As well as obviously being a music blog, this is also a platform for me to talk about my own opinions, and commentary on topics, generally related to music. That's exactly what I'll be doing today. If you'll bear with me I'd like to talk about the role of critics in music the way I see it. A lot of people have told me that reviewing music is stupid because we simply don't have the mental capacity to comprehend the work that goes into making a song. Apparently all of the work and politics being music is supposed to make it more impressive. What gives a normal person on a blog the right to day whether an album is good or not? Well we don't. But what we can do, just like any other consumer of music is state our opinion on it. When I call a song or album trash, I'm not stating it as a fact, but just how I feel about it as a consumer. And that's what we all are, consumers. That's what gives us every right to decide whether it's good or not. We are the people keeping the music industry alive. The people buying your music. It has absolutely no bearing on the product whether or not you went through a ridiculous process to make it. Are we supposed to give you a break for an album that sounds good because we don't know how hard it is to make your music? When you put your music out for the world to hear there is a reasonable expectation that you will be the subject of some criticism. Do you think that it should just be all musicians jacking each other off over how hard they worked on their albums? I am a consumer, and that gives me every right in the world to say whether or not I think an album is good. My opinion holds no more weight than the next guy, unless you put more weight into it because I put it on the Internet. If that's the case then it's not my problem, just don't expect me to like everything you make just because you worked hard on it. This isn't church league basketball and you don't get a participation award.
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As you may have seen in my Top 5 list, I included the newest Yelawolf tape. Now if you heard Radioactive, you, like myself, were disappointed that it didn't sound more like the Trunk Muzik mixtape. To make it up to his fans, Yelawolf created this, a perfected Trunk Muzik. This is a tape that you will want to bump in the whip, but then really analyze the lyrics to see what the fuck Yelawolf just said. No matter what you think of Yelawolf, that motherfucker can hold his own lyrically with anyone in the rap game.
My highlight of the album was the song Fame. Yelawolf is able to get deep lyrically, and really connect with the audience. You feel exactly what Yelawolf was dealing with as if it was happening to you. He manages to do this without being corny, which is something that can rarely be done. Now, the instrumentals on this tape are very weird, but weird enough to fit his style perfectly. He is able to chop quickly over slow piano beats and it sounds fucking awesome. Yelawolf even stated that he hated Radioactive, and that part of his career is over with. Now all a fan like myself can hope for is that this is the Yelawolf that we can expect to see for a long time to come. Rating: 3.5/5 |