How a Youtube Rapper Made Album of the Year – I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (Quadeca) – A Video Essay

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That’s right we Fantano now. On a real whilst most of this channel’s focus has been on movies so far, and don’t worry, it will continue to be, I’m actually working on a huge project involving 100 movies at the moment. That being said, I would like to expand the channel slightly to involve other forms of media, primarily music, but maybe a swath of literature here and there, just because it’s a lot easier for me to make videos about stuff I’m really passionate about, and I don’t think I care about many things as much as I do music for example.

This is my first video on such a topic however so any feedback would be very much appreciated 🙂

(also sorry that there’s no HD. I tried. I really tried. It just didn’t work for whatever reason so that’s really annoying)

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Quadeca just released album of the year. That’s right, the guy who was making KSI diss tracks 4 years ago, the guy who made Wii Music Fire, That guy in my opinion, has just released the best bunch of songs this year. Just to reiterate, Quadeca has outdone Kendrick Lamar, Drake, 21 Savage, Kid Cudi, Flo Milli, and every other rapper that’s dropped in 2022 you get the idea. And obviously Joji but that one kinda goes without saying I mean I don’t know what to tell you Smithereens was pretty wack.

Now I actually enjoyed From Me to You, Quadeca’s last project quite a bit, much to the detriment and surprise of my close friends who still see Quad as a lyrical myrical youtube rapper, a presupposition I don’t think anybody in their right minds would insist upon now. From Me to You had some great moments, some good rap, and a lot of atmosphere. A lot of the verses were pretty cold, and the concept was fairly novel and interesting. Unfortunately however none of the tracks quite lived up to the grandiose and triumphant nature of Sisyphus, and despite some great tracks like People Please and Burning Bridges, the album was rather inconsistent and corny at points, webbed by the trappings of relative internet fame, as well as some tracks like Where’d you go just being bad. I think what this album did most prominently however, was display that Quadeca is an incredibly impressive self-producer, which is something that is not only easier to see in his latest album, but also something that has improved tenfold. I’m talking Tyler the Creator levels of self-production here at many points.

On top of the production, suffice it to say the man’s singing has also improved drastically on this project, which adds so much power and quality in songs like Fantasyworld, which is a contender quite frankly for one of the best indie/folk tracks in years.

I am so shocked by how much better this is than everything Quadeca had worked on previously, and it’s a shock that was only strengthened by the admittedly somewhat slow start to I didn’t mean to Haunt you. Whilst I don’t think there is a single bad or underwhelming track on this thing, I do believe that the first four songs or so are significantly weaker than the second half.

Let’s have a quick look at this hunk of art track by track, and discuss both the quality of the music, as well as the myopic and introspective, downright intelligent concept the album insists on.

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0:00 – intro
2:24 – sorry4dying
3:16 – tell me a joke
4:03 – don’t mind me + picking up hands
5:55 – born yesterday
6:30 – the memories we lost in translation
7:00 – house settling
8:12 – knots
9:22 – fantasyworld
10:57 – fractions of infinity
11:48 – cassini’s division
12:40 – outro

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44 thoughts on “How a Youtube Rapper Made Album of the Year – I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (Quadeca) – A Video Essay”

  13. It's so interesting to hear other opinions on what most are agreeing to be a 10/10. Picking up hands is actually my favorite song on the record. Although the record comes together so well as one, It seems like different songs are appealing to people with different music tastes. I love picking up hands because of its ridiculous instrumentation. It reminds me heavily of injury reserves by the time i get to phoenix but with a more cohesive nature and I fucking love it.

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  15. IN MY OWN OPINION, album of the year is a bit of a reach. I loved the production on this album it truly was refreshing. However, in terms of lyrics and his singing/ rapping it is not yet at a high level. Many times it felt awkward or off tune. I felt he had to use a ton of voice effects to compensate. He still has the habit of using that corny rap cadence. I could listen to the beats alone without words and float but with his vocals it sadly sabotages the product. I can appreciate what he was trying to do but I still rate the album 6/10 after giving it a full listen.

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  18. yeah better than kendrick, drake and 21 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 who all just dropped way better albums that will go platinum 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  19. This album was just very underwhelming, production was good/great but doesn’t compare to FMTY. Quads message/theme of him dying from suicide is damn near beautiful. The lyrics are no exception either. Lyrics were HARD.
    BUT What’s the point of lyrics if I can’t even hear them. I know his vocal performance and delivery are supposed to contribute to the album considering he’s haunting/dead but Half the time I wasn’t able to even understand him.
    With that aside the instrumental should make up for it but like I said previously it just doesn’t hit as hard as FMTY, only exceptions being sorry4dying, tell me a joke, picking up hands, born yesterday, others almost come close,but most are excessive.
    Another disappointing thing about this album is the features, Danny Brown had nice lyrics but again what’s the point if I can’t even understand or hear them, even with the lyrics pulled up, I still couldn’t understand him!! Like what!?!?
    And I don’t hate this album, because it has personal favorites like born yesterday, and tell me a joke. Which nearly made me tear up.
    Ik quad evolution is extraordinary, that’s for sure. But AOTY??
    Dax, crypt, token, etc, come out with amazing albums but this one gets aoty??
    And to make the record straight I am not upset at this album not being a rap album, I loved ,please don’t wake me up, Sisyphus, alone together, live like this, people pleaser, it all a game, verglas. this was very underwhelming, but that’s just my opinion, let me know yours!

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  29. Why should I listen to a British person talking about rap? It's like hearing an American person talk about how to make scones and other British cuisines. It's not credible, like at all.

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  38. Hey man, I really enjoyed the video, and it helped me understand the album, however quadecas “corny” rapping style is something I actually really like listening to, so I was wondering what type of music you generally prefer listening to? Do you listen to any ski mask, or Jid, or anything like that? Thanks, I really did enjoy the video friend

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