Veteran Is A Masterpiece 

Guys, no matter what the cool kids say, please don't join the jpeg mafia. I brought some png's to a meeting one time and ended up getting beaten almost to death with a crowbar. Scary stuff out there man...

thank you Anthony for your support of our veterans. had no idea you were such a patriot

went from an 8 to a fucking classic holy shit it's been 5 years already.

The original "Thug Tears" is good, but the Colors Show "Thug Tears"???? Fucking phenomenal. A once in a lifetime event.

Never in my life has an album blown my mind more than this one. Got me on to Peggy and he's a top five artist for me nowadays. So off kilter and punk in its own way, I fucking love it

Peggy has almost infinite replay value for me in a way that few artists achieve. I keep revisiting his albums a lot and it's always a trip, so many killer tracks

This album, all my heroes are cornballs, and LP stay on repeat

The opening line to the album is unforgettable. I mean with a beat like 1539 N. Calvert's how could you not? He could have rapped about anything and it will still stick to your mind because of how mesmerizing the beat is and the energy he brings to his flow in the verse.

Peggy isn't just a guy who puts out good music he is a legit no-bullshit artist. His work is Real As Fuck.

Can't believe it's been five years. Still feels so fresh. Idk if any album has given me more energy

I’ve been saying this since the day it came out, it just feels like an album that over time still boggles my mind. So weird, so full of personality, so experimental but yet doesn’t sacrifice catchiness or replay value. Each song just hits you over the head and leaves before you have time to process what’s happened. Amazing record

Cannot believe its been 5 years. I remember so vividly seeing Peggy and Injury Reserve on the ARENA TOUR for like $13. Just an insane thought considering how much Peggy has blown up as well as the passing of Groggs. Time flies by, cherish it.

This was the perfect opportunity to call yourself "Airthony Forcetano"

JPEGMAFIA deserves a 10

I really can't wait for the Danny brown Peggy Collab. It's easily my most anticipated album

Honestly my favorite album of all time. There isn’t anything that sounds like it, especially a song like Thug Tears is just un-replicated

Veteran and AMHAC are near perfect albums. AMHAC changed my life that album its so good.

YES!! Not everyone appreciates not only what this record brought to the hip hop table, but also how much of a front to back experience this is in his discography.

this album and peggy has changed the way how I looked at music production and realised that I could have that whole diy creative approach to my beat making as well and make beats as raw abstract and abrasive like peggy did on Veteran

I have never gotten sick of listening to Veteran. It's an absolute masterpiece and deserves its flowers and will do for some time.

Proud to see Anthony supporting our troops

Bro didn’t even mention Rainbow Six. That’s been my favorite jpeg song for awhile now.

this album literally changed the way I listen to hip-hop. it's so experimental and angsty yet so down to earth. it can't get any better than that 🙏🏿

I actually just revisited this a day a go and it still goes hard as fuck ,I truly and honestly believe he's one of the GOATS and I too hope more people find out about him.

Honestly not just of the 2010s,one of the best rap records of all time imo, a literal instant classic and im usually more reserved to call an album that without a lot of time passing

I never heard this album until today. Listened to it front to back 2X while riding my bike and at one point I was thinking my bike was making a terrible noise. But it was the song.

I'm so suprised he never mentioned Rainbow Six - the longest and the most interesting song on the project imo, easily the best.

Veteran is fantastic. I am so hyped for the Danny Brown JPEG collab

LP! , AMHACB , & Veteran All Have arguments to be 9s or above. 3 peat is hard to do in rap. Only Tyler and K-Dot have done it this decade.

personally, AMHAC is my favorite of his and one of my favorite of all time... but I don't think there's a bad track on either record. his production has just been getting better and better.

this is the album that broe me out of my musical bubble and opened up my mind to enjoy music in a different and changing way and for that I love this album endlessly

Landed in Peggy's 0.01% of listeners last year on Spotify. This album really is a masterpiece, and everything after is also nearly flawless

This is still an album I go back to constantly. Easily in my Personal top 10 of all time. I feel like every time revisit it, I catch something new; which is a testament to it's staying power. I like all of JPEG's newer records too, and while they don't bang as hard as Veteran, they are all high quality projects and I am happy to have on my playlists. I always look forward to the next JPEG project and I can't wait to hear what he and Danny Brown cook up.

