The RISE and FALL of BROCKHAMPTON 

I honestly feel like one of the biggest problems for Brockhampton was that there was a huge toxic part of their fan base who refused to let them move on from the Saturation era that also wouldn’t accept anything else they did, and they were super vocal about it. On top of that, Kevin constantly announcing shit that would never actually come to fruition didn’t really do a whole lot to help save face with those shitty fans. All of the toxicity surrounding the group and the fan base along with all the trauma the guys (especially Joba) have been dealing with for years probably made it so that doing anything even related to BH was absolutely miserable for them. Honestly those dudes deserved better.

i don't understand why people didn't appreciate/like the following albums after the SAT trilogy. i loved each and every album that they put out because all of them were unique eras and showed that BH could never not produce a good album. i've been a fan since 2017 and they were my livelihood for many years. i'm sad to see that they chose to disband but it was bound to happen because they all changed and stuff happened over the years. it doesn't erase the good concerts, memories and feelings i have towards them as a band :)

I think they captured that teenage 15-18 feeling you have really well. That wonder and freedom that comes w the age. They also all graduated hs and some even went into college and eventually dropped out and i think a lot of people related to that. Dropping out of school to pursue your own dreams kind of message. Thats what made saturation such a huge hit in my opinion. ( Edit: They also talked a lot about generational trauma. I think a lot of poc related to that.)

Brockhampton was my high school life dawg, need a doc or a movie about them fr. I love rewatching the vice land and short films they’ve had. Like brockhampton to pursue another media like film or even turn into their own record label. I remember hearing how brockhampton wasn’t just a band but a brand, they literally did 75% mostly 100% of things themselves.

I'm 27 now and found their music 3 years ago through Saturation 3 and Iridescence. I feel like I found them RIGHT at their peak and instantly fell in love. They were supposed to come to D.C. where I live now on St. Patrick's day this year and it would've been the concert of a lifetime. But they broke up 2 months before I ever had the chance to see them live. But I will follow the members who go solo closely and support all of their projects in the future as Brockhampton is an incredibly rare gem in the music world and will always remain a pivotal and precious discovery for me. I absolutely adore their music and will always be a huge fan

I would die happy if bearface released a solo album

I loved brockhampton. But this was the most snowflake community I have ever been apart of

I think it’s safe to say SAT1-3 got me through my freshman year of college and the breakup that went along with it. I have such vivid memories of spending hours in the darkroom of my photography class listening to the trilogy, sometimes through a portable speaker when it was just me and my friends in there. I was a little less hot on iridescence and Ginger wasn’t my thing, but I never thought they fell off. I wish I had paid more attention to Technical Difficulties, but it was so under the radar that I barely knew it was happening before it was over. The disorganization of the group and all the broken promises from Kevin definitely put me off from the group whether I knew it or not, and I think it may have contributed to the group’s demise. I’m glad the rollout for RR was as coherent as it was, because that became my favorite album of theirs; polished but regaining their style and fingerprints. Here’s hoping the final album isn’t another fleeting promise, and that it stacks up to RR

As someone who was heavily involved in their Twitter fan base during the SAT trilogy, I think a big reason why most of the core fan base turned away was because BH released a documentary after Tonya was released. It felt very vulnerable and emotional considering they touched on everything that happened with Ameer. (From what I remember this documentary was never supposed to be released after the screenings, it was a one time screening in select theatres across the country??) I remember them talking about how betrayed they felt but after releasing the documentary they started associating with Ameer almost secretively which contradicted everything they said about him. There was pictures of him backstage at their shows after he got kicked out of the group and some of the members even refollowd him on Instagram. I also remember one of their members defending Ameer’s actions and it really upset a lot of people. They totally went through a whole “cancellation” at some point after iridescence which heavily contributed to their downfall.

Thank you, thank you so much for making this video. Means a lot to me. Brockhampton really define the last of my teenage years (Age 17-19 years). Because of them I met a lot of great friends online who shared the same love for them. I'm grateful for them. Even tho I couldn't witness them singing live on the stage, experience their concert, I'll be forever grateful and a loyal admirer of them.

