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Originally Posted by Severian
I dunno. They reviewed a bunch of Prince albums right after he died too. Of course Sign o' the Times got a 10 (deserved it) and so did Purple Rain (deserves it but a little bit less), and everything else warms highly favorable, because what are they going to do? Pan this recently deceased legend's music? Nope.
I do like their liner notes series or whatever where they look at older albums. Enjoyed the one for Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive... and The Lips' Soft Bulletin. But... yeah, not exciting.
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that's what I mean tho - features like that, or even a tribute after someone dies or whatever I get. But, why did they review 4 Biggie albums TODAY? Is it an anniversary or something that I didn't realize and it's at least topical? Or is it random? Or maybe they're going to review old albums on Thursdays for #throwback?
EDIT: oops yeah. 20th anniversary of his death. So I missed that. RIP.
Also why did they only review 2 albums yesterday?
BTW, they gave Ready To Die a 10. Which in fairness it deserves. But I called it. Know why? Because that's what they do. They give old albums a 10. I'm sure there's more new releases, but the ONLY new album I remember getting a 10 was Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - which had been leaked for a year prior. I just find it kind of weak that these 'tastemakers' don't seem to have the balls to give out 10's (IE: "I think this album is perfect.") to anything unless it's been out for a year or more. Gives the impression that they can't really make such a bold statement without hindsight on their side.
I know I"m being overly harsh. Because in fairness we all need time to let art sink in. But they're the ones that choose to go w/ number scores (which I find arbitrary anyway).
EDIT: on the topic of Biggie, I think Ready To Die is amazing. Like really really amazing. To me, I always preferred 2Pac as a rapper... but he never made an album that I thought was as good start-to-finish as Ready To Die. Ironically, there is no other Biggie album that I love. I think the rest of his discography is just good. Shrug.