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cco  ·  3315 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ASK HUBSKI: What was your favorite album of the year?

rant time, I'll try and keep this short,

So 8bit brings up a lot of good points in his post but I have to write a rebuttal because it feel like Hubski is shitting on TPAB because of his post. Yes TPAB was food for the masses of white middle class college age children (see me) and they will probably give up an arm and a leg to buy Kendrick's shoes. But all I can see in that post is anger at white people, the problem isn't Kendrick it'd goddamn white people. We suck, I know, but blaming Kendrick for pandering to white people just because of the delivery of his message isn't the problem with this album. Kendrick made an album talking about his struggles, white people got on board and were stupid about it aka what happens with most of pop culture. You don't get mad at Jean Michelle Basquiait for making art that was prominently bought by rich white socialites, so don't get mad at Kendrick for having a shitty fanbase. The album itself is great just as Baquait's art is great, but don't dissregard a great composition just because white people jumped on the bandwagon.