I agree that reviews, awards, and things like that don’t truly “matter”. I’m not swayed by reviews myself. But I DO understand that stuff like reviews and awards help with a project’s visibility and therefore the artist’s continued ability to have access to the higher echelon of producers, engineers, television channels, movie placements, etc.
For instance, people always ask me whenever I create the Grammys thread every year “Why do you care? fukk the Grammys!” And of course i’d be inclined to agree. But when Nas won last year, Kings Disease IMMEDIATELY shot back to number 1 on Apple Music for a few days. Thats extra listeners, extra streams, and extra sales. It also helped raise the profile of the engineer who mixed the album, the bass player who played on All Bad, the young lady who created the album art, etc.
As a fan I want to see Nas get what he DESERVES. I will purchase a Nas album if it scored a zero on Metacritic, I don’t give a fukk. But Nas DESERVES better for the work he puts into his art. And as fans its up to us to call out the bullshyt when we see it. ESPECIALLY when its as egregious as it has been the past couple of years.
