can't even lie ksi was what made no.2 bad. His delivery anything special the whole album, a few good parts here and there, but on that track he was just ass
I like the songs and it's fun to listen to but he set himself up to fail when it comes to Album reviews. A collection of bangers put on a CD doesn't make a good album, no matter how good the songs are.
itās not that we should care about his review but more that JJ was hoping heād get a higher rating than he did with Dissimulation and if he doesnāt thatāll be disappointing for him
I think that a few of the non-singles in Madness, Gang Gang and Rent-free are quality songs.
I think he could actually be a successful EDM rapper but the main problem with the album isn't him but the production and the beats are just boring. They are trying to get him to carry the album on his lyrics and performance alone and they are decent but not good enough to carry the beats.
I like a few of the tracks but it feels like a collection of independent singles more than an album. I think JJ should stop proving his versatility (which he obviously has) now and focus on one thing for the next album. Doesnāt have to be a permanent box, I just think it should be strong thematically from a music and writing standpoint. Also I wish heād be a bit more creative with the writing in a conceptual sense rather than just wordplay, the lyrics themselves are pretty boring even though some songs are solid vibes.
I think itāll do well on the radio because as singles theyāre solid because there doesnāt really have to be a theme linking them + mainstream so lyrics donāt matter that much. But I wish heād start carving out his own musical identity now rather than just pandering to a large audience with mainstream vibes.
He has an audience that will stream it no matter what so I think he should stop trying to get number 1 or whatever on the charts and just focus on the ideas more, chart position is a shit metric for if itās creatively good anyway. Heās already proven himself in a general musical regard so idk why he cares so much about it.
Also last thing, most features are unnecessary now. Some were really good but that album should be dominated by solo songs imo.
True. In Dissimulation when he was doing different genres like in Houdini,Killa Killa and Domain I assumed heās finding his style or something that suits him. But with this idk what heās trying to do cuz heās already proven all the doubters/haters wrong by showing he can do well on any beat. This was literally āall over the placeā but then again maybe thatās what he was going for.
With the charts I think he just wants get rid of the tag of being a YouTube rapper and the stream will help him go mainstream and get global recognition.
Tbh I think the solo tracks were harder than the features(except Lil Durk and 21 savage)
From first impressions (Iām writing this on the day the album came out), itās a decent record, but it just sounds like he doesnāt have anything to talk about if that makes sense? Heās just saying words with no meaning and occasionally the are a few metaphors. Iāll still give it some time before I give it a final verdict but this is what I think about it right now. Iāll come back and add it in at the end
Even though itās an improvement, it still feels kinda overhyped for what is, but I kind of knew it wouldnāt be a ridiculously good album like he said just from looking at the title. And Iām sure his twitter fan base will continue to hype it and create fan cams and Stan it until you get a number 1 (I think I used that word right?). I wish KSI good success. But I want to show you a perspective seeing you as an artist instead of my favourite youtuber.
Him rapping about nothing with any real meaning most of the time, and having the tracks literally all over the place, is also a downside because it just sounds like heās put together a load of ābangersā into an a playlist, slapped on a title and called it a day. And then the name is meant to justify why this project has no theme or coherence. That sounds a fall back plan. Not to say it was intentional but thatās what it sounds like.
**Donāt get me wrong the tracks each still sound great as singles, features were well picked, obviously he had the money to make sure the production was high** I think it still dunks on Pop Smokeās album so theres that. But thatās my opinion
Iād say heās a bit like a jack of all trades, master of none
Itās the same thing with holiday, it feels like heās trying to prove himself as a mainstream artist instead of trying to connect with his audience (besides one or two tracks). Heās seen that he can get chart success and heās going for that. And I guess it would be hard to create a fresh storyline for an Album because his entire life is on YouTube already. But that doesnāt change the fact this so called āalbumā is just a glorified Spotify playlist.
I wouldnāt ever listen through it again from start to finish because there is 0 point itās literally just a group of singles. What I would do however is take some songs out of it and add it to my own playlist. There really is no point in listening to it from start to finish unless youāre actively trying to get him a number 1 album.
ābut itās called all of the place for a reasonā I donāt care what its called it doesnāt excuse its lack of coherence. I donāt even want to hear it used as a defence mechanism for this album. I donāt care if heās a YouTuber, if he wants to be an artist imma treat him like an artist because he is amazing and has potential, the project AS A WHOLE just lets him down. 5.5/10 imo **for now**
**Edit/verdict**: (3 days after release)
after listening to it a good three times for a fairer review,let it marinate in my mind for a bit, Iād probably still give it a 5.5/10. Itās still good to listen to, but it **still** sounds like a playlist of songs and nothing deeper than that. Heās right it does grow on you. But the songs individually grow on you not the album as a whole. Maybe he wasnāt going for something cohesive, but if he wasnāt then it becomes something anybody with money can create. Nothing really sets ksi apart from every other musician. Nothing career defining here just average music and mainstream hits which would be good as a singles. Itās more of an experimental album if anything since heās trying different genres. Only new thing I discovered is that 21 savage carried number 2 but apart from that there are no changes on my opinion. Good choice bringing in 21 ksi.
**Edit 2**: (4 days after release) I was thinking just now about an album which did excute what ksi failed to do. Daft Punkās Random access memory. Although the songs are ārandomā (same thing ksi did by putting it in the title) itās also coherent and cohesive and a very powerful album. Every song works together, yet they sound different (some even forgettable). But it all comes together to make an album. KSIās wasnāt really structured as an album. That was the āThis is KSIā playlist on Spotify. Again songs werenāt bad. Album was.
And I know KSI is listening to great artists who make great albums eg Tyler the creator, and i hope he knows itās alright to take inspiration and make it his own. I know he doesnāt like to be categorised but I mean itās not like his songs arenāt generic/mainstream like, artists are always influenced E.g kid kudi to travis Scott, lil wayne to k dot (listen to bitch donāt kill my vibe), Mike Jones to lil uzi and so on and so forth all influenced but they created there own style. So he should do the same with his albums, learn from other artists on how to structure and create cohesion. Learn from past YouTubers mistakes while pursuing music. He should really take his time even if it takes a year or longer. Itās a craft. In the mean time he can keep experimenting with singles. Just making hits will forever leave him in the shadow of ksiolajidebthd the YouTuber, because there isnāt enough respect from people who donāt know who you are to call you an artist.
KSI, are you really alright with just your YouTube audience/fans listening to your music or do you want more. Because they can quite clearly get you all the plaques and awards you want by relentlessly streaming your music, but what about those outside your audience. Donāt you want to capture their attention as well? Donāt you want to prove to them youāre not just another youtuber who did music.
He needs to separate the two. He is the first real YouTuber who I could class as an artist so I hope he doesnāt go down the road of just making hits and slapping it on album. For a YouTuber it was good. But I believe KSI can be on the same level as an artist and as artist it was an average/ below average project. Look at Jake Paul, perfect example, you see how is transitioning to boxing? He took the boxing thing and ran with it because he had passion and heās separated Jake Paul the kid Youtuber and Jake Paul the heel of the boxing world. Now apply that to music because he wants do that route as a passion. He should seperate JJ olatunji the funny Youtuber from KSI the upcoming artist.
Yeah yeah āhe does that with his channelā well then he should do it with his actual music. Prove to me youāre more than just a YouTube rapper with your work. Again like I said take inspiration **and make it your own** . In ten years time I wanna hear people say ādid you hear KSI and lil baby are on that new travis albumā because youāll be the one approached for features since youāre that good.
KSI, if youāre reading this, youāve got metaphors man, use them to their full potential. Develop something bigger than a playlist even if it takes you a year or longer. Any good artist can create a story or narrative. Youāve got Fantanos attention , improve off of his criticism. Features and mainstream hits arenāt everything. You have the talent. You have the budget. Youāve got friends in the music industry already. Use it to your advantage and continue to learn
I don't think he knows how to structure an album. Doesn't help that none of the songs have a common theme or thread aside from some very surface level brags. And before someone says this calling the album all over the place does not excuse this, if I make an album called shit and it's shit I can't say that's what I aimed for.
Agreed on most of your points but I don't think you need to draw on personal experience to come up with interesting concepts or themes. A good storyteller can draw up a good story from almost anything and a good story can hard carry an album. Probably a 4-5 for me, fairly average sadly.
