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Originally posted by Blueberry Kisses
As long as we're talking about this I'll throw my two cents in. I think I agree, it's not a 10/10 album, and only 7 distinct new group tracks isn't exactly four-year-wait-material, but the album is still excellent and couldn't be further above their peers. We have high standards for them because their back catalog is kind of stunning, but on its own, Crush is a feat.
I let one of my friends who's completely clueless about k-pop listen to it and she was shocked by the overall quality, and said that it was, and I quote, "completely uncommon" for such a tight collection of well-made songs to be on one cohesive release. Not that one person is the be-all-end-all of critical interpretation but there you go.
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I'm not one to take away ones love or devotion for an artist or release, because I'd hate for someone to do that to me, but do you think there could also be too high standards for 2NE1 to the point they're put on this pedestal and unfairly rated better than everyone else?
I know and respect peoples opinions and how it's different for everyone but I can think of a few releases that are up there for me, in and out of K-pop, but would get completely brushed over. While I'm not saying you or anyone here is guilty of this - but I think there can be a huge... misunderstanding (?) of how quality comes across when huge power is thrown into the equation.
It's quite a driven force.