nah Armond is an OG. one of the first journalists to write about rap music in the 80s in a serious way, and he did it at black owned newspaper the City Sun. he is very smart and knowledgabele. wrote a book on 2pac, called "rebel for the hell of it". honestly, he is my favorite critic because he is fearless as fk, has seen it all, calls out white liberals all the time. nah he is dope but his politics has been leaning a bit conservative over the years so he is usually dismissed these days. i cant c/s his opinion but i think he always presents the best contrarian take on a piece of popular art.
i disagreed with his take about the police were responding to NWA’s provocation and outlaw gear. foh with that shyt. thats like saying unless you an angel police have every right to kill you. i respect his take on the comparisons between NWA, Geto Boys and PE though.