Matt Yglesias

6 Responses to “The Blueprint”

1. OSheaman Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 9:55 am

   Well I can’t say I’ve ever heard auto-tune compared to nuclear weapons before, but there you go. The analogy is a stretch, I think, but if it helps people understand international politics then I don’t see the harm.

2. Eric Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 9:57 am

   Jay-Z has responded. He claims that the original freestyle that Game took as a diss wasn’t intended as such in the first place.

   (Or was it? Could the freestyle be Jay-Z’s Bay of Pigs?)

3. kth Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 am

   Lynch and Ackerman will really have arrived (as rap commentators) only when The Source does an item on them.

4. The Blow Leprechaun Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 am

   Jay-Z’s response sounds like the sort of thing we often do – something that sounds great to those who already follow us, but doesn’t even make an ounce of sense to anybody who doesn’t.

5. cmholm Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm

   In other news, Cincinnati DJ Gordon Sims teaches atomic theory using street gang metaphors.

6. Campesino Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm

   What #5 said. I heard it driving into work this AM and it was LAME