Watching Joba’s progression and full release into his musicality was a highlight of the brockhampton era

I listen to Brockhampton almost daily. My favorite is No Halo. I get home from work, relax a little, then turn on my e-drums and jam to any of their tracks, finishing with No Halo, which never gets old. It's perfect. I feel like it's interesting to know that I'm 47 and I found them through RU-vid comments from people saying how much they love them. I have one question for the fans: Why the name Brockhampton? I haven't found an answer yet.

great vid! Brockhampton was a big part of my high school years. I hope that the members achieve big things, whatever they are doing.

Undoubtedly ginger is the best album they ever produced. The sound, the visuals, the solidarity. It’s insane that so many hated something that in many ways is exactly what they were: a family of vocals making music for them not anyone else. And brockhampton fans and anti fans ruined it.

thank you for making this, I got emotional at the end ❤

I was 16 when I discovered them in a high school college guidance trip, they are a big part of my teenage years. BLEACH and FACE remain to be amazing songs and bring me that nostalgia.

Hell of a video man.well edited, great takes, and just an overall solid watch. Thanks for a small if recent piece of rap history

Heard BLEACH at my restaurant job one night in 2018 and was instantly hooked. Deep dived into SAT 3 and then the whole trilogy. Them shits was progressively amazinggg. Had no clue of the the drama since I was late to the party but it was good to hear more from them in the following years. Finally learning about everything, I see the changes that I could once only hear in the music. They did what they had to do to heal in public and in private, but people do change so that's a good thing. Either way these guys were legends in their own right and I'll bump their stuff any damn day.

Great vid- still not sure why more people didn’t love roadrunner, it’s easily their best album

bro i honestly almost cried at the end. i’ll never forget them. i first heard face as a soundtrack to some show i was watching when i was like really going through some changes and they mesmerised me. i remember listening to 1999 wildfire all the time when i got my first job. ginger came out when i moved away from my parents. roadrunner pulled me out of a horrible depressive episode. i was listening to matt champion’s burn when i couldn’t sleep. each project means so much to me, and is tied to a particular time in my life. i actually kinda loved the fanbase back when it was still small. the irony though is that by the time they decided to split, i already moved on to different things and stopped following them so closely so it didn’t like crush me as it would a few years ago. but they’ll always hold a special place in my heart. perhance they became victims of their own success.

When they stopped living in the same house it just didnt feel the same anymore.

Maybe a small part of it was Kevin just sort of being rude and stand off ish toward fans. I know a handful of people personally that work in the industry and seen people online saying when meeting kevin In person was disappointing. I understand not feeling social or not even wanting to talk but I know Forsure that left people not really like Kevin which fucks up everything bc he’s suppose to be the leader

It’s called people growing up and changing. A big group is harder to keep because they have too many brains with their own respective agendas. It was only natural and expected. And I doubt all of them were super close to become lifelong friends who keep in touch and update one another on what’s going on in their lives.

Thank you so much for making this video

I remember staying up late to see the Jimmy Kimmel performance and seeing it in this video made me so emotional 😭

Deserves more views, great video man!

really pissed me off when everyone started hating on BH. they’ve released masterpieces.

coming back here after being at their last performance at Coachella and it was my first and last time seeing them live since being a fan since sat era, sad how life takes its course but i truly hope they decide to keep up with things musically

man I remember the summer their show on Viceland was airing, that was such a great time for them and their music. I feel fortunate to have been following them around that era man, it really felt like you were watching/listening to something rlly special. regardless of the toxicity from the fanbase and the quality of their music towards the end, that first 3-album run was crazy, and I'm sure will be talked about for years to come.

Watching this video half way through and realized this video has a little under 1000 view?! Like how this is great quality.

Watching this a day before the family album release

And even later interviews Kevin just seems annoyed or tired and just doesn’t make you as a fan care as much bc it doesn’t look like they do you know

Been following them since right after Saturation 1 came out & saw their last performance at Coachella weekend 2. They meant so much to me in college and so many of my happy memories were during this era. Ima miss them

as you said the BROCKHAMPTON project may be over now, but the music is still there. you can still listen to saturation to get that eclectics, hungry south central BH if that's what you need. or ginger if that's the mood. the individuals are still there, and are gonna make "solo" music. and looking at something like Arizona baby they will probably still collaborate on there solo stuff.

