Ant Fisher - Hard To Love, Easy To Hate (Album)

Our timeline the last few days have been flooded with the cover art to Ant Fisher’s latest magnum opus titled “Hard To Love, Easy To Hate,” which I got to say is one of the hardest titles for a project that we’ve come across especially when it’s filled to the brim with storytelling lyricism & heartfelt emotions. Being a relatively new listener to Ant Fisher, I’m hearing his come-up being told for the first time, and hearing the adversity that he’s had to endure while making it out of the mud to see cleaner days ahead of him, only draws me in more to hear his soul spill out on these 9-tracks. 

If you can’t fuck with the intro, then the rest of your listening experience is lost, and that’s not the case here or even close to that matter; Ant Fisher doesn’t let the beat breathe for too long before he starts explaining the so-called beef that other rappers believe they have with him. It’s not the case since Ant isn’t paying it any mind; competition who? More like you food in his chain bracket, tough-taking on the net but scared to see him in person. Quit the theatrics; it’s only going to get worse for you; the city is seeing you talk big while your moves are small. Ant Fisher does his rapping so smoothly here since it almost sounds like he’s talking with you, communicating very conversational, no big barking or acting hard. You can hear his stern demeanor with his wordplay that comes off, yet it’s still respected. The intro, titled after the first half of the album name, is more of his venting session, getting the stress off his shoulder and letting you know what’s on his mind. While you may not like what he’s saying, understands he doesn’t give a fuck, it needs to be told, and he will let it out in the air. The strongest people speak when it’s necessary to let out what they have held back, Ant Fisher is a forceful person who held nothing back in this record. Even after hearing such a poetic track, Ant doesn’t stress too much and shows the importance of his diverse ability by sharing another side of his artistry. He follows it up with a very comedic start to his next joint titled “Ya Bitch” featuring the voices of Starr, IQ & Nasty Norm, better known as the well-famed podcast Cheap Suits, to assist him in delivering a record where Ant is applying pressure to the rap game. With fierce & combative bars from the beginning to the end of his verse, there is no lacking in his wordsmith nature, and he’s displaying it right here in remarkable fashion. His third record, titled “Undefeated,” featuring C Rayy, was the original introduction we had to be familiar with him & even now, the track still holds weight as being on top tier status of his rapping abilities. In the tracks ahead, he tackles more of the melodic wave on such records like “The Language & “Toxic Contradictions,” which sounds like he’s outside of his normal element yet holds his own to showcase his style can be transitioned to different rhythms. I love to hear artists go out of their norm and try new endeavors; Ant Fisher can shift gracefully in these positions. He can be in a more conscience state like in “Real Shit” with D’Shaun & then move over to a trap-fueled record like “BigFishaBaby” and flourish in both. At last, we get to the outro record “Easy To Hate” to finish off our journey, which I could say the same thing about Ant Fisher. It sounds like here; he’s telling listeners about his recent achievements and success, with more to be made in the future for him. He talks about the things that made him become the person you hear today and the things he wants to do to continue his growth. Ant is no longer rescinding with the older self but a new awakening to something better. The album is his gateway to see what he’s been on recently and to show you a brief look into his future; more moments from him are to be seen, and it will be a sight to see what is next for this lyrical giant. 

Tremendous gratitude to those that helped complete his story on this latest project, whether it be production or voicing praise. Of course, another shoutout to Skrillz for the assistance with promotional use & the cover art. It’s good to see an album like this be produced out of the city so when people say we don’t have anything to offer, examples like this prove them wrong. Blessings to Ant Fisher, and we highly recommend that you all check out his latest album here while sharing it around on all social media avenues.