History YMMV / TheNeedleDrop

** His review on ''Dark Sky Paradise'' by Music/BigSean, consisting of him constantly saying [[NoJustNoReaction "No" over and over]], even giving it a [[BrokeTheRatingScale "NO out of NO" rating]]. Even funnier when this was put on ''the album's [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Wikipedia page]]''.

** His heavy love of Music/DeathGrips, which in itself is a meme.

** His accused biased behavior towards progressive metal/shoegaze/post-rock albums, especially when it comes down to his endless snark towards Music/StevenWilson.

** A minor one, but many fans will bring up his controversial choice of removing his review of Music/DeathspellOmega's ''Music/TheFurnacesOfPalingenesia'' due to the allegations towards the band being fascist, in turn due to their alleged connections with Mikko Aspa. Considering that Anthony has reviewed musicians with controversial histories/actions in the past (something [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjS0NZpB-8 he himself has addressed his approach with]]) without the need for outright removal, some like to point this out as an out-of-character act from him[[note]]A prevailing theory for why this happened is that due to the drama that was caused by it (alt-right allegations and the like), he didn't want a repeat of the FADER incident[[/note]]. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Make what you will of it]]. He would even repeat this again when he praised an EP by the Mexican band Maquahuitl only to remove the mention of the EP when he was told the band were associated with far-right beliefs.
** His feud with redveil, a teenaged rapper who he briefly listened to during a New Music Friday stream before immediately dismissing, tends to get brought up a lot in circles that have less-than-favorable views of him.
** While Fantano had always been politically charged beforehand in his career, some viewers' current view of him in regards to how overly political he has become in recent years has become less favorable, some even believing he only has gone in this direction just to avoid being attacked by outlets like FADER again.
*** Add onto this, people will constantly throw shade at him with the above any time he tweets out how "conservatives/right-wingers cannot make good art", considering his ''own reviews of those same people'', further implying he only says these things just because he doesn't wish to be cancelled again.

** His review of ''Angelic 2 The Core'' by Corey Feldman, in which he abandons his normal format to just do a straight up MSTing of the album, as he considered it to be too bizarre to warrant a normal review.

* EightPointEight: Anthony's only ever given seven albums a perfect 10, those being Music/DeathGrips' ''The Money Store'' (2012), {{Music/Swans}}' ''To Be Kind'' (2014), Music/KendrickLamar's ''{{Music/To Pimp a Butterfly}}'' (2015), {{Music/Kids See Ghosts}} (2018), Music/{{Daughters}}' ''You Won't Get What You Want'' (2018), Spellling's ''The Turning Wheel'' (2021), and Music/LinguaIgnota's ''Sinner Get Ready'' (2021). Naturally, he gets this reaction ''a lot'', for disliking something or not liking something ''enough'' (giving acclaimed albums a 6 or 7, which is admittedly still a positive score).
** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Music/{{Yeezus}}'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', Music/MacMiller's ''Swimming'' and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''Music/CarrieAndLowell'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.
** Anthony's "These Albums are [=10s=]" series -- an overview of albums from past decades that he would qualify for a perfect score -- naturally ended up getting some heat for not including certain picks. He ended up doing a sub-series addressing why some "classics" weren't quite "perfect" enough in his eyes to earn a 10/10, including Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' and Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which provoked further controversy and debate.

** The [[EightPointEight fan reaction]] towards ''[[Music/KendrickLamar DAMN.]]'''s 7/10 rating and [[NeverLiveItDown the constant dogging that Anthony received over it]] makes his harsh second opinions of the album on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90xeylVOooE Ten Times I Changed My Opinions on Albums Pt.2]] even more scathing than they would've been without the historical context behind it.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Anthony is very honest and ardent with his opinions, and given the sheer breadth of music he's covered for over a decade, he's unsurprisingly had many a clash with wider audiences over his reviews. The list of occasions where he's caught flack for giving a negative score (or even [[EightPointEight a lukewarm one]]) to a popular album would probably make up an entire page itself.

** "Anthony doesn't like [[Music/StevenWilson Wilson]]/Prog music", a sort of running joke within some fans who feel Anthony doesn't like prog music, or just even Music/StevenWilson due to his [[{{EightPointEight}} 8.8]] ratings on those albums.

** His review of Music/KendrickLamar's ''DAMN.'', considering he gave it a [[EightPointEight 7/10]]. This was exacerbated when he later gave the exact same score to the debut record of Music/LilPump, which led to many jokes about Lil Pump being equal to, if not better than, Kendrick as an artist.

