i love how this wasn't even from one of their published articles and instead was from their staff blog posts, a platform which also has half-assed posts like this
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At some point over the last few days, you’ve entertained the idea of purchasing Taylor Swift’s 1989 album. Hell, maybe you even did—or merely purchased just one "iTune" off it to be thrifty and ironic at the same time (given recent events).
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Tay-Tay kicked down that fourth wall like a scene from her "Bad Blood" remix video to show the world that wasn’t the case.
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She sealed her womanifesto with "We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation." The line has since become an Internet quotable.
People pulling these album reviews in some desperate bet to banalize Pitchfork's quote albums are subjective. You can like them or you can not like them. That doesn't mean you can't admit that Ciara has been releasing the same song since 1,2 step and Rihanna has been evolving in her sound since, hence the comment on her superior creativity.
"as a black woman whose artistic inventiveness outpaces her peers and music executives by what feels like whole years, she will also perpetually be owed"
