This Is Insulting

[@Cudisspam]

He died of an overdose and then they put him all doped up on the cover. That’s the rudest and most disgusting part to me.

[@zerouk_l]

He wanted that to be the cover, he was working with the same guy who made the graduation cover

[@Cudisspam]

@@zerouk_lyall just read anything on the internet and run with it. Literally just watch the video before you pipe up. There were different versions of him drawn up, the one they chose is insulting.

[@zerouk_l]

Yeah I know there were other versions that were made, and I'm not complaining, I genuinely kinda of like the cover art. Don't get me wrong, it does look bad but it looks unique and it stands out

[@grav3yardshawty]

it's insulting with the context of him being gone, but if he were here i would not be surprised at all if he loved the cover

[@Cudisspam]

Precisely. 👆🏼

[@brandonkoch3764]

Mac and Peep’s people have really done their catalog so much justice, meanwhile X and Juice’s people couldn’t care less. It’s unbelievably sad.

[@Chance57]

Hard to care about X tbh

[@Kyouko1269]

Peep has never made good music

[@jonathanhurckes67]

@@Kyouko1269 That has nothing to do with what he said,

[@drainnavori5820]

@@Kyouko1269that is literally false

[@iamjaspernoir]

@@drainnavori5820 Peep has never made good music

[@gogogotclaimed]

the contrast between mac millers and juice’s estate/label is baffling. this should really be common practice.

[@sebav-hs4nt]

people would have a LOT more respect for juice as all his GOOD, high quality, and fire tracks would be put out there, idk HOW a record label could possibly have had an artist pass, with 3000 SONGS sitting in the vault and they can't make something out of it (but legends never die was done pretty well tho), like just look up 'swerve' or 'rental' or 'victorious' or 'barbarian' just to name a few

[@MorgansMemez]

@@sebav-hs4nt seriously yeah, heard most of the leaks to date and there are so many hit songs that they just dont want to release for some reason... and this cover art? dude... im convinced they actually dont give a single fck about juice... dude had leeches all around him.

[@LoopsPls]

I dont believe for a second, he made 3000 songs. ​@sebav-hs4nt

[@wood4life]

@@sebav-hs4nt It’s probably more of a trash can for throw away’s than a vault. Dude had like a two year run. Anyone making that many songs in two years is making a bunch of garbage. There’s people out here that spend 6-8 times that working on one album with 8-10 songs. The best out of that 3000 was already put out there when he was alive and that was only two albums.

[@ChuckGibbs39]

Both get milked tbh.

[@DCReal93]

As a huge Juice WRLD fan I have to agree. There is a level of respect that is get when Mac and Peep songs drop. There doesn’t seem to be any care in the Juice and X team. And it makes me very very sad.

[@rood4170]

I genuinely thought the cover art was AI mimicking Takashi Murakami... and now im wishing it was. I JUST had a contemporary art class talking about how Murakami work is about the intersection of multiple cultures and how he shows the impacts of diaspora, and to see how surface level this album art is, is a CRAZY contrast.

[@oompaCookie]

That's what juice world wanted,he wanted a album cover made in that style

[@greaterthan97]

It looks like a drug users POV/pill art style. Idk y'all just dont do drugs juice did Tho.

[@oompaCookie]

@@greaterthan97 that's what I thought it was going for lol

[@kgwhiz3773]

Same I thought it was ai or a rip off. Even the nonsensical jumbled hand is unintentionally trash. Even the artist mc bess at least makes it feel intentional when making fucked cartoon hands.

[@Hayden420K]

I don’t take art classes but I’ve always seen murakami as a talentless hack especially after his multiple instagram bots would begs me to buy his shit nft crypto scam a few years ago

[@yutoob6181]

As a die hard Juice fan I appreciate you showing him respect and I understand your perspective. Juice’s wish was for all of his music to be released in some form or fashion. His mother and his team believe they are honoring his wishes and legacy. However you make some valid points about his best work not always being officially released. As every Juice fan knows, many of his best songs are actually leaks. The Party Never Ends is a play on his refrain from Astroworld’s No Bystanders. The intention is to give fans a project of his less depressed, more upbeat records. The artwork could definitely be better.

[@ace.ethan7]

This

[@harshsharma3907]

Most sensible person here

[@slasheztech5390]

So far I think this release is being handled well, yeah the art could be better but i Dont think TPNE needs some cloud of negativity and hate surrounding its release when we dont even have it yet. I like the art but this is all just opinion fr.

[@GodFatherLarry]

Tho the artwork is extremely special. Juice went and met with murakami to create the album cover

[@krusher181]

How do we know what his wishes were didn’t he die suddenly?

[@joeborda899]

The cover looks like Graduation on acid

[@Turbos-b3z]

PCP*

[@brawnyflame8858]

Fentanyl*

[@ZIRE003]

Nitrous*

[@serzex1770]

Cocaine*

[@gojixeyes]

same artist

[@NABBIT2000]

It’s crazy how the art of Juice Wrld that Fortnite did is 100% better than the official album cover. And to be honest it should’ve been the actual cover.

[@8thlvlMage]

Epic Games studio always tries to make their characters true to who the person is/was in life. They keep things respectful and try to make sure the guest character's style is done justice. Not every artist or studio follows that ethos, unfortunately.

[@NABBIT2000]

@ yeah true

[@Pincushionn]

They even gave him that awesome tribute.

