The Worst Album Reviews Ever

[@Spectre0799]

This is maybe a top 5 most anticipated topic i've wanted to see you cover, love this mna

[@NFRPodcast]

Let’s go!

[@mxderate]

fr these mna are amazing

[@mysterious_559]

I discredit any Pitchfork score as soon as they gave the Peppa Pig album a higher score than Donda

[@NFRPodcast]

😂😂

[@alexandremartins9]

Is that for real?

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

@@alexandremartins9yes it is. the peppa pig official account even tweeted about it

[@weenyys]

Why choose Donda to make this point lol so many much better albums that were scored lower than the peppa pig one

[@n1mbleWISE]

​@@alexandremartins9yeah peppa pig got a 6.5 and donda got a 6

[@spudreviewsmedia]

Never heard a song as trash and fire at the same time as hot shower lmao

[@NFRPodcast]

That’s crazy

[@exoticles]

fr tho 💀

[@Boogalyhu]

To be fair, MBDTF is literally about emotionally immaturity. To call him a man child is to describe the art going on whether or not you enjoy it.

[@elpoodoo3099]

yeah but it's not a flaw

[@Boogalyhu]

@@elpoodoo3099 definitely not an objective flaw but honestly the content annoys the shit out of me. Listening to a grown man feel sorry for himself because he can’t treat people right is 🙄 Put effort into figuring your shit out or I don’t wanna hear it.

[@Dorchukk]

​@@Boogalyhuso you don't want an artist talking about his struggles in his music and deal with it with himself?

[@Boogalyhu]

@@Dorchukk I’d rather they talk with their loved ones a therapist AS WELL as putting it in their music. If your struggles consist of you constantly treating the people around you poorly I’m gonna think less of you. Especially if you are making no attempt to fix those behaviors and “woe is me” the whole situation.

[@Dorchukk]

@@Boogalyhu That's what's so great about ye. He's not afraid to come up as the bad guy and admit he's a bit childish sometimes. And it takes a person with a lot of maturity to put it out as an art form.

[@barry4649]

The worst one I ever seen was one for Donda that said 0/10 but in the review said it was a good album but they couldn’t get behind him having Marilyn Manson on the deluxe which is just not doing their job

[@AliFrankTheTank]

Donda a DJ Khaled gospel album

[@Artemi099]

Okay that's fucking funny I'll let it slide

[@barry4649]

@@Artemi099 it’s the reason the album is rated so badly on the review sites like Rate Your Musictoo 😂

[@BurningBlaze55]

Absolutely need to do more of this. It was hilarious seeing how these journalists judge “quality”. It just amazes me how each human had a completely different perception of reality and what’s worth your time.

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

I hate when people just write JID off as a lyrical miracle rapper

[@jacobberquezz]

one of the best rappers of this generation eaidly

[@wbarnie9052]

@@jacobberquezzhow…

[@romaretaylor9953]

@@wbarnie9052idk try listening to His albums dummy

[@prodbybleach]

@@wbarnie9052how not to

[@wbarnie9052]

@@prodbybleach trav and everyone on his level clear jid and its not close

[@Jakrispy07]

Some video ideas: Essential Rap albums (for each genre). Best albums under an hour. Best rappers that barely anyone has heard of (under 100k monthly listeners) IDK love the content keep it up!

[@eshaaaan]

yea we need “best albums under an hour”

[@JalenHurtsFan24]

Fantano’s review of Vultures gonna make the next list😂😅

[@MrASAPAB]

Nah it’s gonna be trash

[@loutzzzz]

@@MrASAPABthank you

[@BenjaminWok-]

Even if its MBDTF part 2 he ain’t giving this thing higher than a 2🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It is what it is

[@SamsClub973]

I’ll take a 0/10 Fantano rating if it guarantees that we actually get the album😭

[@DonovanGG__]

@@MrASAPABand how do you know that?🤔

[@SHANGO1028]

I do kinda understand the utopia critics, it isn’t a flawless album, it does have high HIGHS, but it isn’t that consistent, the second half of the album isn’t as strong as it could be, I don’t even listen to the album I only like the songs I like and that’s it atp 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@NFRPodcast]

