Zach Baron wraps up a slick, strategically-written defense of Drake over at the Village Voice.  Here’s his “whaaa?” kicker, which is quite brilliant actually:
Like the similarly loathed Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola, who have eloquently staked out the territory of upper-middle-class malaise in cinema, Drake’s done the same thing in rap. How much [...]

But man, it appears that Profile was my shit in the early 90s.  Related: if anyone can slide me a .rar of Ron C’s Back on the Street, I’d love to jam “And I’m Ron C” again, just for old time’s sake.  Title track. (via)

Seemingly as a rule, hip-hop documentaries (Scratch and Freestyle excluded) suck. Almost always, they consist of nothing more than poorly shot camcorder footage decorated with outlandishly unnecessary graphics that amount to little more than a promotional vehicle for the artist or label. (Here’s a hint: watch out for “unauthorized” biographies on Netflix–and make sure to [...]