I found them after my first year in college. It was a terrible summer but I remember seeing the cover for saturation 2 on Apple Music and listening out of pure curiosity. Been a huge fan ever since and they were almost like a soundtrack for my 2018

I can agree with the statement that the fan base mostly left but saying their music went down is kinda insane they eres going for a more polished sound in ginger and roadrunner. For people who stuck by and didn’t care that their music got more popular it was ok nothing like that sat era but still good albums with good preformances. I made it a goal to see then at Coachella weekend two and it was beautiful, wish Ameer was there but still they did what they’ve been saying since day one.

Great video man. Hope your channel takes off.

when your own fans are making false allegations towards you for attention/social experiments , you know something's wrong.

this needs more view breh good job

This is actually a really good summary. Thank you!

ive been listening to bh since i heard dirt on accident from randomly skipping through a kanye west pandora radio station. when fantano covered them later i found out it was the same group. their music had changed so much. and they dropped 3 albums in one year. it was fucking cool. when the shit with ameer happened i stopped following the drama. id seen it in other fanbases and fan related things that this was going to get bad. i rarely ever saw people calling bh cringe or what have you. maybe its because i still liked their output and refused to look at their social media. but to me their last group of albums was even better than saturation. having gone through such a tramautic event, they had to rethink and retool themselves. lick some wounds. by the end the same introspective and crazy music was in service of healing and understanding. roadrunner ending and having the theme of death discussed throughout hit me so hard. still one of the best groups to ever do it

Great video man, made me laugh and perfectly summed up my own thoughts and feelings. Subbed!

BH ending just feels like Odd Future phasing out around 2015, but on steroids. A lot of people really didn’t like “i don’t like shit, i don’t go outside” by Earl or “Cherry Bomb” from Tyler and wanted them both to go back to their old sound and even release another Odd Future mixtape/comp. A lot of people hated the fanbase at the time too. But now everyone in Odd Future and The Internet are doing their thing and the toxicity is gone (apart from Steve Lacy vs TikTok fans lmao)

Wow bro great video.. well made and well spoken 🙏

I like how your narration at the end just got all sandloty :)

i remember 2018 being an insane year as a fan. first they're on top of the world. all the talk that they'd never sign, they'd always stay indepedent. then RCA signs them. album after nearly finished album getting shown off then shelved. the stuff about ameer coming out and everybody wondering if it was true. the group still playing shows and crying on stage. and then iridesence finally drops. and i won't say it's a bad album at all cuz some of my favorite tracks are on it. but as a listener you can definitely feel the hole they're trying to fill emotionally. feels like the year just kicked them all out from under their feet and they never really got their full footing again. i wonder a lot what it would be like if they stayed on their trajectory and kept pushing out multiple albums a year including all the canceled ones, and if ameer hadn't done what he'd done or if it never came to light. but that's not really realistic either and it's the way things are. i'll always stay a fan but i respect them doing what they feel is right too. no artist has lit the internet on fire like brockhampton did bruh

This video was great. Thank you for hitting a lot of the brockhampton background. I also like the message you mentioned at the end. I always will love brockhampton

I saw them in 2018 at Sydney and it was fucking amazing. Sad to see this era end but excited and happy for them as well.

Im pretty sure they're gonna release 1 more album

I remember my first listen by them being HEAT. At the time I didn’t listen to that type of music so I skipped till Saturation 3 released and I gave it another try. I was listening to more experimental and heavier music coming to it. Also I watched a lot of Shawn Cee so when he did Sat 3 I gave it another try and enjoyed it. I went through the other songs and to this day from Sat 1-3 HEAT is one of my top 5 of that era.

Dope video, I actually started listening to Ameer first and I didn't realize he was a member of Brockhampton until like a month later lol. I went to Coachella this year and saw Brockhampton perform which made me get into their music so this video definitely helped

Great job on telling this story!

Great video! 👏👏🤝😁

I believe strongly if they individually had more freedom for solo projects they probably could’ve done really good ESOECIALLY bearface. But I could be wrong saying this, but if I recall correctly Kevin made them sign a contract this didn’t allow them to do anything solo and Kevin was the only one able to drop a solo project. Again I could be extremely uneducated but from what I remember that was part of the contract and if so in my opinion would be a huge factor into them kind of “fading”.

