Heard it through the Snapesvine

Articles and offcuts by Laura Snapes, Associate Editor, Pitchfork.

Stop reblogging that Chris Brown album review

It’s not big.

It’s not clever.

It’s not funny.

The dignified thing to do would have been not to review the album at all— as many publications didn’t— rather than spin a few incredibly feeble “lols” at an unmissable sitting duck.

Or if you were that incensed by Brown’s crimes, you’d write something more pertinent and in-depth that raised the issues around what he did, rather than shitting out a few lame jokes.

And as Maura points out, Brown mentions two brands of condom on the record.