[@goinsmelvin]

Juice and murakami made the cover in 2019.

[@oompaCookie]

I definitely bought juice world in fortnite ​@8thlvlMage

[@kylecena5583]

he looks like a muppet on the new album cover

[@bradbaker980]

Puppeting his dead body

[@Loverboirider]

4:25 not to mention why did he give him abs LOL juice wrld was not ripped 😂

[@Triangleworker14]

Fr

[@epson_ecotank_et-2850]

above hairline hat placement is crazy

[@TableSalt_]

It kinda makes him look bald lol

[@five12man]

Nah, you can see the widow's peak stubble

[@mitchellanderson3068]

@@TableSalt_he is bald

[@lament22]

​@@mitchellanderson3068wait are you serious? i genuinely cant watch him anymore now

[@callum2380]

​@@mitchellanderson3068 oh brother

[@latiasite]

I’m somehow more angry that Murakami has suddenly fallen off _this_ hard than I am at the actual album existing 💀

[@SilliusSodus]

The album art looks so ASS 💀💀 I thought it was AI first.

[@mik-d5e]

He's been trash

[@kiddcamo597]

The craziest thing is that he's collaborated with Juice before and it's been fire. This was just a miss

[@Desler3]

murakami didnt fall off his recent stuff is still gas this just kinda sucks

[@Wompton_]

There was an original version that was so much better

[@rouge939]

Graduation is possibly my favorite album cover ever. What the fuck happened

[@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeew]

Graduation is Kanye West's worst album

[@Goated-kanyewest]

@@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeewbro. Never heard of vultures 2💀

[@shize6115]

@@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeew 3/10 ragebait

[@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeew]

@@Goated-kanyewest vultures 2 3/10 Graduation 2/10

[@Goated-kanyewest]

@@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeew L rage bait

[@ohriginal1]

Don't typically watch fantano videos, but I had to watch this one. I think it's genuinely sad how they have handled his work. Like another comment said, Mac Miller's and Lil Peep's art has been handled properly, but X and Juice's catalog haven't. It's very disappointing and feels disrespectful in a way. I'm glad that Mac Miller and Lil Peep's music is being handled well, I just wish that X and Juice were treated with the same respect, especially since they were all some of my favorite artists of all time. Peep, Juice, and X being the first artists I had ever listened to makes this situation even more heartbreaking to me, I hope this whole ordeal gets better, though it most likely won't... R.I.P M, X, J, P, and all the others we lost.

[@JakeFromVine]

As someone that has been a die-hard Juice WRLD fan since I was 15 and am now 22, I couldn't be more dissapointed with what the label did to his last project, so upsetting.

[@Beano_man]

Juice recorded over 3000 songs all freestyles they all just needed mixing and mastering yet they want to sell verses to Eminem and Niki Minaj instead of just releasing it the way he made them. Juice was a one of a kind artist and spoke on almost every theme and emotion possible all from the heart and from the top of his head . He reflected his emotions flawlessly on every song every high and low .

[@JustSilord]

Lace it is good

[@FansOfHouston]

@@JustSilord lie again

[@RainyWRLD.]

@@JustSilord🧢

[@JustSilord]

@@FansOfHouston it’s just a opinion 😭🙏🏽

[@FansOfHouston]

@@JustSilord LMAOOOO

[@ricardoediza2690]

They really beating Ali Lotti in the competition for ruining Juices reputation

[@luminite1633]

Ali Lotti never ruined Juice’s reputation, she was just disrespecting him hella after his death

[@trapskilla]

@@luminite1633and I hope we are aware that a good number of the “disrespect allegations” against her were made up by trolls on reddit (like that she was selling his old clothes, pieces of his dreads etc)

[@TheRealReasonYourDadLeft]

​@@trapskilla it's sad how many people didn't realize it was fake lmfao, the guy who made it even put his user in the pic.

[@f0rgot]

@@TheRealReasonYourDadLeft i mean what about letting her new boytoy wear his rolex? like that was literally posted on her ig + dude was flexing some of juice's old possessions on his ig. a lot of atrocious shit was on her ig. even comments her account left under different posts, maybe you could argue it was someone running her page or whatever. i never really kept up with that shit but i still remember that from probably ~ 2 years ago now

[@gfrise1984]

Crazy take your telling me juice would tell his team to stop releasing music???

[@Cantthinkofon1]

The problem is they’re not releasing his hard songs. We want the mainstream to realize he’s not just an emo rapper. We’re asking for songs like Carry it, iron on me, smith & Wesson etc. to release and it’s like they don’t want that

[@OVOJermey]

It’s Bibby, he likes the sad music more so he releases it more smh

[@Mortalpro5522]

We not ever gettin those gng

[@db5094]

@@OVOJermey how do we get bobby fired

[@undagroundsoundproductions4214]

No one askin' for dead garbage, LULZ

[@Midas_Ong]

​@OVOJermey he thinks juice wrld fans are only sad kids

[@TheFinalBattleDVTO]

Insulting is a SEVERE UNDERSTATEMENT

[@The_incredible_Adam]

I wish he was still here , I lost my brother in 2006 to his addiction and nearly died myself before I found recovery. I love juices music I just can’t help myself but feel sad for him and his family when I hear it . He was such a bright light that burned out fast

[@Xoxo-bt4bn]

You’re so strong. Best wishes to you hope you’re able to keep healing

[@The_incredible_Adam]

