Colby Ferrin vs Unkle Adams - Who Won?

by Alex Goode

So, I'm scrolling through the YouTube home page in late July looking for something fun to watch while I ate dinner that day. Something unusual catches my eye, a recommended video with a relatively interesting look to it. It's a video by a man named Colby Ferrin, and it has the words "diss track" in the title. That immediately peaks my interest, because I love a good rap beef. So, naturally, I dug a little deeper into Colby, as I hadn't heard of him until the video popped up in my feed. Colby is a Mormon rapper from Utah, and his songs/videos (keeping in mind that I haven't watched all of them as of the time of writing this) have very positive, spiritual vibes to them. I like that, it's a good feeling. Generally speaking, Colby is a good artist (and he seems like a good person on top of it). Going back to the video that YouTube is pushing onto me, the person Colby's dissing is a man by the of Unkle Adams. Now, that is a name I've heard of. Albeit, it's mostly from Anthony Fantano and Chris Ray Gun making memes out of his "Original" song, but I do know about the infamous Unkle Adams. I've heard a couple of his songs, they're pretty enjoyable. I'm not a staunch fan, I'm definitely more of a casual viewer. I wasn't caught up on the Unkle Adams lore as of the time Colby's diss track dropped. Since the release of Colby's diss, however, both him and Unk have made videos talking at length about the beef between the two, which is very good for people like me that didn't know anything about the situation. Colby's is a livestream titled "Let's Talk About Unk", and Unk's is an episode of his At Least a Million series that was called "Colby the Ferret". You can watch Colby's here, and you can watch Unk's here. I highly recommend you watch them both before you read this, especially if you aren't caught up on what went down between them. As of the time of writing this, there have been two songs between them. Colby initiated the rap portion of this beef on July 30th, and Unk responded on August 10th. Almost two weeks later. If any more diss tracks drop, I will edit this blog to put them in, but I doubt that Unk will make a follow-up. He seems pretty adamant that he destroyed Colby. At most, this could be another Mac Lethal vs Tom MacDonald situation. So, yeah. Let's get into this, I'll throw my hat into the ring and give my thoughts on who won between Colby Ferrin and Unkle Adams.

Mac Lethal vs Tom MacDonald - Who Won?

by Alex Goode

In my last blog, I reviewed a song by a YouTube rapper known as Crypt called "YouTube Cypher Vol. 2". In the song, Crypt bands together twelve other YouTube rappers (with himself tagged on at the end to make it 13) and they all take turns boast rapping for a solid 12 minutes. Among this set of rappers was a man named Mac Lethal. Simply put, Lethal is a legend in the YouTube rap community. He made a name for himself via battle rap back in the day, his YouTube channel has over 229 million total views, and he usually likes to rap extremely fast in his videos. All in all, as an artist, I'm a fan of Mac. He's in my top five as far as rappers go. A few months ago, Mac got into a little bit of a beef with an artist named Tom MacDonald following a couple vague Tweets Mac put out. Tom thought they were about him (and, frankly, so do I), they went back and forth on Twitter and Instagram, and then Tom took it to YouTube by dropping a diss track on Mac. There were three tracks, two from Tom and one from Lethal, and then it ended. Yes, it's been a few months since the beef happened. Yes, I probably should've covered this sooner. I gave it a few months cause I was waiting to see what else would happen, and, given how both of the artists have released new, non-diss-track songs, I think it's safe to say that now is the right time to cover this beef. If you're unfamiliar with Tom MacDonald, he's a rapper that is mostly known for his songs "WHITEBOY" and "Straight White Male". Needless to say, those songs are very politically charged, and he's garnered a bit of controversy for making them. Personally, I prefer his music when it isn't stuff like "If I Was Black". I understand the points he's trying to make, I just don't think he's making the points all that well. Tom certainly isn't a bad artist at all, though. I like his voice, his aesthetic is nice, and the production quality on his videos is good. But, anyway, Mac Lethal vs Tom MacDonald. We got three songs to look at, so it's best if we just get straight to them. This website won't let me post the videos themselves, so I'll upload still frames from each video and then link you to the songs underneath. Sound fair?

Crypt - YouTube Cypher Vol. 2 (2019) Review

by Alex Goode

Crypt is a YouTube rapper that started putting out videos on the site back in 2012. Since then, he's put out a fairly wide variety of content, which includes gaming videos, diss tracks, rap battles, vlogs. But the thing that put him on the map is his rapping ability. The dude is a great rapper, full stop. The first song be released that wasn't a diss track in any way, shape, or form was a collaboration he did with Kiwiz called "Soldier", and, since then, he's only gotten better with time. Personally speaking, my favorite songs of his are "Bad Habit", "The Devil Went Down to Hip Hop", and his Dax diss, called "Eulogy". Those three are the best of the best, if you ask me. On March 24th of 2019, Crypt dropped a nine-minute song called "YouTube Cypher", which featured himself and a bunch of other YouTube rappers doing what they do best. These features were Joey Nato, Duane Jackson, Hi Rez, DizzyEight, CHVSE, FabvL, BLINDSIGHT, Vin Jay, Scru Face Jean, PFV, and Randolph. The cypher was awesome! Everyone held their own remarkably, and Crypt himself came in at the end to deliver the final verse. Since then, all of his friends and fans were curious as to when/if Vol. 2 would be released. Well, our prayers were finally answered when "YouTube Cypher Vol. 2" hit Crypt's YouTube channel on July 27th of 2019. Clocking in at just over 12 minutes, this is easily the longest song I've covered in these music reviews. Yes, I know I'm a little late getting to it. I've been a little caught up in the dramas of life, so I apologize for the lack of content as of recent, but I promise I will get back into the swing of things after this. Anyway, if you aren't aware of Crypt (or maybe you do know who he is, but you just haven't listened to his music), I highly recommend checking him out. Crypt is awesome, and so is this cypher. So let's get into it. This website won't let me add the video for some reason, so I'll link it here. You can listen to the song, then come back for my thoughts on it.

Salad Fingers: Episode 11 - "Glass Brother" (2019) Review

by Alex Goode

Salad Fingers is a very strange series created by English animator and musician David Firth that began airing in 2004 on Newgrounds (the episodes were also released on YouTube). The story follows the titular Salad Fingers, a green, three-fingered man who, from the looks of the environment, lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There were ten episodes that aired between 2004 and 2013, until the series went on a then indefinite hiatus. We all assumed the series had been completed. That is, until episode 11 was announced by David Firth on his Twitter. The eleventh episode, titled "Glass Brother", was finally released to YouTube on January 30th of 2019. With a runtime of close to 15 minutes (making it the longest episode of the series to date), is it worth it? Let's find out.