For example, this Meg album got a 90+ score on metacritic. how is this possible???
yet you got projects like FHD 2014 and Rodeo having average reviews on metacritic even though they’re loved by the public
only 4 reviews chill
political correctness and if you can be used for political currency
actually this is a far better answer
Make good product...
and pay the reviewers dummy
Which artists do you think pay critics?
only 4 reviews chill
Being a consistent artist like Kendrick or Danny Brown or being someone who protected by PC Culture.
Which artists do you think pay critics?
Tbh you really can't tell. It might not be the artists themselves but their labels. A lot of shady things do happen in the entertainment industry
industrializing the concept of artistic critique means that critics are now less interested in the actual criticism of art and more the survival and growth of their critic business, which means critical thought can be tainted in the name of business growth
this is a bad thing
Which artists do you think pay critics?
probably newer pop artists who need the publicity from the more “legitimate end” of the fanbase industry
Making a good album.
S*** like your example just an outlier imo
So projects that don’t get acclaim from critics are trash?
So projects that don’t get acclaim from critics are trash?
Hell no. 50% of the albums I like don't get any critical acclaim
Make a good album
Most of the time s*** that gets good reviews tends to be good music
Doesn’t mean that you’ll automatically like it just like a bad review doesn’t mean you’ll automatically dislike it
really depends, sometimes publications place their bets on certain groups so that if they blow up they reap a lot of the success by proxy
one example that comes to mind rn is Pitchfork and Slums
realistically it's just making a great album. There's a few albums that get overrated when they ride the zeitgeist, but that's not typical.