@ thank you . I have 5 years recovery this time around because I have good people around me. If juice had good people around him he could of made it to . God bless

[@Nari-7022]

this shit is just depressing to me. i genuinely hate what the music industry has allowed and will continue to allow when it comes to artists who have passed - and with Ai forcing its way into the mainstream culture, im honestly kinda terrified. why cant we just let these people fucking rest in peace???? this shit will never stop feeling like tying a corpse up with strings and making it dance like a puppet. i just cant stand this shit

[@Chromeals]

Juice wanted his music out, he said he would release every song he’s made. It’s not the fact they release music, it’s the fact they constantly choose the same crap depressing songs and add stupid posthumous features and change existing songs around like Arctic Tundra. Theres so many amazing songs in the vault out of the 2000 songs there supposedly is and they choose to drop crap. Hopefully the album’s music compensates for the cover art but there’s not much hope from what we’ve heard is on it.

[@MarquinchMogule]

Blame the fans as well for continuously supporting the bullshit that’s handed to them

[@paultapping9510]

​@MarquinchMogule exactly. The label wouldn't drop it if people didn't buy it.

[@nocturnaloctopus]

Drake using Edo Tensei No Jutsu on Tupac Shakur like he's Orochimaru

[@MarquinchMogule]

@ in the grand scheme of life none of this shit matters or has an impact on what truly matters. It’s entertainment, and perspective is the one thing that keeps people thinking it has value. Music is powerful yes but when you start idolizing a dead 25 yr old then it becomes a mental health issue

[@HazeInTheHeavens]

The problem is Juice has literally thousands of songs, and so so many of those being different, yet Bibby refuses to drop those.

[@dominicbertolami2803]

i know, how the hell is this his last album?? so much music still yet to be released. they did him no justice with all the music they chose to release

[@RAPKANYEFAN]

yes so many better than on album

[@KingDec-ji7gf]

Fantano casually posting at 1:17 am

[@DARIUS04]

He’s west coast it’s only 10

[@ysmdylan3023]

it's only 10:34 for me

[@caidenf.3229]

Time zones exist

[@caitlynsult2685]

same i’m in PA 😭

[@suitestheband]

​@@caidenf.3229Tony East Coast cat

[@winxsont5502]

The album is coming out this Friday on the 29th of November. I hope you give it a listen and go in with an open mind because fans have been waiting for this exact album that shows more of Juice’s hype music side for over 3 years. From what I can tell so far I think this is gonna be his best posthumous album and even though the cover disappointed a lot of people I’m sure people will be pleasantly surprised at the songs on the album!

[@JustSilord]

Finally a positive comment

[@Waadeigh]

i’m so happy that ppl are noticing this im so happy that we’re finally getting this album but at the same time it just feels so tarnished

[@havenp]

There’s no way that background isn’t AI generated, it’s the opposite of cohesive. Nothing looks intentional. I don’t want to believe a person could make this

[@syedsyabilakif4485]

Murakami has gotten very creatively lazy at this point in his career but even then I doubt he would just AI generate that background. He has a ton of assistants that do this kind of work for him anyway nowadays so he wouldn't need to use AI.

[@leaffinite2001]

I mean if murakami is going to make something bad might as well be this. Good album art wouldnt save it lol

[@x_ch00F]

@@syedsyabilakif4485 guaranteed there is ai in here somewhere, the artifacts are a dead giveaway. >he has tons of assistants so he wouldn't need to use ai the difference between an assistant and an ai is that you have to pay the assistant

[@EmptycatArt]

It is AI

[@printfortnite]

@@leaffinite2001 ur a retard

[@SkibidiCarter-z8m]

just let him rest bro. He did so much for a lot of people and his own people squeezin music out of him STILL

[@Call_Me_Rio]

Question. How is this disturbing him or not letting him rest in peace?

[@asian_duck8208]

​@@Call_Me_RioIt's an insult to the legacy he left behind

[@asian_duck8208]

​@@Call_Me_Rioalso they're profiting off of his corpse

[@Call_Me_Rio]

@@asian_duck8208 How is it destroying his legacy. I’m pretty sure we all understand that these are posthumous releases that shouldn’t affect his image because he had no control over them. Also, the fans begged the label for this album sooo🤷

[@SkibidiCarter-z8m]

@Call_Me_Rio His people don’t care about the quality of the songs and could care less if his fans wanted any more content. They would be doing the same thing even if none of them wanted another album. It’s js rly disrespectful and insulting to his legacy .

[@cadetri9716]

Anthony you compared the art on the cover to AI as a critique but I think there is zero debate to be had: This art IS AI generated. The random warping of resolution, the totally nonsensical nature of it, and the complete randomness of brush strokes totally give it away. People often look at an AI image, see that the people have the right amount of fingers and say "yep, must be legit" - but really critically thinking along the lines of "would an artist have a reason to make a mark here?" or "would an artist logically depict this in this way under any circumstance?" will always reveal AI art for the bullshit that it is. This to me looks like a hybrid between Murakami's actually artwork and stuff generated by Midjourney. We've seen an increasing number of such hybrids.

[@x_ch00F]

I'm trying to find a high def png to look at to confirm but yeah the 9s on that dude's shirt are basically a dead giveaway lmao. there are generative image artifacts all over this thing. I refuse to believe these are jpg artifacts.

