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Celeb News: 'Cheek to Cheek' - 64 Metascore
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Originally posted by bluth
lmao @ our favourite baked potato's other articles:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" ... since Lady G's social media diarrhea only served to highlight just how preoccupied she is with her own public image—or, at the very least, that she spends a little too much time Googling herself."
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...ady-gaga-venus
"... but this latest copyright kerfuffle comes on the heels of two other Artpop songs, "Aura" and "Do What U Want," whose backing tracks have similarly dodgy origins. (The lesson Ms. Germanotta apparently learned from the fallout over her 2011 single "Born This Way" was to swipe from lesser-known artists.)"
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" But the extent of the "Dirrty" singer's chart success in the last five years has consisted entirely of duets or guest spots (Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment," and most recently, A Great Big World's "Say Something"), and "Do What U Want" has thus far failed to crack the Top 10, so the collaboration seems, at least on paper, to be a potentially savvy move for both parties."
10 Ridiculous gifs of Lady Gaga performing live
"Earlier this week, MTV posted an oddly optimistic take on the underwhelming performance of Lady Gaga's new album, Artpop, which, though it debuted at #1 with a respectable 258,000 copies, not only scanned 75% less than 2011's Born This Way did in its first week, but posted smaller opening numbers than both Katy Perry's Prism and Miley Cyrus's Bangerz."
I mean, I'm not saying it would have received a good review otherwise, but do you really think we would have received anything other than this scathing sour cream from Slant's resident career reviewer  |
But she's not biased and Monsters are delusional!
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Originally posted by G.U.Y
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Omg some of you lack basic reading comprehension. That was the introduction to the article, to grab the readers attention and get them to continue reading. Although indeed accurate harsh, the rest of the article remains almost solely album related, and it is rather mixed-negative throughout, but all its critiques are backed up with reasonings, and that is why they awarded it a 2/5.
Why do you guys care about this critic so much, it's just one persons opinion  yes it's good to have a high Metacritic score so you can use acclaim if all else fails, but it really isn't this serious to be emailing MC trying to get it removed and screaming bias throughout the thread 
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Originally posted by NewRihannaStan
So slant does t use . I'll wait for EW and RS
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EW is a joke for the most part. They hardly criticize anything.
I mean...
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On average, this publication grades 5.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
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http://www.metacritic.com/publicatio...?filter=albums
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Wait a second....
Slant posted a negative review of Gaga's work? SLANT? Surely not?
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Originally posted by bluth
lmao @ our favourite baked potato's other articles:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" ... since Lady G's social media diarrhea only served to highlight just how preoccupied she is with her own public image—or, at the very least, that she spends a little too much time Googling herself."
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...ady-gaga-venus
"... but this latest copyright kerfuffle comes on the heels of two other Artpop songs, "Aura" and "Do What U Want," whose backing tracks have similarly dodgy origins. (The lesson Ms. Germanotta apparently learned from the fallout over her 2011 single "Born This Way" was to swipe from lesser-known artists.)"
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" But the extent of the "Dirrty" singer's chart success in the last five years has consisted entirely of duets or guest spots (Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment," and most recently, A Great Big World's "Say Something"), and "Do What U Want" has thus far failed to crack the Top 10, so the collaboration seems, at least on paper, to be a potentially savvy move for both parties."
10 Ridiculous gifs of Lady Gaga performing live
"Earlier this week, MTV posted an oddly optimistic take on the underwhelming performance of Lady Gaga's new album, Artpop, which, though it debuted at #1 with a respectable 258,000 copies, not only scanned 75% less than 2011's Born This Way did in its first week, but posted smaller opening numbers than both Katy Perry's Prism and Miley Cyrus's Bangerz."
I mean, I'm not saying it would have received a good review otherwise, but do you really think we would have received anything other than this scathing sour cream from Slant's resident career reviewer |
Report HA! 
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Good thing this is just Tony's album.
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Originally posted by Yzma
Good thing this is just Tony's album.
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Her metacritic score could mean anything... 
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Originally posted by bey0nce
Omg some of you lack basic reading comprehension. That was the introduction to the article, to grab the readers attention and get them to continue reading. Although indeed accurate harsh, the rest of the article remains almost solely album related, and it is rather mixed-negative throughout, but all its critiques are backed up with reasonings, and that is why they awarded it a 2/5.
Why do you guys care about this critic so much, it's just one persons opinion yes it's good to have a high Metacritic score so you can use acclaim if all else fails, but it really isn't this serious to be emailing MC trying to get it removed and screaming bias throughout the thread |
I think they are having a meltdown because they expected it to slay the critics (and grammys) because it's 'artistic, non-commercial Jazz album' 
It's still maybe going to do that, it's just a one review omg
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Originally posted by Yzma
Good thing this is just Tony's album.
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I screamed.
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Originally posted by Fantasea.
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Poor woman needs a new career
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This thread is already a mess. 
