Another Fake Maxim Review
02/28/2008
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(antiMusic) Before we get to this story about Maxim being caught "previewing" another CD they haven't heard, we must ponder what is the difference between "previewing" or "reviewing" music you haven't heard? You still end up talking out your rear side about something you know nothing about. Maybe the new maxim should be: Maxim magazine is to music criticism what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is to rock music? Here is Idolator with a bit about the rag being caught with their journalistic pants down again: After being caught reviewing the new Black Crowes album without reviewer David Peisner actually possessing a copy of said album and claiming the bogus critique as an "educated-guess preview," Maxim has gone one better and awarded another mediocre review to an album that doesn't actually exist yet. Last we heard, Nas' Title That Certain Bloggers Take Great Delight In Printing Whenever Possible had been delayed until late spring. Turns out the rapper has possibly yet to even deliver the tapes to Def Jam; Nas tells the New York Post that he's "finishing the album now" and talking up a new April 22 release date. Perhaps in deference to those long magazine lead times, the educated guessers at Maxim went ahead and gave Nas' unfinished album 2 1/2 circles (out of a perfect five). That's the same score that so incensed the Crowes, but Nas is much more sanguine about the whole affair. Maxim has since apologized for the premature review, but Nas doesn't care. "I'd prefer [a review from] Playboy," the rapper said. - more on this story 
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