Hot damn, all Jason Richardson did was state his opinion on the album, then a tide of "well, who gives a shit about what he thinks?". You can take or leave what he thinks about the album, but some of the active diminishing of his opinion seems a bit mean-spirited and contrarian. I get it, it might not be perhaps the most insightful comment about the new album but 1. we haven't really got much else to talk about, so for me this is another little nugget of hype and 2. you don't have to point out that you don't care. Just shrug and move on. Much like Dedalus said, if someone voiced their opinion of the album to you and you flat out said "Nope. I like what I like and what I like isn't related to what others like in any way, shape or form" or "I don't care what you have to say because you play / listen to x style of music", it would probably feel a bit rude. Granted, Jason probably doesn't frequent the forum, but still. This is a guy who knows his craft choosing to complement the band when he didn't have to, like MarkFitDT said. Even if I didn't think his opinion held much weight, I'd at least try to stick with the mindset of "great that he's enjoying it, hope we'll feel the same way" rather than participating in active dismissal.