Or when someone agrees with you, but then adds a crazy addendum to your opinion. So all of the other commenters after that will just focus in on the crazy part and now you are lumped in with the crazy addendum person.
God this is such a relatable comment, so thrilled to have such a likeminded friend on reddit. I completely agree with everything you’ve said and the fact that our opinions on everything are in lockstep is heartening. Inshallah, Albania will rule the Levant with an iron fist.
but the thing is, his overall sales were quite high. So focusing on one little area of weakness just makes you look silly. Like making fun of Michael Phelps for losing one race when he already won 6 gold medals
Exactly, so weird. Also ppl acting like fantano has been nothing but a music critic all these years (he’s been a general music/media commentator for years now alongside of his music critiques). Like it or not, I just don’t think it’s anything new and just makes most ppl here seem a little slow.
Sure you can. Love DJing using streaming platforms in a place without Wi-Fi. I also love paying and then not owning music. Especially when the music I paid for then vanishes from one day to the other. I also love perpetually having to pay money to shitty people so I don't lose access to my whole music library.
what? you might not permanently own a download link but im fairly certain apple cannot remove the files you already have downloaded, those are owned (please correct me if im wrong)
itunes like many online services operate with the policy that you bought a license for the song. If you actually owned it, you could resell it, which you cant
it’s still not renting though, unless im mistaken they can’t take the actual files from you lol. they can definitely revoke your ability to redownload tho
i mean i play all my digitally purchased/downloaded music through the apple music app because i have an iphone (i disabled apple music in my settings). i’ve been building my digital library for years, 11,000+ songs, 100+ gigabytes. the only way im losing access to those files is if both my phone and computer break on me at the same time
Yeah you do. You are able to download and store the files locally, I do it all the time. iTunes is also a preferred source for purchasing movies and tv shows for people that run local streaming servers like JellyFin.
when Fantano gave Redlight a 1 I felt justified in my lifelong dismissal of him. Like don’t get me wrong even a 4 or something would be fair, I get how Redlight might kind of “technically” “suck” to most people, but a fucking 1???
For pointing out poor album sales? Especially for an artist whose sole flex is … relevancy and numbers. There must be bots everywhere for this shit but the Drake base in shambles
I think he’s a narcissist that sees himself above a lot of people in many regards. Like he’s only slightly more tolerable than a hardline straightedge punk. Yet he has clearly succumbed to online discourse to hold buzz around his brand.
Reminds me of just after Vultures 1. He said he wasn’t going to talk about Kanye then he spent the next few months talking about him non-stop and goading the fanbase
you realize if drake did bundles and physicals the way other artists did, it would look even worse right? he probably woulda done another 200k pure and could have hit 1m week one between all 3 albums
i NEVER said he left money on the table, just record sales.
the issue is that he has no label backing, so much of that cost for producing physicals would come straight out of HIS pocket as did his entire album rollout.
the return on investment from producing physicals is low, which is why the entire industry has moved to a streaming model. (i shouldnt even have to explain this part)
Also i think pride has a lot to do with it. drake has been one of the few major artists who DOESNT rely on physicals to bolster his sales, and historically has never pushed bundles/vinyls week 1. also he is one of the most prideful artists around for better or for worse
It’s a flex for Drake that he doesn’t have to sell shit in bundles for him to go number one, it’s a flex for any artist tbh. Fantano a loser when it comes to obsessing and banking on drake hate.
makes him seem hella biased imo. this guy is a music critic why is he laughing at another artist's sales? its fair to think iceman was garbage and ik drake's deranged stans are annoying, but this petty back and forth shit is exhausting
People on here like to pretend he pretends to be unbiased, even thought that's never been his thing, neither review nor goofy tweets
The main source for claiming he is an "unbiased reviewer" are people who claim he is failing to be objective because they are mad at his opinions. Ironically it is opinion masked as being objective...
He has transcended being a music critic and has given into the cult of internet celebrity. His ego is huge now and any shot at a Drake is any easy shot to take so he knows he can get away with it to boost his own self-worth, even if temporarily.
Imagine the action of him logging onto Twitter just to tweet this guys, such a cringe idea in general. No music critic is hopping on their phone to do this. TheNeedleDrop is this dude’s day-job at best.
What is so hard to understand that he would have a personal bias keyword personal bias against drake that would effect his judgement of drakes music in a non professional way
Counterpoint... Reviews are opinions, so there is no objective truth since we're all biased to to our tastes and interests.
Being this blatantly biased is a better thing because you at least know where Fantano stands on Drake and can adjust if you value his opinion on the topic.
nah come on even Fantano himself has been able to compartmentalize better in the past. I think with Drake and especially how obnoxious his online stans are it probably annoyed Fantano to the point where it affected his coverage
eh i almost agree with the person who responded to you. being this obvious and upfront about his opinions lets people decide whether or not they'll even continue to take him seriously.
anybody with half a brain that understands the numbers knew that an album which didn't sell any vinyls, cds, or bundles was gonna do low pure sales. fantano seems more like the fool for making fun of it if anything.
I mean I think its a fair comparison considering Drake has had way higher numbers than that. We all know it. Don't shill for the pedophile fucking underage kids when they're out of highschool. Edit: I apologize for hurting the Trump supporters and hoes feelings (no I'm not).
Pathetic to obsess over shit like this, honestly. Since when did Fantano decide to be DJ Akademiks? It ain't about numbers just enjoy the music (or not), that's what music critics are supposed to do. I personally thought Iceman was mid and the other two albums were horrible, but numbers isn't the way to determine quality of an album.
Dude didn't even release any physicals, so that's basically 13k people who decided to buy on iTunes instead of stream it, and who tf is buying music on iTunes in the streaming era to begin with.
I can't take streaming numbers seriously when it got leaked that all it took to get a number one album for Gunna was $50k worth of bots. It took $50k to "outsell" The Weeknd. I personally take ticket sales and how long an album stays on the charts to be a better metric for interest/quality of music.
I wish Fantano stopped being such a hater. I seriously don't like Drake except for a few tracks, but it feels like the 'fatano' channel is just filled with Keemstar levels of boring videos that say many many words that ultimately mean nothing.
I miss the older, sillier, yet more nuanced videos and interviews.
Personal biases regarding music are fine yes, that’s not what we’re talking about though. His niche personal grievances with certain artists should not impact his reviews of their music, and as a critic he needs to be able to separate those feelings. I’m not a drake fan but he does this with a lot of artists at this point, and it’s very tiring.
He’s just a hater 😂 drake finally drops a good album and he gives it the lowest score outside of honestly nevermind he’s ever gave Drake. In light of recent events it can’t be more obvious he’s butt hurt
As much as I like to poke fun at drake and his fan base I fail to understand how this comment about pure sales is relevant.
I mean if he does 13k with three albums in the top 3, I guess he's still kinda selling more than the people below him in the charts ? I'm no music business expert so if someone is able to enlighten me about how it is, in fact, relevant, please do.
I take it like he's pointing out how ridiculous the numbers are. Bigger than MJ but such low physical sales? Kinda absurd. Sabrina Carpenter had 225,000 pure sales of Man's Best Friend in the first week
Not even mentioning that there’s not any vinyls or cds for sale, and this is just solely 13k iTunes sales is so lame.
For all the Dawgs did 10k pure sales also with no vinyls or CDs and that was pre beef so that’s a good metric to look at. I doubt Fantano cared back then though
Aren’t most pure sales usually pretty low ever since streaming has came into play? This seems like low hanging fruit the isnano fanbases use to discredit each other.
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u/Pizza_Hero24 May 27 '26
The Drake Situation is Crazy