Never knew you felt that way Shango! How many skips for you 🤔

[@quantr0n]

nah you’re tripping only like 3 skips

[@pingas8392]

​@@quantr0n"only"

[@slackstarfish8133]

@@NFRPodcastTopia Twins is ass, K-Pop is ass, Schizo is too long, Yung Lean sucks on Parasail. Delresto takes way too long to progress. The rest are pretty damn good

[@cjs0]

how the hell did u comment 19 hours before the video dropped

[@scottstapp6763]

My least favorite nfr album review is none of them. You guys never cease to make valid points whether my opinions align with them or not

[@NFRPodcast]

Appreciate you Scott!

[@verynice6685]

glazing insane

[@anthonycollins2383]

@@verynice6685We’re giving NFR flowers. You gonna sue us for that? Damn!

[@PlayboiCarter1916]

Pink tape is a 5/10 max. Love Uzi but man it felt like he wasn’t even trying to make anything good. Poorly curated playlist, severely bloated and highlights Uzis biggest problem nowadays which is his song selection and listening to the wrong fans.

[@NFRPodcast]

Truth

[@anthonycollins2383]

😆Yes! Finally! Someone gets it! Thank you!

[@probablysam2744]

So glad you had the JID one in here, I was going to bring it up if you two didnt LMAO

[@NFRPodcast]

Absolutely crazy review

[@qaqtix6700]

Ridiculous review, someone should have been fired for that lmao

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

It really doesn’t sound that bad based on what they read

[@probablysam2744]

It really is that bad @@NotRealMusicRyan

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

@@probablysam2744 nah, aside from the Dreamville bit which is a little off it’s not. People just mad at the score. It’s a fine score and it’s a positive score anyway

[@aaravtaneja8927]

lu crying while taking backshots in the thumbnail

[@NFRPodcast]

😂😂

[@zenoevol5991]

This comment is foul lmao 😂

[@qaqtix6700]

Bro had too much

[@tonygagnon12]

I don't understand how people can dislike MBDTF.

[@jorelmorel]

even people like fantano that are super critical of it still give it a somewhat positive review. there's basically no way you can dislike the album unless you're already biased towards kanye like the cornball in the video and you're purposely being contrary

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

People that worship fantano (I don’t hate fantano I hate his fanbase)

[@peanutbutter6720]

I just don’t like Kanye that much, so I don’t care for the album that’s made to be as Kanye as possible Edit: and to be clear I mean his music, idrc about him as a person

[@Historicutuber]

Me neither. Frigging masterpiece

[@cristobalcarrascovicente]

Any album can be disliked for some reason,I like mbdtf but I do think the whole fame narrative is kinda basic

[@qaqtix6700]

The forever story and MBDTF reviews were mindblowing. I can’t imagine how some reviewers can be this delusional

[@Jacobi-here]

What a video, this is arguably one of my favourite video to this day. I would love a Pt. 2 of this ❤

[@aresxdlxix]

The eminem review on revival was literally written by people named nathan on youtube polls and shorts users that will die for em 😭😭

[@Historicutuber]

I actually liked Revival but yeah he can and did do better after

[@cjmyers80]

@@Historicutuberexactly it is not a bad album gets a bad wrap because people love to hate on em

[@turboshazed7370]

​@@cjmyers80nah it's cause revival was ass. It's ok to like it though it's not ass to you

[@MasterDuelCentral]

Yall forgot to include the nfr review of 2093 😂

[@hoopsx2695]

Nothing outstanding about that album

[@jayos]

@@hoopsx2695 better than all kanye albums since life of pablo, better than utopia, better than wlr, no misses

[@Antoncool3000]

@@jayos2093 not better than ksg

[@anthonycollins2383]

😒Because the album is overhyped as hell.

