LET'S ARGUE: Akademiks Is the Worst 

The “Akademiks is the worst” take is not as worth arguing as much as it’s worth agreeing

I want an actual Melonfest where artists handpicked by Melon perform songs off their highest AND lowest rated records.

Akademick has to be the easiest person to make fun off, Dude is clueless

My new favorite thing is Anthony hating doing Let's Argue. It makes each episode much more interesting because he hates us

As a hard rocker back in the 1980s, I can say the Guns N Roses initial success (which took about a year to kick in, btw) was due to being perceived as slightly more serious, gritty and harder than your average sunset strip glam metal band. Their sound was less slick and bubblegum scented than say, Poison, and felt more in line with 70s era Aerosmith - 70s rock in general was starting seep back in (see The Cult "Electric", Jane's Addiction, Danzig 1, Soundgarden, etc.), so it was perfect timing. From there, their lasting appeal is down to clever pop metal songwriting.

Hey Antony, thanks for the entertainment. I know you don’t do as many let’s argue videos because most of the takes you get are garbage but I gotta say it’s one of my favorite segments you do. Keep the grind going and have a good night.

"DJ Akademiks is the worst" is a take colder than an iceberg in a restaurant freezer that's been placed in a freezer in the middle of the coldest January in history.

4:23 as an artist who tried discovery mode out on a song while its still in beta, i saw an immediate increase in streams which kept rising and is currently at 10x the daily plays compared to before I opted in, went from 1k to 10k a day on that song, and my monthly listening shot up from about 35k to 76k in 2.5 weeks. A good thing about it is you can opt in on specific songs so its not like they are locking you into the deal once you use it. Another thing is that they are only taking royalties from plays in the geographical areas where discovery mode is in effect, so all in all I think its a good feature at this moment but its heavy usage when it is fully released will probably water down the effect eventually making it obsolete, or even worse it will be a requirement if you want to be heard the same way you were before. Update: went from 76k to 82k monthly listeners yesterday, biggest jump yet 2nd update: song is still improving on numbers with the highest being 20k in a day and im about to reach 200k monthly listeners

The editing in this video is super dynamic and fun I love the new style. It’s almost hard to go back to the simpler style of the Let’s Argue

Saying that about Pusha while naming the artists he was ghost writing for and then claiming he’s the one “riding coattails” is f’ing CLASSIC! 😂

These past few episodes of Let's Argue are killing it, love the editing and humor

DJ Akademiks is the type to get intimidated by a Woman that has a deeper voice than him.

Erykah Badu telling Akademics he looks exactly like Jerry from Tom and Jerry was hilarious. Thats all I think about when I hear about him.

What makes Guns N Roses so famous is their post-debut era. Whilst the debut carries the most famous songs, Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to the Jungle and more (and is their best album) it is their stardom during the late 80s as a cultural movement that makes them so famous. Plus, as a now more subtle and mature listener who used to love GNR as a kid, their melodic songs (Civil War, November Rain) still hit like a fucking train when ur ready for them. Idk, dumb band, but one a lot of people cherish for what it meant for them growing up. (Kind of like a hard rock Elton John)

Be careful about editing yourself into prison like that, Anthony. That’s where all the AJR records are kept.

This man really put out two let's argues in 3 days

On the spotify deal - it definitely has a significant effect on exposing your music to more listeners, spotify can 100% snap their fingers and send you attention. It's especially beneficial for periods where artists aren't consistently releasing as it keeps music circulating in the algorithm (justifying the royalty cut because you would be getting less streams anyways, w/o releasing in todays landscape). I still think it's somewhat exploitive, but it's also just Spotify supplying the demand for exposure.

The Pusha take is what happens when you don't pay attention

It's so obvious when someone has no knowledge of music history prior to 2015. How can you say Pusha T was carried through his whole career and not even list HALF of his career?

The defense of Push was based. That was the most L take I’ve ever seen

I need at least 60 minutes of Melonfest, I unironically rewound this video four times

nav dissing Akademiks is the best thing he ever did

Counterpoint: Akademics gave us the "my top 5 is drake, drake, drake..." His contribution to comedy is legit

I actually disagree on your take about bonus tracks. I think that sometimes it's not necessarily that They Are Not good songs But Maybe they do not fit the theme of the rest of the album and were good songs that the artist still wanted to release in some way

Wikipedia considers TVU&N a collaborative album but people generally don't because she only sings on 4 of the 11 songs (1 of which being background vocals), didn't write on it, and was mostly just on it at the behest of Andy Warhol. It's collaborative in that they're both on it, but not in that they worked on it together, she was a late add-on to an already finished batch of songs.

