How will they get clicks a week after the album drop no one cares by then

To me if you're being paid to review something and attach a score to it for a publication you should sit with it and think about it more than the person who puts their opinion on a Kanye West fan forum

We shouldn't care about anyones review.

“I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the internet,” Jay explained. “Everyone is experiencing things at the same time. You can write a review like the guy from USA Today, tomorrow. Ya’ll both can write the review at the same time…That’s why the critic became important in the music space because they got the music first. They would get the music two months early because the magazine had a long lead time. They get it. They sit with it. They review it. They send it out a month ahead of time. You reading it. You looking like ‘Oh, this album’s gonna be dope.’ You don’t have the music. So, you’re reading reviews for a month. Right now, the music comes out like this. People are writing a review in a day. First of all, you can’t listen to an album and rate it in a day. It’s just impossible…And when I see that I’m like ‘Oh, so this is all just bullshit.’" - HOV

I’ve always enjoyed reading them whether I agree or not tbh, as I enjoy discussing albums on here. Tbh it kinda irritates me if reviewers don’t give some sort of score

We need to bring back early-2010 reviewers:

Bring back the 90’s publications I say

yep that’s fair I just can’t be bothered to put measures on how people give reviews.