YMMV / XXXTentacion

• Anvilicious: "RIOT", which is pretty blunt and to the point about both violence towards African-Americans and negative repercussions of riots, especially in the polarizing political climate in 2016 and during the 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd.
• Archive Panic: While he only has four studio albums and a couple of EPs, he has posted multiple songs all over soundcloud, deleted several songs, and even has been involved multiple times with associates of his. The XXXTentacion subreddit arguably helps with this, but even then that's not saying much. And then there's unreleased material...
• Awesome Art: The music video for "BAD!" being entirely animesque, something X would have probably done.
• Awesome Music: For the fans, his albums and singles will be this, most notable "Jocelyn Flores", "Everyone Dies in Their Nightmares", "changes", "SAD!", and "LOOK AT ME!".
• Critical Dissonance: Around the releases of "LOOK AT ME!" to ?, critics were mixed to favourable toward X, but the audience didn't like him. However Skins made critics borderline disgusted and hated the album due to it feeling incomplete, and the audience felt the same too.
• Fridge Horror: Mainly people tend to point out how X was known for his violent behaviour and complaining about his depression/anxiety problems...until one puts it together that his actions stemmed from that. Along with his own struggles to boot.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • His borderline depressive behavior and the times he hinted suicide (most notably when he posted on Instagram stories a scene from "Look at Me!" that featured him hanging) becomes this when he would be murdered at a young age.
  • "Jocelyn Flores" has the line "Put 10 shots in my brain...".
  • "Save Me" has "Who do I have? Heaven and hell, My friend, my friend...". Brr...
  • "SAD!"'s music video, which featured X at his own funeral.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: X once tweeted that if he were to die, he would simply come back. A few days after his passing, his mother posted on Twitter that his new girlfriend was pregnant with his child.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • X did everything in his music to help those who struggled with depression and anxiety, despite him suffering from those himself. Depending on who you ask, that's commendable.
  • Following his death, celebrities paid respect and condolences, but the one that surprised a lot of people was no other than Anthony Fantano, who had given X's two albums low scores. Despite Anthony's own criticisms towards X's work, he made it clear that X was a person and death at a young age was a terrible way to go, as well as scolding those who mocked mourning fans and praising his death, saying "Let the kid rest". This was made even more clear when Anthony reviewed Skins, and while he still gave the album a low 2/10, it was specifically out of disgust that X's label pushed out what he felt was an incomplete piece of work just to cash on his death, making it clear that X was the least to blame for it.
• Memetic Mutation: X basically was a meme online due to his sad nature and his music. Examples include...:
  • "CAN'T KEEP MY DICK IN MY PANTS!"
  • "YAH!"
  • "Look at Me!" in general was this, same with "Jocelyn Flores" which was used as sad AMVs.
  • "RIP Roach" with gems such as "Cocaine for my breakfast!".
  • X's multicoloured dreads, in spades. Especially when he bleached his eyebrows to fit his new hair style.
  • "BAD VIBES FOREVER"
  • His screams, to the point where a Facebook avatar template was "[XXXTENTACION SCREAMING IN THE DISTANCE]".
  • "I will spare none of you peasants."
  • His creepy drawings, such as the broken heart suicidal smiley or the tree he tattooed on his forehead.
  • Comparing X to an anime character is a joke among fans and detractors.
  • "#FREEX", following the controversy with X being in jail and one of Drake's songs having a similar beat.
• Misaimed Fandom: "RIOT" is seen by some to be encouraging of riots in the name of Black Lives Matter. While the song does speak out against police brutality against African Americans, it actually criticizes riots and how fighting injustice with more injustice is hypocritical.
• Narm: A big criticism in regards to X's work. While some did see his sadness as real, sometimes his attempts to invoke it in music came off as this.
  • "The Explanation", the introduction of 17, which consisted of him telling the listener in the most dull way how the album is personal and doesn't want their money.
  • "RIP ROACH" has the lines "YOU PUSSY NIGGAS RICE CRISPY!" and "RIP MY SOUL!".
  • The XXL Cypher Freestyle performance featuring Ugly God, Madeintyo and Playboi Carti, mainly due to the fact X spoke in monologue about violence he'd inflict. The fact everyone was dead silent made it more awkward.
  • "I don't speak spanish lol", all the way.
• Nightmare Fuel: XXXTENTACION gave off this vibe. Putting aside the weepy music, but he as a person felt...off putting to say the least. He came off as a ticking timebomb ready to explode especially with his glaring view and his mood swings from energetic and happy to angry and violent tend to scare others.
  • "RIP ROACH", while a semi weird song featuring X and Ski Mask the Slump God, came off as unnerving with lines such as "XXX ON A KILLSTREAK!" and "MOMMA RAISED A SOLDIER, NOT A BITCH!!".
  • "floor 555" was arguably the most aggressive song X wrote on ?, featuring what could be described as chaotic breakdown.
  • The single cover for "Revenge" originally called "Garette's Revenge". It was the aforementioned Jocelyn Flores' suicide note.
  • "schizophrenia", which basically could fit the mentality of those suffering from said illness.
  • "RIOT", just "RIOT". While the song's message on pointing out the flaws in violent riots is blunt, the creepy flute beat and X's unapologetic animosity towards cops is very unsettling. The (original) song ending with a sample from a KKK rally leader screaming about how they don't need a reason to hate African Americans makes it more uncomfortable.
• No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: His popularity exploded after he was arrested for armed robbery and assault with deadly weapon.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: Even after his death, X was surrounded by controversy, including allegations of abuse by his ex-girlfriend, various feuds with other rap artists, and reports of homophobia and physically assaulting fans.
• Posthumous Popularity Potential: Zig-zagged. While controversy followed him throughout his entire career, the general tone of conversation following his death was one of respect for the influence he had, with many who disliked him and/or his music admitting that he didn't deserve to go out the way he did and may have changed for the better in enough time. However, since then, the public response to the posthumous music pushed out by his label has arguably been even worse than anything he put out while alive — although this has far more to do with how people believe his estate is prioritizing monetary benefit over artistic integrity and essentially trying to invoke this trope as an audience response for personal gain rather than lingering sentiments on X himself.
• Signature Song: "Look at Me!" or "SAD!"