Thanks for the nice words, but I don't think you
know what you're talking about here. Honestly no disrespect,
better I point it out here before you throw this around in
the real world.

>I don't agree with the "they would admit that “not getting
>it” is the fault of the reader, not the writer" idea.
>Because the artist/writer is the one with the medium, and he's
>the one who is addressing an audience with his work. The
>burden is on the writer for his audience to understand; the
>burden is on the teacher for his students to understand. Lupe
>is the one with the pen. I'm not saying that he has to adjust
>his art to make it legitimate art, because he has all of his
>freedoms/choices as an artist; but if he wants people to
>understand him, it's his job to make them understand. Lupe
>seems to sometimes have what Writer Steven Pinker refers to as
>"the curse of knowledge: a difficulty in imagining what it is
>like for someone else not to know something that you know."
>Here's an article he wrote about this:
>http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-of-bad-writing-1411660188

He isn't talking about what you're talking about.

Read 'Sense of Style'. Pinker isn't talking about the
artist expressing themselves. He's talking about the expert
explaining a topic. Completely different things.

>Tetsuo & Youth does sound natural and free in a way that his
>last two albums didn't. He does sound focused on creating
>something great that he stands behind, and I'm satisfied. I
>bought the record. I think there's a lot of merit RE: black
>kids not being able to be smart like white kids, but I don't
>think that his last two albums being panned/ignored critically
>is a situation of critics being unfair and not self-assured. I
>think it's a matter of Lupe 1.) having that "curse of
>knowledge," 2.) the interpretation that Lupe is intentionally
>going over heads.
>
>And if you were right RE: what you said about critics with
>Lupe, what's the reasoning for them not feeling that way now?
>Tetsuo & Youth is getting props across the board: 86 on
>Metacritic, great reviews from fans and everywhere I've seen.
>I think it's perfectly reasonable to believe that Lupe made a
>record this time that is much better and more sincere-sounding
>than his last two, and that critics and listeners alike are
>happy to see that.

I don't think you read the review.

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