The smart way for Spotify to sell exposure would be to improve the algorithm and only apply the improvements to the artists who paid, but keep the number of recommendations the same. I.e. you as the listener will see the same things you see now except a few of those recommendations will be way more relevant for you. And if every artist bought in every recommendation would be gold, and overall people might listen to more music I guess. Plus random promotions like with the ITvid algorithm to show off how artists can get crazy boosts in popularity from data science payola.

I love when bands release the demos. Sometimes the stripped down versions are fire.

If you feel useless then just remember, akademiks still has a following.

Recently my mom told me how she was friends with Pusha-T in middle school and even went to karate with him. Kinda blew my mind.

You’re describing Motley Crue when you talk about GnR. They actually have musical substance. Listen to the guitars, they’re almost NEVER playing the same thing at once. And their first record sounds a lot better than the typical over produced glam record because they could really play tf outta their parts and they had great pocket and energy as a band. Also slash made Les Pauls cool again.

Waiting for the ringlight reflection to fit perfectly into the Iris of Anthony's eye is like the DVD logo hitting a corner

Here's a "Let's Argue" thing I saw somewhere else but I totally agreed with: There has never been a year when Jay Z was indisputably the hottest rapper of the year.

if pusha got carried through all his beefs. why is his track record SO good with them

Cleaning those glasses while talking about Akademiks was a power move

Ah yes, academics is hard but worth it! Melon loves knowledge

Always a good idea to have "OJ Simpson wasn't guilty, and everyone who thinks he is, is racist by my own logic" on your Wikipedia page Ant keep up the amazing 400 iq perspectives

You already know Akademiks is going to do a drunk stream after he sees this.

Everything he said about akademiks is facts! Dude just yells behind a keyboard now. Miss the old days when it was about music. Also people never point out how akademiks has a habit of aligning himself with the worst people in the industry I.e. 6ixnine, Charleston white, Andrew Tate, fresh and fit podcast, and wack 100!

I'd buy a 3 day pass to Melonfest

I agree to an extent with Deluxe Versions, but I also think a lot of the time it's just "Hey guys, if we save some of these songs, we can sell the album twice"

when akademick went on fresh & fit he passed the point of no return

_Thank you,_ Melon! Clipse was literally the last great act to come along in the Golden Age of HipHop, imo... Drake is the wackest popular rapper ever and people _actually_ - with a straight face - put him in the GOAT conversation 🤣🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ He's been carried for DECADES. Push is _legitimately_ in the GOAT conversation!

You don’t have to hate Akademiks just because he enjoys Drakes cookie recipe more than you

The person that said Pusha T has been carried for his entire career definitely has no idea that he was 1/2 of Clipse

Now I understand Aks meltdown. Glad more people are pointing him out. It was disgusting what he did to Meg during that trial

The man who said pusha T was carried his entire career needs to be sent to twitter jail

Wouldn’t both parties have to write/create on a album for a collaboration. Nico didn’t write anything and it’s known that she was kinda only there for her fame in acting in a big movie. Lou was also extremely against her hopping on probably because he didn’t want people thinking she wrote his songs. They had to talk him into allowing her to sing 3 songs

The editing on this episode was superb

Akademics is not the worst, he's just nonfactor in hip-hop and should stay that way.

Because of the Akademiks take we need a new “Let’s Agree” ASAP

The problem with demo version on deluxe albums is that they're barely different from the actual song. You're marketing it as a "look behind the scenes at the creative process" but it's literally just the final song before the studio polish.

Bro stepping on needles with this one 😭😭can’t wait to see how this beef goes

deluxe versions are like 12 regular songs, 5 demos, 4 radio mixes, and maybe 3 actual unreleased songs that could possibly get on a regular rotation

Regardless of what you think of Pusha’s solo catalog, that take is what you get when you’ve never heard a second of Clipse.

Honestly hearing Starfox64 music in a Fantano Video is something I never expected to hear and also made me feel happy existential dread for some reason.

