![]() This has lead to reviewers for respected publications, publications I look up to as a writer, comparing “Rebirth” to bands like Linkin Park. When people don’t know what to do with a record they pretend they do and, more damagingly, they pretend based on their preconceived notions of what they think they’re hearing. The roar of people who didn’t know what to do with Lil Wayne’s self professed rock album started when singles like “Hot Revolver” and “Prom Queen” leaked, but didn’t truly reach their apex until the record landed on the internet in December. ![]() “But John-Michael” you ask yourself, “what does that have to do with Lil Wayne’s “Rebirth”?” Honestly? Everything. When a band reaches a certain level of popularity they become so culturally known that their very name has connotations attached to it that allow music writers to lazily use that name to symbolize their perceptions of the band, even if those preconceptions are absolutely bullshit. That we don’t have preconceived ideas about a record before we even listen to it, or that the comparisons we make between one artist and another are based on actually listening to those artists ourselves. One problem the music public faces when reading reviews is the absolutely insane assumption that the writer whose critique you’re reading isn’t a liar. ![]()
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