Still remember watching your review back when it came out and going to listen and being absolutely blown away, been a huge fan of peggy ever since

i no lie had this album come back into my rotation just this morning without any knowledge it was the 5 year anniversary. i also rewatched anthony’s review as well as dead end hip hop’s review, such a crazy coincidence this happened today wow

Veteran is easily one of the most daring, underrated and best pieces of work i've ever seen.

Not to be confused with ex military

Thank you for introducing me to this album at the time of its release, it feels like yesterday I listened to it for the first time

I actually relistned to it yesterday, it's still my faviroute record by him. I just love how raw and aggresive it is

Saw Peggy last year. Definitely so glad to see he keeps "Baby I'm Bleeding" in the set!

You know Anthony I was under the impression this was about the album Veteran and not you describing the Vietnam War in detail, my dad heard it in the other room and had an episode, not cool Fantano!

Thx for this review. Been absolutely loving your channel for the past month!

I love seeing this pop up in my timeline, this is easily one of my favourite albums hands down

I like how in track 14 of the album he made a song about future Bengals QB Joe Burrow before he went to the NFL. Truly inspirational 😤

I just revisited and listen to this full album two days ago when I was doing dishes and that shits just as hard as the first time. A masterpiece.

Can't believe its already been 5 years. That's insane, I feel like I just listened to this like a year ago

I'm so glad Anthony's so ecstatic about the musical evolution present in Veteran by Destroy Lonely ft. Ken Carson, indeed a fire track Melon!

Baby I’m bleeding was the song that turned me onto peggy, as well as puff daddy. This era of peggy even now feels so interval to the evolution. I never find it a burden going back to early peggy, and specifically this album. I love it dearly. Thank you for a unexpected veteran review.

Myke C Town's hair still looks great so I can say this album has aged well in these 5 years

I just heard this album today actually, I am loving Peggy's work so far

Boy this was validating to see after having this album on repeat for the last 5 years

Veteran is a masterpiece as well as AMHACB. For my taste nearly everything Jpegmafia has released music wise has been good to great. He's definitely my current favorite rapper, and it might be my favorite of all time. This is my opinion.

I have never had so much fun listening to an album than veteran Love it so much

When the review of veteran dropped it introduced me to what would become my favourite artist of all time, can't believe its been 5 years

Veteran and sling are the 2 albums that made me wanna work more harder on my music i hope I can thank Peggy and Clairo one day cause they helped me alot mentally and creatively

I first listened to veteran after Peggy's feature on Flume's mixtape, and he been my favourite rapper / producer ever since

saw peggy perform veteran at the PhilaMOCA a few months after the review came out and even after seeing him 2 more times since then it was probably the best concert ive ever been to.

top 5 album for me, was rly my introduction to experimental music generally and i've loved it since the second i heard it, absolute classic

First Peg song I heard was Baby I'm bleeding, Cornballs came out and bumped it all day everyday for weeks while I was in Colombia, ended up seeing him and zelooperz live right before LP dropped. If ANYONE ever gets the chance to see him live please do, he bleeds this shit.

Anthony reminding me LP! released in 2021 and not 2022 has messed with my head

That’s not very nice of you to doxx a veteran by making their license the thumbnail of your video. Bad melon

I’m glad you revisited this album but why do you consistently ignore Rainbow Six? That shit is top 3 on Veteran easily, and arguably one of his best tracks ever I guess it just goes to show how many amazing moments are on the album.

The Myke C town line is still the funniest shit

This album really is a fucking masterpiece dude

I think he topped it with LP!, but that just goes to show how great he is because Veteran rules.