PARIS TEXAS is the future

i first heard abt them when they dropped buzzcut and i actually started to listen to them around the time they broke up and i was pissed cuz i was so behind, and the whole reason i decided to listen to them was cuz i saw they were coming to my city and i thought i might as well get into some of their stuff. Now i realize i should've tried listening to them when i first found them since they're my favorite group of all time now.

it was the fanbase. 100%. revelled in a toxic atmosphere around the group. annoying, demanding, overbearing. refused to move on from the era that was their favorite- normally SATURATION II and III but sometimes iridescence and GINGER or even the unreleased albums lmao. then those people who “moved from from their brockhampton phase” and proceeded to constantly shit on the group and spread the forged google doc allegations to justify their embarrassment for once liking the group - they were the most unbearable. a lot of these people seem to hate Kevin personally for whatever reason. it’s pathetic and proved why many of the members didn’t want to be famous and stepped back from having a presence on socials around 2019. Kevin’s the only one who tries to get their name out there right now for the final album cuz he’s used to this shit.

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Well put. This video shows you don’t have to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers to make great videos. This is why the “algorithm“ is so bad. It doesn’t allow content to speak for itself and RU-vid will often throw some attention your way, make you dance, and abandon you not long after. I don’t mean the community on RU-vid, while they may think your content fell off, it’s often RU-vid that gave them that idea, by no longer recommending your videos. RU-vid does this to make their platform appear free, as in, they want you to believe you can make it big. It’s a lie. I think you should create a channel on odyssey, Lbry, and patroon (I don’t know of a pattern alternative off hand. People are more than willing to support content they love, and services like pattern allow people to do that 10x as much as RU-vid ever could. Best of luck!

Does anyone understand why Dominic Fike and Lil Nas were involved with them. What was that video like I’m confused

Damn, I hope you can make a video revisiting BH now that Kevin dropped the official last 2 projects of the group. He reveals so much on The Family and a breakdown of the album would make for an amazing video. Other than that, I enjoyed watching this video because it took me back to when the Saturation trilogy dropped in 2017 and I was in my second semester of college. I remember being in the parking lot in between classes and just listening to Saturation I and II and just vibing. Keep up the great work and much love!

idk if anyone has brought this up yet but for corpus christi you put a picture of south padre island lmao

yk. i really truly think brockhampton was just ahead of their time. if their beginning albums came out today, their fanbase would be totally different. i see people now stanning brockhampton after everything and making it more mainstream which makes me angry bc it's like, how are you gonna make fun of them during sat, iridescence, etc and then hop on them when they're done. long story short, yall did brockhampton BEYOND DIRTY

honestly i haven't listened to their entire discography yet but JUNKY, BOY BYE, HEAT, BERLIN, BUZZCUT, DONT SHOOT UP THE PARTY, and BLEACH are literally some of my top songs of the past few months. not to mention Matt Champion's release of Salud; that shit finna be on my yearly recap. I got into them sorta 2021 [bleach] but then really went hard this year. tbf ameer's bars on Heat are a bit sus "i love to watch em squirm, i love when bitches bleed" bro like same but

Beautiful vid

What was the song you used at the end of the video?

can't lie, I really miss these guys

Losing Ameer Vann was definitely the catalyst for the falloff, and that’s really undeniable to me. He brought a certain ruggedness to the group that prevented the “boyband” from actually sounding like one. I genuinely think if he was still there they’d still be ascending. They were better together.

Perfect time to watch this video since they just announced their final album. Although I love their newer albums, there's not a better group trilogy than Saturation. Even with their fanbase being well, bad, they're still my favorite rap groups next to the [sLUms]. (Shoutout to MIKE and Standing in the Corner). I felt that the downfall started with (imo their best member) Ameer leaving due to his bad behavior. It felt like without his magic they weren't the same compared to their best songs in Saturation. Again, I still liked their post saturation albums, but they didn't have that stride to perfection as what they had back then.

