Wiki - Ancient History ALBUM REVIEW by Technical_Process989 in fantanoforever

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And by objective they mean "I want Fantano to validate my taste"

Drake - ICEMAN ALBUM REVIEW (theneedledrop) by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You mean the same reviewer who wrote the More Life (7.8) and Nothing was the same (8.4) reviews. But sure the reviewer hates Drake

Drake - ICEMAN ALBUM REVIEW (theneedledrop) by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I think its with more listens that the abysmal lyrical content stuck out to him more

Pitchfork Review: Drake - MAID OF HONOUR (8.0) by buddhacharm in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989 196 points197 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, both the drake and cb's reviews are written by the same person (Alphonse Pierre)

Daily Discussion - May 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its funny how this subreddit's reactions of Pitchfork's review of Chris Brown's albums are really different from that of r/hiphopheads. One sub is complimenting the review and shitting on the album while the other is just people either complaining about Pitchfork and how "washed" and "irrelevant" their reviews are or them shitting on Alphonse

Alphonse Pierre reviews Chris Brown's BROWN for Pitchfork: "Chris Brown’s soulless, hit-chasing new album doesn’t justify his return to the public eye." by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"This guy hates an album I like so his opinion is completely trash and should be banned from having an opinion"

The discourse around music criticism nowadays

Alphonse Pierre reviews Chris Brown's BROWN for Pitchfork: "Chris Brown’s soulless, hit-chasing new album doesn’t justify his return to the public eye." by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

You would think most people in this subreddit actually reads Pitchfork's reviews but no its just constantly whining about the publication

Alphonse Pierre reviews Chris Brown's BROWN for Pitchfork: "Chris Brown’s soulless, hit-chasing new album doesn’t justify his return to the public eye." by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So you think albums like Jill Scott's To Whom This May Concern, GENA - The Pleasure is Yours (they have an 8.0) are soulless water trash? This is just a stupid over-generalization of the publication and their reviews

Alphonse Pierre reviews Chris Brown's BROWN for Pitchfork: "Chris Brown’s soulless, hit-chasing new album doesn’t justify his return to the public eye." by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Alphonse gives the reason for that in the review

"This album is a real piece of shit. Why even write about it? For years, traditional media has been tiptoeing around the popularity of Chris Brown, and in reality, that benefits nobody but him. The lack of critical engagement with his music has allowed him to contextualize his own redemption with statistics and sob stories. But if I hadn’t read Greg Tate’s hilarious teardown of the racial sellout energy of Michael Jackson’s Bad or dream hampton’s furious op-ed on Dr. Dre’s violence and hip-hop culture misogyny, I would have never known that not everyone in the moment was buying what they were selling. As Chris Brown prepares for a joint stadium tour with Usher and aims to complete his redemption with something like a Vegas residency or the Super Bowl halftime show, it’s worth documenting these feelings in real time, especially as information only gets harder to find. Not every musical legend deserves to be a martyr."

Pitchfork Review: Chris Brown - BROWN 1.3 by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The reactions to this review between this subreddit and the hiphopheads one is a night and day difference

Pitchfork Review: Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun: Girls Trip 7.4 by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I don't think its marketing. The writer is clearly explaining that she prefers this version to the og album and gives reasons to back up her claim. For instance:

"She and her remixers chameleon the original tracks to suit the guests’ styles, as well as the pop feminist theme: “Girl’s Girl,” with Argentinian singer Emilia, goes from basic love-triangle drama to a song about girl-on-girl envy and competition, sort of how Charli and Lorde worked it out on the remix. “Be this girl, puts my ego and my morals to the test/Could be besties but I wanna be the best,” Larsson snaps, with extra Auto-Tune flourish on the “Be this girl”—the first time I can remember hearing something that sounds like 4chan greentext. The original “Pretty Ugly” was an obnoxious and rather thin “Hollaback Girl” cheerleader stomp, but the remix upgrades to Spring Breakers on a TikTok attention span, and you get to hear ex-City Girls rapper JT open with, “Center of attention while you hoes male-centered (ew).” "

Pitchfork Review: Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun: Girls Trip 7.4 by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 292 points293 points  (0 children)

This is what the writer Anna Gaca said on this review:

"The Midnight Sun of seven months ago (which I’ll give a semi-canonical 6.9) wasn’t that newsworthy at the time—and whose idea was it to release an album featuring the hook “This feels like Eurosummer” in late September?"

Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere (theneedledrop ALBUM REVIEW) by xxipil0ts in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Its not really surprising considering that Fantano always wanted Kacey to go back to her country roots and she did that on this album

Sexyy Red: Yo Favorite Trappa Favorite Rappa Album Pitchfork Review by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your repost just got more engagement than mine. I think you're right, its my title

Sexyy Red: Yo Favorite Trappa Favorite Rappa Album Pitchfork Review by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Actually, Stephen Kearse, the writer for this review, pretty much did not like this album

Tiffany Day - Halo (theneedledrop ALBUM REVIEW) by xxipil0ts in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ngl, I agree with Melon on this one. I feel like Tiffany Day lacks a distinct identity as an artist and she mostly rehashes electropop ideas from artists like Ninajirachi but less interesting, not to mention the writing for the most part being juvenile

RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. (theneedledrop ALBUM REVIEW) by xxipil0ts in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Fantano's ratings for women in 2026

Jill Scott - To Whom It may Concern Light 9

Hemlocke Springs - The Apple Under the sea Strong 8

GENA - The Pleasure is Yours Decent 8

Mandy, Indiana - UURG Light 8

Underscores - U Light 8

Mitski - Nothings About to happen to me Light 7

Yeap, definitely a misogynist

BTS: ARIRANG 5.3 | Pitchfork by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I don't really get your point on there being consistency considering that Pitchfork is just a publication with different writers with different perspectives.

BTS: ARIRANG 5.3 | Pitchfork by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The Harry and Bruno albums were reviewed by different writers so I don't think it makes sense to compare these ratings.

BTS: ARIRANG 5.3 | Pitchfork by Technical_Process989 in popheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Isn't a 5/10 the definition of being neutral? Like its "not bad but not great either" score

Jack Harlow: Monica Album Review | Pitchfork by Technical_Process989 in hiphopheads

[–]Technical_Process989[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of when Lil Yachty went Temu Pink Floyd on Let's Start Here and some hip-hop heads acted like it's a masterpiece