Well allow Sach O to retort.
So it’s officially Kanyemania out there today. Pitchfork gave the album a 10.0, Slate’s got it as album of the year and the mainstream press seems officially content to anoint Kanye as the superstar demigod he wants to be perceived as. On one hand, there’s an alarming conservatism here: boomer/late Gen-X run publications incapable of taking rap on its own terms going gaga over this big rockist statement. On the other, like I said this is a strong record. Since the discussion about MBDTF has officially transcended the music and has gone into the realm of its overall pop-culture impact, I wonder what kind of numbers this thing’ll do? Power wasn’t nearly as big a single as Yeezy’s previous anthems and it’s hard to measure what kind of impact the G.O.O.D Friday series had outside of the Nahright crowd: an impact on radio sure, but I see nothing that’ll stick around like Stronger or The Good Life on here.
To be honest, I find myself enjoying and listening to the record which is more than what I can say about most rap music these days but the zeitgeist is a little overbearing. Did y’all know that Curren$y’s Pilot Talk 2 leaked last weekend? Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. Also, I dunno who decided Nicki Minaj’s album should drop today but that guy should expect a Christmas layoff: probably not the best idea ever to drop a debut pop-rap album the same day that the world’s biggest pop rapper unveils his “Songs in Key of Life” moment. Anyhow, it’s been fun tearing through this thing with you guys but I think I’ll go back to lurking amongst the shadows of sub-pop culture: all of the lights are hurting my eyes.
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Cale says:
November 23, 2010 at 8:14 am (UTC -7)
to continue the theme of talking about the criticism, god the pitchfork review was shit. i know its cliched to rag on pitchfork reviews, but seriously! it spent the entire time listing what kanye has done for the past 6 months, a thought about micheal jackson and described a few songs. If you give the album the big ten (which i have no problem with whatsover) its usually a good idea not only to say why it deserved it (i mean come on, they know how big a deal it is themselves), but even if the album is good or not! you could have taken the same text and slapped a 7 point something at the top and no one would have been the wiser…
but on more important matters, the album is fantastic, Devil in a New Dress is the jam of choice
Sach says:
November 23, 2010 at 8:18 am (UTC -7)
I’ve attacked that site more than enough over the years and I don’t want to fall for their bait this go around. At the end of the day, reviews are sort of pointless for this record: anyone who wants to hear it will give it a listen and decide for themselves, this is the mediafire era. That’s why we went with the roundtable idea, we figured a discussion was the best way to deal with something so massive.
Cale says:
November 23, 2010 at 8:26 am (UTC -7)
for sure, theyve been a great read over the last day or so, especially while im still trying to digest the album
Shapey Fiend says:
November 23, 2010 at 2:09 pm (UTC -7)
Pitchfork is just for breaking artists that nobody really has a clue about. Which is a great thing. I don’t think anybody takes their reviews THAT seriously. I find it handy for drawing attention to stuff I might miss but I skim it rather than read it most of the time.
Sach says:
November 23, 2010 at 7:08 pm (UTC -7)
They break truly awful artists though. Has anyone even listened to that Sleigh Bells album since it came out? I’m convinced that band was created as a marketing ploy for Urban Outfitters and someone just forgot to tell Ryan Shreiber.
Cale says:
November 24, 2010 at 3:45 am (UTC -7)
either that or Clel Tickle/Hambone got to him again…