[@hoopsx2695]

@@jayos ye ksg and donda r way better

[@jmolina46]

Ant said “Not only that..” probably about 100 million times

[@dorianh3986]

17:27 I don’t think J. Cole has an album on the same level as the forever story

[@LILGHETTI]

MOTM review is straight up disrespeck

[@th3on3thatb3atu]

It’s crazy how critical people wanna be with Travis when his music is still some of the most unique, risk taking, and creative music in the hip hop game. Some people just don’t get how much he pushes the genre and sound forward I guess.

[@anthonyernst999]

In my opinion, the sound he's making is unique, but that doesn't make it good at all.

[@SP2Crazy]

Easily Fantano’s review on MBDTF

[@NFRPodcast]

W

[@Kushncorinthian]

He gave it a 6, that's positive. Yes it's low but he doesn't dislike the album. And whether you agree or not he's made good points for his argument

[@SP2Crazy]

@@Kushncorinthian Nah not at all

[@Kushncorinthian]

@SP2Crazy agreeing with someone and seeing the merit of their argument aren't mutually exclusive. Some songs are not his sound and he explains why very clearly.. There are way worse reviews out there☠️ including other fantano reviews

[@SP2Crazy]

@@Kushncorinthian Yup his vultures review was much worse, unfortunately.

[@IceKoldKilla]

Who goes "I wonder what The Guardian thinks about this rap album?" 😂🤣 Yeah Utopia was mid but they're the last people to listen to when talking about hiphop.

[@tariq6319]

Yoo guys I have a recommendation for you: The Album Stadtaffe by Berlin based rapper Peter Fox You won't understand anything but it's worth for the instrumentals and Peter's delivery alone. It's unlike anything you've ever heard. A classic on the level of a graduation or misseducation imo I'd love to hear your opinion on it And I'd be so down to explain the themes and lines if you actually decide to give it a listen

[@Doubtmepls]

Legendäres Album

[@tariq6319]

@@Doubtmepls frfr

[@BuIldogProd]

That forever story review is atrocious

[@NFRPodcast]

Crazy😂

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

The forever story is at least a 9 out of 10

[@ClickBate69]

It’s cuz they don’t understand the culture. If they don’t understand it they won’t like it

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

​@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123it's not even a 8/10 so stop it

[@anthonycollins2383]

@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315Trying so hard to be different I see.

[@aliicingir2108]

The Delresto slander needs to stop, imo the song is one of the highlights of the album. Idk it might be just me but the song makes me feel like I am sleep deprived and my plane just landed at around 3 am while I still have a few hours alone walking in the empty airport while waiting for my connection flight. Maybe a bit too specific.

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Oh man I do not forget the response to that Flower Boy review. The review was so dismissive and essentially made out it was all performative from Tyler to correct previous lyrics and yeah people really came for Kelly McLure. Consequence even came out a few years later saying they got it totally wrong in an article

[@Foxy_grandpa2345]

Interesting video topic. Should make a pt. 2

[@NFRPodcast]

W

[@ashupochh8310]

You'll talk about XXL giving 8/10 to revival but you'll never talk about Pitchfork giving Recovery 2/10.

[@PrincipalSkinner3190]

Recovery sucks. Not 2/10 bad, but still not good.

[@NFRPodcast]

2/10 for Recovery is nuts

[@slomo6054]

for some reason i feel like a 4.7 for mmlp2 is even more outrageous. that album is a high point in eminem’s career

[@ashupochh8310]

@@NFRPodcast recovery in part 2 please

[@pastromer8552]

im gonna not look through the comments yet and see how quickly i can find a needledrop mbdtf mention took me 15 seconds

[@yjun898]

We need more for this

[@NFRPodcast]

W

[@gensackler]

no way the big day review wasnt paid 😭

[@NathanHillWASHERE]

I enjoyed the Utopia album but most of the power of the album comes with the production. I just love great lyrics coming from the rapper. I feel because of Kayne, TikTok, and some trap we are losting the lyrics in rap. Everything feels so condensed. We get it, you can make a great beat or instrumental. For example, I asked my 23 year cousin why she isn't a fan of 2Pac, Biggie, and Nas, and she literally said to me it's too "wordy", the beats are boring compared to people like Travis Scott & the jersey or drill scene, and why be impactful (care) when you gonna die in the end. My heart broke. 😢

[@NFRPodcast]

Interesting take!

