I think it's also important to consider that the whole Saturation trilogy came out in the span of 7 months so there's a lot of concepts that are shared and explored throughout the 3 albums that give a better picture of the trilogy as a whole because a lot of it was all being created in parallel
Well this was unexpected. Glad you liked this one, I just found BH this year and they’ve been probably my number one replayed artist since just cause of how damn re-listenable their music is. As good as this album is, 2 and 3 are even better still. (HEAT’s still my favorite BH song of all of them though, I was so glad you felt the Nine Inch Nails vibe of the ending, that’s exactly what I think when I hear it, it’s so good.)
Cool that you and others are just discovering BH recently. I literally discovered them in real time as they were dropping the music videos for Saturation 1 every week or so starting with Heat. I actually had a friend who had an extra ticket to see them on tour for the trilogy, but I didn't end up going. I still regret that.
@@MysterE95 I hadn’t listened to a full album before this year so I’ve been discovering a shit ton of new artists and songs I didn’t know about. It’s been fun as hell.
I’m in the same boat man. I only discovered them this year and I was so bummed when I found out they were breaking up just as I discovered them lol. Then again I was 11 when they were blowing up. I rly hope bearface blows up now that they’re broken up.
BH has helped shape my HS experience. I discovered Saturation right before my freshman year and have been on this journey with them since 2017. It’s so sad to see them ending but “all good things come to an end!”. I’m so happy to see your journey through there discography and meet and understand everyone’s perspectives. There were 15 members at there height..with everything from fashion to the production. JOBA is my personal favorite member.. there ability to shift sounds and genres will astound you, They really were some else, THE BEST BOY BAND SINCE ONE DIRECTION
Same! I discovered Kevin Abstract around 2015-2016 but I wasn't really a fan until Saturation. those first videos were amazing. I remember when GOLD was their first video to reach a million views. Good fucking times
A little bit of context on brockhampton's breakup, in January they announced that they would be taking an indefinite hiatus as a group and performed at Coachella as their last live performance, but a bit before Coachella, they all got together and decided they would be dropping one last album, which is dropping next week on the 17th
@@royalwarlord2342 workin out, skrawberries, off da zoinkys, despacito too, just da other day. its still a lot of substance and the bars and technical showcases are still amazing
The end of milk gets me every time. I was really happy to see you go into it so much and start getting into BROCKHAMPTON in general. Excited as always for the future of your content. Thanks, Bob!
it is interesting that you got a lot out of the stretch of tracks on the album that many people aren't too crazy about. I really love how those ones capture the apathy and uncertainty in the world that comes with many people's experiences of growing up in your late teens and early twenties. those are really juvenile, raw and honest songs that set a mood very effectively. I was on the BROCKHAMPTON wave in 2016 but I never thought they'd have an album like SATURATION in them. it is very special to me and always takes me right back to summer 2017, yet I relate to the feelings expressed on those songs even more now.
Man, Saturation still hits me the way it did in the summer of 2017. I had a great time watching the uncut version on Patreon and listening to this album along with you. Based on your initial reaction I'd say the rest of the trilogy is absolutely worth checking out as well.
Please do their whole discography, some of the most underrated music out there. Their trilogy is historic and projects like Ginger and Roadrunner are so great.
I really hope you keep going and do their whole discography! there's so much more to BH outside of just Sat 1. The whole trilogy doesn't very too much in terms of sound but the other albums really get out there.
And I saw Kevin abstract years before that at camp flog gnaw, he was one of the smallest names there at that time, Kevin abstract is insanely gay you need to listen to his solo album American Boyfriend
Ooooh yes. Really excited for you to get into the trilogy Bob. As a new college kid in 2017, I know so many people on campus who resonated with these albums and each of the boys. With its sound and lyrical subject matter, I'm sure you could see why.
Great video as always, and I highly recommend watching their music videos. They're really creative and fun (for the most part, there's serious ones too of course), and they were a huge part of the album rollout and the hype in general during that summer they released the Saturation trilogy. I also think putting faces to names really helps with getting to know the different members, which in turn helps you appreciate what distinct thing they each bring to the group.
The music reaction community is my favorite on youtube. You guys create a environment for so many people to enjoy music together and have a big conversation about what we love and hate from multiple perspectives.
Thank you for what you said during Milk. I really needed to hear that. "Wanting to be somebody" is such an open ended statement I tell myself sometimes. Great collab Bob🤝
Sick you chose to react to BH. For me and a lot of people around my age the Saturation Trilogy was like the soundtrack to college/highschool. Keep up the reactions/content!
