Tuesday, February 22, 2005
before before
literary sampling in the hip-hop world is the new rockism. how much is homage and how much is mere stealing? Jay can obviously hold his own, and this isnt a real threat to his creative machismo (didn't Skillz write a rhyme for him back in the day?), but still. you have to wonder. could Jay-Z be the Barry Bonds of rap? did he take verbal steroids?
follow me on this one.
now, stop following me.
on another note, who knew that Gustav Klimt was Sage Francis' father?
