Place Review Evaluation

For this blog, I would like to review about Georgia Aquarium's review made by Edward Rothstein.

In this review, the author's claim is "Georgia Aquarium is one of the largest aquarium in the world." His evidences is from the number of fish, number of tourists that have visited the aquarium, the number of gallery, etc.

He states his evidences by using statistics of size and number: over 100,000 fish are displayed in five galleries and 60 habitats in the more than 500,000 square foot building. He also states that even with the admission of $22.75 for adults, the demand is still so high that the building is often sold out and a million visitors have come since the opening.

In his review, he also tells about a brief history about the aquarium, its sponsor and how it is built. He also tells that there is also restaurant and ballroom inside the aquarium that can be rented. He also critics the aquarium, saying that it is often too crowded during the weekends.

He also included some photo of Georgia Aquarium in his blog. Therefore, his readers can see what Georgia Aquarium looks like. In his review, the standard that he uses is by counting the number of visitors in one year and also by the attractions the place of interest (Georgia Aquarium) provide. In his review, he writes about some species of fishes as examples. Nevertheless, we can still understand his review even though we don't know the fish.

In the end, I agree with the author stating that Georgia Aquarium is one of the largest aquarium of the world; by looking from its number of visitors, number of fishes, and number of gallery.

Music Review Evaluation

This time, I would like to evaluate the music review about Akon's album, Konvicted.

In this review, the reviewer, Thomas Steenhagen, claims that Akon should not be classified as the typical R&B act; he is more than that. Akon dabbles some musical genre through Konvicted. "Mama Africa" contains more of a smooth reggae tone, ballad in "Never Took the Time." Since Akon apparently does not rap by himself, he does has a great test in choosing the guests to collaborate in his song. For example is Snoop Dog in "I Wanna Love You" and Eminem in "Smack That." Other music that is worth hearing is "Don't Matter" and "Gangsta Bop."

The reviewer also provides numerical information like the total of sold album by Akon and the highest chart for the song. Akon's first album, Trouble, has been sold 3 million worldwide and received Platinum award while his second album, Konvicted, has been sold 4 million in the world. It also receives 3 times Platinum award. He also has 23 Billboard Hot Songs so far in his career. With this, we know that the reviewer's standard of greatness is by the Billboard Hot Songs and the RIAA album certification.

Unfortunately, the reviewer didn't include any embedded songs of Akon. There is only a small picture of Konvicted's album art in the top of the page, similar to this blog. I agree with the reviewer that Akon has talent and credibility. But we still have to see in the future if Akon can keep up with his good work so far. Below is the music video of "Don't Matter" which get into the first spot in Billboard Hot Songs.