In that case it's just an uninformed opinion. You have no idea whether there's hundreds of musicians from across the globe in that timeframe, that you would actually prefer even more.
That not how opinions work, this only asked for an unpopular opinion. To act like you need to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every musical act on earth to form an opinion like that is just ridiculous lol
I think we just disagree on this. I think it's a perfectly valid opinion to say that your favourite musician is Kanye West.
But to say such an absolute statement as him being the second best in 100 years, is just impossible to say, when you don't know how many other musicians you would actually like even more.
I'm not saying that you're trying to say it as a fact. Like as if it's objectively true to everyone.
But you're saying it's your opinion that he ranks that high. Without knowing whether, if you knew all musicians, that it would actually be your opinion that he is outranked by hundreds of others.
So it's an uninformed opinion. Making an absolute statement of how you would feel, with all the knowledge, without having that knowledge.
An uninformed opinion is still an opinion, but your logic no one should have any opinions on anything because they don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject. It’s just not how reality works
But it’s my opinion he’s the second best musical act of the last 100 years. Opinions can be absolute statements like that. Just like it could be someone’s opinion that I’m a moron haha
But you don't know if that's actually your opinion though. Cus you don't know all other musicians within that timeframe. You only know that he's the secondbest that you've heard of.
It's like if i said that i thought The Rise of Skywalker is the greatest movie of all time. But i've only seen a couple of other movies in my life.
You would understandably be thinking, this dude is missing out. And doesn't know how much better movies can be. He doesn't know what his actual opinion would be if he knew.
That i don't have the necessary knowledge or references to could make that determination if the only 2 other movies i've seen are even worse shitshows.
But your logic is flawed, a single person can’t realistically listen to every artist of that last 100 years, certainly not every song. So by your logic no one can have an opinion on any art unless they know all art in existence, which no one does. You absolutely do not need to know everything about a subject to form an opinion
As i keep saying, people can absolutely have opinions on art, and say what is and isn't their favourites. It would be a completely legitimate opinion that Kanye West is your favourite or second favourite artist.
But to further clarify that he's the second best in the past 100 years is just an uneccessary clarifier that you also couldn't possibly know. THAT'S the problem.
Not that you like him. Not that he's your second favourite. But that you make an absolute statement that is then proven wrong to you the next time you turn on the radio and hear an artist from the 90s that you hadn't heard of and actually prefer over Kanye.
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u/Tychus_Balrog May 30 '25
That kind of absolute statement would require knowledge and evaluation of every musician across the world since 1925.