Yeah those instant reviews all being perfect were pretty wild. And I highly doubt they recieved the album early

they're trying to hit that "Somebody needs to tell me what to think" demographic

Exactly, that’s my point. It’s it’s supposedly these peoples profession

Yall are forgetting that reviews are meant to let people know if they should check something out. They're not tools for your validation

No cause if it’s good it’s good

Fantano stan spotted :elon:

Lowkey ktt like a collective quasi-review/micro-reviewing site cause we discuss s*** when it drops amongst each other

Sure for smaller artist, but for someone like Kendrick it doesn’t apply. People are going to listen regardless.

But nah let them reviewers get their $

And then for smaller artists it won't make much difference whether review dropped @ day 1 or a week after lol

How will I know which opinion to have if I have to wait a week

And you know that you should check something out because a reviewer give it a 10/10 an hour or two after it dropped solely because it’s a Kendrick Lamar album a review should be based on actually reviewing the music otherwise it’s just a part of the hype machine

Probably. I feel like if you're logging onto The Guardian to see their pop culture reviews you'd actually check out an album they gave a 10/10
Otherwise it might slip by you

You’re not getting my whole point though, and that’s that these early reviews were simply based off the fact it’s a Kendrick album and had nothing to do with the actual music contained within the album. There hasn’t been a single 10/10 review since

I'm still picking up new things on this Kendrick album that I know for damn sure these reviewers didn't catch when they wrote their reviews

the thread is titled as a first reaction for a reason

Haven’t read nor intend to read any of them bullshit ass reviews on the album, I just know they all sorts of shot went over their heads

did you read the reviews??

do you feel like they had a grasp of the music? did it seem like they listened to it?

do you have a real issue with the actual review?

OR are you just on here complaining about a process you don’t understand, theorizing that music reviewers review albums without listening to them with no real evidence to back up your point at all

Imo, if it’s a Friday reviews should be Monday earliest. Never going to happen, but it would be nice.

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Don't most reviewers get advanced copies anyway?

It's been said over and over, but they usually do wait a week or more. They get it before the general public. Thread ran its course lol

I haven't read reviews, Ima just check out Pitchfork and Fantano because I kinda agree with the scores and I want to see whether I agree with what they say. But all those day one reviews can miss me

It's also just a coincidence that reviewers rate albums they got sent privately before they dropped higher than those albums that they didn't receive b4 the release date. Totally random, right. F*** the critics, their words are worthless

just @ me I will help u get the right opinion