Hopsinshadie wrote:Hopefully you're wrong. Give me 3 things that he could have did differently that would make you think otherwise
1.
Not associated an album track with a video game; a move blatantly designed to sell units by association... (which in itself is not an issue... obviously he wants to sell - every artist wants people to hear their work) - but to do such a move for an official track for fucking MMLP2... that's unforgiveable and the fact he has no problem with that is majorly worrying.
Because: once you associate music with visuals... it's pretty hard to disassociate it... and it's not like "Survival" was just 'used' by COD, it was released WITH IT, in a joint venture release - so that song is forever fucking linked to the 'atmosphere' and concept and feel of a fucking video game, which is corny as fuck. The original MMLP was the anti-commercialism masterpiece... to make a sequel to that with move like that... that's ridiculous. I don't get how he can't see that.
2.
Not had Skylar and Rihanna on the album. They're singers, they can sing well, so it's not big deal in a literal sense: they're there to provide melody, that's all. But: again, for MMLP2!!? - how the fuck can this be any kind of sequel to the album which is KNOWN for being soooo anti-establishment and soooo fucking anti-everything; anti-obvious, anti-pop... and to then have not only two really generic pop singers on there but two of the most obvious presumptions by all of us.
Em used to care about knowing what we expected and then totally fucking with us. He even did that with Recovery tbh; he did it with Relapse and Recovery, I never expected either of those things at either times, and both worked for what they were... but to fucking use Skylar and Rihanna, on this project? it was a move presumed by people who bash Em who are usually wrong and exaggerate. This time: he's fulfilled their prediction and done the obvious.
3. ...
I'll reserve #3 until I hear the music.
I really hope I'm wrong too. But unfortunately everything is pointing to me being right.