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On the flip side, Anthony is far from a CausticCritic, almost always discussing albums in a calm, rational manner and often finding things to praise in albums he otherwise dislikes. As such, when he gets genuinely angry, disgusted, or irritated in a review, that's usually when you know that he ''hates'' the album. Releases that incur such reactions usually get slapped with a "[[BrokeTheRatingScale NOT GOOD]]" rating rather than given a proper score, often bringing out his [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] in the process, or given an [[MedalOfDishonor arguably worse]] 0/10 rating. Only six albums have been given this rating -- Music/KidCudi's ''Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven'', Music/ChanceTheRapper's ''The Big Day'', Music/GreenDay's ''Father of All Motherfuckers'', Music/TonesAndI's ''Welcome to the Madhouse'', Ken Carson's ''X'', and Machine Gun Kelly and Trippie Redd's ''genre: sadboy'' -- although a few "NOT GOOD" albums have received reviews that are at least as scathing. In February of 2021, Anthony gave his first ever "NOT BAD" rating (to Music/StevenWilson's ''The Future Bites''), indicating a pleasant surprise from an artist whose work he hadn't previously enjoyed.

Anthony has grown infamous for his at-times-controversial scores, and has [[NeverLiveItDown gained a particular reputation]] for giving widely praised albums a 6/10 rating (one of the most notorious examples being the universally acclaimed ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy''). To date, he has only given ''seven'' albums a perfect 10 in his reviews: Music/DeathGrips' ''The Money Store'', Music/{{Swans}}' ''Music/ToBeKind'', Music/KendrickLamar's ''Music/ToPimpAButterfly'', Kids See Ghosts' ''[[Music/KidsSeeGhosts Kids See Ghosts]]'', Music/{{Daughters}}' ''Music/YouWontGetWhatYouWant'', Spellling's ''The Turning Wheel'', and Music/LinguaIgnota's ''Sinner Get Ready''.[[note]]In terms of unofficial perfect scores, Anthony made a series of videos in 2022 listing albums from before he started doing reviews that he would qualify for a 10/10: Music/DaftPunk's ''Music/{{Discovery|DaftPunkAlbum}}'', Music/SystemOfADown's ''{{Music/Toxicity}}'', {{Music/Bjork}}'s ''{{Music/Vespertine}}'', Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor's ''Music/LiftYourSkinnyFistsLikeAntennasToHeaven'', [[Music/MFDoom MF DOOM]] and Madlib's ''{{Music/Madvillainy}}'', Music/LaurynHill's ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'', Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'', Music/NeutralMilkHotel's ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea'', Music/WuTangClan's ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'', Music/DepecheMode's ''Music/{{Violator}}'', Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'', Music/PublicEnemy's ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'', Music/KateBush's ''Music/HoundsOfLove'', Music/TalkingHeads' ''Music/RemainInLight'', Music/{{Prince}}'s ''Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}'', Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/BitchesBrew'', Music/TheClash's ''Music/LondonCalling'', Music/MarvinGaye's ''Music/WhatsGoingOn'', Music/LedZeppelin's ''Music/PhysicalGraffiti'', Music/{{Television}}'s ''Music/MarqueeMoon'', Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/HotRats'', Music/BobDylan's ''Music/Highway61Revisited'', Music/CharlesMingus' ''Music/TheBlackSaintAndTheSinnerLady'', Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', and Music/NinaSimone's ''Nina Simone Sings the Blues''.[[/note]]

** 2024 produced a "review" of Music/KanyeWest's ''VULTURES 2''[[note]]The album was not out at the time of the video's release.[[/note]]. The video starts with a roughly four-minute long argument between himself and Cal, who's mad about Anthony's non-review of ''VULTURES 1''. Anthony and Cal then decide to listen to the first track together, which turns to be an old soul sample followed by [[spoiler:nonstop fart noises followed by the word "antisemitism" being repeated on loop]]. The whole thing's a not-altogether subtle TakeThat toward viewers who had claimed he was taking a stance on Kanye and his controversies over viewing the music on its own merits, ignoring that the subject matter of the album is, in several parts, ''about'' said topics.