Wale Slams The State Of Music Commentary: ‘A Million Album Reviews, 15 Minutes After The Album’s Out’

Wale Slams The State Of Music Commentary: ‘A Million Album Reviews, 15 Minutes After The Album’s Out’

Wale is sounding off on the state of music commentary.

In a new interview with #Complex, the rapper reflected on how online discourse has evolved over the years: “For the past 15 years, everybody’s had an opinion on the internet, but now, I think they’re louder than ever. We’re just in a room full of a gazillion people screaming. A million album reviews, 15 minutes after the album’s out. A lot of hyperbole, man. Hyperbole has caused irreparable damage to discourse on anything. […] It’s either a classic or it’s the worst. I think it’s cooked us a little bit.”

 

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He also criticized how some listeners judge music based on who the artist is rather than the content: “That might be one of my most frustrating things about music or art in general… but especially Black music. People will be like, ‘That’s trash,’ just because they don’t like the person who made it.'”

Wale continued, “You could write a song that has so much depth to it, but because the popular reactor or streamer hasn’t dived into it, ‘Oh, nah, that sucks.’ It’s hard to say [opinions] are valuable now.”

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