I dont even know where to begin. I'm gonna try to avoid any future spoilers but give context for some important stuff of the group. Its funny you said they arent spikey, you should have seen 2017, which began "the summer of saturation", the name of the album comes from saturating their sound and influence in a big way. 3 albums in 6 months was a massive "HEY WE'RE HERE" announcement to the world. You didnt have time to get bored of the previous songs and be anxiously waiting the new release, before it was already here and recontextualized and expanding the first album. Saturation is as much about the online culture and the group as it is about the music. Groups in hiphop are a rare unicorn, especially with so many members, and as you heard, they almost immediately fit well together. The group formed off a kanye fan forum of people online just saying "hey wanna make a band" and the rest is history. They call themselves affectionately a boyband, its both redefining the "pop" notion of what a boyband is, and that a hiphop group can be soft and in their feelings and emotions and pop simultaneously. This is more common nowadays, but they are kinda a generational spiritual successor to what Kid Cudi was in the early 2010's to the later. If you were 16-26 ish this music spoke to what YOUR life experience was. Not just the recession of 2008, but the complete lack of any structural changes as a result. Kids nowadays have seen the transparency of the myths of the american dream as clear as day, and social media and the spread of communication and information was a colossal factor to that. They are questioning the status quo. Made worse by the uncertainty of love, not only will society accept me, but will someone love me? WIll I love myself? Will i find someone i stay with? Until I have my life figured out, am I even able to find love? is being lost in life going to prevent me from finding my place, my person, and my people? What caught my ear to brockhampton first was the hooks, as you caught on songs like Gold, Heat, and Star. All early songs on the album and all their first singles. The hooks of Kevin's are what drags you in, the variety keeps you interested, and then before you know it. You start caring about the emotional story of 6+ different people you didnt know at all 30 minutes ago. That was a genius move imo, Bump is the quintessential idea of this dichotomy in a single song, but the album itself is one long "Bump" where the heavy hip hop sound is internally conflicting with the slower more melodic ballad-esque guitars and strings. This mirrors the conflict of the lyrics, not knowing where your place in the world is when all the stories you've been told are now shown to be lies. Is college important? Does a degree even better my situation anymore or save me from poverty? (not really). Is working a job "living the american dream" or is it living a nightmare you can't escape from but its the only thing society accepts or tells you is okay to pursue and do. It is also a dichotomy of white and black experience. Whether in the trap/ghetto or the suburbs, you are trapped either way. Either by circumstance or expectation, but still unable to find ones true purpose to "be somebody" rather than just Work a job and Get a mortgage and then die with no creative output to show for it and no impact made. Kevin's sexuality certainly also plays a role. Being gay is already ostracizing, even to "accepting" people, the degree of acceptance varies, but especially a gay BLACK artist, and especially a gay black HIP HOP artist is pushing the extreme of acceptance is the broader culture. There's a lot of notion from older conventional wisdom that dropping out means you are a failure, or getting involved in the law is a failure. and Brockhampton says no, we have an ego, we know we're going to make it, and our confidence is part of our success, the "haters" who say our dream isnt possible arent going to stop us and we're going to prove them wrong. There is a bigger aspect also, Saturation is a trilogy, and Kevin (who tweets a lot of shit and deletes half of it, its just a meme) intended all 3 albums to have a larger story and be "in one universe" so to speak. This story is not told directly chronologically, it's order is scattered, and like you have noticed many songs have multiple meanings whether its personal, love life, drugs, depression + anxiety, the music industry, or "the story" of robbing banks and getting caught by the law. They are both rapping as themselves and as characters in the plot. The story is not necessary to figure out to enjoy the music or the album, and they aren't really full on "concept albums" its moreso just another layer to explore. Kinda a metaphor for feeling like you are just a "cat that takes direction well" to have your life's story predefined for you by what society says should happen etc. You will notice every song on the album is 4 letters long, with the exception of 5 on the final song Waste. Saturation 2's tracklist names might be worth investigating and paying attention to. I could also probably talk for easily an hour or two, going over each song and some aspects you've missed or offer clarity on some interpretations you got 80% of the way there on, would love to. Mostly I'm glad you've given them a listen and i'm dying to wait you hear the rest of the trilogy and then give them a break imo, before experiencing the rest of their albums (including the newest final album) at a slower pace. But Saturations should be done quickly together imo while they are still fresh experiences for you. This band spoke to me and my generation experiencing these feelings as young adults that put a sound to the mix of anxiety and anger and depression and uncertainty about where we fit in the world in a way no other band really captured in just the right way. I highly recommend watching the music videos also, just to get a better idea of who is who when they are rapping or singing and get a vibe for the groups visual creativity also. They are a collective beyond just music. I think they will end up some of them going into solo projects (some members already have them).
I never tapped on a vid so fast seeing “path collab” in the title This is 1 of 3 tied for my faves by these guys so excited to see what y’all think going in 🔥
I was looking to watch a music reaction while I ate and was torn between bob and path cause I’ve been watching both a lot lately and really like their commentary. and what do know, I got both
I really hope you go down the Griselda rabbit hole soon! Whole new hip hop sound that I think you’ll really love. Westside, Conway and Benny all bring something interesting to hip hop!
The whole saturation trilogy has a similar aesthetic I’d say. But their later work takes a bit more of a singular focus from album to album . I can’t wait for you to listen to all of it
Love this video! Completely unrelated to this album, but I heard you said you read Fight Club. You ever try any of that authors other stuff (Chuck Palahniuk)? Invisible Monsters & Choke are both super interesting & I’d say worth the time, they get alot headier than FC though
Hey bob, u should consider listening to quadecas new album “I didnt’t mean to haunt you”, its been getting very positive feedback and i think you would enjoy its dark and gloomy vibe
Random request but have you listened to Cross by Justice? I thought of it since you reacting to Thriller, and one of the songs references PYT. Fantastic album but not sure if it's something you'd react to on here since only 3 of 12 songs have lyrics. I'd recommend giving it a listen on your own time regardless! (It's a self-titled album on Spotify, because technically the title is † , which is a cross symbol that may not show up on all devices)