* ReviewsAreTheGospel: He tends to be viewed as this, at least on [[Website/FourChan /mu/]], at least until he [[EightPointEight gives an unexpectedly less-than-expected grade to a popular artist]]. To his credit, Anthony ''strongly'' discourages this attitude, always presenting his reviews as solely the personal opinion of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNjCNBVs9k a regular guy]]", hence him always putting a "Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?" disclaimer on ''every'' review.

** Anthony's "These Albums are [=10s=]" series -- an overview of albums from past decades that he would qualify for a perfect score -- naturally ended up getting some heat for not including certain picks. He ended up doing a sub-series addressing why some of them were "classics", but not "perfect" in his eyes, including Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' and Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which provoked further controversy and debate.

* EightPointEight: Excluding anything he's reviewed for ''Classics Week'', he has only ever given seven albums a perfect 10, those being Music/DeathGrips' ''The Money Store'' (2012), {{Music/Swans}}' ''To Be Kind'' (2014), Music/KendrickLamar's ''{{Music/To Pimp a Butterfly}}'' (2015), {{Music/Kids See Ghosts}} (2018), Music/{{Daughters}}' ''You Won't Get What You Want'' (2018), Spellling's ''The Turning Wheel'' (2021), and Music/LinguaIgnota's ''Sinner Get Ready'' (2021). Naturally, he gets this reaction ''a lot'', for disliking something or not liking something ''enough'' (giving acclaimed albums a 6 or 7, which is admittedly still a positive score).

** After Music/{{Zomby}} called Anthony a melon, the word has pretty much become Fantano's main nickname.

** The review of Music/ImagineDragons ''Mercury" (Acts 1 & 2), while it features an otherwise normal review script-wise, depicts Anthony through an incredibly dodgy AI-generated visual and vocal recreation. As mentioned in the video, it was a favor for a fan who originally ran a parody channel using the AI Fantano [[ScrewedByTheNetwork before it was taken down by YouTube]], but it's still ''really'' jarring.

* BizarroEpisode:
** Some of his reviews get this, such as his review on [[Music/LimpBizkit Limp Bizkit's]] album ''Golden Cobra'', which consisted of ''nothing'' but him eating vegan-friendly foods and drinks.

** "Yung Lean - Unknown Death 2002 MIXTAPE REVIEW" composed of just Anthony eating two loafs of bread and saying "My hands are bread", implicitly dismissing Yung Lean's music and marketing as a ForcedMeme. Suffice to say, Yung Lean was not happy with the review.

** The review of Music/ImagineDragons ''Mercury" (Acts 1 & 2). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23wQEA4EAA Just look at the first second of it and you'll see why.]]

** His review of NAV's "Demons Protected by Angels" breaks the trend of NAV albums being rated "NOT GOOD", but the real weirdness is from almost the entire review being written by an AI. This leads to the script doing anything from making up new songs to going on tangents about anything from Canadian marijuana laws to the "NAV Foundation" being nominated for a Nobel prize.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', Music/MacMiller's ''Swimming'' and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''Music/CarrieAndLowell'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', Music/MacMiller's ''Swimming'' and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.

** At the beginning of his ''[[Music/{{Justice}} Woman]]'' review, he says "I would say 'Althony Rightano' but I'm afraid of someone actually thinking I'm a member of the alt-right... here!" Later, FADER would publish an article accusing him of being a member of, or at least sympathetic toward, the alt-right, which would tarnish his reputation.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: After Anthony closed down THATISTHEPLAN, The Fader published a thinkpiece that accused him of being involved with the alt-right based on [[QuoteMine completely]] [[SarcasmBlind misconstrued]], [[ManipulativeEditing fabricated]], or [[InsaneTrollLogic downright illogical]] allegations, even going as far as to accuse Fantano of laughing along someone he was interviewing who was talking about wanting to commit sexual assault[[note]]As Fantano pointed out, as while the interview said controversial things, Fantano himself was evidently nervous and wasn't comfortable with it '''at all'''[[/note]]. The result? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZqIIy7pAk Fantano responds back, calmly but completely deconstructing and wrecking the entire article]]. The best part is the Fader itself a year later would admit the article was terrible and would delete it.

