How Lil Ugly Mane raps about Mental Illness

[@PRTZN]

The production quality on this video is amazing! Your subscriber count will be increasing by the thousands if you keep releasing content of this caliber.

[@5ifthaveblackat]

Thank i need more LUM videos hes too underrated

[@5ifthaveblackat]

@Imię Nazwisko im everywhere i put comments all over this app

[@CettiBenz]

Super underrated gang ⛳️

[@noircookie]

He’s UNKNOWN, not underrated.

[@rega7ia]

@@noircookie he's the GOAT

[@noircookie]

@@rega7ia i think the same thing

[@theplayeralsoknownasmousecop]

Grave within a grave, stoop lights, man without a helmet, on doing of an evil deed blues. These songs are what made me fall in love with this man's music. I've never heard bars written so deeply. So passionately. I love his new music but I really hope he releases another rap album.

[@Lxrzo]

Grave within a grave is one of the best rap songs ever created

[@lol-wc3ld]

Mista Thug Isolation ran so Astroworld could walk, not the other way around

[@ChiefQueef_]

Astroworld is garbage

[@void.sawyer]

You're gd right

[@rolfanderson3925]

More like crawl. Astroworld sucks even compared to other TS albums.

[@hajdxhjjdjshsh2644]

​@@rolfanderson3925trying to be different

[@sebastians1408]

@@hajdxhjjdjshsh2644 astroworld sucks compared to his albums before it though

[@GALuigi]

Lil Ugly Mane and SpaceGhostPurrp are underground legends 🙌

[@RegalState]

You already know

[@lilnya9320]

Easily 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@tedthecommenter5364]

defo they created most of these new artists

[@Lxrzo]

​@@tedthecommenter5364All of these new artists

[@АлександрОкулист]

sgp is a retarded asshole tho but yeah good artist

[@tedthecommenter5364]

This is quality content, Travis is so underrated by his own choosing. A true artist.

[@RegalState]

preach

[@trash_bender420]

Hello ted -thim the replier

[@skullytheskeletal]

grave within a grave gave me a mild panic attack the first time i listened to it. i'm not joking, it was a different feeling than my usual ones tho. it was like a panic attack combined with that "this is profound as fuck" feeling you might get from lsd. Because the song portrayed my greatest fear, and i was so horribly shocked that someone else actually thought that a possible yet horrible afterlife

[@skullytheskeletal]

but as all of us know. LUM lyrics help us schizo weirdos feel much less alone

[@soulers333]

same, was washing a car when i first heard it, stopped and fully listened to it. nearly had a panic attack. shits crazy, lum truly understands that fear

[@skullytheskeletal]

@@soulers333 I legit have re-occurring dreams where they just end with me putting ALL my strength to say something, move, or do something only to die and fade to full black before waking up. I want to say they're nightmares but as an adult dreams aren't too scary.. just stressfull. yafeelme?

[@soulers333]

@@skullytheskeletal yeah, i get you. it’s not easy to have the kind of mindset where death is a reoccurring thought, but there’s ways to make it better

[@joem5615]

I need to listen to that one he's been my favorite artist for a while the bedwetter vol 1 album makes me start to cry and that first song is just so out of nowhere and ending in nowhere

[@motearc.3988]

This is probably one of the best lil ugly mane videos

[@tiarnan2628]

This is one of the only lil ugly mane videos

[@motearc.3988]

@@tiarnan2628 You're right

[@21stCenturyNabokov]

I had to come back to this video after seeing Ugly Mane's suicide attempt earlier today.Thank god he didn't die.Stay strong Travis

[@rosabanshee]

praying for him

[@wintersobased]

third side of tape is so insane its the most diverse instrumental album of all time

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

You did Travis justice with this video, man. I'll never understand how his older stuff gets more appreciation from general music lovers than the later output

[@1337Divine]

the text to speech verse on collapse and appear is one of the most emotionally crushing things i have ever heard

[@mvdebyzo]

Thank you ! We need more VA artists and producers recognized

[@ProdByCari]

Would love to hear your take on his newest album LIL UGLY MANE - VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN. I thought it was brilliant.

