It only makes YOUR, the so called critic's, bias very obvious, automatically making me worry for the legitimacy of anything else you have to say.
Because none of this should (and doesn't) affect the tape that Hov gave us. I wont mention past lines such as "Im not a business man, Im a business, man" as an example of why MC.HG is shallow. I won't mention failed projects like kingdom come or bp3, or classics such reasonable doubt. I won't talk about Hov making history with his deal with Samsung. So for the sake of judging the album on its merits alone Ill forgo the "formalities" that most reviews think are necessary. Wondering what could've been instead of focusing on what actually is. More than anything, these two albums showcase established artists either adapting and expanding their skill set or attempting to innovate and it fundamentally simply isn't fair to judge these projects with such bias.
This is an ever changing, ever evolving genre, and even though a title such as Magna Carta.Holy Grail might suggest a magnum opus, in the same way Yeezus might, it's OKAY if it isn't. They focus on why the album isnt what they expected and not if it succeeds in what it attempted to deliver. Instead, more often than not, these so called reviews focus on the context and the accompanying bias rather than the music. Now, my major complaint with most "reviews" of MC.HG so far have to do with their persistence in not dealing with what they're given. This fact alone amazes me on so many levels, but add the fact that I'm listening to, and thoroughly enjoying, a 43 year old rappers album and you have a juxtaposition - a duality some might say - of past and present, privileged and unprivileged, fame and animosity, that's mirrored in its own way on this album. Review Summary: Twerk Miley Miley Miley TwerkĪs I write this, on my iPhone 5 while laying back on a pulled out bed, I'm traveling from Mumbai, India to some unpronounceable (and hard to spell) southern village on board a train.for 12 hours.