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Originally posted by Stantasea
I've been honestly bored with music for a while now. There's plenty of artists I enjoy, but the only two I've ever been truly invested in are Kesha and Azealia... both of whom have left me waiting for the past 2 years. Yes, Chasing Time was a flawless anthem, but I need eras... eras filled with photoshoots, interviews, performances and most importantly full bodies of work. I know she's still fresh back from her tour and probably working on deal negotiations, but I'm desperately hoping things pick up soon!
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I understand. This review of Azealia hits the nail on the head to me:
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Azealia Banks has yet to release anything truly bad; even her throwaway diss tracks are at least compelling... What’s missing, I think, is context. People dwell so much on Banks’ extramusical antics because of prurience, yes, but also because she keeps releasing these one-and-done chunks of music: overdense with stuff, yet underdone somehow; missing beginnings and ends and really any external structure at all; immediately recognizable and gnashing with personality, yet lacking any sense of continuity as an artist. There are ways to fix that: something like a hype cycle, or a fixed setlist, or a debut album.
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Many artists can get away with putting out music in a similar manner to her, because they fill in the gaps. They talk about their music, they perform it, they get interviews and explain the inspiration behind the lyrics. They post pictures related to it and make music videos, etc etc. What makes it frustrating as a fan of Azealia is that she hasn't filled in the gaps since Yung Rapunxel. This is where you're coming from, correct? Chasing Time is an amazing pop song but Azealia has said almost nothing about it, and we have no imagery for it whatsoever so it's hard to enjoy when it doesn't feel like a total package. It's frustrating because there are things she can do herself to help but she doesn't know or understand that we feel this way. From her perspective, any unhappy fan is basically saying "give us the album!" which isn't the whole story.
I don't think Azealia's ever had a bad shoot 
