May 15, 2016

I just don't understand it then

I'm dumb?

 

May 15, 2016

Ok, to be fair, things will always be opinionated. but the quality of an album is dependent on the taste of the listener.
the hip hop genre is usually classified with multiple criteria, and the best songs are the ones that either take an individual criteria to new heights, or are good over a wide range of criteria, with very little setbacks.
e.g some consider 'TPAB' to be kendricks best album based on the cultural motivation and impact. and how it reaches to the outset of the genre. while i personally consider GKMC to be better because although it stays within the context of how a rap album should sound, it does that to near perfection. without any of the glowing flaws that TPAB for e.g would have.

Also you have to take into consideration that very few rap songs are universal. most rap songs are catered to a specific audience. Some rap songs are so good that they surpass those demographic boundaries, but others might do so simply because of simplicity or a combination of demographic appeal, which then bears no objective superiority. but then again, what is objective.

If we were to take said criteria used to judge rappers and grade them (assuming this could be done objectively) and grade them in each area, we still run into the landmine of how each criteria is given weight in relation to others. A perfect example is the argument of which is the best Eminem song.

i need say nothing more

 

May 15, 2016

im sorry but like it's an incredibly easy concept to understand and like 7 different people explained it perfectly to you, I am legitimently blown away that you aren't understanding this.

 

May 15, 2016

 

May 15, 2016

Dude I can't explain it any more clearly, lol. Criticism is about making arguments based on what exists within the work.

 

May 15, 2016

So, yes, music is subjective, but criticism is about listening to an album and what the artist tried to do in it and if it was done right?

 

May 15, 2016

yes 80% of it is objective


if your album is great, it should be critically acclaimed (if its reviewed by people who actually have enough knowledge to judge music)

 

May 15, 2016

@YDB @Cyreides Maybe I'm on the right path now?

 

May 15, 2016

I legit couldn't find a single flaw in all the highest rated albums of this decade... literally thought they were 10/10 before they even got reviewed (MBDTF, TPAB, money store, Channel orange, run the jewels, lonerism, etc)

I'm not saying I like all of them, but I legit thought they were superior to other releases as soon as they leaked.

 

May 15, 2016

you're an idiot

 

May 15, 2016

Yup, sounds like a Lupe fan.

 

May 15, 2016

*sigh*

 

May 15, 2016

 

May 15, 2016

There are only like six rap critics worth reading though and three of them are basically retired

 

May 15, 2016

I really really want to understand this though

 

May 15, 2016

I've only read one album review by a professional critic in my lifetime

 

May 15, 2016

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About as pretentious as the man himself

 

May 15, 2016

 

May 15, 2016

Sorry

It'll make more sense if you throw words like "objective" and "subjective" out the window. Anyone is free to give their reading of--or make an argument about--a work. Some arguments are simply better than others.

 

May 15, 2016

It's not subjective.
Schoolboy Q is a better rapper than Kendrick.
Groovey tony is sing if the year so far.
Facts