[@POOMPLEX2]

good video , the green cover art version of mista thug isolation also has some easter eggs many probably wouldn't have noticed , the skeleton out of the cakset thats full of money, the skeleton with its head down looking like its crying, the person on the globe crying looking disturbed too , on his instagram stories years ago he alluded to be sexually assaulted by a family member but he was posting weird stories at that time without much context so who knows , i def couldnt get into obvlion access when it first came out cause it was a different sound to MTI , cant deny the genius of his work

[@lilmane1070]

That’s why I ordered a MISSA THUH ISOLATION album art laptop case on RedBubblr one hundred emoji

[@summonerovthaguttercypt4205]

good vid, no spoilers on the (horrific, traumatic) twist ending of Uneven Compromise for new LUM listeners is a nice touch too. that song is honestly freakier to me than most creepypasta

[@myfaceisthefrontofshop]

@@deborahwilkerson7388 k deborah

[@joberwt3940]

@@deborahwilkerson7388 deborah

[@modestrocker1]

i think the best comparison is jpg mafia for a rapper/producer - both underground big

[@Huasipungero]

U ain't from my hood u ain't u ain't from my hood

[@aggeloshr.686]

One of my favourites, thank you for this video

[@tobiasash9281]

Fantastic video. Ugly deserves his flowers.

[@ramennerd197]

uneven comprise always felt like him killing off his persona to me

[@killa287]

Best analysis I’ve seen of LUM, bravo 👏

[@rrogance]

please give your thoughts on volcanic bird enemy, i’m so curious what you make of the new lyrical style

[@empty363]

i fkn love this video, im lookin at LUM diffrent now, i feel bad 4 him

[@killa287]

The perspective of lil ugly mane is one that lives on in the world it’s a present story forever created by nature solely capsulated correctly by Travis it is Modern Art

[@cer_eal]

So it's now September 2021 and LUM has released some new music under the moniker "Pinhead Barbarians" but the songs are on his page on Spotify. Definitely would like to know what people are feeling about these new tracks.

[@voidqueen0423]

2 of his absoute best

[@tedthecommenter5364]

Don't fprget his new bedwetter album which is beautiful, it's basically rock infused with elements of jazz etc and other genres. Check out "Headboard", it's one of my favourite songs Travis has ever made and I've listened to his entire discography

[@lilmane1070]

Excellent video, really. With all due respect though, I’m kind of disappointed you didn’t point out how the terrifying horror first verse in Uneven Compromise was itself 100% about heroin addiction as well

[@jaredburgess1948]

Interesting, how so? I'm about to re-read the lyrics rn to see if I catch the metaphor. But yes, EXCELLENT video; stumbled upon it because I'm seeing LUM in Austin this September! Would've appreciated some coverage of The Weeping Worm, though it's not quintessential to the trajectory you (Regal State) so excellently covered. Passion Sceptre is one of my faves. There's a repeated line - "Crooked letter-E-P-E-R-A-T-E me from the weak; player, I'm gone." A lot of people think he's being grandiose and wants to be separated from "weak rappers," but what he's really saying is "Make me strong so I can kill myself;" as the entire song is about suicidal ideation and using drugs to stifle it.

[@lilmane1070]

@@jaredburgess1948 sure! I’m glad you asked. Here lemme write it up in a few minutes for you:

[@Slims222]

i thought that the first section was written from the perspective of the third section’s friend who was killing the kids?