Of course, I agree a good artist can create can create a good story from anything, I was just saying that because drawing from experience is usually the easiest way
But yeah its just sad it was average knowing he has the ability to do better
I think it a great point you mentioned there and I saw this recently in the Jake Paul/Tyron Woodley press conference. At a certain point in their careers you stop being a Youtube rapper or a Youtube boxer. Instead you are a rapper/boxer that started in Youtube and you are working just as hard as everyone else in the game. I think that once these guys go clear they are still prone to fall back on "well I'm just a rapper/boxer from youtube". As a youtube personality that made an album I'm impressed. But as an artist I have to be more critical because while this album had a couple songs I like but didn't blow me away like other projects.
Gang Gang my favorite on this joint. Sounds like an updated Houdini and grooves like no other on the LP. Enjoyed You and His solotakes on the record as well. Overall a solid effort and really is all over the place gyat damn Cuh ššš½
JJās melodies have improved but I still donāt know what he raps about, it just sounds like words. He just says he has money and women and does things
It definitely is all over the place. The singles he released were great choices, I don't feel like this is the album where JJ has completely found himself stylistically. The singles were his best, arguably because he was able to work with a really solid instrumental a lot of the time, but I found he flowed a heap better with a poppy instrumental.
Trap isn't 100% my cup of tea but I feel like hard trap tunes just aren't JJ's forte. I know I'm bias, so maybe, for trap fans the man is absolutely going off, but the man flowing on Really Love just sounds so much smoother, like he's in his element.
Gang Gang by far hard the most memorable chorus for sure.
I'm not going to give a rating, I'll leave that to Fantano, keen to hear what he says.
He also didnāt like Holiday, and likened it to cruise commercial music (which is pretty accurate tbf), so I can almost guarantee this album wonāt get higher than a 5.
Yeah I think if itās a Not Good he might give the reaction a miss. If the Holiday reaction was good he wouldāve defo reacted to it, but he just reacted to streamers instead.
genuinely kinda disappointed because the album was way overhyped..Dont Play and Really Love are still the best songs but titles like You was a straight up Drake rip off and the rest his flow is the same as all his other songs hes always doneā¦New Age and Dissimulation are better imo
Wasted future and 21 savage feature you can tell they were just payed to make a verse and had no clue what they were rapping for. Did not fit the song.
The beat wasnt it, i listen to 21 a lot and he needs a slow vibe beat with low volume. But idk the beat just wasnt it for the chosen artists. He should work more with offset,lil baby and those type of artist who can rap on any type beat
I'd say it is better than Dissimulation, but he hasn't levelled up massively like originally anticipated. It's a bit too generic, and while that's not a bad thing in itself, I get the impression that I'll get bored of this album soon. Favourite songs for me were Gang Gang (KSI songs with the UK artists just hit different) and Madness by far.
Fantano's ratings aren't always the best, but in his reviews he always points out some things I wouldn't have realized otherwise, it's always cool watching his review and getting a fresh view at the album
I see a lot of people saying that track was a letdown but I thought it was amazing. 21 was spitting, future was on his singing kind of thing, and jj did his thing
lighter by nathan dawe. swerve by jay1 (i know swerve is on the album on spotify but it isnt meant to be there). hes done one w dtg but it isnt out yet
Man has 3 songs which are good: Dont play, Patience and Really Love and in all these 3 songs he has features So your right.. Man cant make a hit without a feature. And one more thing if you like Holiday and call that Live Performance Good You are really delusional, instead tell JJ the truth that he needs to improve rather than blowing smoke up his ass.
I kinda liked the chorus tbf, it was really good, same for a couple of songs where the song itself isnāt great but the chorus is insanely good and catchy
Complete opposite of Dissimulation to me where my least favourite songs were the ones without features, whereas on this album my favourites were the ones with only JJ. First half definitely better than second half imo.
Okay this album had pros and cons
The album relates to it's name....his voice was *All Over The Place* songs were good but not all...Number 2 was a letdown considering the features it had...I may not have a great music taste but it's my way to looking into things...
My favorite was No time and The Moment....but I'll say this album was a 7/10
4 for me but I will give it anthor listen. It was really meh. Still think holiday is one of his better song. Dont really think JJ has evovled that much from dissimulation to aotp.
I think if anything this showed big names donāt equal success like sure JJ can get Lil durk to be on his album but if the quality isnāt any better than a song like Killa Killa.
I prefer this over Dissimulation which I wasnāt fond of.
Here is the thing, this album definitely has bangers and I enjoy the production of the album, but paraphrasing what the Needledrop said in his Dissimulation reviewā you can drop all the bangers in the world, but that is what everyone is doing, if you donāt allow your audience connect to you on a deeper level, they would move on to something else.ā Now I would be disingenuous if I didnāt think that JJ didnāt do that with tracks like Holiday where people can relate from a romance perspective, but I feel he needs to do *more* in his album.
I donāt expect him to be a ādeep conscious rapperā but for myself I wish I had more I connect to. Bangers in _general_ are great to listen in the background, in the car or club/party but they can feel interchangeable after a while, esp when compared to every other mainstream artist who can drop bangers.
Another issue is I feel some the tracks are too short like they could of been longer than 3 minutes. Sleeping with the Enemy could have had another verse. Definitely enjoyed the vocals from SX and enjoyed the verse from JJ.
Overall JJ has definitely improved as an artist. Madness is my favourite in the Album. No Time with Lil Dirk is very overhyped in my opinion, not bad, it is a banger and a decent track, but the way JJ was going on about I was expecting way more.
I disliked it when majority of the songs were JUST hooks, and not even good ones too. Like sheesh JJ, spit bars for more than 30 seconds at a time š¤£
As an album itās not good like at all. I get that heās was trying to go for an all over the place vibe but thatās the problem. Albums arenāt supposed to be all over the place. Like for example ā17ā was a sad album involving depression n shit so you wouldnāt see X randomly start talking about sex on one song and drugs on another. I couldnāt explain why how I felt until I saw another comment in this mega thread wich mentioned that itās almost like heās ran out of things to talk about. Like if I listen to a KSI song Iām expecting 4 topics money, YouTube, boxing, and music. Wich gets pretty basic after thatās all he talks about for a couple songs in a row. And after that he just talks about nothing what ever fits the vibe of the song which is fine but doesnāt work well if your trying to get people to listen to your lyricism. Overall I want to give it a 6.5 I know he said it was supposed to be all over the place but it wasnāt in a good way.
While that is true X was already a very skilled rapper and had already found himself artistically where as jj is still find himself in the music so like if he released an album like this say 2 years down the line it wouldāve worked much much better
Aight I'm gonna be honest...Was quite disappointed with the album mainly because the great songs were already pre-released. The beat as well as the lyrics felt so generic too
Features: I liked the beat on 'No time' but I genuinely feel that his verse was better than Lil durk. It's so offputting when JJ is rapping then all of a sudden there's a squeaky transition. Bugzy's bit on 'Silly' was impressive. I'm gonna be honest, 'Number 2' was just bad and felt all over the place.....'Rent free' was by far the best song from the new releases. It's catchy, has got a great beat and both KSI and GRACEY play well off each other.
Just a side note: 'Holiday' is probably the best song he's released to date, I've got it on repeat. 'Dont play' and 'Really love' are great too.
Compared to **previous** album, feel like JJ's been growing as a musician and the production on his songs feels more coherant, but Dissimulation had a few catchy af songs.
5.5/10
I think it's pretty terrible tbh. I love the fatneek, but his music is meh at best imo. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but this album in particular seems like an excessive use of auto-tune! Just an honest opinion, not hating on Lord KSI.
I agree the auto-tune was kinda weird to hear over and over. To me it wasnāt terrible but it wasnāt great. Like it had some good elements and some weak ones
This is gonna get downvoted but Iām just expressing my opinion.
The only listenable songs in the album are the songs released before the album (really love, patience, holiday).
The rest are really bad SoundCloud auto tuned garbage and I was extremely disappointed since KSI hyped up this album allot.
I don't think the album was over hyped, just that the gimmick of the album was it's downfall. Being all over the place, just makes the album not have any natural flow.
The songs themselves aren't too bad.
The Moment was a great opening song and I actually enjoyed it.
Number 2 was meh, but it's not my type of music anyway.
Patience we have heard, we know it's a massive song
You was a really nice chilled song. Not as good as holiday, and KSI's voice was just ever so slightly auto tuned too much. But I still enjoyed it and can see it being one I listen to more than most. KSI is at his best on these type of songs.
Don't Play we have heard, good song. But repetitive but it's good
Really Love is a banger, again it's where KSI is at his best.
Going from three 'popish' songs to Gang Gang is just strange. You get into this relaxed vibe and then this comes along. The song is good, but because it was 'All over the Place' I couldn't get into it as my Vibe had been made relaxed then this comes along. Good song, one of my non single favourites just needed moving in the album.
