“If Iridescence is chaos then this is clarity” like that’s the type of analysis that I couldn’t see any other reactor giving

@Brigister

4 жыл бұрын

that was so on point. sometimes Jon has such a way with words, he conveys ideas in such a simple and efficient way.

@callanc3925

4 жыл бұрын

Having listened to the album a couple times and reading this before watching his reaction, holy shit that is an amazing statement

@jaredrice354

4 жыл бұрын

Teddy Andrew it’s great but it’s actually the analysis you see everywhere not hating just stating

@TzaTed

4 жыл бұрын

Jared Rice still this was prob the earliest full album reaction with this amount of detail so I’m praising his ability to catch larger concepts like that earlier than his peers. Cuz when he was recording this a frame of reference/popular opinions didn’t exist

@gavindanaher5430

4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say something like that holy shit what a line

Brockhampton era on Jon Denton's channel will go down as one of the best weeks in history

@Xxbte96xX

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, I've been looking forward to his video every day this week lol. Kinda sad its over tbh.

@jgcgsgmg

4 жыл бұрын

Brockhampton album and new Vince Staples within 12 hours of each other is historic... Smiling on the train like a fucking idiot and I love it

@tinor9591

4 жыл бұрын

tru

@tinor9591

4 жыл бұрын

he really spoiled us

quicker than shawn cee

@JonDenton

4 жыл бұрын

the benefit of the UK time zone!

@finlaylonghurst

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Denton big up gmt

@kobuyo9800

4 жыл бұрын

Whoever ruined the 69 likes fuck you

@dysperdotted

4 жыл бұрын

Bruno Díaz it’s dat. he’s gonna get more than 69 likes regardless.

@UnStop4ble

4 жыл бұрын

@@kobuyo9800 prophets comment is at 69, we need to protect that number at all costs

Time stamps: NO HALO : 1:08 SUGAR : 3:48 BOY BYE : 5:15 HEAVEN BELONGS TO YOU : 6:43 ST. PERCY : 7:52 IF YOU PRAY RIGHT : 9:35 DEARLY DEPARTED : 13:04 I BEEN BORN AGAIN : 18:30 GINGER : 20:11 BIG BOY : 22:16 LOVE ME FOR LIFE : 23:24 VICTOR ROBERTS : 25:44 :)

@lwazinozulu613

4 жыл бұрын

Shoutout bro for your work all week 🔥🔥🔥

@seanosullivan4935

4 жыл бұрын

Dearly departed is the best song they've made imo

@jadabs2539

4 жыл бұрын

Wka W nigga every single song on all of the saturations are better than that. Saturation trilogy is their prime no cap

@rckkatansky5783

4 жыл бұрын

@@seanosullivan4935 you're on crack

@nathanboronka5732

4 жыл бұрын

The goat of time stamps back at it again

Jesus man, you reacted to Brockhampton’s whole discography in less than a week! You’re crazy.

@gilly_5123

4 жыл бұрын

@Colby S the only stuff matters imo. Pretty easy to ignore earlier stuff

@higgsysLPs

4 жыл бұрын

@Colby S Cannon gets slept on like crazy too

@andreaswong8829

4 жыл бұрын

Dirt and Cannon is where BH peaked (joking but those are two seriously underrated songs)

@nialllyden523

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreaswong8829 he's heard both individually so it's all good

@gilly_5123

4 жыл бұрын

@@nialllyden523 theyre not bad but i feel as if u can move past em is all. I dont listen to em personally

I think Merlyns verse on If You Pray Right was aimed at skepta, apparently he asked skepta for a feature on iridesence (merlyn was a big fan + they were recording on london, i think it was going to be on 'where the cash at' which would explain why it ended up being so short) and something happened where it didnt come through. Skepta's next album used the same thermal cam on the album cover that iridesence did, which would explain the first 2 lines of merlyns verse. Also in the music video for IFPR Merlyn uses a LOT of the same gestures and facial expressions that were on skeptas album cover

@nicksimons7391

4 жыл бұрын

money kenny you right the verse is obviously about skepta. genius is on some wack shit. there’s no way merlyn’s gestures lining up like that is just a coincidence

@moneykenny119

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicksimons7391 yeah ikr! Like obv there are a lot of moments on this album about ameer, but that was just clearly not one of them hahah, blame the genius editors who think that EVERYTHING they say is about ameer

@pbear1988

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah genius had no clue

@Discokid9876

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, Skepta kinda deserved the diss a bit there, because I thought it was a bit sus with his latest album and having the iridescent features after Brockhampton

@moritzow-ld9300

4 жыл бұрын

Damn Skepta wouldve been perfect on wtca

This channel has been the best part of my week. Thank you prophet.

