Pitchfork’s authenticity problem: the critical reception of Vampire Weekend and Lil Wayne

IF 1.5 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Communication Culture & Critique Pub Date : 2021-02-19 DOI:10.1093/CCC/TCAB003

Margaret A. Murray

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Abstract

This article turns a critical eye on the arguments deployed by Pitchfork, one of the most popular music websites, when reviewing two artists: Vampire Weekend and Lil Wayne. Rhetorically analyzing the reception of these two artists is illuminating because both had indie breakouts in 2008, both release genre-spanning music, and both have had over a decade of commercial success. However, Vampire Weekend’s whiteness enables them to benefit from authenticity tropes that are unavailable to Lil Wayne. The analysis will show how Lil Wayne is essentialized as a rapper who is unauthorized to move beyond that genre. Overall, this article examines authenticity as the rhetorical move by which exclusion is constructed and highlights how assumptions about the relationship between race and performance are key to arguments about artistry.

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Pitchfork的真实性问题:《吸血鬼周末》和《Lil Wayne》的口碑

这篇文章对Pitchfork(最受欢迎的音乐网站之一)在评论两位艺术家:Vampire Weekend和Lil Wayne时所提出的观点进行了批判。从修辞上分析这两位艺术家的受欢迎程度是很有启发性的，因为他们都在2008年获得了独立音乐的突破，都发行了跨类型的音乐，都有超过十年的商业成功。然而，《吸血鬼周末》的“白”让他们从“真实”的比喻中获益，这是李尔·韦恩无法做到的。分析将显示Lil Wayne作为一个未经授权超越这一类型的说唱歌手是如何本质化的。总的来说，本文将真实性作为一种修辞手段进行研究，通过这种修辞手段构建排他性，并强调关于种族和表演之间关系的假设是关于艺术性争论的关键。

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Communication Culture & Critique COMMUNICATION-

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2.50

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