[@plasmass3]

kayne

[@vizer4904]

Yeah Kayne is the reason we are losing lyrics in rap 😭😭😭

[@ace2311]

I don't get why that's a bad thing tho. Not everyone is a fan of lyrical tracks or artists like 2pac and biggie which is fine. I personally like both but see myself gravitate more towards the trap and psychedelic side of hiphop. Let's be real here. Majority of people aren't trying to listen to something super complex or that requires sitting down and really understanding the song. Sure lyrics are important but production has so much more to do with music. It's nice going into an album not knowing what sounds I'm going to hear, where I'll be transported etc.

[@ace2311]

@nebula8246 "all rap is hip hop but not all hip hop is rap" While in the past, hiphop started with lyric centered tracks, the genre has evolved to where rap is simply one of many sub genres of hiphop. Now I'm not saying we can't appreciate past artists like Tupac that help push the genre to what it is now but to be heart broken because someone doesn't like what the past has to offer is exaggerative.

[@thelyonking5812]

I still remember that horrible Pitchfork review of Rodeo. I haven’t taken them seriously since then.

[@DiegoMagengo]

All Is Yellow review coming?

[@BACKDOORBROWNIE710]

No point. It’s ass

[@NFRPodcast]

No but we did an album reaction

[@sharkybuddy7]

@@NFRPodcastdid you like it?

[@melon4980]

shouldve waited to make this video, fantano off his rocker

[@Azer182x]

I can't believe how bad the review for The Forever Story is. How can anyone be so wrong?

[@distantsalutations9120]

10:38 “raw throat the third verse” big fucking pause

[@kokoBuSiLiCa]

The big day got a 10/10, there was probably something wrong with my hearing during this album, all I heard was cringe.

[@NFRPodcast]

Lol wild one

[@camacarzie12]

From the videos ive watched i still cant believe you guys gave Don Tolivor’s last album Lovesick such a low score

[@moc-king-bird]

GOD DON'T MAKE MISTAKES from NFR Podcast should be in this conversation. This album is perfect from front to back and the absolute peak of the Griselda catalogue.

[@anthonyernst999]

I agree with The Guardians' review of Utopia. It's not a good album. Im not a fan of this new sound that Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Yeat, and others like them are trying to make. It's awful, to be honest. I like Travis Scott's other music for the most part

[@AdamAdam-md4mi]

NFR’s worst review is “It’s Almost Dry” for me tbh. That’s where my love for the channel started to dwindle unfortunately

[@NFRPodcast]

Hopefully you enjoyed this video🙏

[@AliFrankTheTank]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 wth

[@EntrEsprit]

Critic reviews are at times so funny, they might give praise to the album throughout review, just to add the last sentence which sounds almost like they criticisizing a person behind the album and not the music itself, and give it like a 30 out of 100

[@Scoutgerber123]

Cool format you guys should make more of these type of vids

[@joeyinfinity920]

the writing in reviews has alway been weird as fuck to me and they barely ever get to the meat of the conversation. They use strange words and odd metaphors to compensate not knowing shit

[@fuhyfelax8218]

W take on Travis not having to talk about Astroworld incident in his album that’s a terrible reason to give a bad review for an album it’s not the time for an apology on his album it wouldn’t have really hit like that and it would’ve been out of place

[@gradystichler378]

Your guy’s worst review was for sure Insano😂 That album went crazy and yall slept on it so hard, def gotta go listen to it again. Mr Coola, Wow, At the Party, Get off me. All fire ass songs🔥

[@FaceSlapStudios]

Maybe I'll get hate for this, but I feel like one of your worst takes is how much you guys under rated NF. He is an excellent rapper with some really interesting flows and lyrics, as well as great grandiose production that is unique to him and him alone. Even if you feel like you're being “preached at” with songs like The Search or Hope, like you guys have said, he has a lot of stuff outside of this that are completely different sonically and as well as having very different content. Songs like Prideful or No Excuses are really excellent showcases of his ability to spit. I'd highly recommend that you guys give him another chance. Regardless, love the channel, keep up the good work guys.