** The review on Gunna's ''Wunna'' begins with Anthony briefly discussing his unusual sense of ambivalence towards the album, but then he suddenly jumps into [[MindScrew a bizarrely existential tangent]], threatens Cal with a knife, and then gives a PSA advising the viewer to take care of themselves and their loved ones during COVID-19 quarantine.
** "Yung Lean - Unknown Death 2002 MIXTAPE REVIEW" composed of just Anthony eating two loafs of bread and saying "My hands are bread". He was implicitly dismissing Yung Lean's music and marketing as a ForcedMeme. Yung Lean was not happy with Anthony's review.

** [[IdenticalStranger Anthony's resemblance to]] Music/{{Logic}} has not gone unnoticed by fans, with many comments on his review of Logic albums usually joking about how Logic is reviewing himself. [[AscendedMeme Logic got in on the fun by wearing a yellow flannel]] during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I061LAbn6bk his interview with Anthony on the fantano channel]].

** His giving ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' a 6/10 score, which many people to this day love to mock Anthony for. The grounds on which he gave the score (the music itself is great, but it focuses too much on Kanye's personal life, which he doesn't buy as being as glitzy and dramatic as he makes it) have also been heavily ridiculed as illegitimate.[[note]]Years later, [[https://youtu.be/APoGyJqeeKw?t=850 he would list it as Kanye's second-best album]] on a technical, career-defining level, but the damage has been thoroughly done.[[/note]]

** His review of Music/KendrickLamar's ''DAMN.'' is shaping up to have this effect, considering he gave it a [[EightPointEight 7/10]]. Exacerbated when he later gave the exact same score to the debut record of Music/LilPump, which led to many jokes about Lil Pump being equal to, if not better than, Kendrick as an artist.

* ShockingMoments: Anthony doesn't give out 10/10 scores like candy; in eight years of reviewing -- between 2009 and 2017 -- only ''three'' albums received that rating. As a result, 2018 surprised a lot of people with not one, but '''''[[ARareSentence TWO]]''''' 10/10 scores -- one for the self-titled album of the Music/KanyeWest[=/=]Music/KidCudi joint project ''Kids See Ghosts'' and the newly reunited Daughters' ''You Won't Get What You Want'', the latter even becoming a ColbertBump for the album and getting it even ''more'' attention than it already has.

** While Fantano had always been politically charged beforehand in his career, most people's current view of him in regards to how overly political he has become in recent years has become less favorable, especially with some believing he only has gone in this direction just to avoid being attacked by outlets like FADER again.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Seen by many as the reason why Anthony's review of ''[[Music/TheWeeknd House of Balloons]]'' is so disliked. In the video, he claims that The Weeknd is a group (it's one person), says that AutoTune was used on the mixtape (it wasn't, for the most part), and glosses over the mixtape's concepts to such extents that many were infuriated.
** In his review of blink-182's ''Nine'', he refers to the band's former guitarist and vocalist Tom [=DeLonge=] as "the long-time bassist". He eventually corrected this on an episode of [[https://youtu.be/g3F3T_aOjok?t=404 Let's Argue]].
** He also listened to the first half of Music/BiffyClyro's ''Opposites'' without knowing that it was a double album. When he eventually found out, he decided not to listen to the second disc, having not enjoyed the first.
** Many were rubbed the wrong way by his negative review of MIKE's ''Weight of the World'', in which he takes MIKE to task for being a blatant Music/EarlSweatshirt "protégé"...even though Earl has gone on record stating that his change in sonic direction during the late [=2010s=] was actually from ''MIKE'' (and his collective [=sLUms=]) influencing ''him''.