[@weaselsdawg]

reading some of murakamis own words on ai and nfts i wouldnt be surprised if he leaned into it in a way that ages less than well

[@Campobleh]

Midakami probably just drew juice and the first few colems and asked an ai to continue the photo

[@rainbowgrimart]

The text was the giveaway for me. It had that weird blending blur and even identical numbers next to each other aren't written the same way but in a way that AI fucks up and not in a way that an artist would deliberately fuck it up. That smear in text just stands out to me like a hot poker every time AI does something like this

[@mon_nobi]

Yep the cover art seems so clear that Murakami trained an AI model on his own art style, which is why it looks so amorphous and reductive

[@fives4052]

being apart of the unreleased community is amazing he genuinely has so many amazing tracks and too see his team consistently make the wrong choices of what songs they release is hard many people in the community could and have made fan albums that are better just from what we have leaked

[@mon_nobi]

Regarding the cover art, seems so clear that Murakami trained an AI model on his own art style, which is why it looks so amorphous and reductive

[@not_vnknownartist7369]

you can see the figures in the back are 100% ai generated they have fading and meshing that you can tell isn’t intentional

[@ei..]

​@@not_vnknownartist7369Also how the chain around his neck blends with the heart

[@Longleke.]

PLEASE as a graphic designer, illustrator, and artist, I NEEEEEEEEED more fantano commentary on album covers. I beg of you. If I were Fantano I would never review an album without at least mentioning the cover and how it relates to and impacts the overall body of work. But sometimes he seems wholly indifferent to album art. It’s strange.

[@topgun2580]

Something something book something something judge something something

[@caitlynsult2685]

he’s roasted album art before, for example, think later by tate mcrae and culture 3 by migo

[@Longleke.]

@@topgun2580 damn dude, way to miss the point completely. I never said the cover should be the basis he grades on. I just said it’d be great if he at least acknowledged it more often. Visual art and design says a LOT about a body of work, and the artist’s intention. That’s all.

[@Marshydarshy]

I think he just genuinely isn't very interested in visuals, it's not something he generally has super strong opinions on outside of the outliers where something is ridiculously bad or extremely powerful and striking. I do think that album art is valuable and worth discussing but I don't think Fantano's the person to do it, just based on his personal interests.

[@aledandrian]

Because it’s usually not all that important when discussing the music itself

[@bradleyhardeman8644]

To me, if they were going to release his unreleased music, demos, and unfinished projects, why not just have like a library where fans can go and check it all out for themselves-- like an ARCHIVE. It feels like these labels are instead thinking of ways they can keep juicing the money out of it and just package these things under a single or a feature or an album. It's sad to see. Why don't we have archives for artists and musicians like we do for authors?

[@savageopress1753]

That is extremely smart.

[@shiyobui]

that sadly will never happen, because of money, good thing the leakers know what we want

[@Ezra7X]

Bcuz Bibby is a sack chaser after his rap fell off and dr Luke is a bad person

[@snapkrr]

In this situation leakers are actually the good guys

[@greaterthan97]

Because you are a fan. That's not how music is done.

[@JakeFromVine]

There are so many amazing unreleased songs by Juice WRLD. I could put a better final project together in 5 minutes by just going through some of my favorites like Good Times and Outer Space

[@isaquerodrigues5755]

I think that the cover is trying to represent your vision when Hallucinating or being on shrooms

[@ITe999I]

More like acid than shrooms

[@Pixelusually]

Which is terrible considering how he died

[@WHIPLASHVideosTBT]

Guarantee this is an AI generated image that Murakami okayed. The amount of people in the comments that don't think Murakami is a money hungry capitalist just because he's an artist though 💀🤦🏾‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂

[@angel_of_rust]

b-but artiats hate AI!! (until they figure out how to grift with it)

[@kaorugrimm6176]

murakami had a show in kyoto this year and about 40% of the work was incomplete with a bunch of random "tech" shit scrawled on, and in the show he was given a voice with little multi-coloured acrylic panels, 50-70% of which was just complaining about how little he was earning from the show and how he was broke and blah blah. after looking through each thing I can assuredly say that he only had one piece that he physically painted. New York really ruined murakami

[@AmpluexCompressa]

I liked his work from the first time I saw it, but it always had this cynical, market-driven vibe to it.

[@goinsmelvin]

Juice and murakami were working on the cover art before he passed. Look into things before just speaking.

[@Jeremy-bt8lo]

@@goinsmelvinHow about you link it in the comments instead of telling people to look it up, it’ll make it easier for people to see if you’re just making it up or not. No proof to your statement is just disingenuous when you’re doing the bare minimum for others that don’t care to check. It makes your comment useless

[@codu.]

It’s crazy because he still has so much phenomenal music in the vault that I wish was released officially, but instead I’m sure the next album will be filled with a bunch of stinkers anyway

[@Heavensgate2005]

U wouldn't know till u listened to it tho

[@tripl9]

​@@Heavensgate2005well just talking from experience they tend to put out the worst versions of anything so like if burn is fire and has 6 versions they'll alter it and make a 7th that is the worst out of all 7

[@Heavensgate2005]

@tripl9 well that's the labels fault. Not juices. I feel like this album would be fire but idk. Knowing his label they'll chose his worst songs

[@tripl9]

@@Heavensgate2005 I agree completely it's sad to admit because juice is all I listen to for the last 3 years. idk why either I like all types of music not picky all genres but it's just my go to lol I don't even feel depressed or like drugs I just like his voice I think so seeing it so badly represented is :(

[@Heavensgate2005]

@tripl9 he's my fav artist so even if the song is "bad" to others it's good to me

[@mattchampionwithboxes]

I’m going to start this by saying I am a huge juice WRLD fan. He’s who I would consider my favorite artist ever, I’m looking forward to this album because I know the songs will be good, but my god has it been a frustrating wait. The album art is just another thing in a long line of disappointments. That being said The Party Never Ends is a good title for the record I believe because juice himself was aware that the part never ending wasn’t a good thing it’s something he brings up in a lot of unreleased tracks.

