The Needle Drop LP

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Anthony Fantano is an American music critic known for his website and YouTube channel, namely, 'The Needle Drop'. He started with text reviews on his blog in 2007 and shifted to a video review on YouTube in 2009. He reviews albums and songs from diverse genres including "rock, pop, electronic, metal, hip-hop, and experimental music". While his channel now boasts of over 1 million subscribers, he had won a partnership with YouTube back when he had only around 1500 subscribers. In September 2011, he won the 'On The Rise' contest hosted by YouTube. The next month, he received the 'Beyond the Blog' award at the 'MTV O Music Awards'. Fantano, who follows a numerical rating system ranging from 0 to 10, has given a perfect 10 score to only three albums so far: 'The Money Store' by Death Grips, 'To Be Kind' by Swans and 'To Pimp a Butterfly' by Kendrick Lamar. He also has another YouTube channel, 'thatistheplan', which initially served as a platform for him to post vlogs and miscellaneous videos, but later he started to post on its reviews of popular memes on the internet. A fan of 'The Simpsons', he wanted to be a cartoonist when he was young. He attended Southern Connecticut State University where he studied political science, broadcast communication, and journalism. He also served as a music director for SCSU radio station. He is married to an African-American woman named Dominique, whom he dated for many years before their marriage. She sometimes appears on his YouTube channel to share her favorite songs with his audience.