people forget to listen with their own ears instead takeing whoever the reviewer was as the end all be all

I've seen it for awhile and even tho it isnt relegated just to Illmatic it seems it is reaching a head with that lp

I cant count the times when in a debate the mic rateing of an album was used to justify or condem an lp

I always looked at the Source as a guide

but it seems that the mic rateing system has influenced a lot of peoples opnion to take their word as "absolute truth"

Benzino recognized the power of the media thats why he tried to take it over

you think other record companies also didnt learn this quickly? people dont realize that by clinging the review before they heard the lps that a baseline was allready established by which to interpret the music

people actually dont trust their own ears anymore

of course the Source is no more but that idealogy has handicapped the people to beleivethey need the confirmation/validation from a "reputable" party they deem credible

although I enjoyed the Source at the begining I never took it as law and allowed my ears to be the judge of what was dope or whack

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"Good hair"-Uzi

1619 the 1st slaves are brought to American shores
thus begins the phrase “mine is better than yours?” (huh?)
forced to serve-too broke to by freedom
the systematic rape of African culture has begun
little time