacing) into making it sound like they would just because they were bored. This list goes on for a while.

[@brn8481]

SaddisticSpeller Maybe it's just more prominent today because you're more concentrated on the lyrics than the beat? I don't know, all I know is that I think back then they put more effort into their music instead of just random noises and stupid lyrics that don't even rhyme. Like they do today. I can do without the half naked girls though. Don't watch a lot of the music videos

[@samiali749]

Bryney P maybe some music is supposed to be for parties and concerts and not talk about global injustice

[@silentsparrow8880]

Thank you so much for making these reviews. Your content has meant a lot to me through the years, and it's really helped shape how a I think about music. Once I am a little less broke from my grad school deposit, I hope to become a patron to say thank you. But in the mean time, thank you.

[@conkshellthegeek7]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Listening to Migos makes me feel like my brain is being stuffed into a mason jar. And I will keep saying it, until someone laughs.

[@thatkidwiththehoodie]

It’s been three years, but if anyone out there’s still wondering: Migos aren’t lyrically proficient because they’re not trying to be. Most people, at least in 2017, still expected rap to be about the lyrics before anything else, but its priorities have shifted over time. Mainstream rap is more about the vibe, the atmosphere nowadays. It’s not a drop-off in overall quality as much as it’s just the genre evolving to fit a different niche in a different world. Lyrics are more of a contribution to the overall vibe, more like another instrument than a separate component of the song. Fins evolved into legs, but you’re not gonna judge a lizard for its ability to swim. It’s a different animal now.

[@ffjreviews9029]

Rain drop Drop Top Getting Demonitized by Bot-Bots

[@MythicSuns]

meme culture is just the internets answer to that thing everyone did at my primary school (UKs answer to elementary school). it's the art of telling jokes that make no sense but laughing at them anyway just so you can fit in with the crowd.

[@luckjes112]

"Thot" is such a pointless term. It's a slang term that's based on an existing slang term, that has the actual slang term in it and is just longer than the slang term. Soon we're gonna lengthen all slang terms needlessly.

[@dacookidz103]

Wacky line = adlibs

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Da coo kidz Hardly makes a difference on a recording.

[@starseer73]

oh my god Todd doesn't know what thot means damn he really is losing touch

[@Designed1]

Todd went from putting a Kanye & Jay-Z song on the year-end list because the lyrics got him hyped up to completely overanalyzing the lyrics to a Migos song

[@progunjack5556]

Tbh during that video Todd said that he "don't like flex-ridden bling rap" but give that song a pass because Kanye & Jay-Z has clout to brag about them

[@Tonman50]

It's kinda just about the triplet flow and the production on this one. Not say it's a great track, but it bumps in the whip.

[@RavynSkye617]

I was pretty sure that it was just nonsense but then I heard the use of the line "we here with the raindrops" in another song, and realized that raindrop/s must, in fact, be new slang for something......... It turns out, it's slang for freaking liquid LSD. Because when you're tripping, of course you want to be in a car, with the potential of driving said car while hallucinating.

[@BrotherAlpha]

You know there's something wrong with KZbin when you click on a new video by Todd in the Shadows and are surprised it hasn't been taken down yet.

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

You're a decade older than me and I feel like you progressed past this point a couple years ago while I never did. This is basically how I still feel about the genre despite my efforts to try and like it.

[@InsomniacRocker]

Migos with Michael Winslow on the Ad Libs would be awesome! LOL

[@KarlMarkyMarxx]

It's basically about how they're rich now, but still have a foot in the streets. They have money, but none of the affectations of the upper class. They play with this in the video by drinking champaigne in a fast food joint and roaming around the hood with model chicks in furs.

[@TornusageBladestorm]

If your not into modern rap listen to Kendrick

[@dimegobt]

Tornusage you're and I guess he listens to him couse he mentions him

[@TornusageBladestorm]

dimegobt oh

[@modtick]

I have and just ended up wondering if he's depressed or involved in a cult at some point in his life. that message at the end of "fear" is kind of creepy to think about.

[@dimegobt]

He is good alright. I am just getting into him and really like what i heard so far.There is a great interview with Rick Rubin on youtube - recommend

[@mins332]

+Tim H. I think DAMN is his most depressed album yet

[@B3Band]

Remember when we all thought boujee was gonna be the next great new slang word?

[@djangomarkov7948]

Lil uzi is terrible it's funny, but then i remember he's an actual big name now and it kind of pisses me off at K. dot. I mean he became the "savior of hip hop" with GKMC back in 2012 but I really don't think he saved it, he's just not letting it's rotting corpse be dropped down it's grave

[@samiali749]

It was saved by kanye and he kept it alive. Now hip hop is better because there is so many variations and different styles.

[@djangomarkov7948]

Sami Ali No really i love that white women are target demographic of mainstream hip hop now

[@maxsmart9116]

Sami Ali the "many variations and styles" are not represented in the mainstream. and yeezus sucked.

[@djangomarkov7948]

Desk Lamp I don't know why i assumed that was a joke lol, kanye the savior of hip hop.....he brought us panda

[@thapoint09]

I'd argue he's even bigger: Humble charted at #1 - if briefly - and _every other song_ landed somewhere on the charts.

[@Zomdra]

10:58 I appreciate that Todd called it out briefly but it's still depressing to me that a high profile, popular song could just drop a homophobic slur like that and totally get away with it, even back in 2017.

[@DendyJungle]

ya dawg. trap is all about funky adlibs at the end of every line

[@lilith-punkpollock609]

Am I the only person that died when Todd didn't get the dope with Uzi line? I don't even listen to a lot of hip hop and I knew it was because lil uzi was on the track.

[@KotoCrash]

I get that this kinda rap isnt for everyone, but their stuff is inarguable poor quality. The flow is slow and sleep inducing, and the lyrics are wanting. Theyre literally popular on memes alone and even their memes are weak

[@regirayquaza]

I enjoy hearing them on different beats. They're some of the best trap rappers with Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz. Not too many others.

[@omniviewer2115]

Maybe the name is hinting that these are the Mi-Go, the dreaded Fungi from Yuggoth as mentioned in the Cthulhu Mythos, and to understand their mad chanting is to be driven mad by the revelations of cosmic horror. It's a possibility, at least.

[@RobertMischief]

I think they’re called Migos because that onomatopoeia that haunts every line is the Whisperer in the Dark

[@deiz1083]

Todd being an old man for 13 minute straight

[@davidabest7195]

I hate this review. Todd usually makes me laugh but I have come to realize how much of a npc stereotype he is. He doesn't "get" this music because he thinks he is better than the people who do. Music doesn't need meaningful lyrics. People just want to zone out and chill sometimes. Modern rap is vibe atmospheric music that is based on a few memorable bars (2-4) with a good beat and the rest is filler. It isn't that difficult he is just being a douche looking down from his smug tower.

[@toot1231]

@@davidabest7195 someone is butthurt that they like trash music lolol

[@raymondgriner6389]

This is the song that Took them to the top while TakeOff was in Jail that is why there is only 2 Migos

[@amediumhorse]

January: Well, at least it isn't Kodak Black Now: Fuck.

[@NinjaVampireCyborg]

Todd if you do another one hit wonderland episode can you do it on Los Lobos? They have arguably one hit people remember them for and you haven't covered a Latin rock band on your show yet.