Dude my face lit up and my jaw dropped when I heard slowthai

@scottelliot8240

4 жыл бұрын

Bro I double checked that I was listening to the right song

@Imissgael

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Elliot fr it caught me so off guard i thought that whole album was turned off and another album started playing

Feel like people don’t understand the story of GINGER. This is how I perceive it, maybe this album just hits home for me idk. They come into the album knowing there is something wrong, but aren’t sure how to express this feeling. They try to hide from it, shown in BOY BYE, but to no avail (Negative lyrics shown in a positive light). The slowthai track represents them doing drugs/alcohol (Kevin talks about doing drugs in ARIZONA BABY) to hide from their true feelings. St Percy and IYPR proceeds to represent the band as drunk, goofy, angry (video for IYPR). The drugs “wear” off in the second half of IYPR, leaving them in a hungover state. Kevin beats himself up wondering why is he doing this to himself, leading up to DEARLY DEPARTED where they let everything out. The rest of the album is accepting what has happened and who they are now, realising that everyone has problems moving on.

ur one of the only reaction channels that actually give some heartfelt insight on the music ur reviewing

@Thabosefoloshia

4 жыл бұрын

TABBY

@roonyq

4 жыл бұрын

Poo per he said “one of the” Jon Denton is up there with tabby and Shawn cee

@vernym4164

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron’s Articulate Opinions.mp4 Shawn cee is actually kinda shit and is also kinnndaa homophobic

@no1u521

3 жыл бұрын

@@vernym4164 still calling him homophobic 😂? He already cleared that jesus christ.

@no1u521

3 жыл бұрын

@@vernym4164 but yeah I agree he is arrogant and biased sometimes.

Run the Jewels season whenever RTJ4 is going to drop.

@TheHolyPotato57

4 жыл бұрын

I fully support this

@mobbdeep9937

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be done Jon

@hereaioan3379

4 жыл бұрын

Yessss I hope they drop this year

@DiamantSpaden

4 жыл бұрын

He has listened to all 3 before

@matthzzz95

4 жыл бұрын

@@hereaioan3379 According to El-P it's definitely coming this year. I predict November.

Check out Kevin’s album, it is really personal and has some great moments. Plus it is only like 30 min long

@frogfan449

4 жыл бұрын

arizona bb or american bf?

@ogtheprophet9156

4 жыл бұрын

Gleebit's YTchannel i think arizona

@OrangutanMontage

4 жыл бұрын

@@frogfan449 why not both

@ImKuru

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan because arizona baby is much better

@dynamis8381

4 жыл бұрын

ImKuru no Arizona baby isn’t even that good

Listened to the album a few times now and couldn’t quite word how I felt but melancholy hits the nail on the head, I believe. Quite a sad piece of work and was blown away by dearly departed

@Gomu.

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, GINGER is in my top 5.

This is what review channels should be. Your comparison of Iridescence and Ginger was absolutely spot on. Incredible that you've listened to their entire collection in a week.

this album was a true work of art

React to Arizona Baby by Kevin Abstract, it’s his recent album. Opens up a lot on there.

After that Album i wished BH would hug me, or just somebody it leaves you with such a Smooth and loved Feeling idk if its just me but i felt like on iredidesince they let out all their Frustration and Problems in a more darker and harder way and this Album is like the calm After the Storm like they realised that life just has Problems and that speaking to others is a good solution for Feeling better like through all their Albums its like they told a life Story and this Album is like "yeah this is me/us"

the phrase I'd use to describe this album is "reluctantly cathartic"

Apparently Merlyn's verse on IYPR was aimed at Skepta for potentially copying the iridescence style for his album cover, as they wanted him to feature on the album but he didn't end up doing so. Also, in the music video Merlyn poses in ways very similar to those seen on Skepta's album cover. This is only something I read but it all adds up

@JonDenton

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah that makes sense

Sad to see Brockhampton szn over, thankyou for the journey and the grind jd, loved it all 🔥

Dearly Departed may be brockhamptons best song ever Edit: I guess I should clarify, it may be the best purely based on how impacted I was by the verses. Some of their other songs are better musically though I would agree

@doctapeppur1900

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely doms hardest verse. So much fuck you in his voice

@aja3longhorn375

4 жыл бұрын

I get everyone is trying to have the most hipster opinion but cmon dog

@inactive9544

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Junky and Bleach are right there. And Sugar is perfection.

