Pitchfork Reviews "Magna Carta....Holy Grail"

[OG Talk]

The rating was harsh (especially when compared to Yeezus) but the review was spot on...

Between his newborn daughter, budding sports agency, political controversies, and his equally famous wife, Magna Carta has the most personal material to work with since The Black Album. But the songs rarely go deep. On “Picasso Baby”, Jay boasts “House like the Louvre or the Tate Modern/ Because I be goin’ ape at the auction.” I doubt he meant it to be “Poppin’ Tags” for the Sotheby’s set-- a vulgar display of net worth that puts him in the tax bracket of shipping magnates and NBA owners-- but it comes across as a context and appraisal-free recitation of famous names, a Winner’s History of Modern Art.

Him an Beyonce been together for 10 years and he still treats her as nothing more than a status symbol in his music...She's no different than a Hublot or Basquiat to him on his albums...I'm not saying he doesn't love her and they don't have a great complex relationship but he does a poor job expressing that in his music..

Artists like Kanye, Common, Nas, DMX, Pac, Ghost and Eminem are able to do a much better job at this...They paint pictures of love, hate, passion, jealousy and desire...

It's almost like he views his wife the same way us fans do.. Just a piece of hot azz talented arm candy...

 

[Monoblock]

CACs got this one right though.

Pretty much.

 

[No1]

Like I said before, people only cite reviews when their fav artists get praised. Watch people start dissing pitchfork now that they shytted on their fav rapper.

People have been dissing Pitchfork forever. Let's be realistic. Why are you guys trying so hard to be ahead of the curve or different These guys gave Chief Keef a better album review than Born Sinner

They gave Blueprint an 8.7, Black Album an 8.0 and American Gangster an 8.6 don't try to act like they don't know how to review music just cause he got a bad review this time.

Those reviews were off too and they were by a different person then.

 

[prophecypro]

Oh Ian Cohen wrote this?

He's generally a harsh motherfukker. Prick gave Untitled a 3/10

 

[prophecypro]

lol man Ian Cohen is always a harsh fukker, he also gave BP 3 a 4.5 out of 10

 

[DontEemTry]

lol man Ian Cohen is always a harsh fukker, he also gave BP 3 a 4.5 out of 10

So its official. BP3 is better than Untitled according to the custodians of hiphop. Pitchfork.

 

[RTF]

Ye performed damn near the whole MBDTF at Rollingstone's office a week before it dropped. On top of a conference room table. Dude's been gettin' love from them ever since he started doin' shyt like that.

Say breh, what where the reviews for College Dropout and Late Registration?

 

[Roaden Polynice]

My p4k nikkas coming through with another fire review again

 

[Gifted one]

People have been dissing Pitchfork forever. Let's be realistic. Why are you guys trying so hard to be ahead of the curve or different These guys gave Chief Keef a better album review than Born Sinner



Those reviews were off too and they were by a different person then.

Who is being ahead of the curve or different, you dapped one of my posts the other day when I said the same thing, now it's about Jay you in defense mode and ignoring the first part of the quote I posted. Had this been another rapper you wouldn't be that defensive, and again you come to the aid when I am in a debate with a Jay-Z stan, this is your third time doing this.

 

[SummerNights]

Pitchfork cemented this album garbage
back to the drawing board camel

 

[Versa]

They gave Yeezus a 9.5....

 

[yesiambowling]

I don't think I've ever seen Ian Cohen do a positive review.

@ how much they dikkride Ye though. Dude could smear feces all over a CD and it'd still get over an 8 from them. And this is coming from someone who is willing to admit that Yeezus wasn't as terrible as I first thought on first listen.

 

[RTF]

It's going to be hilarious when the hip-hop reviews come on and crap on it too.

For them it's more political and I think they'll inflate the reviews. The major ones anyway.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

The album has a metacritic average of 61...so all things considered, 5.8/10 ain't really harsh at all...bout the same as everybody else has rated it

Magna Carta Holy Grail Reviews - Metacritic

 

[blackslash]

Im not even mad...these are cacs so they analyze our genre like cacs do...overcompensating becuz they know we are superior in the culture..

This review hilarious as a mufcka

Im leaving hotel headin to a cruise..and mchg will be my only playlist during that week

Its that good


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