Not unlike the converted explaining their belief in God through "faith", or for that matter, Luke (Skywalker, not Skyywalker) removing his targeting computers and using the force to guide his missiles home (well, probably Uncle Luke too), Alex has chosen to make the case for Lil' Wayne by pointing to a document which he wholeheartedly feels expresses Wayne's status as the "hottest" rapper alive.
A poor choice. Its as if Ann Coulter showed me a picture of Jesus and proclaimed triumphantly, arms akimbo, "Look, you're wrong". What for Coulter, and Alex, is self-evident, for Jews, and me, only confirms everything I dislike about Lil Wayne and everything I resent about the hype (yes I just did call Christianity hype) surrounding his ill-defined "charisma" and every other amorphous buzzword attached to the pretender. He actually manages to sound bad after BIRDMAN.
But, the verse has a "build-up, climax, and resolution"! So does every decent rap verse in the history of the form, and apparently, some godawful ones. Its like calling the Strokes the greatest rock band alive because some of their songs go 'verse-chorus-verse'.
Now, on the subject of throwing stones in glass houses: my friend repping Lil Wayne has accused me of participating in "suburban co-opting of urban culture". You know what? I'm going to turn my targeting computers off and let this statement of perfect, nearly religious irony do its own work.
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