* EightPointEight: Excluding anything he's reviewed for ''Classics Week'', he has only ever given seven albums a perfect 10, those being Music/DeathGrips' ''The Money Store'' (2012), {{Music/Swans}}' ''To Be Kind'' (2014), Music/KendrickLamar's ''{{Music/To Pimp a Butterfly}}'' (2015), {{Music/Kids See Ghosts}} (2018), Music/{{Daughters}}' ''You Won't Get What You Want'' (2018), Spellling's ''The Turning Wheel'' (2021), and Music/LinguaIgnota's ''Sinner Get Ready'' (2021). Naturally, he gets this reaction ''a lot'', for disliking something or not liking something ''enough'' (giving acclaimed albums a 6 or 7, which is admittedly still a positive score).
** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.
** And don't even get started on albums from more niche genres, such as his review of Endless Fantasy.
* AssPull: Intentional to ''absurd levels'' with how the "CAL IS SAVED" episode came out.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Often gets this, with a list so extensive it would probably make up an entire page itself. This also applies [[EightPointEight for albums he didn't even outright pan]] (see above for examples in that category).
** Occasionally this is [[InvertedTrope inverted]], sometimes receiving a ton of flak for giving a moderately positive review of certain artists. Some of the most biggest cases of this are Music/{{Skrillex}}'s ''Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites'', the first two of Lil Yachty's ''Lil Boat'' mixtapes, and Music/LilPump's self-titled album, which he [[NeverLiveItDown infamously]] [[EightPointEight gave the same score as]] Music/KendrickLamar's ''DAMN.'' To a milder extent, he also tends to get some backlash for praising [[ItsPopularNowItSucks much more commercial and mainstream pop fare]] such as Music/ArianaGrande's ''Thank U, Next'' or Music/BillieEilish's ''Music/WhenWeAllFallAsleepWhereDoWeGo''.

** He received some stick for not realising that ''[[Music/BiffyClyro Opposites]]'' was a double album until after he'd listened to the first disc, then refusing to listen to the second disc on the grounds that he didn't enjoy the first. Viewers criticised this for being unprofessional. Furthermore, other critics have suggested that the second disc -- [[DistinctDoubleAlbum which is intended to have a more optimistic tone than the first]] -- is actually the better of the two.
** When it came to the announcement that Music/{{tool}} was finally returning with new music with the upcoming release of ''Fear Inoculum'', people were ''not'' amused with Anthony's very cynical and caustic nature to the album and the amount of time fans waited for it, giving it a low score of 4/10. To say the backlash was high was infinite.
** Got this hard giving Music/DanceGavinDance's ''Instant Gratification'' a '''one''' out of ten and naming it one of the worst albums of that year when everyone else [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel thought the opposite.]] Averted when Fantano gave their 2020 album ''Afterburner'' a four out of ten. Most people realized that Dance Gavin Dance doesn't do anything for Fantano so they left well enough alone.

** And don't even get started on albums from more niche genres like the two Anamanaguchi albums he reviewed.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot. Don't even get started on albums from more niche genres like the two Anamanaguchi albums he reviewed.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot. Don't even get started on albums from more niche genres like the two ''[[Music/Anamanaguchi]]'' albums he reviewed.

** Standouts are his reviews of Childish Gambino's ''Camp'' and ''Because the Internet'', Music/JustinTimberlake's ''The 20 20 Experience,'' Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' and ''Yeezus'', Music/ArcticMonkeys' ''AM'', Music/BringMeTheHorizon's ''Sempiternal'', {{Music/Slowdive}}'s self-titled, Mitski's ''Be the Cowboy'', Isaiah Rashad's ''The House Is Burning'', and anything by Music/JCole, Music/PorcupineTree/Music/StevenWilson, Music/{{Opeth}}, or Music/{{Alcest}}. His ''[[Music/FrankOcean Channel Orange]]'', ''[[Music/SufjanStevens Carrie and Lowell]]'', ''[[Music/{{KendrickLamar}} DAMN.]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Instant Gratification]]'', ''[[Music/KaceyMusgraves Golden Hour]]'', ''[[Music/DanceGavinDance Afterburner]]'', ''[[Music/FionaApple Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'', ''[[{{Music/Deftones}} Ohms]]'', ''[[Music/WolfAlice Blue Weekend]]'', and ''An Evening with Silk Sonic'' reviews also get this a lot.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cal Chuchesta; he doesn't appear in many videos but fans of the series love him and request more Cal videos.

** Due to his [[RunningGag reminding distain]] towards Music/StevenWilson, many expected a low score or even a ''NOT GOOD'' for Wilson's 2021 album ''The Future Bites''. Cue the surprise of everyone that Fantano instead gave it a '''''[[WhamLine NOT BAD]]'''''.

** He also listened to the first half of Music/BiffyClyro's ''Opposites'' without knowing that it was a double album. When he eventually found out, he decided not to listen to second disc, having not enjoyed the first.

** Anthony breaking down in tears during his review of Mac Miller's "Good News". People started editing the clip to make it look like he was crying over incredibly petty things. On his second channel, Anthony expressed his disappointment with having an emotionally vulnerable moment be twisted into a crude joke. He also acknowledges that there's little he can and should do about it, and understands why it became a meme.