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Originally posted by Inception
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I know I know but I like that EW is somewhat of a saving grace for few pop stars
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Originally posted by G.U.Y
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Despite her claims that she grew up listening to the jazz greats, Gaga comes off more as a dilettante than an aficionado on Cheek to Cheek, a collection of duets with the seasoned Bennett. (Between Madonna, Bowie, Motley Crue, and now Ella and Billie, it's hard to keep track of just how many posters adorned her bedroom walls as a child.) On songs like the Cole Porter standard "Anything Goes" and the title track, Gaga sounds like what she thinks a jazz singer should sound like; her performances are blatantly affected, marred by shouting and clichéd phrasing. She displays a total dearth of the vocal precision and enunciation that made her so-called idols the masters they were; her timbre on eden ahbez's "Nature Boy," for instance, is wildly inconsistent, shifting from soft and almost pleasant to parodic and comical, often within just a few short bars.
Bennett doesn't fare a whole lot better, his otherwise charming performances strained throughout. The pair's solo efforts, particularly Gaga's clumsy interpretation of Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" and Bennett's surprisingly pitchy rendition of Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady," only serve to spotlight their shortcomings. The 87-year-old Bennett, who's managed to stretch his career into not just a second, but third act, obviously deserves some slack, but for a singer who isn't even 30, Gaga's voice is shockingly rough-hewn, especially on "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "I Won't Dance." Even when all that's required of her is cheeky, spoken repartee on "Goody Goody," her persistent vocal fry is insufferable. If not for the session musicians' top-notch work, including Joe Lacorno's virtuosic tenor sax solos, much of Cheek to Cheek, which drags at an economical 45 minutes, would sound like glorified karaoke.
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Originally posted by bluth
lmao @ our favourite baked potato's other articles:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" ... since Lady G's social media diarrhea only served to highlight just how preoccupied she is with her own public image—or, at the very least, that she spends a little too much time Googling herself."
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...ady-gaga-venus
"... but this latest copyright kerfuffle comes on the heels of two other Artpop songs, "Aura" and "Do What U Want," whose backing tracks have similarly dodgy origins. (The lesson Ms. Germanotta apparently learned from the fallout over her 2011 single "Born This Way" was to swipe from lesser-known artists.)"
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
" But the extent of the "Dirrty" singer's chart success in the last five years has consisted entirely of duets or guest spots (Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment," and most recently, A Great Big World's "Say Something"), and "Do What U Want" has thus far failed to crack the Top 10, so the collaboration seems, at least on paper, to be a potentially savvy move for both parties."
10 Ridiculous gifs of Lady Gaga performing live
"Earlier this week, MTV posted an oddly optimistic take on the underwhelming performance of Lady Gaga's new album, Artpop, which, though it debuted at #1 with a respectable 258,000 copies, not only scanned 75% less than 2011's Born This Way did in its first week, but posted smaller opening numbers than both Katy Perry's Prism and Miley Cyrus's Bangerz."
I mean, I'm not saying it would have received a good review otherwise, but do you really think we would have received anything other than this scathing sour cream from Slant's resident career reviewer |
This is with most negative reviews. Ultraviolence got 30 from a reviewer who bragged about her plastics, bad voice etc way before he actually got the album in his hands. What could we do ? Nothing. The more twitter fans fought with him, the more he was laughing and got the attention he wanted with his article.
Almost all these unobjective reviewers have negative history with our faves.
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Originally posted by Yzma
Good thing this is just Tony's album.
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Caught me off guard
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I wish that Gaga would drag their ass. I hate when people doesnt talk when they are supposed to. I love Rihanna for this and what she did on that football channel  Gaga please if you are reading, can you be extremely rude against them? they should critisize your work not your album sales. HOEESS
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Gaga sounds like what she thinks a jazz singer should sound like; her performances are blatantly affected, marred by shouting and clichéd phrasing. She displays a total dearth of the vocal precision and enunciation
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As I would expect!
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Originally posted by Yzma
Good thing this is just Tony's album.
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Originally posted by bey0nce
Omg some of you lack basic reading comprehension. That was the introduction to the article, to grab the readers attention and get them to continue reading. Although indeed accurate harsh, the rest of the article remains almost solely album related, and it is rather mixed-negative throughout, but all its critiques are backed up with reasonings, and that is why they awarded it a 2/5.
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No, this is why IT awarded the album a 2/5.
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lmao @ our favourite baked potato's other articles:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
"... since Lady G's social media diarrhea only served to highlight just how preoccupied she is with her own public image—or, at the very least, that she spends a little too much time Googling herself."
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...ady-gaga-venus
"...but this latest copyright kerfuffle comes on the heels of two other Artpop songs, "Aura" and "Do What U Want," whose backing tracks have similarly dodgy origins. (The lesson Ms. Germanotta apparently learned from the fallout over her 2011 single "Born This Way" was to swipe from lesser-known artists.)"
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2...do-what-u-want
"But the extent of the "Dirrty" singer's chart success in the last five years has consisted entirely of duets or guest spots (Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment," and most recently, A Great Big World's "Say Something"), and "Do What U Want" has thus far failed to crack the Top 10, so the collaboration seems, at least on paper, to be a potentially savvy move for both parties."
10 Ridiculous gifs of Lady Gaga performing live
"Earlier this week, MTV posted an oddly optimistic take on the underwhelming performance of Lady Gaga's new album, Artpop, which, though it debuted at #1 with a respectable 258,000 copies, not only scanned 75% less than 2011's Born This Way did in its first week, but posted smaller opening numbers than both Katy Perry's Prism and Miley Cyrus's Bangerz."
I mean, I'm not saying it would have received a good review otherwise, but do you really think we would have received anything other than this scathing sour cream from Slant's resident career reviewer
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