[@tripl9]

it has been very disappointing.

[@dedraul6145]

100% agree

[@OsirisKilpz]

Everything they’ve recently dropped has been chopped and robbed from the vault. Not even the originals were respected just edited and added features.

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

Also "No Bystanders" is how I got into Juice

[@sqcxs]

Okay first off I wanna say great video, your points and information were very organized and backed up. I do have something to say, his thumbnail was made by his favorite artist so although it is not like the ones he's had in the past, it's something that he would have liked and appreciated. Following that, Bibby, the manager of his music, has taken an interesting approach to how he continued juice's legacy and the only thing I can say it we have been in fact getting consistent music throughout the past couple years

[@alexfurlong3213]

the songs bibby has released on this build up is some of the best released music with no doubt

[@MrFanservice]

Album covers SHOULD be something where you can look at it, and get a general vibes check for what the project may be going for. An intro before the intro track per say This cover makes me feel like everyone who helped make the project did not want to be a part of it

[@DTheAustralian]

This stuff usually sucks enough when the artist is alive, but when the artist is dead? It’s just insulting, both to Juice and us.

[@Artizm_Music]

Legends Never Die should’ve been the only posthumous album from Juice WRLD. His label, and even worse, his family, they all should be ashamed for exploiting Juice WRLD and milking him for all that they felt he was worth.

[@ysmdylan3023]

He has thousands of unreleased songs, hundreds that Juice wanted to release.

[@Artizm_Music]

@ysmdylan3023 Neither you or I don’t truly know if Juice WRLD wanted any of these songs to be released. These greedy ass people did it anyway because they know that Juice WRLD isn’t here to have the final say. Imagine how much these people would’ve screwed him over if he was still alive.

[@ysmdylan3023]

@ He had plans for a lot of songs to release, he was gonna drop an album called 'The Outsiders' as well as collab albums with multiple artists like Ski Mask, Yachty, Thug etc. He had hella plans for future music.

[@aname7086]

​@Artizm_Music "music is meant to be released" is something I remember Juice saying before he passed. Meaning he would want his music released. I'm not saying they're doing it in the best way or even the way he would have preferred (especially with how they doing him with the cover 💀 and fighting demons wasn't very good either. And it's a mid ass name for a album) but he definitely would rather have his music come out for people that enjoy his music to listen to. They definitely haven't been doing the best job at it since Legends Never Die though. I don't know how they fell off with it so hard.

[@Artizm_Music]

@@ysmdylan3023The difference is that’s HIS choice. HE chooses the songs he wants to put on the album. HE chooses who he wanted to do these collab albums with. But all of these songs that were released, he didn’t choose these songs to be released because he’s not here with us to choose. For all we know, he could’ve felt that every single song post Legends Never Die that has been released were hot garbage.

[@zamzero]

Well when juice was alive he had already planned to do an album called the party never ends, and legends never die was to rememberer juice and the artist he was which still had amazing tracks on there where his music kinda was iffy was his second posthumous album fighting demons was more gloomy and sad, when the fans avidly wanted his more hype and rock songs which shows how versatile juice really was sadly I don't think we will ever get that, so I don't think it's Been a constant tarnishing of juices legacy especially with this album being carried out not by Bibby but by people close to juice and know what he wanted about the party never ends, the cover in the other hand is very tragic juice did want a cover from this artist as they did meet up before his passing, however I don't think this is what juice would've wanted, but I don't think he would've been mad at it either none the less could've very much been better

[@StrumGod]

Juice has a lot of underrated lyricism, they just refuse to release any music that has it

[@mariokarter13]

"The music we're getting is redundant." >Juice would literally record 4-5 different songs to the same beat and tell the producer to pick which one he wanted

[@cyannd]

and? the songs still suck

[@Cantthinkofon1]

@@cyanndyeah,no. You gotta listen to more than his popular sad songs Listen to the songs: Carry It, K like a Russian, and Rental. You can find them on here

[@CannyFish]

​@@cyannd because they pick the worst songs from his library and blame it on "all the good songs have been leaked" all they want is money, they don't care about releasing Juice's best songs on streaming platforms for a wider audience.

[@Curbstomp3D]

@@CannyFish they are probably using the best songs as insurance, release all the shitty ones closer to the artists death to feed off the hype that's still there thus making decent money on songs that otherwise wouldve performed badly and eventually release the bangers later down the line when the studio execs need to buy a new yacht that year.

[@CannyFish]

@@Curbstomp3D but even then, they say that TPNE will be the last album. And it's been 5 years soon since Juice passed, the hype has already died since years ago.

