Today, i just finished reviewing a new E.P. by a very talented UK based hip hop artist by the name of Byron (review of The Hard Worker E.P.).
It's a great listen and i gave it 4.5/5.
My problem was how do you rate an E.P, what am i comparing against, and why should someone trust my opinion.
I have thought about this previously and am thinking that i wil limplement a new rating system that has an explanation of what i am comparing against.
it would be unfair to compare an unsigned, self funded artist, against someone who has has the backing of a multimillion pound corporation.
But how do you relay this to the reading audience without obviously handicapping the artist in question is my conundrum.
The fact of the matter is a lot of unsigned artists a actually better than there "signed to a major" peers, so do you rate them even higher having achieved more with less.
My difficulty was trying to create a rating system that expalins all of these questins in an easy and visually understadable way.
If anyone can offer some help/advice it would be greatly appreciated.
in the mean time check out the review and download the E.P. if you into UK hip hop. It's a very good listen and the artist in question is sure to have a rosey future.
Thanks for listening
Denny (Mr Mixup) Armatrading
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