Dis iS 4 aLL My HatErZ
I got my hands on a certain hip hop stars album a tad early some time ago, one I will not name out of my tendency to not want to incriminate myself, one of my hobbies is keeping my head off of the chopping block. Anyways to my expectations and dismay, the album was sub par at best at least not up to the the standards he’s set up with his claims (isn’t that the case for anyone? if you’re self proclaimed the best you can do nothing but disappoint). Give for a song or five I could not see any of the album in its entirety getting much burn on the iPod and would only be left on the hard drive to fulfill some OCD need to have every album in existence cataloged and memorized like some savant music librarian.
As the album started to make is way into the hands of the masses opinions began to supplant actual review. The amateur music critics began to chime in with their inarticulate album reviews and the corner bodega and train station platform became more informative than opening an issue of Rolling Stone when it came to getting idea of album content. Being who I am I could not wait to pass a sweeping, premature, uninformed judgement on an album after hearing it on tinny, bass deficient laptop speakers, the result sounding like the electro-warble of anima-tronic christmas decorations chiming “silent night” from the inside of a gas station bathroom.
I reviewed the subject matter and handed in my synopsis. “This is lame” short, succinct, to the point, yet not without it’s charm being that I was able to summarize a work only using three one syllable words. This story would skew more interesting had there been a maelstrom of ill response. But there wasn’t. Some agreed. Some did not, but what struck me was that the most common response from those that didn’t agree was that I didn’t like it because I’m a hater.
I would be hard pressed to find a more annoying term in the American lexicon. A sweeping term popularized in the early part of the decade use to explain away any form of criticism. Admittedly some criticisms are unwarranted, the byproduct of peoples low self esteem coupled with the natural want of humans to see others fall on their face which explains the popularity of TMZ or the the amount of hits on YouTube vids of people getting kicked In the nuts. We love the fail. However as someone who crafts quips with extreme precision, I take offense to the generality. You’re grouping me in the same bitter cage as someone like a Perez Hilton, or some 13 year old with a slight grasp of the english language and access to the internet.
Real criticism is constructive, poignant, and backed by facts and evidence. If you tell me im wack, you gotta be able to tell me why im wack and how to improve on my wackness to make me unwack. Thats criticism.
You call me a hater for voicing my opinion you’ve just ended all opportunities for discourse. Everyone’s opinion is valid. You don’t have to agree. Just listen
People who call others Haters more than likely spell the word “The” as “Da”, use numbers in place of letters and add Z’s to all of their words producing statements like “Dis is 4 Da Haterz”
Response would be ill advised use of my PHD (Player Haters Degree)
Thank God someone is thinking on the same level as me! It’s so true that if someone has an opinion, they are considered a “hater.” What ticks me off more than people with bad grammar is people that type like this, “WhAt’S WiTh AlL tHE CrAzY LoWEr/UPpeR CAsE LEtTeRs?!” Great piece by the way, man!
I think what speaks volumes to me is that we’re living in an age dictated by an overabundance of CONTENT with a severe lack of CONTEXT.
Watch & learn children- this is how you formulate an argument.
(and while we’re at it, it’s “converse”, not “conversate”.)
(oh, and BP3 is not lame. Brooklyn!)
-richie cruz
suits!
who gives a fuck what you think? your a loser and a hater yourself. Keep thinking your someone when you are a nobody
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT !…And to quote common “If I dont like it I dont like it, dont mean that im hating”.
I mean you have to love the fact that if you dont like what is popular you are automatically a hater, I guess its uncool to have an opinion in hip-hop now.
-Jason
3rd Comment, an example of exactly what i was talking about. Almost on cue, i couldn’t have planned it any better
while i agree with your points about the use of the word “hater,” you contradict yourself in this article. you claim that,
“Real criticism is constructive, poignant, and backed by facts and evidence..”
so if you in fact reviewed an album with your aforementioned three word sentence, then you did exactly the opposite of what you are advocating. in that case you would deserve the label hater.
Yes, but in that case i said that i knew which songs i liked and if asked i could tell you exactly why i didn’t like the album and break it down systematically. The initial review just opens up the floodgates of discussion. Im no music writer, all of this discussion was done in the magical world of Twitter, i had 140 characters to state my case. Brevity is key
I was called a hater because I said that Rihanna sounded like a cat with strep throat on Run This Town, so I get what youre saying.
And to the 3rd poster, its youre a loser. If youre going to insult someone, at least have the courtesy to spell correctly.
uh but you liked the cudi album?
have my issues with both albums, one isn’t better than the other, and thats the problem. If you claim to be the best you should be the best. One album is experimental and genre bending and one is just a rehash of hip hop cliche. But who said i was talking about BP3?
dude, your a character and that’s why I read your blog. Yeah, and who said you were talking about BP3? would hope that you were because I love the common concept of Empire State of Mind…but it does sound like a Christmas song
still blasting the select few though
I concur with your whole spiel. Honestly when I first saw that exact “This is lame” Twit while on Twitter (sounds so uncomfortable saying “Twit”) I wanted more of a reason why, maybe because I think a person of your stature would provide more insight.
And you did. I respect that.