[@ohwell2088]

As a visual artist/illustrator: The character lacks line weight, the perspective on the face is completely off, making it look warped. The body is flat and does not hold any volume or construction behind it, making it look more like careless 12 year old doodles rather than the planned illustration work of murakami. I don't know what happened here, perhaps murakami just licensed this artwork but there is absolutely no way he dropped the ball this much. A lot of these things just come second nature if you've been doing illustration with a consistent style as murakami has. Overall it looks cheap and traced. The background is most likely Ai slop in murakami style

[@HazeInTheHeavens]

Pretty sure Murakami designed it all and he has several other art pieces very close in this style.

[@elsuperfish]

It's not just the background, the actual Juice WRLD "drawing" itself is (at least partially) AI too. You can literally see blatant AI artifacts all over it.

[@scaynle]

You hit the nail on the head. Seems like a lot of respected and known artists have gone through this lazy route and it always ends up looking as sloppy as this

[@DangerNoodle999]

the party never ends is actually something juice made up himself and its more of an ironic statement about drug abuse than a literal party never ending

[@jaysven6153]

It’s also just a refrain that juice did on a Travis Scott song….. no clue why fans took hold and won’t let go of the “the party never ends” it certainly does/did end…

[@chubbythechicken]

@@jaysven6153it was originally his own song and he’s said the phrase on a couple different unreleased tracks

[@cryptiddy]

@@jaysven6153 you are not smart at all

[@jaysven6153]

@@chubbythechicken ahhh okay word I didn’t know that

[@jaysven6153]

@@cryptiddy nice try diddy

[@mormagik_gaming]

4:48 got me rolling 😭

[@Thatguy15677]

Had a playlist on soundcloud of unreleased music and 95% of it got wiped off the platform. I’ve got a little hope that this album is a banger

[@Raichiro]

As much as I wish they change the cover, I don’t think you can hold anything against the label for using it, when it was literally Juice Wrlds wish to work with Murakami

[@x_ch00F]

I can't find an hd png of the album art but looking at the text on his jacket, the 9s on the blue shirt near the bottom right, and a few of the faces in the crowd, they genuinely look like they were the result of ai image artificing. I'd be shocked if the text in particular was intentional from murakami, are the results of jpg artifacts, or both. I honestly think this album art might be, at the very least, ai assisted. I would really like to take a closer look at a high res png tho if anyone can find one

[@Hydrosity27]

I think it's important to note that this is been very clearly advertised as his last posthumous album so hopefully we can at least get one last good hoorah from juice before the mid inevitably creeps up on us

[@Phrawstqt]

Couldnt find one good song of this kid

[@scarlmao]

@@Phrawstqt i could tell you like 1200

[@LoopsPls]

​@@scarlmaothat's impossible. He didn't even release that many songs. And even adding in features still not even close.

[@Thatguy55595]

@@LoopsPlshe has 1000 leaked songs. Go google it kid

[@shrek5498]

@@LoopsPlshe means unreleased as well juice had over 2k unreleased songs

[@OneWayShorts19]

Ngl, im honestly happy to have them release this. I really do like Juice WRLD, and yes, i do know that this isnt in lines with the current media but this is different songs from the same era of Juice WRLD

[@Kalitayy]

He made Graduation 😩 He made Graduation 😞He made Graduation 😰He made Graduation 😭

[@daiselol]

I looked up 'Murakami NFTs' and now Im sad

[@tahalul-m9x]

It's just flowers

[@RS-ry4lp]

@@tahalul-m9xthat’s all he’s good for these days

[@tahalul-m9x]

@@RS-ry4lp facts

[@ronnie8767]

As a die hard juice fan i cant help but be excited for this project

[@jaysven6153]

I’m sure you’ve heard the entire project already. Worst fan base of all time.

[@genericnickname1]

5:38 Austin did a great job

[@ck00001]

Mac, Peep, SOPHIE the only proper posthumous efforts in recent years

[@Ceo42k]

Great album Awesome cover art 🔥

[@idleskating]

Why has nobody ever asked what kind of juice that Juice WRLD was

[@jordan11752]

I always liked to think it was orange

[@JohnOlding-j4f]

Lean...

[@petezy8892]

Grape juice has supremacy over all the juices

[@gullysl]

Was actually from the Tupac movie

[@JohnOlding-j4f]

@@gullysl what thats the kind of juice lol ?

[@FreshyMandela]

Looks like a 2017 era Sound Cloud album cover

[@angel_of_rust]

so it's accurate?

[@PureColumbianCocainum1949]

@angel_of_rust unnecessary disrespect towards a dead man, nobody loves you huh?

[@Lxrzo]

​@@PureColumbianCocainum1949It is accurate tho. Juice WRLD was known for being a pioneer in soundcloud rap and emo rap. How is that disrespectful?

[@Iamdelivered7]

@@LxrzoI agree with you completely 👍

[@OVOJermey]

@@Lxrzobecause it’s 2024, and Juice’s last cover (while alive) was gas asf with the ps2 look. I swear there’s no sign of drugs in that cover, it’s also his most versatile project.

[@shize6115]

going from making the Graduation and KSG covers to whatever ts is diabolical😭🙏

[@kevinchambers2327]

THEY COULD'VE DID A DOCUMENTARY ON HIS LIFE AND SHOW HIS HIGHLIGHTS!! THEN DROPS THE PARTY NEVER ENDS 😭

[@kevv-j7v]

don't be silly that requires effort!