[@arthillidan1905]

the magic 3 review physically hurt me

[@johnfigueroa9813]

Another great video from you guys. Best videos to watch on lunch break

[@nwkc]

i feel like im the only person who likes pink tape. i thoroughly enjoy like 20 or so of the tracks and i hate long albums so its definitely not a great album to listen to front to back, but song to song i like it more than ea & luv is rage 1 (dont kill me)

[@ishydubs5003]

nah i agree with you its amazing and while i dont think its better than ea and luv is rage 2, its def right behind it and overhated

[@jorelmorel]

i agree lmao it's my second fav uzi album after luv is rage 2, those are his only two albums i actually like. i think he's a decent artist just not an albums guy

[@toster2134_]

What I like about Fantano is that he actually backs up his reviews, no matter how shitty his rating is. These websites like Rolling Stones and Pitchfork either listen to the majority or go based off of if they like the artist. A lot of the reviews and lists are awful and the detail is lackluster.

[@CaminoKev]

Lu were you trying to pronounce scintillating (sin-teh-lād-ing)? 😂 My boy, please read more books 😭

[@ashantinyongo7632]

I don’t think most people have ever seen that word before lol

[@CaminoKev]

lol fair enough @@ashantinyongo7632

[@milesmohrien8964]

that frank ocean verse stole my soul, i cant believe what im hearing rn. 5/10 for flower boy is a crime

[@MarLikeIt]

We didn’t know who or what Cudi really was. So at that time in 2008/09 his simple cat rat hat rhymes was even a let down to me. Of course now in 2024 we know better to expect that from Cudi. He was groundbreaking and you can’t doubt those who didn’t get it.. took me months if not a year

[@Leo-st9ti]

Flower boy was definitely the worst, but forever story is close

[@loopy7117]

"Cudi is sad, does mushrooms, gets famous, and is still sad" is so funny how blunt it is about cudi😭

[@nakamishi5518]

The Rolling Stones gave Animals by Pink Floyd a 4/10 talking about bad reviews

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

The Rolling Stones are braindead

[@biggiescoops046]

Who actually takes them seriously?

[@Gabriel-dr8vp]

Your guys worst album review was for. Utopia, it was a good album and you guys said it was amazing. There are 5 good songs(fein, meltdown, I know, topia twins and my eyes out of 19 songs)

[@charlieyork5439]

“Demonic raw-throated verse.” Me Be Like What the f*ck is he on?

[@yammerrryeet511]

Utopia was so overhyped and overrated. Literally mid the album

[@konitheprophet]

28:09 Pronouncing that title that way is interesting

[@doglog3934]

Pitchfork giving Vespertine a 7, the Fragile a 2, Lateralus a 1, the new abnormal a 5

[@nololin82]

Besides Day n night and a few others, I didn’t really like Man on the Moon when it first dropped. I didn’t really go back to it as I remembered it being sort of meh. I revisited it last year as it was ROM on VMP. Now I consider it one of the worst albums I have ever heard, it is so bad.

[@biggiescoops046]

No way you're serious 😭

[@pixelizedpear]

Having 0 keeps off of INSANO is just insane to me. Thats probably your wost

[@MrDohers]

3.5/5 is a decent score for Tiny Mix Tapes. They were always low scorers

[@Wixxy0]

Pink tape is fire man, overhated as fuck

[@llllemomn]

damn i never knew tiny mixtapes did gkmc like that 😭

[@Expino_20]

A lot of these critics would actually take their words back if they could but I kinda understand why they get it wrong most of the time. It is quite impossible to give an accurate review of an album after a few listen. Most of these reviews are influenced by the reviewers' perception of the artist and music taste, performance of the artist's previous project, and the public perception. After all is their opinions, right

