So I watched this earlier, and here's what I thought:
1) It's 2 hours and 20 minutes, which is slightly too long for a free online video magazine. Most people aren't going to go through that even while skimming it like I did. Navigating back and forth becomes hard too.
2) It's mostly in-studio, on-stage and on-location music performances. There isn't much BTS footage beside that.
3) It lacks interviews. Shout-outs and basic introductions don't count as interviews.
4) It's good that it has timestamps, but there's only one artist name per timestamp even when there's multiple in it. I can't even find the segment where a bunch of guys were rapping one after the other, and I don't know what their names were either.
5) Having the artist name timestamped but no other context about where or what the segment is about is an oversight. Even the music performance should have the song labeled.
6) Most of the footage is from night time. It lacks daytime footage.
7) They got rapper Jim Jones in here. That curse is very real. This whole project could flop based on that alone. It's just a bad look in general to have him on Volume 1 and it's not him getting beat up, chased or verbally shat on.
8) I mostly skipped the rap battle at the end. Just a personal preference.
9) This is an acceptable Volume 1, but it needs to improve or else the views will keep dipping with each release. It's new and it's already boring to me.
10) They need to get this shyt on Rumble and Odysee because the YouTube version is already age-restricted.
11) They need to highlight more buzzing rappers from other regions. That's what will make this series really take off. Get footage from places like Minnesota, Detroit, DC, Maryland, and even smaller sections and towns.
12) The lesser-known rapper needs to introduce themselves better. Where did they grow up? What did they do growing up before becoming a professional rapper? When did they start rapping? When was their first album or mixtape release?
I think this will only get better