[@kevinchambers2327]

@kevv-j7v damn that's sad broo😔

[@nmespooks2241]

The unreleased version of these songs always bang harder, ALWAYS

[@vxxiii4160]

That subtle placement of "Angelic 2 the Core" in the background tho

[@brady3491]

It sucks to say the quality of music has gone down but the music they release has, he has so many better unreleased songs they just refuse to drop them for some reason

[@atillabulla620]

Insulting, provoking and truthful.

[@Ruster3D]

Unpopular opinion - They should release the vault.

[@Nick-cv5rm]

As someone who loved his music….I wish they shut everyone up and didn’t release anything after LND. This has been embarrassing and has been one of the worst handlings of a musician after death ever.

[@dr.whoever6265]

I'm not in the Juice Wrld loop but there is something that rubs me the wrong way about a posthumous album called "The Party Never Ends" releasing. Especially if it ends up glamorizing the substance abuse and whatnot like Fantano says at around 6:30 ish

[@OVOJermey]

The Party Never Ends album was teased at the end of Legends Never Die, it was supposed to come out 3 years ago. The Party Never Ends is meant to be the final album by Juice filled with his more hype music aka what the fans want.

[@winxsont5502]

It’s not gonna glamorize drug use his hype songs actually stray away for the most part about talking about drugs.

[@maesonsims6885]

The party never ends doesnt mean its a literal party. Its more so talking about his drug abuse being never ending but the drugs itself are making it seem as if hes having a good time

[@dr.whoever6265]

@maesonsims6885 I'm sure this is exactly what his label is going for and has every intention of getting that point across and doing it in a way that shows they care about Juice Wrld and his process

[@maesonsims6885]

@@dr.whoever6265 cant tell if you’re being sarcastic or not

[@dootlime]

Everything after Legends Never Die has been destroying his legacy. Either drop everything all at once or close the vault for good, don't continue to outwardly milk it for every penny his vault can make without even trying to hide it for years on end.

[@winxsont5502]

Dude if they dropped everything all at once they would have to drop 1K songs. There is already a known around 900-1100 leaked songs you can go search and find and I would say half of which sound very completed. My favorite I’d say 30 Juice songs are all unreleased so I’m just finally happy that we’re getting this album. Also since it’s the last album there putting out I just hope they select the best songs that they can.

[@dootlime]

⁠​⁠@@winxsont5502 over 1k songs dropping all at once honestly sounds like a way better approach than what they’ve been doing for the past 5 years.

[@winxsont5502]

@@dootlime you right because there was so many amazing leaks that came out this year and they would’ve been way more hyped up if they got officially released first, but at least we got cavalier and Aquafina 🤷‍♂️

[@wulfleyn6498]

The fact the cover actually has what looks like ai artifacts is crazy

[@cookieeater16]

Bro gonna eat them words, this album has and unbelievably amount of fire. Barbarian, condone it, floor it, victorious, oxycondone. Legit almost every song is an unreleased banger

[@purpleanbience]

as a juice fan album is lowkey disappointed

[@kiramacarov]

Johnny Cash is one of those artists that even though has passed he still gets music released by his friends and family

[@mariokarter13]

The most insane part about the album rollout is that you just know they chose Insecure as the lead single because of the "left the heartbreak in Chicago" line. (That's where he died)

[@HazeInTheHeavens]

Is it even a lead single?

[@OVOJermey]

@@HazeInTheHeavensthat’s what it’s meant to be

[@elklobotomy]

Makes me grateful as fuck that Mac's family/estate actually values his legacy and artistry

[@Scramble_YT]

4:36 His face in the album cover looks like a pokemon

[@tsuun999]

idk how its insulting considering Juice messed heavy with Murakami

[@miggs80]

Boy got sunglass lenses for stomach muscles. Hell nah

[@Ganbarizer]

Takashi Murakami is a prime example of what can happen when you rely so heavily on other artists and artisans to create art for you and take all of the credit. When you actually make it yourself, it looks nothing like what people are used to seeing from you. 😂 That's wild. Murakami doing a Murakami piece almost feels like an act of fraud.

[@secret.dog.powers]

Anything but letting this man rest????

[@sebav-hs4nt]

he has 3k songs, that shouldn't go to waste. but they release the good stuff MAYBE 5% of the time

[@furynvm]

@@sebav-hs4nt He has literally passed.

[@sebav-hs4nt]

@@furynvm so his work should rot on a hard drive just to be hacked and sold off? it would make sense to release his BEST, then eventually let him rest. remember, he had fans that he made this music for, and he would’ve 100% wanted to release his best work

[@Thatguy55595]

@@sebav-hs4ntbro don’t argue with these people they are mindless sheep

[@juniorf.g2860]

@@furynvmjuice literally wanted all his music to be released…

[@isaacreynolds8339]

Everything about Juice and his exploitation is already sad even before getting to the heartbreaking coincidence of him dying months before he was going to leave bibby to start his own label

[@huracan360]

You think Biddy did him like Diddy did Biggie

[@Aubreyb07]

I agree with all your points except about the album theme. You’re not wrong for your criticisms and they’re valid but as a fan we have mainly seen the sad side of juice, and we finally want to get a hype album to demonstrate his versatility, how his whole catalogue isn’t “lucid dreams” or “sometimes”. While both great songs we have so many like that, we wanna see the other side

[@barackobama5947]

The party never ends is a fine name it's an album meant to end his catalogue and remember his life. It isn't meant to be a sad album it's meant to remember juice in a fun light.