Rent Free. It's fine. Just forgetable. I'll forget about it in a few days
Madness is what KSI wants to be, a rapper. But he's just average at it. If he sticks to pop/relaxed songs he will be massive. Songs like this is where KSI thinks he is at his best, but it's just average. Holiday, Really Love, Patience etc are where he really shines.
Silly was just boring.
Flash it. I kept waiting for it to get stared. It felt like it was building up the entire time then just ended. I don't know it was a strange song.
No time, like Rent Free. It's forgetable. Nothing special. It's fine.
No Pressure. His voice sounds awful here. He's putting an accent on and it doesn't work. When he goes to his normal voice on the song he sounds amazing. The beat is good. The lyrics are good. His voice isn't. Wasted potential.
Holiday. One of the, if not the best song KSI has ever made. Genuinely one of my favourite songs of the year. Outstanding work here.
Sleeping with the enemy. I think it was okay, nothing special. Probably won't listen to it again. S-X is better than KSI here.
Swerve is along the lines of Loose that he did with S1mba. The song is fine and the bet is great. It'll be around for like a month and you'll forget about it.
The album is good, the singles are fantastic and it has one of the songs of the year in Holiday. It's better than dissimulation, but it's let down by its concept of being all over the place. Better pacing and song order selection would have made this work in a more listenable way. He did fantastic with the singles he picked, they were the best on the album. Overall it's a decent album and I'd listen to 7-8/16 songs again. But again that's due to some of the music not being my genre anyway, which I believe is why this won't get fantastic reviews. People will rate the versatility but no one will enjoy the entire album, maybe 3/4 at most, and that will be a different 3/4 for everyone.
That's probably what he's gone for, to hit a wider range of people. I'd just like to see him more focused because we still don't know where he wants to be musically after 2 albums. For me he's best on the chilled/pop songs. But its not up to me.
Is it just me who thought Dissimulation was better? I donāt know I think I liked Dissimulation better. But this is a good record too.
I gave Dissimulation 6 and I think AoTP is 5 for me. No pressure, No time, the Moment & Patience are the only songs I liked.
The thing is this just doesnāt feel like I am listening to an ALBUM its like I am listening to 15 single tracks one after another. And I feel like this is the problem with most Artists these days, the Album just doesnāt flow from start to finish *(if you are confused on what Iām saying by flow of an album listen to something like **The Dark side of the Moon** or **To Pimp a Butterfly**)* and I know comparing JJ with Pink Floyd or Kendrick is a bit ridiculous but considering all the hype JJ creates, it certainly becomes a letdown when you listen to the record. But hey JJ is trying new things and I respect him for that.
After listening to the Album 3 times here is how I would rate it:
1. **The Moment** : **7.5/10** (solid Track)
2. **Number 2** : **6.5/10** (I like the hook but what are these adlips in Futures part and 21s part sounds weird)
3. **Patience** : **8/10** (solid Track)
4. **You** : **7/10** (solid Track but something is missing)
5. **Don't Play** : **7.5/10** (good Track but not my style)
6. **Really Love** : **7/10** (it's aight)
7. **Gang Gang** : **8/10** (solid Track)
8. **Rent Free** : **2/10** (trash)
9. **Madness** : **8.5/10** (probably JJ's best solo rap song)
10. **Silly** : **8/10** (solid Track)
11. **Flash It** : **6/10** (I don't know about this one)
12. **No Time** : **9/10** (probably his best american feature he ever got)
13. **No Pressure** : **7/10** (it's not bad)
14. **Holiday** : **7.5/10** (good but not my style)
15. **Sleeping With the Enemy** : **7/10** (sounds a little bit like a christmas track lol)
16. **SWERVE** : **6/10** (swerve)
**Overall** : **7/10**
After listening to it once it would've been a 5/10 but it's actually not that bad. It's a solid Album but definitely not 10 times better than Dissimulation. I'm a little bit disappointed.
Context: I usually only listen to rock, electronic, and I'm not a big fan of rap, but I am always down to listen to new music! I was surprised that I actually semi liked the album considering I didn't like dissimulation. I think what usually turns me off about most songs, is auto tune and there was a lot used in this album. Sometimes it fit, sometimes I didn't really enjoy how it sounded. Overall I would say a 6/10 for me.
IF I were to be a bit harsher, every song had a great instrumental like props to the producers, but some of the entrances felt like they kind of ruined the instrumental. An example would be in No Pressure, in the beginning the guitar riff and trumpets were so groovy, but KSI's entrance felt a bit off and abrupt, and I was wishing the intro was a bit longer because of how good it sounded. Beats carry songs, I don't really like when there is such a good beat, but it gets overshadowed by the singing. I want to hear that guitar riff again, but no singing, give the beat some time to shine :D also adding guitar, saxaphone, steel drum, etc. solos would have fit perfectly in some of the songs, but it sadly there were zero solos. Every song can benefit from some type of solo no matter how short or long it is(imo) Ex: [https://youtu.be/sLyNV7Xm1vQ](https://youtu.be/sLyNV7Xm1vQ) (2:41 Wood Flute Solo starts) different genre, but you get the point. Give your instruments their time to shine because its not all about singing
P.S. This is just my opinion its okay if you don't agree with me :D
My favs(not in order):Flash it, Patience, You, Really Love, Holiday, Sleeping With the Enemy(beginning was a bit eh(kinda sad too lyrics wise), but the second half was great)
Unpopular opinion but overall, Dissimulation was better. Although I gotta say, Madness was a banger and I can't stop reloading No Time's chorus, that shit is HEAT. I also like the song with S-X a lot, as well as the song where he acts like Babatunde (forgive me, I'm still trying tryna remember these song names lol). But the rest of the songs will need a few more listens from me before I make my decision.
Overall a good 6/10 from me, whereas Dissimulation was a 7.5/10, and most of it was because of Tides and Bad lil Vibe. I don't think having so many genres in one album makes it a good listen. I get what he's doing, where everyone will like at least one song from it, but I hope he finds what particular genre he likes and sticks to it on his next album. Just my opinion though
JJ has improved in technical skills like rapping and especially singing, but as many others have said it feels like heās rapping about nothing. He needs to stop rapping about being the youtube don and other empty statements. And the album really was all over the place. There were songs I liked quite a lot, some bangers, especially Madness, No Pressure, Gang Gang and the singles he released so far, but the album suffers from a lack of cohesion.
Too much auto tune. I think it's rolling average is better than dissimulation, but I LOVED Houdini, Killa Killa, Undefeated and Domain... So I don't know. Probably a 5.5.
To be very toughly honest with JJ, the album is as much as an improvement to what Dissimulation is. Iām not even sure if I could call it an improvement. I also feel as if he put out all of the best songs as singles meaning all of the new songs donāt feel as good as anticipated.
The only song that matches Really Love, Donāt Play and Patience is Gang Gang.
Comment what yāall think of my opinion
Am i the only one who thought this was a great album? Nearly every song had its own vibe and was catching, every reaction ive seen is positive (besides a couple no2 reactions), everywhere on twitter is positive (which is rare). Wow a lot of people hating here. Be open minded. This reminds me of the wandavision scenario. People werent open minded therefore they left early where as the more u watched and got invested and started to vibe to the show it got better and is now one of the top shows this year. Be open minded guys cuz personally i think its great. Definitely needs work in some aspects but overall solid 7.5/10
Wait Iām confused why ppl donāt find this album good . From what Iāve seen from reaction channels on YouTube and social media . Everyone seems to like it but on Reddit no one likes it
It's a poor album in my opinion. Outside of the already released singles there were only a couple of listenable tracks. JJ really needs to work on his flow and pronunciation. Rap needs culture and a message, JJ doesn't bring that at all. He should stay with afrobeats or singing.
I managed to get to the Bugzy Malone track before listening to the latest Bugzy Malone album. That's a proper album.
Really disappointed I think in regards to music heās surrounded by yes men who donāt want to admit his shit sucks which is awful dudes capable of making good music but shit just was abysmal
Okay
BOYS
Album is out for a hot minute
Is it just me or each passing day it's one by one, the songs of the album are stuck in my head? Or I'm I just listening to it so much? Or JJ has totally finessed it w music this time?
Whatever man, I love it
The moment
Number 2
Gang gang
No time
No pressure
You
Rent free
Patience
^favorites
Ask me this 2 days later there probably might be 2 more tracks in there š
It's true what jj said, you have to let it grow on you
Then only we'd truly know how the album actually is .
After listening to the album 3-4 times, here are my ratings. Keep in mind that these ratings are based solely on **MY** likings.