@Bandstand

4 жыл бұрын

aja3longhorn please don’t be that guy. There’s sooooooo many people there’s bound to be those with differing opinions

@pnw8836

4 жыл бұрын

aja3longhorn “hipster opinion” ok bro lol

Jon out here doing five albums in a week. Thank you, Jon.

dearly departed is doms greatest verse. that was a lot of emotion. i was blown away by that track and still am.

victor roberts deserved so much more recognition. i’ve talked to victor many times and i’m actually meeting him this weekend. so many people skip his track but that dude has gone through so much and deserves so much more than what people give him from his solo track.

Bless your soul, Jon. You beautiful, beautiful man.

When Dom spat his last bars on DEARLY DEPARTED, my hands instantly came to my mouth with shock. I've never heard something so powerful in music before

@Simonkndk

4 жыл бұрын

Same, i had to pause the next track.

@samg4337

4 жыл бұрын

I was reading the lyrics just saying "holy shit holy shit" over and over

THE HYPE FOR THIS VIDEO IS UNREAL!!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THIS WEEK JON KEEP IT UP!!! (also can we get death grips soon ILY)

Thank you so much for all the great content this week Jon! The grind doesn't go unnoticed!

ST. PERCY Is something else, man. Absolute banger!

@weloc

4 жыл бұрын

The metronome leak is super annoying though

@manuelmoreiradecampos4419

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ground.jordan

4 жыл бұрын

@@weloc i feel like it adds to the song thas just me though

@pork5129

4 жыл бұрын

@@weloc The metronome leak is fucking awesome

Your work ethic is unmatched!! Cheers!

Great review! Sugar was my fave from the album hands down

Really liked how you referenced some points you made on your reviews of their previous albums, it makes this review quite accessable

I actually learn so much from these. The commentary is so insightful.

just finished watching all of your videos on brockhampton. i was looking forward to the post saturation discussion and these latter videos you really delivered on them. this was a great mini series that i most likely will revisit down the road.

Have loved your reactions, thank you SO MUCH for your dedication, definitely puts into perspective their work and how far they’ve come

bro you fast. love this album and your channel. keep it up bruh

You’re killing it dude. Your taste has evolved so much

Keep up the good work Jon, loving this album 🔥

yoo thank you for all these reactions man great job

Jon "JD the prophet" Denton out here working harder than any channel. Shoutout from South Africa you should really check out some of the Hip hop from here.

Found your channel a few months ago, so glad you got to go through brockhampton the way you did, there's a lot of emotion and power behind the boys. Cant wait to see when you review their future works.

your analysis are gold. Keep doing it! I love love love your reactions

Yes!!! Been waiting for this, the album is fucking amazing

It was great going on this Brockhampton journey again watching someone listen to their discography for the first time. Considering how much you liked them I think you would really enjoy Injury Reserve too

Love this dedication

It's been so fun watching this while waiting for The Family to drop! I hope you review it too. I'm loving the singles so far

Easily the best music reactor , we never see people give in depth responses. Absolutely love it ! Keep it up !

Merlyn has some outstanding verses sprinkled throughout all of the bands albums. For example: milk, swim, Tonya, if you pray right... I think they get overlooked sometimes because he usually is the hype man, just going crazy. Never heard you discuss a Merlyn verse Jon

I knewwwww you were gonna love dearly departed that dom verse is something else

You made my week, ty JD

been lovin brockhampton season, please reveiw kevin abstacts solo album Arizona Baby, that was released between iridesense and ginger

You need to listen to the Death Grips discography its a wild ride

@fredflamingo4610

4 жыл бұрын

Jakezebloke it’ll have him feeling like your profile pic

Love how you Let the music ride and you really get into it, keep up the good content and reaction sincerely a new subscriber

Did not expect this that quick my man after the grind you've been on

Was just about to listen to it when I got the notification

I feel the Saturation trilogy set such a high standard and I feel like the last two BROCKHAMPTON albums have, instead of trying to live up to that standard, set a new one with a more introspective and alternative shoegaze lo-fi hip hop vibe.

Do Arizona Baby! It deserves it.

Can't believe we're finally here. Brockhampton season has given me something to look forward to daily, so proud of you my dude.

