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Discussion: Slant Magazine slams Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
Member Since: 12/16/2010
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Originally posted by myNAMEisJAYR
Oh well majority of Nicki's fans don't even know what a SLANT
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Not really surprising...
Slant is always on point, that album deserves 1/5 for painting.
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worst pop album since "Talk That Talk"
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by Georges
Slant are a ****ing joke, when was the last time a mainstream album got a good score? Besides MDNA
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they gave Beyonce's "4" 3 1/2 stars
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Member Since: 2/17/2012
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Originally posted by Addicted
How cute of them to jump on the bandwagon and bash Nicki, too bad the album is actually very good and will sell very well. Never heard of this "magazine", never plan on reading. Next.
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So because they trash the album it's bandwagoning?
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Member Since: 2/17/2012
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Originally posted by Addicted
Yes, especially when most of what they say is unoriginal (hence the Katy Perry jokes) and bad journalism.
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How is it bad journalism?
And there's a reason why there are lots of Katy comparisons...
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If Pitchfork even bothers to review it, they'll tear it to shreds.
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Originally posted by Addicted
It's sloppy, when you have nothing better / constructive to say, you just compare them to another female artist. I'm not here for reviewers who are biased by somebody's image, which I assume is the only reason, because the album sounds NOTHING like a Katy Perry album, with the exception of 1 or 2 tracks at most.
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Did you read the whole review? it gave much more criticisms than just Katy comparisons. By the way, they weren't bias by her image, they were simply criticizing her personality (music personality).
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by Addicted
It's sloppy, when you have nothing better / constructive to say, you just compare them to another female artist. I'm not here for reviewers who are biased by somebody's image, which I assume is the only reason, because the album sounds NOTHING like a Katy Perry album, with the exception of 1 or 2 tracks at most.
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Someone's image is a tool for their artistry, which is also up for review when you put out an album. It's completely fair game.
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Member Since: 3/3/2011
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Originally posted by Addicted
It's sloppy, when you have nothing better / constructive to say, you just compare them to another female artist. I'm not here for reviewers who are biased by somebody's image, which I assume is the only reason, because the album sounds NOTHING like a Katy Perry album, with the exception of 1 or 2 tracks at most.
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Sure, it does. The album is a disaster, its disorganized and half of the songs are indistinguishable from one another. The only thing that made Perry's better was the fact that the highlight Luke tracks were so clean, but it doesn't erase the fact that the B-sides were still sitting on the same confused, tragic album.
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Originally posted by itsJAMESbitch
worst pop album since "Talk That Talk"
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Talk That Talk is so far reviewed better.
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Originally posted by Addicted
I understand what you guys are saying, but when a reviewer gives SUCH a low score, it's clear there is some bias there. Whether you are a fan of Nicki or not, the album definitely didn't deserve such a low score. If one of the other big pop girls came out with just the pop half of Roman Reloaded, it definitely wouldn't of scored so low. I'm not even a huge fan of her, I used to be just a casual fan, but the album isn't as bad as what the review is making it out to be.
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The pop half of Roman Reloaded is absolutely atrocious. It's worse than LMFAO's album: it doesn't even give the courtesy of one or two true pop gems.
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by Addicted
I understand what you guys are saying, but when a reviewer gives SUCH a low score, it's clear there is some bias there. Whether you are a fan of Nicki or not, the album definitely didn't deserve such a low score. If one of the other big pop girls came out with just the pop half of Roman Reloaded, it definitely wouldn't of scored so low. I'm not even a huge fan of her, I used to be just a casual fan, but the album isn't as bad as what the review is making it out to be.
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Or they could honestly think it's terrible. I'd bet that if another artist put out something like that it would get the same score. Also, they are ruthless when it comes to pop reviews.
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Originally posted by Addicted
I understand what you guys are saying, but when a reviewer gives SUCH a low score, it's clear there is some bias there. Whether you are a fan of Nicki or not, the album definitely didn't deserve such a low score. If one of the other big pop girls came out with just the pop half of Roman Reloaded, it definitely wouldn't of scored so low. I'm not even a huge fan of her, I used to be just a casual fan, but the album isn't as bad as what the review is making it out to be.
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It's not 0/5, it's 1.5/5. That's 30%, and not too low of a score. If other artists made stuff like like that, they would give it a bad review too.
See:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/r...ha-animal/1961
http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/r...age-dream/2219
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Originally posted by Addicted
Maybe its just a question of taste then, but when I see how high some albums got compared to this It certainly doesn't make me want to read anything else this publication puts out.
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Which albums?
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Originally posted by madonnas
So because they trash the album it's bandwagoning?
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Of course you'd be in this thread.
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Originally posted by Willy.
Of course you'd be in this thread.
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Yeah I'm a Nicki hater but what can ya do?
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That album is just amazing. They gave TD 1,5 stars but it had a grammy nomination for album of the year.
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Originally posted by RobynYoBank
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If Slant awarded PF:RR a 30%, I'm curious as to what Pitchfork will say about the album.
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