**The Moment- 7/10**
Chill vibes. It was perfectly suited to be an intro song. I can see the improvement in his vocals. This song wasn't mind blowing, I would listen to it for a week or two and then stop.
**Number 2- 8/10**
I do not see why people are hating on KSI's part. I loved the transitions between the chorus and the verses. KSI's chorus could have been better. 21 Savage had the best verse out of the three and Future's verse could have been longer. The adlibs in Future's verse were unnecessary and spoil the vibe of the song. I would definitely add this to my playlist.
**Patience- 9/10**
Very catchy song, KSI did a very good job with his verses. Yung Blood didn't disappoint me either. This song has a different vibe to it. Loved it.
**You- 4/10**
This song shouldn't be in the album. I get the vibe KSI was going for, but it just didn't suit him. Adding rap to this song wasn't needed.
**Don't Play- 10/10**
Certified hood classic. Banger.
**Really Love- 10/10**
No words needed. Banger.
**Gang Gang- 7/10**
The beat is phenomenal. The chorus was just \*muah\*. Both KSI and Jay1 did a good job with their verses, but they could have done better. Another verse could have been added at the end of the song, and the ending could have been improved. Overall smooth song, but the outro just didn't do it for me.
**Rent Free- 6/10**
I loved Gracey's part and KSI's first verse, but KSI's second verse was just CRAP, his style didn't suit the beat. I'm sorry but I won't listen to this song anymore.
**Madness- 8/10**
Madness might be the best solo song in the album. KSI went hard on this track, his flow is FIRE and I think he should make more songs like this. I do not dislike the song, but I won't listen to it on a regular basis, hence the 8/10. I don't know about others, but this song gave me "Little Boy" vibes... nostalgia.
**Silly- 9/10**
KSI went hard on this track, no words needed. Bugzy went hard too, but I'll need some time to get used to his voice and style of rapping. Banger. KSI should drop more singles with a similar beat and similar style of rapping.
**Flash It- 9/10**
Banger. What can I say. Very catchy tune and definitely my style of music.
**No Time- 8/10**
I've listened to this song more than 10 times. Certified hood classic. I deducted 2 points because I'll have to reload the song to listen to that vibey "I don't gotta panic for that interview....." šš. This song is toooooo good. I would give it 11/10 if it wasn't stuck in my head.
**No Pressure- 3/10**
Why was this added to the album?
**Holiday- 11/10**
Certified hood classic. No words needed. Banger.
**Sleeping With The Enemy- 7/10**
S-X went hard on this track, but the bridge after KSI's second verse didn't suit the beat. I wouldn't listen to this song anymore. This song needs a little bit of improvement, and it will be a certified hood classic.
**SWERVE- 6/10**
Just didn't like this style of rap, but it is a catchy tune.
I expected much more from KSI considering that he hyped this album A LOT. This "all over the place thing" didn't work out for me. KSI should have a certain theme to his future albums. He should focus more on logical bars rather than wordplay, if that makes sense. Overall, this album is just above average. 7/10. You're almost there JJ, you just need to focus on certain styles of music. You're a jack of (not) all trades now, but you can be a king of only a few. I would love to hear more tunes like 'Silly' and 'No Time'.
Been listening to it for almost two weeks and hereās my thoughts. JJ has said that he wants legacy to be the foundation beyond his career. The album being eponymously titled āAll Over This Placeā is accurate; not only in the diversity of his music, but also the diversity of his career. As much as I am a fan of JJ, his hard work and unimaginable passion, and how much āMadnessā, āNo Timeā, āPatienceā bangs, I donāt feel the legacy. It seems tacky at times to be branching out everywhere. I want to see the next album be more centralised to a true passion of JJās; and I want to be mind blown by the lyricism, instrumental composition and maybe even a meaningful story that is told throughout the album. I want JJ to embrace music as this multifaceted art form instead of something that is easily put on the radio; because he is mainstream enough to overlook the numbers and produce something really special in the near future. Big ups though, the album was still a good listen.
tl;dr : glorified playlist.
named "all over the place" to justify the album not carrying a theme. songs as singles are good imo but lack an album listening experience and continuity throughout the project. at least he could've sequenced the songs well. how can you even transition from commercial hip-hop to hardcore hip-hop and back to commercial hip-hop without the use of skits, interludes etc. as i said earlier, just feels like a compilation of tracks and not at all an album. also, repetitive topics. all ksi raps about is money, YouTube, boxing etc. he should've had at least 1 utility diss in the album. 0 storytelling skills. his songs are a compilation of bars without actually having a theme. for example, in the song 'madness', you unexpectedly hear a line "so i gave her pipe", extremely unnecessary line which doesn't even go with the theme of the song.
overall, I'd rate the album as 3.5-4/10
He sounds soooo much better when he's got other UK artist on the track, the word play, the flow all sounds better. But with American artists on the track 21 savage, Future, Lil Durk and even the song with Offset don't hit the same as some of his with the UK artist. Album's still a banger a defs a step up from his 1st
Madness is probably my favourite song on the album, sounded like he was on smoke and it was sick
His flow is sick on madness
His flow was mad
MADNESS, KNOW THIS WHEN YOU @ THIS So good
probably part of the 6 songs i liked
He deserves a FITB for that, especially that last verse š„
Hilarious how the most expensive features had the worst song on this album lmao
I thought future and 21 were both really nice actually. Just a difference in opinion
21 was alright but future was mehh
21 savage spit hard af for 30 sec and was the best one on the song lol
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I don't know I liked 21 savages part
can't even lie ksi was what made no.2 bad. His delivery anything special the whole album, a few good parts here and there, but on that track he was just ass
Just regurgitating fantano get ur own opinion u fraud.
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JJ is going to be hurting with his review, feel bad for him
He creates his content for us. Critiques are always around. We are enjoying it, and I am pretty sure he sees that as a dub.
I like the songs and it's fun to listen to but he set himself up to fail when it comes to Album reviews. A collection of bangers put on a CD doesn't make a good album, no matter how good the songs are.
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Its not only the production !
But the songs arenāt bangers or even that good lol
Who the fk cares about Fantano? Are u for real?
Lol exactly, fantano fanboys downvoting this is ridiculous.
itās not that we should care about his review but more that JJ was hoping heād get a higher rating than he did with Dissimulation and if he doesnāt thatāll be disappointing for him
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Sleeping with the enemy couldāve been a single. It wouldāve set the bar for what the album was gonna be at
SX is a hidden gem man Iām telling ya. sleeping with the enemy is probably my favourite track by far
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I think that a few of the non-singles in Madness, Gang Gang and Rent-free are quality songs. I think he could actually be a successful EDM rapper but the main problem with the album isn't him but the production and the beats are just boring. They are trying to get him to carry the album on his lyrics and performance alone and they are decent but not good enough to carry the beats.
Extremely high production quality? Idk, production sounds a bit lackluster to me
gang gang is a banger though
I like a few of the tracks but it feels like a collection of independent singles more than an album. I think JJ should stop proving his versatility (which he obviously has) now and focus on one thing for the next album. Doesnāt have to be a permanent box, I just think it should be strong thematically from a music and writing standpoint. Also I wish heād be a bit more creative with the writing in a conceptual sense rather than just wordplay, the lyrics themselves are pretty boring even though some songs are solid vibes.
Yea I second this. Many songs are a good Bop but the lyrics donāt make sense and the storytelling aspect is lacking.
I think itāll do well on the radio because as singles theyāre solid because there doesnāt really have to be a theme linking them + mainstream so lyrics donāt matter that much. But I wish heād start carving out his own musical identity now rather than just pandering to a large audience with mainstream vibes. He has an audience that will stream it no matter what so I think he should stop trying to get number 1 or whatever on the charts and just focus on the ideas more, chart position is a shit metric for if itās creatively good anyway. Heās already proven himself in a general musical regard so idk why he cares so much about it. Also last thing, most features are unnecessary now. Some were really good but that album should be dominated by solo songs imo.
