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A plebeian is the exact opposite of a patrician. While the musical

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A plebeian is the exact opposite of a patrician. While the musical preferences among individual plebs vary as widely as music itself, all are easily identified by obvious tendencies and behaviors stemming from inner conflict between the compulsion to maintain a self-image of being "really into music" and a stubborn refusal to act accordingly. The pleb is threatened by critical discussion, openly hostile toward anyone who presumes an authoritative position no matter how legitimately, and rankles at any suggestion that he look inward to inspect his own biases or assumptions about music, or even that he has any biases in the first place.

What plebeians believe to be a keen interest in music is in reality an obsession with "taste". This is why they can entertain themselves for hours examining scrobble counts on last.fm, maintaining contrived parabolas of their RYM star ratings, or meticulously assembling a Top 50 chart which displays their grocery-list "eclecticism", but won't read a music text. This is why they loudly proclaim how their virginal taste is unsullied by any reviewer's opinion, yet memorize each of those opinions to cite in endless "drone" accusations. It is why they will evade addressing specific musical assertions at any cost, shifting the topic to popularity, fan image, or imaginary concepts such as "entry-level" or "fedoracore", all of which are better suited to their interests and expertise.

It's not about what you listen to, it's how you listen to it.
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I literally chokeslammed some wigger because he claimed Kendrick was the GOAT. He even went so far as to say that no one could touch him as far as rapping goes.
He was no longer high and mighty with his asinine statements when he was lying on the ground with tears in his eyes.
It's not over yet though, because soon I found myself surrounded by his gang of halfcast friends, which had the audacity to gang up on me screaming stuff like "who better than k dot", "1 2 3 4 5 ain't no greater rapper alive".

I was flabbergasted at the scenery before my eyes, these plebeians had become a literal echo chamber. I knew this was my chance. This was my time to prove that I was the arbiter of sound judgement when it comes to rappers.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, in the back of my mind the voice of Rakim spoke to me
>Just say the word I'll leave your DNA on the curb
>Stick my dick in your ear and fuck what you heard

I once again brought forth my trusted mandible claw, grabbing the token skinny tall faggot by his throat. I was laughing maniacally at this point but that didn't deter this pool of cretins from parroting their objectively wrong opinions.
"Swimming Pools is the cultural statement of a generation", "TDE is a powerhouse beyond Slaughterhouse".
I couldn't believe it, even at the face of death they still clung to their fabricated viewpoints.

I pulled out my switchblade and proceeded to gut the lanky monster within in my grasp, I donned his entrails as some makeshift tribal wear as I went on to slash my way through the horde of shit opinions.

As the crescent of my victory drew ever closer, I was still in awe at these fickle people. How dare their opinion differ from mine?
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>>73644377
This is that shit I like
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So whats the definition of a patrician aside from being the opposite of a pleb?
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Where do I start with music texts? I just got into music around a year ago
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>>73644416
patrician = is knowledgeable about music, actually likes music, doesn't use music taste as an extension of personality, does not browse /mu/ or does so only ironically
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>>73644369
Holy fuck this is the worst thing i've ever seen
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Thank you
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>>73644317
>While the musical preferences among individual plebs vary as widely as music itself
epic
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>>73644369
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>>73644317
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>>73644416
>>73644465
A patrician is a person who demonstrates laudable musical understanding and knowledge across a broad range of styles, and has independently formed a critical perspective from which he artistically evaluates music he hears, without paying heed to hype or anti-hype but solely on the basis of its musical composition as well as its role in the broader socio-artistic context.

Patricianhood is the antithesis of plebeianhood. Plebeianhood can be thought of as a sort of musical learned helplessness; a weak mind when exposed to the fundamental questions of aesthetics - What makes music good or bad? Do good and bad music exist? - buries itself in the proverbial sand, shutting out any threats of critical interpretations with shortcuts such as "MUH FEELS" or "it's entry-level" or "that's so generic", statements which are meaningless in any useful critical sense and indicate nothing about their supposed subject, but rather shift the focus of analysis from questions of artistic merit to questions of meta-artistic merit. E.g., "Does p4k/Scaruffi/CLT like it?" "Is this music popular or unpopular on /mu/?"

A patrician also demonstrates the ability to logically defend his conclusions during a reasoned debate, should he be challenged.
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>>73644377
10/10 post
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>>73644580
Guess I gotta see it in person to really understand what either is
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>>73644317
How do you become a patrician?
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