If ppl say your music sucks just work on doing better, talk to the people who succeed and try to learn from them what they do right and what missteps you should avoid

"this is the way"

Im pretty confident any dictionary will have descriptions of both that include both because they are the same word

Macs level up was truly a dope thing to watch in real time

i really dislike the idea of ppl not being to express that they don't like something. If you have valid reasons why, I don't seem the harm. This generation a bit too soft.

i have no problems
with people not liking art

but i do have a problem
with people profiting from
tearing apart people's hearts

i know that i'm painting this idealistically

but truly

if an artist pours themselves into something

i do not believe a critic should then criticize it

i'm not saying they have to like it

but reviews like Blue Slide Park and Camp

are over the line

that's what i'm focusing on

also the narratives that
come with the criticisms

let's look at nas

he's dealt with that a lot

why?

critics

narratives

Same reason we criticize anything to hear ourselves talk and to create discourse, to learn new things, etc.

but you added the key piece

"if you have valid reasons why"

nobody would disagree with that

but i find that a lot of people don't even listen to an album before they critique it

but when u think about it, that review slandering the s*** out of whatever album is that writer's art.

f***

i'm in a corner!!!!

I also feel like fans care way more about this than the actual artist tbh lol

Your boss at work might criticize you harshly

Sometimes he's just a d*** so f*** him and sometimes he was lowkey right and you needed that slap in the face to wake tf up

So basically - think critically about the criticism you get

Mac was hurt, but then he realized that even though it was worded harshly, there was lowkey some truth to it. I'm sure that getting praise after what he had been through made it much more powerful and satisfying as well

Free time should be spent on stuff you enjoy, but people enjoy on hating s*** so its bound to happen

To help artists improve things they could do better

And the thing with critism to me is--you don't have to take in what everybody tell you. Niggas gonna say whatever they want. For you, you have to parse that info and apply what you think is applicable and let everything else just ride.

You choose to take in and do whatever with anything anybody say.

😭😭😭

nothing worse for an artist's career than a bunch of yes men

Absolutely correct

i think this would be a great topic for a youtube video

"the art of critiquing art"

word bro, this is pretty much what I said in the last post right above you as well

Menorah Man 🕎