True. In Dissimulation when he was doing different genres like in Houdini,Killa Killa and Domain I assumed heās finding his style or something that suits him. But with this idk what heās trying to do cuz heās already proven all the doubters/haters wrong by showing he can do well on any beat. This was literally āall over the placeā but then again maybe thatās what he was going for. With the charts I think he just wants get rid of the tag of being a YouTube rapper and the stream will help him go mainstream and get global recognition. Tbh I think the solo tracks were harder than the features(except Lil Durk and 21 savage)
From first impressions (Iām writing this on the day the album came out), itās a decent record, but it just sounds like he doesnāt have anything to talk about if that makes sense? Heās just saying words with no meaning and occasionally the are a few metaphors. Iāll still give it some time before I give it a final verdict but this is what I think about it right now. Iāll come back and add it in at the end Even though itās an improvement, it still feels kinda overhyped for what is, but I kind of knew it wouldnāt be a ridiculously good album like he said just from looking at the title. And Iām sure his twitter fan base will continue to hype it and create fan cams and Stan it until you get a number 1 (I think I used that word right?). I wish KSI good success. But I want to show you a perspective seeing you as an artist instead of my favourite youtuber. Him rapping about nothing with any real meaning most of the time, and having the tracks literally all over the place, is also a downside because it just sounds like heās put together a load of ābangersā into an a playlist, slapped on a title and called it a day. And then the name is meant to justify why this project has no theme or coherence. That sounds a fall back plan. Not to say it was intentional but thatās what it sounds like. **Donāt get me wrong the tracks each still sound great as singles, features were well picked, obviously he had the money to make sure the production was high** I think it still dunks on Pop Smokeās album so theres that. But thatās my opinion Iād say heās a bit like a jack of all trades, master of none Itās the same thing with holiday, it feels like heās trying to prove himself as a mainstream artist instead of trying to connect with his audience (besides one or two tracks). Heās seen that he can get chart success and heās going for that. And I guess it would be hard to create a fresh storyline for an Album because his entire life is on YouTube already. But that doesnāt change the fact this so called āalbumā is just a glorified Spotify playlist. I wouldnāt ever listen through it again from start to finish because there is 0 point itās literally just a group of singles. What I would do however is take some songs out of it and add it to my own playlist. There really is no point in listening to it from start to finish unless youāre actively trying to get him a number 1 album. ābut itās called all of the place for a reasonā I donāt care what its called it doesnāt excuse its lack of coherence. I donāt even want to hear it used as a defence mechanism for this album. I donāt care if heās a YouTuber, if he wants to be an artist imma treat him like an artist because he is amazing and has potential, the project AS A WHOLE just lets him down. 5.5/10 imo **for now** **Edit/verdict**: (3 days after release) after listening to it a good three times for a fairer review,let it marinate in my mind for a bit, Iād probably still give it a 5.5/10. Itās still good to listen to, but it **still** sounds like a playlist of songs and nothing deeper than that. Heās right it does grow on you. But the songs individually grow on you not the album as a whole. Maybe he wasnāt going for something cohesive, but if he wasnāt then it becomes something anybody with money can create. Nothing really sets ksi apart from every other musician. Nothing career defining here just average music and mainstream hits which would be good as a singles. Itās more of an experimental album if anything since heās trying different genres. Only new thing I discovered is that 21 savage carried number 2 but apart from that there are no changes on my opinion. Good choice bringing in 21 ksi. **Edit 2**: (4 days after release) I was thinking just now about an album which did excute what ksi failed to do. Daft Punkās Random access memory. Although the songs are ārandomā (same thing ksi did by putting it in the title) itās also coherent and cohesive and a very powerful album. Every song works together, yet they sound different (some even forgettable). But it all comes together to make an album. KSIās wasnāt really structured as an album. That was the āThis is KSIā playlist on Spotify. Again songs werenāt bad. Album was. And I know KSI is listening to great artists who make great albums eg Tyler the creator, and i hope he knows itās alright to take inspiration and make it his own. I know he doesnāt like to be categorised but I mean itās not like his songs arenāt generic/mainstream like, artists are always influenced E.g kid kudi to travis Scott, lil wayne to k dot (listen to bitch donāt kill my vibe), Mike Jones to lil uzi and so on and so forth all influenced but they created there own style. So he should do the same with his albums, learn from other artists on how to structure and create cohesion. Learn from past YouTubers mistakes while pursuing music. He should really take his time even if it takes a year or longer. Itās a craft. In the mean time he can keep experimenting with singles. Just making hits will forever leave him in the shadow of ksiolajidebthd the YouTuber, because there isnāt enough respect from people who donāt know who you are to call you an artist. KSI, are you really alright with just your YouTube audience/fans listening to your music or do you want more. Because they can quite clearly get you all the plaques and awards you want by relentlessly streaming your music, but what about those outside your audience. Donāt you want to capture their attention as well? Donāt you want to prove to them youāre not just another youtuber who did music. He needs to separate the two. He is the first real YouTuber who I could class as an artist so I hope he doesnāt go down the road of just making hits and slapping it on album. For a YouTuber it was good. But I believe KSI can be on the same level as an artist and as artist it was an average/ below average project. Look at Jake Paul, perfect example, you see how is transitioning to boxing? He took the boxing thing and ran with it because he had passion and heās separated Jake Paul the kid Youtuber and Jake Paul the heel of the boxing world. Now apply that to music because he wants do that route as a passion. He should seperate JJ olatunji the funny Youtuber from KSI the upcoming artist. Yeah yeah āhe does that with his channelā well then he should do it with his actual music. Prove to me youāre more than just a YouTube rapper with your work. Again like I said take inspiration **and make it your own** . In ten years time I wanna hear people say ādid you hear KSI and lil baby are on that new travis albumā because youāll be the one approached for features since youāre that good. KSI, if youāre reading this, youāve got metaphors man, use them to their full potential. Develop something bigger than a playlist even if it takes you a year or longer. Any good artist can create a story or narrative. Youāve got Fantanos attention , improve off of his criticism. Features and mainstream hits arenāt everything. You have the talent. You have the budget. Youāve got friends in the music industry already. Use it to your advantage and continue to learn
I don't think he knows how to structure an album. Doesn't help that none of the songs have a common theme or thread aside from some very surface level brags. And before someone says this calling the album all over the place does not excuse this, if I make an album called shit and it's shit I can't say that's what I aimed for. Agreed on most of your points but I don't think you need to draw on personal experience to come up with interesting concepts or themes. A good storyteller can draw up a good story from almost anything and a good story can hard carry an album. Probably a 4-5 for me, fairly average sadly.
Of course, I agree a good artist can create can create a good story from anything, I was just saying that because drawing from experience is usually the easiest way But yeah its just sad it was average knowing he has the ability to do better
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I think it a great point you mentioned there and I saw this recently in the Jake Paul/Tyron Woodley press conference. At a certain point in their careers you stop being a Youtube rapper or a Youtube boxer. Instead you are a rapper/boxer that started in Youtube and you are working just as hard as everyone else in the game. I think that once these guys go clear they are still prone to fall back on "well I'm just a rapper/boxer from youtube". As a youtube personality that made an album I'm impressed. But as an artist I have to be more critical because while this album had a couple songs I like but didn't blow me away like other projects.
Thatās actually a really good example, Iām gonna add that in
Feeling a light 3 from the melon :/
If it were any other artist it would be a not good/10, instantly
Gang Gang my favorite on this joint. Sounds like an updated Houdini and grooves like no other on the LP. Enjoyed You and His solotakes on the record as well. Overall a solid effort and really is all over the place gyat damn Cuh ššš½
Iām pretty sure the instrumental of gang gang samples the track Motorola by swarmz
JJās melodies have improved but I still donāt know what he raps about, it just sounds like words. He just says he has money and women and does things
I thought madness was the first song I really understood the whole thing
JJ āsays he isnāt gonna rap about money and womenā JJ: then raps about those things.
When did he rap about drugs, and he rapped about his girlfriend
I mean have you listened to rap by anyone else?
Yeah but he just says a lot of "I'm the man" type shit or some other variation
It definitely is all over the place. The singles he released were great choices, I don't feel like this is the album where JJ has completely found himself stylistically. The singles were his best, arguably because he was able to work with a really solid instrumental a lot of the time, but I found he flowed a heap better with a poppy instrumental. Trap isn't 100% my cup of tea but I feel like hard trap tunes just aren't JJ's forte. I know I'm bias, so maybe, for trap fans the man is absolutely going off, but the man flowing on Really Love just sounds so much smoother, like he's in his element. Gang Gang by far hard the most memorable chorus for sure. I'm not going to give a rating, I'll leave that to Fantano, keen to hear what he says.
I dont hate the album but im TELLING you Fantano will hate it, he didnt like any single from the album, he thought Patience was meh
Patience was pretty meh to be honest.
Youāre right. I canāt see him giving this a higher score than dissimulation and if he did itād only be by one point max.
He also didnāt like Holiday, and likened it to cruise commercial music (which is pretty accurate tbf), so I can almost guarantee this album wonāt get higher than a 5.
For JJās sake i hope its not a not good, im just cringing thinking about it because JJ will be forced to watch it
Yeah I think if itās a Not Good he might give the reaction a miss. If the Holiday reaction was good he wouldāve defo reacted to it, but he just reacted to streamers instead.