[@jaredburgess1948]

@@Slims222 I’d always been pretty sure they were entirely separate songs which had nothing to do with each other. I think you could argue that the first track is about heroin addiction, or any addiction, or any mental strife at all really, but I don’t see how it could be proved because it doesn’t say so in the song, nor is it even heavily implied, And I know that Ugly’s never confirmed it himself. Always thought the first song was about Ugly on a more personal level regarding his own demons (literally as the song would have you believe). He alludes to hating the external world and not knowing how to handle it internally, bein choked and strangled and fighting for his survival but eventually succumbing and turning into an empty shell and his soul a subject to torment delivered by the devil himself (which could def be heroin, but it could be anything) and ultimately becoming his bitch for eternity (in other words, the darkness corrupted him and he fell into an endless sleep, ya feel? Lol). So he just continues carrying out the devils work, but he’s in so much pain. However, he acknowledges he brought it on himself; he has no choice but to be “comfortable” in his misery because he’s damned eternally and knows there’s no escaping (or has at least committed to the idea that there isn’t). So yeah, heroin addiction makes total sense. But so would a porn addiction. Or something he did in his past that he can’t forgive himself for. Or existential dread (see oblivion access), or even just depression (if that wasn’t clear by Bedwetter…). Honestly I highly doubt he was trying to convey anything specific to his audience, and I think Uneven Compromise was supposed to be two different songs separated by an interlude and then an outro. When you consider that the interlude consists of a profound existential statement as well as gripes over the music industry this idea makes more sense. What’s it all about?? What’s he sayin when he says it??? Nah jk haha. I think the point is to interpret shit however you want, but to avoid conclusions that can’t be proved, or argue over things which can’t be proved. So I’m comfortable not knowing what it’s about specifically; it doesn’t matter. But yo lil mane, was/am still looking forward to your perspective, and proof that it’s about heroin addiction! I fleshed out my interpretation and my conclusion is that we ain’t know what it’s about, but it’s possible something flew clear over my head!

[@jaredburgess1948]

@@lilmane1070 can you tag two people in the same response? Was tryna tag you in that last message but I tagged dat other dude. But yeah you seemed really confident about it bein bout heroin addiction and that intrigued me, but you ended you response widda colon and then dipped like my daddy when he went to buy a pack of “monster energy drinks: assault” from the store. That was my favorite flavor. Don’t gimme monster blue balls like my daddy please :( Real talk tho; you can’t drop summat like that and not explain! I’m myself an opiate addict and I can’t see it.

[@oliverfanclub]

this is fantastic, shoutout the up and coming rap group 99 Neighbors who are coming out of Richmond rn

[@megoz]

oblivion access is one of the rare albums that captures that one feeling you can't describe, but really want to share

[@gabedotti3716]

Mista Thug is in my top 5. Always hits the spot. Great vid man. Subbed!

[@mynamesreed]

hes back

[@Eddsucks]

Yea yea, the new shit rocks

[@MrBrunchies]

The music he's made after mista thug isolation is kind of painful to listen to, but it really does just describe the feelings of deep depression better than anything in the last 15 years. It's just something that really hits a raw nerve when you are in that mindset. For that alone I wish him the best for whatever music he makes going forward it really is emotional shit which for rap is rare to hit the nerve that deep.

[@Nekusa]

Travis is more than a musician. he's a prophet and a philosopher.

[@julianschlanger6925]

Nah hes just a musician lol

[@nochillnate261]

@@julianschlanger6925 far from

[@julianschlanger6925]

@NoChillNate hes a dude who makes music. He has his own original ideas that he uses to create his music, kinda like what a musician does. Broski he ain't special just cuz u like him

[@nochillnate261]

@@julianschlanger6925 i was being sarcastic, because obviously a white guy from virginia isn’t a philosopher ??

[@Nekusa]

@@julianschlanger6925 i didn't mean to take any of this all serious. i'm just expressing how his music impacted me and overall himself as a person. he might not be a genius but i'd be lying if i said his music didn't open my mind to different ideas that was new to me. but you're right tho. he's just a man that makes music.