This week has been incredible, can’t wait to see where the channel goes next

🗣The only reaction channel I watch now due to the dedication and passion for music

finished my second full listen today and it made me appreciate the album so much more. at first there was like 3 or 4 i really liked with the rest average but after my second listen i realized how amazing the album as a whole was. great reaction and can’t wait for more.

These are the kind of reactions that make J.D one of the best out there. Quality review

concise and well-thought out review. liftin weights out here boi.

im really happy i subscribed to this channel

Love this channel, this is how you react to music, although would add a spliff

You should really listen to Arizona Baby by Kevin Abstract it was released this year and it's really good and Kevin talks more about his life and everything that has happened.

Just finished listening to the album. Ready for this

Finally got around to watching this reactuon BH week has been crazy and i love the new album so much boutta grab some popcorn and settle in to the hardest working channel in the game react to some Fiyahh

When this album came out I was at my cousins I went downstairs to find him sitting with it playing we went straight back to the beginning and just listened we got to Saint Percy when my sister came down , we listened up to boy bye and got in the car on an 3 and a half hour car journey . Listening to it on the way there and the amount of memories I have with the albumn , from the first three and ginger bring the songs I listened to all summer love me for life and saint Percy together in autumn and finally victor roberts in December this album is beautiful it helped me through so much

Thanks for all the great videos this week Jon! I've listened to Ginger about 3 times and i gotta say it is growing on me more as i listen. I don't know where it will end up in my best albums of 2019 or how it would rank with the rest of their discography yet, but I'll definitely be listening to it a lot. So for next artists that we need a season for i recommend MF DOOM (including alias' Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, Danger Doom, KMD), JPEGMAFIA, clipping, Flying Lotus (including Captain Murphy). Also King Krule if you haven't heard of him, he seems right up your alley.

I've been watching through all the brockhampton season vids today, and I cant find your review of iridescence anywhere, did something happen to it?

Ahh I love your channel. You love the same elements I do in many of your reviews and bring up great points. But you also challenge and frustrate me sometimes when you listen to most my favorite songs you don't care for em (like sugar or big boy which was probablymy 2 fav on the album. So its always a love, hate, tug of war type of discussion within me while watching yo videos, but thats what opinions are for.. Which keeps me coming back, cause I agree with the perspectives you give and hear stuff I never heard before but I overall love your analysis on music. Much love and good vibes to ya brotha.

This has been the best week thanks to you JD! No one works as hard as the Prophet💪🏼 You have to check out Kevin Abstract’s ‘Arizona Baby’ next!

As someone who was slightly disappointed in first hearing this record, your reaction has helped me somewhat understand it and grasp the clarity of it

NOTI SQUAD. I adored this album, can't wait to see what you think

@LivingArtifice

4 жыл бұрын

Sugar and the Slowthai feature were the highlights to me

@LilShrooms

4 жыл бұрын

Sugar was my least favorite song on the album just bc it sound so much like basic pop imo

@LivingArtifice

4 жыл бұрын

@@LilShrooms I agree with it being very pop, I disagree with it being basic. Beautiful song structure and production elements.

Absolute Stunna

we have now hit the end of brockhampton szn. so now it’s valid for me to ask... veteran reaction?

Yo I’d love to see you make a follow-up video discussing the music from this week now that you’ve listened to all of it, developed opinions, and possibly revisited tracks

Im a fan of yours for life now. u said Deftones White Pony!!! my favorite album of all time

Have to say as well JD that if you keep up this standard of thoughtful, considered, genuine analysis for the rest of your videos, you’ll become one of the biggest reactors on this site. I mean that sincerely, what a fantastic set of vids 👍

@JonDenton

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you man 🙏

Yo I’m from Northwest London and I watched the whole whole video, and I searched for another reaction video after Shawn Cee’s for another perspective /understanding and I got one . I’m a new subscriber and I’m gonna watch all your videos where you have reacted to music I enjoy so you may see me around , keep up the good work

Great season Proph The next time you do one of these I'd recommend Tyler, the Creator (at least the albums before Flower Boy, given that you've listened to that and IGOR already)

Liked and subscribed!

JD i don’t know if you’ve seen me comment before. I’m writing this before I watch your reaction but this Ginger album is special... keep doing your thing

@ca6831

4 жыл бұрын

that sounded weird.. this is my comment, GINGER IS FUCKING IT. FUCKING CRAZY.

Outkast season jon, the South got something to say that all I got to say.