Wow this sound amazing, I'll check it out right now. Was wondering where to begin with jpeg, meant to get into him for ages

Nth Calvert was the first Peggy track I ever heard back in, shit, would have actually been 2018/9, and it was smooth as fuck, bob along to it, the rest of this absolutely feral album is 2 wild animals fighting to the death in a cage. Then I kept listening. AMHAC is a balm I put on my scratches bc when Free the Frail hits it's like a warm hug at the eye of a cyclone and I could sit in it forever. Saw him live in Sydney, drove 11 hours for the privilege. Peggy gave me these experiences. I'm so excited to see what he does next.

love this album and its staying power. Panic Emoji is one of my faves

Saw Peggy in September, absolutely ruled, got an entire crowd singing the entirety of Call Me Maybe. Opener (Denzel Himself) was also sick

I knew the album was gonna be fire when it opened with a Drake skin tone joke

hell yeah, so lookin forward to this year for jpeg

How has it been 5 fucking years since this album...

It's crazy because I just revisited this album a week ago (I was on a huge Peggy kick lol) obviously a classic so fantastic

Listened to it fron to back for the first time lats week then went to all of his other albums jpeg brown will change my life

bro mentioned every previous jpeg project other than EP! which i think song for song might be his best project

Can’t believe you didn’t talk about Rainbow Six in your track review. Happy though to see the album has grown EVEN MORE on you.

Peggy's confidence as a musician is truly next level. You can hear through his evolution since Veteren through LP that he's truly devoted himself to making his music better and better, Veteran probably is a masterpiece but on Cornballs and especially LP his music just gets so much more lush and detailed. I wouldnt even call much of his music industrial or noise, its fairly genreless because this man will sample literally anything

Really my fav Peggy's album and probably also one of my fav of the 2010's; just aged like fine wine

I was just thinking about this the other day, what makes an artist truly great is that you can't get what they're giving from anyone else. There is just nothing else that scratches that Jpegmafia itch

Peggy has said in interviews that he kind of expected to die an unknown artist so it's great to see someone so talented get the praise he deserves while he's still around to appreciate it. Veteran instantly became a favorite of mine when I first heard it, and I would say LP! is even better. I can't wait to see the rest of his career unfold, especially a collab with Danny Brown. That's a dream project for me.

Fantano, we are waiting for the Sheena Ringo classic review

Does anyone remember when spotify had that Morrissey song unavailable for a long time. So glad its back

As a veteran of the 13th Melon Wars myself, I also think that “Veteran” by JPEGMAFIA is a Masterpiece as well.

oh my god 3 albums i'm going to cry tears of joy

This album is lowkey one of the most influential albums of the decade, whether people realize it or not.

I think “All My Heroes” is the more groundbreaking and “classic worthy” album (as I think time will tell) but JPEGmafia absolutely deserves to have albums in this discussion!!

Overall, as a whole album I prefer LP (offline), but Veteran has such a unique, visceral texture to it's production. Grimy in the best way.

if it wasnt for u melon, i wont even know about peggy. so thank you, veteran was weird ASF to me at to me at first. mind u i was 18, in high school in the middle of class. over time, i grew to love the aggressive off kilter production and his lyrics are so bold and telling, its awesome.

Saw this man live, came. Need i say more?

Best recommendation I got from Fantano in 2018 while with the flu

Veteran is either 9 or even a 10. Confirmed. Very based od you, melony

It's a STRONG 10. I listen to at least one song off of Veteran everyday. I 💜 PEGGY AND IM HYPED FOR THE DANNY & PEGGY COLLAB.

Ghost pop tape is turning 10 years old and it's definitely my favourite project peggy made

baby im bleeding, rainbow six, and curb stomp are some of the craziest most creative beats ever made

I really like revisiting albums, because albums definitely change with age for better and worse

manthony melonthano, truly a music reviewer of all time

Id like to see you revisit with Freaky, you gave a pretty ~~ehhh~~ review, but now that ur more familiar with him in general if you'd " get" the album more or like it more, I REALLY like it

Got a CIB in Afghanistan, and am in a similar age bracket as Peggy. So it's cool to see some authentic voices coming from the veteran community that are not a complete fucking grift. Ratchet and Clank is pretty sick also.

Great video as always.

Real N*ga still has one of the best instrumentals of any song ever made