[@OfficialTenkayYT]

wish ppl recognized lum fr bru. been way too long

[@yaro825]

Cool vid man, thanks for making

[@Slims222]

luh-brigious

[@Ishallreturn4]

amazing video once again thank you

[@catethps]

the words "morose" and "lugubrious" were taken from a scene in Curb Your Enthusiasm, funny af one of my favourite lyrics ever and my all time favourite album

[@humanpart]

yo i was so disoriented when i heard larry drop that;; like a fuckin kick to the gut

[@haslett_]

i would die happy if you made a video on Spaceghostpurrp

[@haslett_]

@JayEssArr haha yeah when i commented this i hadn't seen it but immediately afterwards found the raider klan video and was definitely pleasantly surprised

[@hommartrujillo5164]

U can't forget that the new York rappers like nas, 2pac, big L, that played a part in his inspiration also💯

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

18:10 i didn't even realize this is what that line meant Fuсk, it hits me so much harder now cause I can personally relate to it even more

[@tornup9990]

Greatest artist of all time

[@marshallphillips2008]

need an update after Volcanic Bird Enemy

[@josh5868]

18:34 "Boston loner doomed to perish in a suffering Krule world"

[@maeksu]

Uneven compromise is such a masterpiece

[@welshtrash4832]

Goated review

[@Commonregular]

Yo regal. great video. An excellent deep dive into an absolute artist, great work. (also what is the background music you use?)

[@Go-Go-Guts]

Never catch me with a Jesus piece

[@jewishboy4086]

oblivion access is really scary

[@ardaoyundamobil3118]

Rumour has it that one time Oloff was sat next to Jar Jar Binks on a flight. Jar Jar kept kicking the chair in front of him and generally being obnoxious, nobody knew what to do. Eventually one of the flight attendants came over and asked Oloff if he would perform one of his songs to calm Jar Jar down, and when Oloff began rapping the first verse to Doing It Stealthy, Jar Jar immediately relaxed. To this day the two are still close friends.

[@Shreddedskincheese]

I WAS YOUR 1 THOUSANDTH LIKE! CONGRATS

[@basketbolist9153]

Oloff's music helps me to process my feelings about 9/11.

[@muzza2096]

*fire video*

[@devo6145]

I'll never forget the first time I heard Doing It Stealthy by Oloff. I thought "wow, this is great, but it's nowhere near as great as some of his other great hits like I Don't Breathe, Beating the Heart, or his Send for Phil Vickery."

[@EkarDGames]

Black kray is from Richmond as well feel like I should point that out since he’s also more underground like lum

[@myfaceisthefrontofshop]

Not really

[@PierrickGueguin]

Lubrugious

[@gooberhellgod]

What are your thoughts on volcanic bird enemy?

[@DustOnTheGround01]

I bet LUM read House Of Leaves and it completely f'd his mind up

[@brandonthesteele]

nah

[@ericgallegos8620]

What about the weeping worm??

[@nn4151]

Mr nut hug isolation

[@Dgrimble8]

Gonna need an update afte by new album

[@Adulto357]

Great anylasis of his mysic

[@alexandermartino1966]

who remembers those basket babies that he was posting all over instagram at one point wtf did he call them

[@FreeLunchFelon]

if you are still viewing these comments, what are your opinions on his newest album?

[@yea3748]

i love it kinda weird and diffrent from LUMs other stuff but thats also kinda what i want now just to hear Travis's take on every genre

[@panamasabroso4032]

Bust a sag for the legend

[@theboi1427]

Mona Lisa Overdrive was the funniest track btw

[@jejtjhj2815]

ǝɟᴉl ʎɯ pǝƃuɐɥɔ ɟɟolO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oloff changed my life

[@carbon1479]

I think 'Flick Your Tongue' is why his most recent album isn't rap, ie. he had to back away from it and do something else.

Oloff is the biggest sensation since Hitler. Except this time it's in a good way.

[@iosefkasclinic7283]

homie can't even pronounce lugubrious.. all you have to do is listen to the song and repeat how he said it LOL.

[@RegalState]

LOOOL dude I mess up pronounciations allll the time fam apologies

[@m00nglass41]

Update

[@voidqueen0423]

by writing lyrics relating to mental illness? such a stupid title, not watching your video lol travis a legend tho