Btw the album cover is shot in Norway, explains the gloominess

@HoboBusiness

4 жыл бұрын

Norsk sommer 💦😩

Don't get me wrong, I like Simon but you were always my favorite part of Rock Reacts and I watched since your second or third month as a channel. Your wonderful reactions to the Brockhampton and Kendrick albums(admittedly the only I've seen on your personal channel) are fantastic watches. I sincerely hope you keep this channel going because I thoroughly enjoy your opinions and insights on music. There's only one other music reviewer/reactor that I watch. I don't want to be one of those people who spams your comments with reaction suggestions(I think I left just one on all of the Rock Reacts channel), but I'd eagerly suggest you listen to Royalty by Childish Gambino. If you've already heard it, I get it. But it has some of his best bars and most introspective lyrics as well as some relatively early features from artists such as Danny Brown, Chance the Rapper(pre-Acid Rap), and Nipsey Hustle. There's also a couple Wu Tang features and Bun B for good measure. If you haven't heard it, it's my favorite Childish Gambino project even though I recognize Because The Internet as his best in an objective sense. Also, Sat II=Iridescence>Sat 1>Ginger>Sat 3 and I haven't heard All American Trash yet. Also Kevin Abstract's Arizona Baby is a good album but not quite as good as his work with Brockhampton. Like you, I stan Dom. (Sorry, I'm very drunk right now)

@weloc

4 жыл бұрын

yeah you fr must be drunk placing sat III last

@SevenSplitHavoc

4 жыл бұрын

@@weloc Back half is kinda weak comparatively 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

If you want to understand the bridge between Iridescence and Ginger, you should listen to Arizona Baby by Kevin, it's sort of like a full direction change and I see a lot of Kevin's solo style in Ginger, in terms of music and production. Also it's unlikely you'll see a ton of solo work, don't even know if Arizona really counts to their contract, but they're contracted to do 6 albums in 2 years I think, so all the lyrics about being trapped are probably down to that; likely this will be followed up real soon.

@Victoria-it5es

4 жыл бұрын

ckboy023 wait, so they’re supposed to drop another album this year?

@ckboy023

4 жыл бұрын

Victoria Really depends on timetables and whether Arizona counts or not. I believe if you count Arizona no, but if Arizona doesn’t count then yes they should. Either way I’d expect another album late this year if they have any hope to stick to the schedule.

@licoricelaces4205

4 жыл бұрын

@@ckboy023 Arizona baby counts on the contract, Kevin said in an interview that he only made it because he had too, even though he didn't want to after the Ameer situation. If you go on the genius for Dearly Departed it sorces it

hi jon i found ur reactions bc of brockhampton and i have to say ur one of the most genuine reactors out there i loved watching you go through each album and give ur input!! if you were looking to broaden ur musical horizons a bit further i recommend reacting to the korean group BTS :) theyre a group that brockhampton themselves have genuine respect for and i’d like to hear ur input on their songs especially their bside tracks which always delve into deeper topics like mental health, self love, etc they have a rapline too i think you’d really like!! they write and produce their own songs as well and have helped a lot of people with their music some recommendations if u ever wanna check them out!! their songs intro persona, dionysus, tomorrow, outro tear, singularity, hold me tight, reflection, stigma, blood sweat and tears, cypher 4, spine breaker, so what, fake love songs from the raplines mixtapes RM: everythingoes, forever rain, moonchild, joke, life Agust D: the last, agust d, give it to me, j-hope: piece of peace, daydream, airplane

Life was good when this came out and this album is a classic

Big boy had me in tears man

Came to watch the iridescent reaction since I watched all three saturations, I get to your channel and the fucking ginger reaction literally just got posted. Iridescent is going to have to wait :)

Ive listened to this album like 4 times and i absolutely love it

keep doing it!

Sugar is one of the best songs of 2019

@ape420oo8

4 жыл бұрын

interesting, I liked most of the other songs more. But it‘s good that people have different tastes

@dreamsofanother

4 жыл бұрын

COPS such a craig David 2000s vibe to it something that r&b doesn’t really capture anymore

@beautyandfashion1563

4 жыл бұрын

COPS FACTS

The instrumental on Dearly Departed before matt got a Tame Impala vibe

Wait. I just realized HEAVEN BELONGS TO YOU and IF YOU PRAY RIGHT have the same beat. I'm slow

Holy shit i’ve listened through this album 6 times today

Early af

This is my favorite album ever 💿 something about this album is just special sooooo good especially dearly departed 😥