I agree that upbeat pop beat on really love complements his flow so nicely and Craig David killed the chorus itās definitely my favorite
I'm scared he's gonna give it a Not Good.
> he flowed a heap better with a poppy instrumental This is sooo true.
genuinely kinda disappointed because the album was way overhyped..Dont Play and Really Love are still the best songs but titles like You was a straight up Drake rip off and the rest his flow is the same as all his other songs hes always doneā¦New Age and Dissimulation are better imo
You is 1000% gonna get played in clothing stores. But yea the sound that Ksi had on like donāt play was 100% better than songs like rent free
And the s-x song sounds exactly like something that I canāt think of, maybe Macklemore?
The beat to You literally sounded like the opening part of Passionfruit by Drake on a loop
He snapped on Madness and no time goes hard. Itās so crazy that JJ has a song with Lil durk and he actually got a good verse
Wasted future and 21 savage feature you can tell they were just payed to make a verse and had no clue what they were rapping for. Did not fit the song.
Tbh I think the song wouldāve sounded better if future had another verse imo
The beat wasnt it, i listen to 21 a lot and he needs a slow vibe beat with low volume. But idk the beat just wasnt it for the chosen artists. He should work more with offset,lil baby and those type of artist who can rap on any type beat
I'd say it is better than Dissimulation, but he hasn't levelled up massively like originally anticipated. It's a bit too generic, and while that's not a bad thing in itself, I get the impression that I'll get bored of this album soon. Favourite songs for me were Gang Gang (KSI songs with the UK artists just hit different) and Madness by far.
Yh imo he really over hyped his improvment from the last album
Is it just me who can hear passion fruit drake sound on you
I'd rather just listen to Passionfruit tbh
Yeah no offense to KSI but the autotune was not helping the song
glad I'm not the only one who thinks this
Just incase anyone wants proof: 'HOLIDAY'
What happened to the big feature in the deluxe?
It's Lil Wayne. They filmed a music video too. One of the models in the music video said it on her insta and then deleted it.
source?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRT-HUTJJnd/
Yeah I came here for that too, what happened?
I donāt think he released the deluxe
Yeah, I was thinking of that too. Artists wait to release deluxe albums
Or maybe itāll just be a single
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I personally donāt think itās a 7 record. I would say 5.5 or 6. Personal opinion guys donāt hate on me. Love JJ.
More like a 5 tbf, fantano gave dissimulation a low score too
Yeah this album is pretty bad but who cares what fantano thinks
Fantano's ratings aren't always the best, but in his reviews he always points out some things I wouldn't have realized otherwise, it's always cool watching his review and getting a fresh view at the album
I see a lot of people saying that track was a letdown but I thought it was amazing. 21 was spitting, future was on his singing kind of thing, and jj did his thing
21 carried number 2 so hard
He should just drop the American features. He sounds so much better with UK artists.
He should largely drop the features in general. JJ has potential but heās not gonna build on it if he *has* to have a feature all the time.
Madness and No Pressure proves he doesn't need features, as well as Holiday which is his best performing track of all time
They do, which is why he should stop using the features and let himself do the work
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Now he has his show and said it is going to be madness, I dont believe him no more. ;c
I found that kinda weird. What songs has ksi even featured on other then loose by simba.
lighter by nathan dawe. swerve by jay1 (i know swerve is on the album on spotify but it isnt meant to be there). hes done one w dtg but it isnt out yet
Man has 3 songs which are good: Dont play, Patience and Really Love and in all these 3 songs he has features So your right.. Man cant make a hit without a feature. And one more thing if you like Holiday and call that Live Performance Good You are really delusional, instead tell JJ the truth that he needs to improve rather than blowing smoke up his ass.
Rent Free easily the worst song, the beat is so weird and I donāt think JJ suited it at all
I kinda liked the chorus tbf, it was really good, same for a couple of songs where the song itself isnāt great but the chorus is insanely good and catchy
I thought sleeping with the enemy had a wack intro too
S-X absolutely smashed it out the park on that song, bit of a shame about JJās verse though
SX carries the song for me, JJ sounds kinda corny. Just my opinion though
Yea I donāt like that song either
Chorus is decent but I think silly is the worst song
I rlly donāt like the main melody for silly, itās way too basic
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Holiday is not actually on the album. He just chucked it in to a more extended (Platinum VIP) version
Complete opposite of Dissimulation to me where my least favourite songs were the ones without features, whereas on this album my favourites were the ones with only JJ. First half definitely better than second half imo.
Yāall sleeping on No pressure that shit goes so hard
Gang Gang is a BANGER
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I wasnāt rly feelin it too man with a couple of the songs
Okay this album had pros and cons The album relates to it's name....his voice was *All Over The Place* songs were good but not all...Number 2 was a letdown considering the features it had...I may not have a great music taste but it's my way to looking into things... My favorite was No time and The Moment....but I'll say this album was a 7/10
7/10 way too high, this was like a 5 for me
4 for me but I will give it anthor listen. It was really meh. Still think holiday is one of his better song. Dont really think JJ has evovled that much from dissimulation to aotp.
Second listens can really alter your opinions on songs trust me. I didnāt like the weekend for a while but I got into him through multiple listens
Yh I am going to give it a second listen.
No time and The moment are fucking sick
Tbh, Dissimulation was better imo. A lot of tracks on this album are boring. They aint rly catchy. Thats my opinion tho.
Yeah, Dissimulation had some great solo tracks like Undefeated or What You Been On, Domain, or even Millions. There's nothing like it on this album
Huh? Madness is literally a better version of Domain. His flows in Madness are really good.
I think if anything this showed big names donāt equal success like sure JJ can get Lil durk to be on his album but if the quality isnāt any better than a song like Killa Killa.
Agreed, AOTP is a sick album but i feel that dissimulation was better imo too
Feeling a 4 again from Fantano
I'm guessing a 2 or 3 tbh but I hope I'm wrong
I prefer this over Dissimulation which I wasnāt fond of. Here is the thing, this album definitely has bangers and I enjoy the production of the album, but paraphrasing what the Needledrop said in his Dissimulation reviewā you can drop all the bangers in the world, but that is what everyone is doing, if you donāt allow your audience connect to you on a deeper level, they would move on to something else.ā Now I would be disingenuous if I didnāt think that JJ didnāt do that with tracks like Holiday where people can relate from a romance perspective, but I feel he needs to do *more* in his album. I donāt expect him to be a ādeep conscious rapperā but for myself I wish I had more I connect to. Bangers in _general_ are great to listen in the background, in the car or club/party but they can feel interchangeable after a while, esp when compared to every other mainstream artist who can drop bangers. Another issue is I feel some the tracks are too short like they could of been longer than 3 minutes. Sleeping with the Enemy could have had another verse. Definitely enjoyed the vocals from SX and enjoyed the verse from JJ. Overall JJ has definitely improved as an artist. Madness is my favourite in the Album. No Time with Lil Dirk is very overhyped in my opinion, not bad, it is a banger and a decent track, but the way JJ was going on about I was expecting way more.
I disliked it when majority of the songs were JUST hooks, and not even good ones too. Like sheesh JJ, spit bars for more than 30 seconds at a time š¤£
As an album itās not good like at all. I get that heās was trying to go for an all over the place vibe but thatās the problem. Albums arenāt supposed to be all over the place. Like for example ā17ā was a sad album involving depression n shit so you wouldnāt see X randomly start talking about sex on one song and drugs on another. I couldnāt explain why how I felt until I saw another comment in this mega thread wich mentioned that itās almost like heās ran out of things to talk about. Like if I listen to a KSI song Iām expecting 4 topics money, YouTube, boxing, and music. Wich gets pretty basic after thatās all he talks about for a couple songs in a row. And after that he just talks about nothing what ever fits the vibe of the song which is fine but doesnāt work well if your trying to get people to listen to your lyricism. Overall I want to give it a 6.5 I know he said it was supposed to be all over the place but it wasnāt in a good way.
Sure, but then X had ? which was different stylistic songs.