I can’t even pick a fave album… those 3 1990 songs! 😍. Also, I would argue that this was not a “fall” because it seems to be on their own terms (besides probably being forced to put out one more album). I had never stanned any artist before them. When I listen to their music in the future, it’ll bring me back to my early 20s 🥰

this is so interesting because i've never been part of the fanbase but always appreciated the music. in europe they were relatively unkown and i only know 1 other person who is a fan in real life. idk why they ever became cringy in the us

Good vid🦚🦚 keep doing you bro

Hey great video! What's the song starting with the "moving forward" section at 19:24?

Does anybody have a link for the video he was talking about “everything wrong with brockhampton” also what’s the outro song?? That shii sounded fye

I think they did go out with a bang. The middle few albums after saturation were enjoyable but not memorable for me, but roadrunner was a fantastic album easily the same quality as the saturation trilogy. I'm kind of pissed they cancelled the tours though, I waited 2 years of covid and it being pushed back, they even announce more tour dates, then cancel all except London for clearly bullshit reasons, then shortly after announce the breakup.

"too many dudes" would of summed it up

What’s the name of the beat that he uses in the video?

Never heard of this group,if they broke up 9 months ago, then what’s that album that came out in November?

The closest we gave to brockhampton rn is definitely AG Club! Whoever doesn't know them, check them out ASAP

I listen to Doing It Stealthy by Oloff whenever I need therapy. Yeah, I could pay $300 an hour for some college clown to tell me what to feel, or I could just smash great big fucking coconuts on my head and listen to my favourite song over and over again.

Man, why does everyone have to take everything so damn seriously. It was a pleasure to see these dudes and their creative journey. Cool shit.

1:41 Can somebody tell me the name of the song?

I think some people overstate how badly Roadrunner performed compared to their other albums. SAT 3, iridescence and GINGER all benefited from the old billboard rules that counted bundles as sales- which massively overinflated so many artist’s numbers. basically only Taylor Swift and Adele haven’t been affected by the rule change- literally the biggest artists in the world. considering how huge Sugar was it was obviously a disappointment, but I think it’s more of a stagnation than a regression exposure wise. tbh it’s easily their best album for me alongside SAT 1 and iri.

Whats the nice piano song right at the end?

Great video👍

I love how y'all talking about the rise and fall meanwhile Iridescence and Roadrunner are literally their best albums lmfao

Great analysis, but what’s that ending song? I know it’s from a video game, but can’t piece it together. Mario 64?

Tight , good video

I remember finding them after my first breakup (after Saturation 3 but before Ameer’s Allegations) and it was just an incredible experience. Everything was just amazing and they just hit a perfect balance of artistic intent and mainstream appeal. Then Ameer happened. And they signed to RCA. Then…they lost their bullet.

Huge props on this video dude. Well researched, well delivered and paced, and like your passionate but laid back VO. Two bits of constructive feedback, but probably other ppl already mentioned, would be better mic quality (if u can) + normalise volume between VO and clips. Also maybe slightly less jarring funny cutaways, maybe like just overlaying funny clips over the existing frame so it doesn't pull you out too much, but just a thought. Fr fresh and exciting, subbed and hope to see more shit from u ✌️

I don’t listen to brockhampton but this was a well done video. Downloading the Saturation trilogy now!

I was there for the last set at Coachella weekend 2.

Lamb is my fav song😭💙✋

Honestly the worst thing or one of the worst. Was that they dropped 3 of their BEST albums in the same year, what the fuck? Why? They could’ve milked it. Not even just milking it. But giving the albums time to be released, listened to, streamed. Let the heat die down and then boom just release the next one. But they burnt them self’s out quick asf trying to bang out project after project

Imma miss brockhampton and I actually enjoyed alot of their music, just depends on my mood. Best wishes to the whole boy band and to each member in their endeavers

I was lucky enough to see BROCKHAMPTON the last time they were together at Coachella this year

I have and will always love there music I just ignore the toxic snd annoying people

The last album is coming out in a few days.. Why is nobody acknowledging this fact in the comments?

I love Ginger, it was literally how i discovered them, and how i discovered Saturation and all their work an why i became a fan

What's the instrumental at the beginning.

Thanks for tickling the degen part of my brain with that autotune wingsofredemption clip 🙏