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In the video, Anthony Fantano delves into the activities and debates within the "Fantano Forever" subreddit, focusing on their efforts to compile a list of the best albums of the past decade. This effort, while engaging, stirred controversy over the dominant inclusion of hip-hop albums, such as Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Danny Brown's "XXX," and Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City." Fantano defends this trend, emphasizing hip-hop's substantial influence during the 2010s.
The discussion extends to the history of internet music polls from 2013 to 2018, illustrating the passionate and often contentious nature of online music fandom. Key events include Daft Punk’s *Random Access Memories* disrupting the hip-hop trend in 2013, and Carly Rae Jepsen's *Emotion* controversially winning in 2015, which sparked greater enthusiasm for her subsequent works. The narrative also covers the subreddit’s continuation of these polls, with Sophie's win in 2018.
Concluding with 2019, Fantano humorously reflects on the split preferences of his community—oscillating between hip-hop and Carly Rae Jepsen, with some room for Daft Punk and Sophie—expressing appreciation for the subreddit’s efforts and encouraging further participation.
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In this part of the video, Anthony Fantano discusses a recent event on the “Fantano Forever” subreddit, where users attempted to create a list of the best albums of each year from the past decade. This effort generated moderate engagement but also some controversy due to the prevalence of hip-hop albums, such as “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” (2010), “XXX” by Danny Brown (2011), and “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” by Kendrick Lamar (2012). Some users expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of genre diversity. Fantano argues that hip-hop’s dominance is reflective of its significant impact during the 2010s and stresses that widely agreed-upon picks are not necessarily a negative thing.
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In this part of the video, the speaker reviews the tumultuous history of internet music polls, focusing on the period from 2013 to 2018. Daft Punk’s *Random Access Memories* broke the rap dominance in 2013, but in 2014, *Piñata* returned rap to the top. The 2015 poll saw dissent against rap, culminating in Carly Rae Jepsen’s *Emotion* winning, despite skepticism from the original poster, who erroneously labeled it a joke pick. The fallout led to a heightened fervor around Jepsen’s work, with her *Emotion Side B* and a fictional *Emotion Side C* winning subsequent years. Ultimately, this led to the original poster abandoning the polls. A member of the Fantano Forever subreddit then continued the tradition, with Sophie winning in 2018. The narrative underscores the passionate and sometimes contentious nature of music fandoms online.
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In this part of the video, Anthony Fantano discusses the culmination of events in 2019, highlighting how Carly Rae Jepsen’s album “Dedicated” closed the chapter. He humorously notes the preferences of his audience, split between nerdy hip-hop albums and Carly Rae Jepsen, with Daft Punk and Sophie included for those who don’t fit that binary. Fantano expresses gratitude to the subreddit community for their contributions and encourages viewers to join and have fun with them.