Anthony Fantano responds to criticism about how he rates black artists\u2019 music TheNeedleDropYouTube\u2019s biggest music critic Anthony Fantano responded to criticism stemming from his recent review of Isaiah Rashad\u2019s newest album The House is Burning, opening up a conversation about how he reviews black artists\u2019 music. Anthony Fantano has made a name for himself as the internet\u2019s biggest music nerd. His YouTube channel, The Needledrio, has amassed over 2.4 million subscribers, as he publishes multiple video essays a week reviewing various albums and EPs. He\u2019s also dabbled a bit in the gaming world as he is a huge fan of Super Smash Bros, having played the game with some of the game\u2019s biggest content creators. However, his newest review has landed him in a little bit of drama. Fantano Rashad feud On August 4, Fantano put out a review for Isaiah Rashad\u2019s newest album, The House is Burning. Fantano gave it a 5\/10, and said: \u201cThe House is Burning, for the most part, is about as engaging as a lackadaisical buzz.\u201d Rashad took issue with Fantano\u2019s score on Twitter, leading to drama over the review. Rashad tweeted at the YouTuber with a response to receiving such a low score, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s not experimental enough to excite him, basic enough to make him laugh, and too black for him to identify. My public persona isn\u2019t something to deconstruct so he doesn\u2019t have much to review. I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s just for views if anything.\u201d Rashad wasn\u2019t happy with the review score and critiqued Fantano\u2019s tastes in the process, and accused him of giving it a low score for views. The YouTuber didn\u2019t hang around though, and quickly responded to Rashad\u2019s comments with a tweet thread of his own. \u201cYou guys can lash out, psychoanalyze, or whatever out of disagreement with me \u2013 comes with the territory. But know I\u2019m not genuinely out to make anyone feel bad about something they\u2019ve made or enjoyed. And I really don\u2019t think I\u2019m worth all the controversy, but have it your way,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not upset about anything. Just responding to a thing somebody said and clarifying.\u201d After the tweets were exchanged, Top Dawg Entertainment\u2019s president Terrence \u2018Punch\u2019 Louis Henderson Jr. tweeted at Fantano, asking him: \u201cHow do you prepare to listen to, and critique black music? What\u2019s your routine? Just curious because the black experience through music is pretty nuanced. Just wondering how you go about it.\u201d How do you prepare to listen to, and critique black music? What\u2019s your routine? Just curious because the black experience through music is pretty nuanced. Just wondering how you go about it. https:\/\/t.co\/QaOGN9Perk \u2014 Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) August 6, 2021 Fantano responded with an invitation to chat about the topic over a Zoom call, but Punch declined and suggested in the future they could sit down for an in-person chat about the subject. Who knows if we will ever get that conversation, but surely fans would love to see it go down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Anthony Fantano responds to criticism about how he rates black artists\u2019 music TheNeedleDropYouTube\u2019s biggest music critic Anthony Fantano responded to criticism stemming from his recent review of Isaiah Rashad\u2019s newest album The House is Burning, opening up a conversation about how he reviews black artists\u2019 music. Anthony Fantano has made a name for himself as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}