Nov 22, 2020bobby jI’m still waiting for yall to name examples of rappers who have paid for critical acclaim
Chance pays to have negative reviews taken down
Nov 22, 2020Stantm4444Clairo
Billie
Meg
Danny Brown
JPEG
EarlIf they’re not overtly paying off the critics they’re being pushed as “woke” “paradigm shifting” or incredibly “important”. This critique is usually more about the artist and their “brand” then their music. Also, this isn’t anything new. There’s always been this transactual relationship between labels/musicians and critics. Of course, some artists cut through without the quid pro quo but its unusual.
Tbh, I believe this
- Nov 22, 2020
75% of the time you can tell what the reviews are gonna look like before the album even comes out. That’s a problem
Nov 22, 2020·1 replyF*** all critics of any artistic medium fr unless they’re an artist themselves
For some reason journalists just decide to give their opinions on projects and then act like it’s an inarguable position
- Nov 22, 2020Sinewave
crazy levels of projecting going on here
I’m sorry for whatever your father did to you
I wish
Nov 22, 2020·1 reply
daisycutterflowzindustrializing 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
Really what is the point of music critics once blogs were invented? Now everyone's a critic
- Nov 22, 2020
lol
- Nov 22, 2020·1 replyCaliisthemission
F*** all critics of any artistic medium fr unless they’re an artist themselves
For some reason journalists just decide to give their opinions on projects and then act like it’s an inarguable position
this isn’t really the right way to go
everyone should be able to critique and speak on any artistic expression they see, it’s up to the artist and the fellow viewer to decide for themselves if the critique is worthwhile with their own criteria
- Nov 22, 2020·1 replyflizzy 999
Really what is the point of music critics once blogs were invented? Now everyone's a critic
money of the arbitrary “legitimacy” of corporatized journalism
- Nov 22, 2020·1 replydaisycutterflowz
money of the arbitrary “legitimacy” of corporatized journalism
Who in their 20s-30s (people who read music reviews) even cares about that?
- Nov 22, 2020flizzy 999
Who in their 20s-30s (people who read music reviews) even cares about that?
lol nobody
- Nov 22, 2020
it’s crazy how disillusioned gen z is from corporatism
Nov 22, 2020@americana spittin itt
- Nov 22, 2020
What do Megan Thee Stallion, Fiona Apple and Kendrick Lamar all have in common? your answer lies there
- Nov 22, 2020bobby j
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
This happens a lot on Metacritic when albums first drop
Theres a lot of hype (recency bias) but after some time the scores will average out and come back to earth
Plus, all her superfans on there are rating the album now, not in the next few weeks/month etc
Nov 22, 2020·1 replyCrack Palm StepperTpab got a 96 Kendrick ain’t pay no critics
If those white critics gave an album like tpab anything less than a 90% they would have been deemed rAcIsT
- OPNov 22, 2020·1 replySilvoje
If those white critics gave an album like tpab anything less than a 90% they would have been deemed rAcIsT
So you don’t think TPAB is above a 90%?
- Nov 22, 2020bobby j
So you don’t think TPAB is above a 90%?
I haven't heard it
Zaywop 🐶Nov 22, 2020·1 replySign to Roc Nation or TDE
- Nov 22, 2020·1 replydaisycutterflowz
this isn’t really the right way to go
everyone should be able to critique and speak on any artistic expression they see, it’s up to the artist and the fellow viewer to decide for themselves if the critique is worthwhile with their own criteria
I agree with your second point, but the existence of a "critic" as a designated position in journalism is ridiculous IMO, nobody's opinion is any more or less valid than another's just because they're a "critic"