All I know is that the best way to turn introverts into extroverts is to make them listen to giving bad people good ideas for 48 hours

The energy from the lets argue this time around got me feeling all kinds of good chaotic

The velvet underground and Nico one is bc Nico was technically a part of the velvet underground at the time but left before their sophomore record. So you could call it a collaboration album but it’s technically wrong. I honestly don’t even know why her name is on the cover considering that she was a part of the band…

i always look forward to mac demarco‘s demo albums that he releases along his studio albums. they feel warm and cozy and come with little variations that stand out and show macs creative process. plus he throws in a lot of unreleased tracks. hard disagree on the demo album take

I don’t understand how someone couldn’t like Sade. That’s it.

Akademiks's existence is a net loss for humanity.

It's good that fantanos now doing more lets argues again

Saying anybody was carried by Drake, who was carried by Degrassi and then Lil Wayne, and Kayne, who was carried by his mommy and then Donald Trump, is a wild take. Those two men have never carried anything anywhere, their music careers or their children.

2:37 I gotta say, I feel the exact opposite. I feel like personally releasing demos as bonus tracks serves no purpose, because you already have the finished product, rarely would I want to hear a more rough version of that. Completely new songs that didn't make the cut, sure they might be not as good as the rest, but at least it's wholly new, it's not some half-baked version of another song that was already heard. I'd much rather hear a b-side than a demo.

Let's agree: You're so jealous of Cal's success and fame, you "dislike him" and prevent him from being in your vids because you're afraid he'll steal the spotlight.

As a GnR die hard fan I can understand people not liking them but I’m glad Anthony gives them some credit where credit is due lol

How can we call Akademiks the worst when Adam 22 exists

That Pusha T take had me fuming

The video of him hearing “Sicko Mode” for the first time is enough to validate that he is, in fact, the worst.

I think that since that DJ Akademiks is all about drama and ego, I think that that will be his downfall! Because he had pushed himself from his what he was focusing on in the first place

Finally, someone with a decent take on g'n'r.

Say that Pusha T is good because he had friends in big places, Is a stupid reasoning tbh

I like when Anthony eats Italian food. I really feel the culture.

Slowthai has had the best 3 album run within recent UK hip hop history, possibly within the world

Ryan from Downhill Media's editing ties the whole thing together

ARGUE?!? No. Let’s AGREE.

If you really watch Akademiks for his music takes then you are watching the wrong guy he's been doing this for like 11+ years now at this point people should know what he's about he's entertaining in his own that's his lane and there's plently of times where he does spit game to upcoming creatives/artists and encourages them to keep moving forward but don't get me wrong he does say a lot of things that's out of pocket.

It's time for another "Let's Agree" Anthony

Finally we get to talk about the elephant in the room (Akademiks)

These intros keep getting better

you have some interesting takes, but this by far is the one i agree with you the most about.

we got blessed with two Let’s Argue in a week!!

That footage of actual, real, legitimate, actual people at Melonfest was awesome

By giving him attention like this, he's gonna run with it and milk this to the last drop. He hasn't changed since he started. Drama, drama, drama. I can't stand that dude.

Akademiks is a grown ass man saying "I'm the prize" and meat riding drake💀

It's about time someone significantly melon-like said this.

That intro was fully Oscar worthy

DJ Akademiks is the Keemstar of hip-hop

YOU GAVE ME THE KISS OF LIFE (absolutely fire)

I don't want to argue forever. I want to be friends.

I have NEVER watched a single Akademics video or piece of content. He's successful/relevant because people watch him, even those who think "he's the worst thing in music."

3:00 - Biggest laugh I've ever had during a "LETS ARGUE"

The akademiks hate is hypocrisy at it's finest, none of the people hating AK don't blame the rappers actually murdering each other and promoting "smoking" opps is songs and videos, or even the record execs that put millions into promoting the death/prison culture to make a profit

Akademiks never talked about music he had a page called”war in chiraq” which was catered to street beef of artists in Chicago like chief keef, king von, fbg duck etc.

The "Welcome to the JUNGLE BABY!!!" edits were fantastically hilarious

That pusha take has GOT to be bait 💀💀💀

I can’t imagine anyone outright hating sade wtf

my favorite takes are the ones like "pusha t was carried his whole career" because theyre really like just telling on themselves

The fact that fantano took his glasses off for the AK take is crazy

Really dont know why ak would go down that path. It was alright when he was a fan and a reporter of hip hop. Then he gets on fresh n fit suddenly hes being “alpha” when doesnt need to. Making a living doing what u love to do what anybody wanna do. And yeah pusha t wasnt carried. Please listen to more clipse stuff. He is, was, and ever will be…..fire.