to Pitchfork's credit they've really strayed from these sorts of conceptual screeds in the pastfour/five years. Though their Youtube reviews of certain bands they built up only to tear down are equally if not more disappointing.
Also I've said many times here that it bothers me as they've become more popular and their writers less underground-obsessed (around the time they started posting year-end singles charts including numerous artists they'd panned throughout the year or payed no attention to like Rihanna) their rap coverage has come to almost completely ignore the Def Jux/anticon. scenes they were instrumental in introducing me to in favor of lionizing Gucci Mane, Future and others. I enjoy those artists, but their review of Future's Astronaut Status mixtape actually made this claim:
"Future has said in interviews that he wants to make stadium music, and though that's enough of a jump in ambition that it could lead him down a disastrous path, he does succeed on Astronaut Status when he widens his scope or pushes himself vocally. The obvious standout in this regard is "Deeper Than the Ocean", a track with Spanish guitars and a squealing solo that finds Future singing in a cracked, raspy voice about the pain in his life. The sentiment is real and the lyrics a bit jarring, even if the execution is slightly ridiculous-- but it would only be a small leap of faith to close your eyes and imagine Future as Adele performing "Someone Like You" at the Brit Awards."
Not only is that mixtape not even on the level of Future's previous tapes (particularly True Story), but you're really going to try to stand behind that? We're talking about this for christ's sakes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivq6m-knZ0
It's a good song (curb that debate, I know most hate Future-types here) but, no, it's not just a small leap of faith to imagine that scenario.
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