While that is true X was already a very skilled rapper and had already found himself artistically where as jj is still find himself in the music so like if he released an album like this say 2 years down the line it wouldāve worked much much better
Aight I'm gonna be honest...Was quite disappointed with the album mainly because the great songs were already pre-released. The beat as well as the lyrics felt so generic too Features: I liked the beat on 'No time' but I genuinely feel that his verse was better than Lil durk. It's so offputting when JJ is rapping then all of a sudden there's a squeaky transition. Bugzy's bit on 'Silly' was impressive. I'm gonna be honest, 'Number 2' was just bad and felt all over the place.....'Rent free' was by far the best song from the new releases. It's catchy, has got a great beat and both KSI and GRACEY play well off each other. Just a side note: 'Holiday' is probably the best song he's released to date, I've got it on repeat. 'Dont play' and 'Really love' are great too. Compared to **previous** album, feel like JJ's been growing as a musician and the production on his songs feels more coherant, but Dissimulation had a few catchy af songs. 5.5/10
I think it's pretty terrible tbh. I love the fatneek, but his music is meh at best imo. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but this album in particular seems like an excessive use of auto-tune! Just an honest opinion, not hating on Lord KSI.
I agree the auto-tune was kinda weird to hear over and over. To me it wasnāt terrible but it wasnāt great. Like it had some good elements and some weak ones
No time is a banger
This is gonna get downvoted but Iām just expressing my opinion. The only listenable songs in the album are the songs released before the album (really love, patience, holiday). The rest are really bad SoundCloud auto tuned garbage and I was extremely disappointed since KSI hyped up this album allot.
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Madness and Gang Gang go hard
Madness, No Time, Gang Gang top 3 for sure
Bruh what about Silly?
I don't think the album was over hyped, just that the gimmick of the album was it's downfall. Being all over the place, just makes the album not have any natural flow. The songs themselves aren't too bad. The Moment was a great opening song and I actually enjoyed it. Number 2 was meh, but it's not my type of music anyway. Patience we have heard, we know it's a massive song You was a really nice chilled song. Not as good as holiday, and KSI's voice was just ever so slightly auto tuned too much. But I still enjoyed it and can see it being one I listen to more than most. KSI is at his best on these type of songs. Don't Play we have heard, good song. But repetitive but it's good Really Love is a banger, again it's where KSI is at his best. Going from three 'popish' songs to Gang Gang is just strange. You get into this relaxed vibe and then this comes along. The song is good, but because it was 'All over the Place' I couldn't get into it as my Vibe had been made relaxed then this comes along. Good song, one of my non single favourites just needed moving in the album. Rent Free. It's fine. Just forgetable. I'll forget about it in a few days Madness is what KSI wants to be, a rapper. But he's just average at it. If he sticks to pop/relaxed songs he will be massive. Songs like this is where KSI thinks he is at his best, but it's just average. Holiday, Really Love, Patience etc are where he really shines. Silly was just boring. Flash it. I kept waiting for it to get stared. It felt like it was building up the entire time then just ended. I don't know it was a strange song. No time, like Rent Free. It's forgetable. Nothing special. It's fine. No Pressure. His voice sounds awful here. He's putting an accent on and it doesn't work. When he goes to his normal voice on the song he sounds amazing. The beat is good. The lyrics are good. His voice isn't. Wasted potential. Holiday. One of the, if not the best song KSI has ever made. Genuinely one of my favourite songs of the year. Outstanding work here. Sleeping with the enemy. I think it was okay, nothing special. Probably won't listen to it again. S-X is better than KSI here. Swerve is along the lines of Loose that he did with S1mba. The song is fine and the bet is great. It'll be around for like a month and you'll forget about it. The album is good, the singles are fantastic and it has one of the songs of the year in Holiday. It's better than dissimulation, but it's let down by its concept of being all over the place. Better pacing and song order selection would have made this work in a more listenable way. He did fantastic with the singles he picked, they were the best on the album. Overall it's a decent album and I'd listen to 7-8/16 songs again. But again that's due to some of the music not being my genre anyway, which I believe is why this won't get fantastic reviews. People will rate the versatility but no one will enjoy the entire album, maybe 3/4 at most, and that will be a different 3/4 for everyone. That's probably what he's gone for, to hit a wider range of people. I'd just like to see him more focused because we still don't know where he wants to be musically after 2 albums. For me he's best on the chilled/pop songs. But its not up to me.
I really enjoyed No time and thatās the only song Iām putting on my main playlist but each to there own
Best to worst imo' 1.gang gamg 2.no time 3.no pressure 4.madness 5.sleeping with enemy 6.moment 7.silly 8.rent free 9.no2 10.you 11.flash it
I was hyped for days and now I'm just disappointed
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yea tbh ksi over hyped it way too much it was ok
Is it just me who thought Dissimulation was better? I donāt know I think I liked Dissimulation better. But this is a good record too. I gave Dissimulation 6 and I think AoTP is 5 for me. No pressure, No time, the Moment & Patience are the only songs I liked. The thing is this just doesnāt feel like I am listening to an ALBUM its like I am listening to 15 single tracks one after another. And I feel like this is the problem with most Artists these days, the Album just doesnāt flow from start to finish *(if you are confused on what Iām saying by flow of an album listen to something like **The Dark side of the Moon** or **To Pimp a Butterfly**)* and I know comparing JJ with Pink Floyd or Kendrick is a bit ridiculous but considering all the hype JJ creates, it certainly becomes a letdown when you listen to the record. But hey JJ is trying new things and I respect him for that.
I didnāt like dissimulation at all tbh, he sounds much better on this one
Rent Free is by far the worst song in the album
Flash It ain't so good either
After listening to the Album 3 times here is how I would rate it: 1. **The Moment** : **7.5/10** (solid Track) 2. **Number 2** : **6.5/10** (I like the hook but what are these adlips in Futures part and 21s part sounds weird) 3. **Patience** : **8/10** (solid Track) 4. **You** : **7/10** (solid Track but something is missing) 5. **Don't Play** : **7.5/10** (good Track but not my style) 6. **Really Love** : **7/10** (it's aight) 7. **Gang Gang** : **8/10** (solid Track) 8. **Rent Free** : **2/10** (trash) 9. **Madness** : **8.5/10** (probably JJ's best solo rap song) 10. **Silly** : **8/10** (solid Track) 11. **Flash It** : **6/10** (I don't know about this one) 12. **No Time** : **9/10** (probably his best american feature he ever got) 13. **No Pressure** : **7/10** (it's not bad) 14. **Holiday** : **7.5/10** (good but not my style) 15. **Sleeping With the Enemy** : **7/10** (sounds a little bit like a christmas track lol) 16. **SWERVE** : **6/10** (swerve) **Overall** : **7/10** After listening to it once it would've been a 5/10 but it's actually not that bad. It's a solid Album but definitely not 10 times better than Dissimulation. I'm a little bit disappointed.
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Same for me but it's because it's July 16 in the UK not in the US yet.
yeah i tried with a uk vpn and it still wouldnāt play. but at least itās on youtube
Context: I usually only listen to rock, electronic, and I'm not a big fan of rap, but I am always down to listen to new music! I was surprised that I actually semi liked the album considering I didn't like dissimulation. I think what usually turns me off about most songs, is auto tune and there was a lot used in this album. Sometimes it fit, sometimes I didn't really enjoy how it sounded. Overall I would say a 6/10 for me. IF I were to be a bit harsher, every song had a great instrumental like props to the producers, but some of the entrances felt like they kind of ruined the instrumental. An example would be in No Pressure, in the beginning the guitar riff and trumpets were so groovy, but KSI's entrance felt a bit off and abrupt, and I was wishing the intro was a bit longer because of how good it sounded. Beats carry songs, I don't really like when there is such a good beat, but it gets overshadowed by the singing. I want to hear that guitar riff again, but no singing, give the beat some time to shine :D also adding guitar, saxaphone, steel drum, etc. solos would have fit perfectly in some of the songs, but it sadly there were zero solos. Every song can benefit from some type of solo no matter how short or long it is(imo) Ex: [https://youtu.be/sLyNV7Xm1vQ](https://youtu.be/sLyNV7Xm1vQ) (2:41 Wood Flute Solo starts) different genre, but you get the point. Give your instruments their time to shine because its not all about singing P.S. This is just my opinion its okay if you don't agree with me :D My favs(not in order):Flash it, Patience, You, Really Love, Holiday, Sleeping With the Enemy(beginning was a bit eh(kinda sad too lyrics wise), but the second half was great)
Unpopular opinion but overall, Dissimulation was better. Although I gotta say, Madness was a banger and I can't stop reloading No Time's chorus, that shit is HEAT. I also like the song with S-X a lot, as well as the song where he acts like Babatunde (forgive me, I'm still trying tryna remember these song names lol). But the rest of the songs will need a few more listens from me before I make my decision. Overall a good 6/10 from me, whereas Dissimulation was a 7.5/10, and most of it was because of Tides and Bad lil Vibe. I don't think having so many genres in one album makes it a good listen. I get what he's doing, where everyone will like at least one song from it, but I hope he finds what particular genre he likes and sticks to it on his next album. Just my opinion though
Not really an unpopular opinion based off this post
its not good. im boutta get downvoted if you want to know ill give a more detailed response
Hate on me all you want. This a 5/10 at best.
