Album Reviews Readme

I don't normally do this kind of thing, but special cases deserve special treatment. I'm talking about albums, not people- you're not special (unless you're reading this! <3).

Words of Warning

So, these are going to be some of my rare album reviews. A couple words of warning to preface all of this. While I am a professional freelance writer (no, really I am!) I am not being paid to do this blog, which consists wholly of my opinions, views, thoughts, feelings, etc. So while any review I write is going to strive for balance and fairness, I am not writing a consumer guide, and I don't believe there's truly such a thing as objective reviewing (and anyone who claims otherwise is either lying, or deceiving themselves- that's bad faith man). That being said, I am a professional, and this is a review, so you could probably swing it to call this a professional review (take that Wikipedia!).

Also, another cautionary word. I am (most likely) not going to be commenting on an artist personally. If I have heard bad thing X about artist Y I probably won't be commenting on that. So if you're 2Pac and I'm doing a piece about Biggie, I hope you can understand that while (especially if you've spoken to me about the topic personally) I am a third party removed from the situation. So even if I believe you completely or agree with you from personal experience I will attempt to not let that affect my writing. This serves a different purpose.

Lastly- I really don't feel the need to take requests. I have a near insatiable appetite when it comes to music. You can suggest something to me if you think that I'd like it, but if you ask me to review it it may not happen.

Recommendation System

The structure of my reviews are pretty basic. I'll ramble on for a bit about the album and give some thoughts on it. I'll probably talk about some positives and some negatives (like all reviews should, right?). After that I'll put a "Recommendation" section where I tell you straight up if you should look at getting this. Again, this isn't a consumer guide, so I won't tell you where and when you should throw your money. No scores, just an honest opinion.