[@cashxx_x]

i gotta agree tho with the utopia critiques. It seems he just kinda put songs on there to inflate the track number. Songs like parasail, lost forever and skitzo are boring, Delestro and i know are annoying, and topia twins and kpop shouldnt have been there either

[@hippiedwellness9459]

All these reviews are absolutely atrocious. The MBDTF disrespect is appalling. No surprise though. They are not part of the culture and they have no interest in showing what hip hop truly has to offer. But who needs them? That what you guys are here for 🙌🏾

[@NFRPodcast]

🐐

[@jdub910]

Backseat Freestyle really is a banger though

[@Whodnl]

NFR never misses on a review

[@NFRPodcast]

Daniel taking another W🙏

[@Mayax13]

This video idea is so fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@filippo6447]

I feel like most of these journalists were instructed to write a controversial review just for clicks and fill it with general statements and complex words to appear smarter, even though many of these words are misused in the sentences where they’re placed.

[@sharkybuddy7]

What did you guys think about all is yellow?

[@greg_levine]

My rating of each album: UTOPIA: 8/10 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 9.5/10 good kid, m.A.A.d city: 10/10 The Big Day: 6/10 The Forever Story: 7/10 Revival: 7/10 Pink Tape: 2/10 Man on the Moon: 9/10 Flower Boy: 6/10

[@tomhiggins6885]

Man on the moon 2 is also criminally low on pitchfork

[@Yeatologist]

Yall need to add yourself to this list w/ your 2093 review lmao

[@Ambatakum1500]

JID has a week catalog? the forever story ≠good kid maad city

[@OficeyTwo]

Your worst review is saying that any playboi carti album is good

[@NFRPodcast]

😂😂

[@thymightyneb3188]

amazing utopia takes from u guys

[@Odel964]

So glad I got early access 😭😭

[@NFRPodcast]

Wodel🙏

[@Kaish1.]

Same

[@PrincipalSkinner3190]

Your worst review is "Homestly Nevermind" easily.

[@NFRPodcast]

😂😂

[@seanjjpaul]

Worst review is magic 2 or magic 3 lol there’s so many gems on them give it a fresh listen

[@NFRPodcast]

Might need to tap back in!

[@ethanmilne1569]

Anthony’s house of balloons review is arguably worse than his MBDTF review

[@ShaggyJ1000]

Is Utopia gonna NFR’s TPAB?

[@jdub910]

You could put some Needle Drop reviews on this ngl

[@Pupuke]

Pink tape was pretty good ngl

[@cjmyers80]

River and walk on water are bangers. Tragic endings nowhere fast. There were definitely good songs on that album I don’t know if I’d say 8/10 tho maybe 7ish

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

Rolling Stone gave LYSF a 6/10 and Hellfire by black midi a 5/10. They gotta be one of the worst music publications I’ve ever seen in terms of music taste

[@6eostorm]

Everyone thinks Utopia was mid except his whyte fans 😂

[@Gankzta]

White bois love mainstream Hiphop 🙄

[@6eostorm]

@@Gankztafacts 😆👍🏽

[@bakashinji]

What does skin color have to do with any of it?

[@Gankzta]

@@bakashinji yall corny and lame af 🤣

[@MaxMobile2019]

Угольки ущемились

[@jaysoncarter3171]

These reviewers are so unprofessional they Basically let their personal opinions on artists dictate their analysis of their work. Don’t pay attention to any ones review like what you like.

[@skullcrest]

utopia mostly stinks and its trav's worst album. pink tape clears it so hard and its uzi's 2nd best album

[@Mf-0009]

Can u guys please rate rappers discographies(especially TRAVİS,ASAP ROCKY,J COLE)

[@ryanmay2473]

The Guardian reviews music, especially hip hop, based on politics first and foremost, and they have the most consistently cringey takes on music. Also major 'how do you do fellow kids' energy - and that's coming from someone who is nearly 30

[@JohnnyTester420]

We been saying this: UTOPIA ISNT FOR YOUR CASUAL TRAVIS SCOTT LISTENER. Only people that truely mess with Travis will understand how groundbreaking the album is. To everyone else, it’s average. To me, it’s legendary