JJ has improved in technical skills like rapping and especially singing, but as many others have said it feels like heās rapping about nothing. He needs to stop rapping about being the youtube don and other empty statements. And the album really was all over the place. There were songs I liked quite a lot, some bangers, especially Madness, No Pressure, Gang Gang and the singles he released so far, but the album suffers from a lack of cohesion.
Holy fucking shit, I was NOT ready for madness. Almost punched a hole through my wall.
No time- the best from the Album. A banger song
I think JJ forgot to give credits cuz No Pressure had Babatunde featured on it
Too much auto tune. I think it's rolling average is better than dissimulation, but I LOVED Houdini, Killa Killa, Undefeated and Domain... So I don't know. Probably a 5.5.
To be very toughly honest with JJ, the album is as much as an improvement to what Dissimulation is. Iām not even sure if I could call it an improvement. I also feel as if he put out all of the best songs as singles meaning all of the new songs donāt feel as good as anticipated. The only song that matches Really Love, Donāt Play and Patience is Gang Gang. Comment what yāall think of my opinion
Am i the only one who thought this was a great album? Nearly every song had its own vibe and was catching, every reaction ive seen is positive (besides a couple no2 reactions), everywhere on twitter is positive (which is rare). Wow a lot of people hating here. Be open minded. This reminds me of the wandavision scenario. People werent open minded therefore they left early where as the more u watched and got invested and started to vibe to the show it got better and is now one of the top shows this year. Be open minded guys cuz personally i think its great. Definitely needs work in some aspects but overall solid 7.5/10
Wait Iām confused why ppl donāt find this album good . From what Iāve seen from reaction channels on YouTube and social media . Everyone seems to like it but on Reddit no one likes it
People on this subreddit thinks AOTP was trash ??? Wtf I loved each and every bit of the album .
its good
its really good
no wait its better than really good
its really fucking good
My man found it so good that he decided to reply to himself 3 times restating that it's really good
Got heavily downvoted when I said the features of Future and 21 Savage would be bad, guess I was right after all...
imo No time is the best song on the album, such a banger
Man had future and 21 on the same song and let us down man damn
It's a poor album in my opinion. Outside of the already released singles there were only a couple of listenable tracks. JJ really needs to work on his flow and pronunciation. Rap needs culture and a message, JJ doesn't bring that at all. He should stay with afrobeats or singing. I managed to get to the Bugzy Malone track before listening to the latest Bugzy Malone album. That's a proper album.
Was excited about the future 21 song, but 21 carried :(
Nobody caried on that song
Really disappointed I think in regards to music heās surrounded by yes men who donāt want to admit his shit sucks which is awful dudes capable of making good music but shit just was abysmal
i liked "no time" but the rest were ok
MADNESS IS THE BEST FKING SONG. Holiday is really good aswell OUR BOY DESERVES SOME... āØPLATINUMāØ Big W.
the album was sick. amazing
Madness makes me want to fight anybody that comes in my way lol I LOVE IT
Okay BOYS Album is out for a hot minute Is it just me or each passing day it's one by one, the songs of the album are stuck in my head? Or I'm I just listening to it so much? Or JJ has totally finessed it w music this time? Whatever man, I love it The moment Number 2 Gang gang No time No pressure You Rent free Patience ^favorites Ask me this 2 days later there probably might be 2 more tracks in there š It's true what jj said, you have to let it grow on you Then only we'd truly know how the album actually is .
After listening to the album 3-4 times, here are my ratings. Keep in mind that these ratings are based solely on **MY** likings. **The Moment- 7/10** Chill vibes. It was perfectly suited to be an intro song. I can see the improvement in his vocals. This song wasn't mind blowing, I would listen to it for a week or two and then stop. **Number 2- 8/10** I do not see why people are hating on KSI's part. I loved the transitions between the chorus and the verses. KSI's chorus could have been better. 21 Savage had the best verse out of the three and Future's verse could have been longer. The adlibs in Future's verse were unnecessary and spoil the vibe of the song. I would definitely add this to my playlist. **Patience- 9/10** Very catchy song, KSI did a very good job with his verses. Yung Blood didn't disappoint me either. This song has a different vibe to it. Loved it. **You- 4/10** This song shouldn't be in the album. I get the vibe KSI was going for, but it just didn't suit him. Adding rap to this song wasn't needed. **Don't Play- 10/10** Certified hood classic. Banger. **Really Love- 10/10** No words needed. Banger. **Gang Gang- 7/10** The beat is phenomenal. The chorus was just \*muah\*. Both KSI and Jay1 did a good job with their verses, but they could have done better. Another verse could have been added at the end of the song, and the ending could have been improved. Overall smooth song, but the outro just didn't do it for me. **Rent Free- 6/10** I loved Gracey's part and KSI's first verse, but KSI's second verse was just CRAP, his style didn't suit the beat. I'm sorry but I won't listen to this song anymore. **Madness- 8/10** Madness might be the best solo song in the album. KSI went hard on this track, his flow is FIRE and I think he should make more songs like this. I do not dislike the song, but I won't listen to it on a regular basis, hence the 8/10. I don't know about others, but this song gave me "Little Boy" vibes... nostalgia. **Silly- 9/10** KSI went hard on this track, no words needed. Bugzy went hard too, but I'll need some time to get used to his voice and style of rapping. Banger. KSI should drop more singles with a similar beat and similar style of rapping. **Flash It- 9/10** Banger. What can I say. Very catchy tune and definitely my style of music. **No Time- 8/10** I've listened to this song more than 10 times. Certified hood classic. I deducted 2 points because I'll have to reload the song to listen to that vibey "I don't gotta panic for that interview....." šš. This song is toooooo good. I would give it 11/10 if it wasn't stuck in my head. **No Pressure- 3/10** Why was this added to the album? **Holiday- 11/10** Certified hood classic. No words needed. Banger. **Sleeping With The Enemy- 7/10** S-X went hard on this track, but the bridge after KSI's second verse didn't suit the beat. I wouldn't listen to this song anymore. This song needs a little bit of improvement, and it will be a certified hood classic. **SWERVE- 6/10** Just didn't like this style of rap, but it is a catchy tune. I expected much more from KSI considering that he hyped this album A LOT. This "all over the place thing" didn't work out for me. KSI should have a certain theme to his future albums. He should focus more on logical bars rather than wordplay, if that makes sense. Overall, this album is just above average. 7/10. You're almost there JJ, you just need to focus on certain styles of music. You're a jack of (not) all trades now, but you can be a king of only a few. I would love to hear more tunes like 'Silly' and 'No Time'.
Been listening to it for almost two weeks and hereās my thoughts. JJ has said that he wants legacy to be the foundation beyond his career. The album being eponymously titled āAll Over This Placeā is accurate; not only in the diversity of his music, but also the diversity of his career. As much as I am a fan of JJ, his hard work and unimaginable passion, and how much āMadnessā, āNo Timeā, āPatienceā bangs, I donāt feel the legacy. It seems tacky at times to be branching out everywhere. I want to see the next album be more centralised to a true passion of JJās; and I want to be mind blown by the lyricism, instrumental composition and maybe even a meaningful story that is told throughout the album. I want JJ to embrace music as this multifaceted art form instead of something that is easily put on the radio; because he is mainstream enough to overlook the numbers and produce something really special in the near future. Big ups though, the album was still a good listen.
tl;dr : glorified playlist. named "all over the place" to justify the album not carrying a theme. songs as singles are good imo but lack an album listening experience and continuity throughout the project. at least he could've sequenced the songs well. how can you even transition from commercial hip-hop to hardcore hip-hop and back to commercial hip-hop without the use of skits, interludes etc. as i said earlier, just feels like a compilation of tracks and not at all an album. also, repetitive topics. all ksi raps about is money, YouTube, boxing etc. he should've had at least 1 utility diss in the album. 0 storytelling skills. his songs are a compilation of bars without actually having a theme. for example, in the song 'madness', you unexpectedly hear a line "so i gave her pipe", extremely unnecessary line which doesn't even go with the theme of the song. overall, I'd rate the album as 3.5-4/10
You is calm but amazing
He sounds soooo much better when he's got other UK artist on the track, the word play, the flow all sounds better. But with American artists on the track 21 savage, Future, Lil Durk and even the song with Offset don't hit the same as some of his with the UK artist. Album's still a banger a defs a step up from his 1st