Showing posts with label jay-z. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jay-z. Show all posts
Monday, November 14, 2011
"Jay-Z: King" by Alex Pappademas - GQ.com
I haven't read this yet but it's getting a lot of pub. Alex Pappademas is a good writer and he profiled Jay-Z. That's a money Poop Read if there ever was one. This is why Poop Reads is.
Monday, August 22, 2011
"Jay-Z: It Takes a Harmless, Hand-built Gangster to Run This Town" by Lisa Taddeo - Esquire.com
This is an older (2010) article in Esquire profiling Jay-Z. He comes off as very smart, very smooth, and very duplicitous. Which brings up an interesting conundrum. His raps are all about how he is a smooth criminal and precisely that he is duplicitous. So if he is two-faced in real life, does that make him genuine and earnest? Does it? I dunno, I just thought myself in a circle right then.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
"It's Good to be Kings" by Seth Colter Walls - Slate.com
Good article here examining who is more egotistical, Kanye or Jay-Z. The author makes a few astute points about how both men view their accumulated wealth: Yeezy sees it as an end in itself while Jay views it with a more critical eye.
I got nothing more to add. My internet connection sucks, I'm sunburned, and I'm the lightest guy in this hotel lobby by at least 100 bills.
http://www.slate.com/id/2301313/
p.s. Not even joking as I wrote that last line the guy sitting behind me farted out loud and left. My cue to leave.
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