[@mncrft3386]

The cover is shit, the album definitely should release. Theres a stigma around juice that he only makes sad music and thats blatantly untrue for anyone whos heard his "hype" music he has in the vault so fans have been basically BEGGING for a happy sendoff album for juice for 3 years now. Give it a shot

[@josiahdaehlin]

I WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE JUICE MUSIC

[@Lin_Eileen]

Ya the album art is hot garbage but the album itself i still have some hope for it being at least decent-maybe good. Juice has some really good songs that still haven't been officially released yet

[@Call_Me_Rio]

Decent? Juice has literal hundreds of unreleased gems lol. His best songs are still unreleased

[@furynvm]

@@Call_Me_Rio "Unreleased" You mean leaked, something he hated? Leakers? I hated them and mfs like you promote them and speak about them positively.

[@Call_Me_Rio]

@@furynvm Do you realize that “leaks” and “unreleased” are the same? I used to hate leakers until I realize how badly his label was managing his music. I don’t understand how they can hold on to an artists best work and just keep it vaulted and not show the public his full talent. That has to count as ruining his legacy

[@chongers4138]

@@Call_Me_Riojuice wrld fans are the biggest meat riders

[@ImSoSpookyy]

​@@furynvmunreleased isn't always leaked it can simply he he poster them on soundcloud and not spotify

[@evanwittmeyer1228]

The intresting thing about juice wrld is I expect a lot of music to keep coming out bc he had over 5k songs in the fault and as time goes on the beats get sold to other artists and whenever music comes out there’s plenty of unreleased songs I’ve grown to love that I know will never come out :(

[@arielsmoke999]

As a Juice & X fan this breaks my heart.

[@miguelmontoya]

If this is Murakami, it is the End of his Career. 100% Shit!

[@BaxsStudios]

Looks like smth ai would do

[@weaselsdawg]

lol his album covers for american artists, while prominent, are not a substantial enough part of his portfolio to ruin his status after 1 bad one

[@swagoneto7922]

Literally looks like AI..I’m very disappointed in Murakami san..

[@leaffinite2001]

His album covers arent that important to his catalog imo

[@MrDublem]

It's 100% AI, the artifacts on those background character illustrations are typical AI

[@IsleOfWight18]

The whole thing is insulting. Juice’s actual living discography plus his initial posthumous album are actually incredibly strong - just let the man rest ffs

[@josiahdaehlin]

bro the only reason the new songs suck is bc the label is choosing bad songs i PROMISE there are hundreds of incredible songs better than anything hes released, its just the label choosing garbage songs

[@Dennyscop]

What a cope

[@rjjr-dx4qd]

@@Dennyscopnot really, Juice got hella fire songs they just choose not to drop em. I gotta mega folder with prolly 800 songs I listen to and they’re much better than the official releases

[@Cantthinkofon1]

@@Dennyscopwe have 1002 songs that are leaked, and over 100 snippets, lol. I think we’d know what we’re talking about

[@gevoian]

@@Dennyscop 3000+ songs, u really think he coping? im sure even if some average or above average rapper or singer made 3000 songs, at least 5 would sound good to someone. So u think 3000+ songs from someone who is much more above than "average" isnt bangers? yea okay.

[@WorLCommunity]

@@Dennyscopoh brother 😂

[@ghostmane2643]

Brother. We've been waiting for this album for years. This shit ain't for you.

[@zonkedmc]

Who are you to gatekeep music? Your opinion means nothing.

[@ghostmane2643]

@@zonkedmc Who's gatekeeping? Anthony is a dweeb that should've just passed on making this cringe video.

[@ghostmane2643]

@@zonkedmc You think I'm gatekeeping? Did you watch the video?

[@flamee23312]

With how Juice's legacy has been exploited by Lil Bibby it wouldn't surprise me if he offered to pay Murakami $15 and "exposure" for his work.

[@Anzner1993]

I'm glad Mac Millers music has been handled well and respectfully.

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

Takahashi is a nice guy, I mean I follow him on Instagram and he seems to try to appreciate life even with little time and overstocked deadlines. But it's really sad how his album cover for Juice Wrld has garnered a lot of negative reviews. It's true though, I think it looks horrible. But to be fair, he has so much on his plate and he just cannot escape the Japanese workaholic lifestyle

[@SachaMILLIAT-GIRAUD]

Am i the only one who likes the cover art ? I just dont like the font for "the party never ends" but i really think its great...

[@Turbos-b3z]

I hope you are.

[@SachaMILLIAT-GIRAUD]

@Turbos-b3z why so much hate I just like murakami 😭

[@jjolly1269]

Fanto love speaking on juice legacy wit no information on him it rlly jus hurts to see🤧🤧🤧

[@t2trix1]

Fr, the album gonna chang his mind

[@jjolly1269]

@ no it won’t Fantano brain don’t function right

[@angel_of_rust]

his highest score was just a 7 for a posthumous album hes a grifter

[@WorLCommunity]

I agree with the album cover take but most of what he is talking about , he ain’t know wtf he talking about 😂

[@jjolly1269]

@ grifter?

[@joshnunya324]

I wish I listened to him before he died because once I heard his music, he became my favorite rapper.

[@boo-q3h]

Takashi commissioned this so he can tap in Juice’s hidden lean stash.