hip hop criticism

Rap Is Calculus: Rhyme is the only variable you can see. The math is everything moving under it.

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Rap Is Calculus: Rhyme is the only variable you can see. The math is everything moving under it.

Study calculus — not to pass a test, but because it's the math of change, and change is the only thing rap is made of. The whole class, mapped onto the pen.

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I Finally Figured Out Jay-Z:

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I Finally Figured Out Jay-Z:

Jay-Z’s enemies make him a villain. His glazers make him a God. The truth is more complicated. From Marcy to the NFL, Barclays Center, billion-dollar business deals and criminal justice reform, Shawn Carter has spent his life putting himself first—sometimes serving the community in the process, sometimes leaving people behind. Maybe Jay-Z isn’t hip-hop’s hero or villain. Maybe he’s its greatest antihero

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