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Originally Posted by louder
Speaking of Pitchfork, they said SremmLife 2 is "stranger, artsier, and flat-out ballsier than its predecessor", yet gave it a lower score.  Seems like they can't stop making a joke of themselves. |
Well, like all publications that attempt to score and rank releases as they come out, they run into the problem of one person writing review A, and another writing review B, which references review A.
In the review of Coloring Book they said Life of Pablo was not actually the "gospel album with lots of cursing" that it was supposed to be, and called it a rap album with gospel moments, claiming Coloring Book was the real gospel deal.
In the actual Pablo review I'm pretty sure they said the description was spot on, and also that it was musically chaotic with no standard "rap" singles.
Each review should just be taken as some dude/chick's opinion, not the overall opinion of the site.
I remember in 2002 when Beck's Sea Change came out, it initially got a 6.9 and a pretty poor review, compared to his previous albums. Yet somehow it ended up in the top 50 albums of the year list, and Ugly Cassanova's Sharpen Your Teeth didn't, even though it got a 7.5 or something.
None of it makes any goddamn sense, but I'm not sure how it might be done differently.