We Need a New Rap Album Review Template
I read a rap album review this afternoon and these were the two defining sentences. I’ll insert blanks in the place of artists names to buttress a point.
Throughout [blank] flays rivals and trumpets his own skills and success. He attacks beats - provided by the likes of [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank],[blank] and [blank] - with lyrical ferocity. His stellar guests - [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], and [blank] - help him load a full clip of street-ready missives and radio-friendly jams.
Maybe it’s just me, but that sure reads like it could be a review of every rap album created in the past ten years. This isn’t so much a critique of rap albums, which are varied enough, but a critique of the critique of rap albums. You know, they all got them stellar guests, street-ready missives, and lyrical ferocity. This doesn’t tell me much that I’m not already assuming.
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