Close your eyes and you see the Donda Cover

But I don’t like Donda or CLB so I legitimately don’t care that this is being rated better.

In fact, I think it is a better album. It’s entertaining, doesn’t overstay it’s welcome and sounds finished.

I think at this point Kanye is more interesting when making beats for other artists than crafting his own albums. What elevates them at this point is the drama that surrounds them, he transcends his own personal music because at this point it isn’t all that great on its own merits in my opinion.

Investigative journalism is where the real good journalists at

Well, remember when the Joker was coming out & how liberal critics said it was going to inspire mass shootings & called it a movie for losers? So yeah, movie critics not much better lol

I absolutely hate what the entire music industry has become

music journalism need to die. Y’all giving these freelancers money and making other people think their degrees making $$$

And I don’t care that it’s being rated higher either. Whether it’s based on the quality of the music or the political message behind it why do we (speaking generally) feel the need to throw a fit over this? All other mediums of journalism are trash these days so not sure why people expect music to be any different

ironic

wait til they find out lnx was a raging islamaphobe

anyone who writes for a major publication has a degree lol

It came a long way honestly. Back in the day when a movie was critically panned that was a death knell for a movie and in some cases entire studios. They just couldn't survive bad reviews because people really relied on reviews to figure out what movie they'd go to see. People normally wouldn't waste their time or money to see a panned film. You'd start seeing studios put out more movies that "appealed to critics" because when critics liked your movie, that was good press, which potentially meant more money coming your way.

I'd say over the last...15 years or so the film review started to be taken much less seriously because: There's just so much s*** out these days, entertainment became more important than quality (IE: The Transformers movies), streaming platforms make it easier for people to just binge watch trash for just 10-15 bucks a month, and finally young filmmakers started taking the scene and pretty much made it clear they don't give a f*** about film critics.

This kinda attitude is slowly happening to music and music reviewers. I don't really see it happening to video games anytime soon though, and that's mostly due to hype culture and publishers and sharehholders relying on critic scores to determine bonus incentives for the game devs/employees.

lol publications are pieces of s*** what’s new.

Wasn’t he like 15 when he said that stuff? Cmon man

Just because he’s gay? We need equality!

couldn't be more wrong. nas x is a genuine hit maker with a great ear for melodies. very talented individual

i really loved this record tbh

Modern discourse is all about virtue signaling. It's why all companies break their arms to change s*** black for February and rainbow for Pride.

Montero gets a 10 because being so outwardly unabashedly gay in hip-hop (LNX is pop, but he's black so he can't be a pop artist. I don't make the rules) is brave, therefore The Independent gets the woke rub for giving it extra praise, and DONDA gets a 0 because collaboraring with problematic people is bad, so The Independent gets another woke rub for wagging their finger at Kanye.

It's why Captain Marvel criticism is handwaved away as misogyny because women are brave and strong.

Only real music gonna last

Imagine unironically believing this

that’s because it’s a lot easier to put some trash music out and convince people it’s good

Gay Mafia vs Homophobe Mafia

Round 948

Nas actually makes great pop music. 69 is pure trash. Pretty bad take tbh

More like Donda - 2 and Montero - 8