If Dan Rinderle (Jay-Z has got 99 problems
that's for sure March 8) wanted to criticize Jay-Z, he could have pointed to some of the artist's misogynistic lyrics. But apparently the misogyny was not the thing that bothered Rinderle because he included misogynists in his list of rappers who are better than Jay-Z. He could have also made the argument that Jay-Z relies to heavily on quoting other emcees. But maybe Rinderle isn't aware of these lyrical references. Rinderle criticizes Jay-Z's commercialism but then hypocritically includes Eminem on the list of rappers that are OK in his book. I found it interesting that the list did not include anyone who was around before the '90s.
Rinderle claims that Jay-Z rose to prominence in an era devoid of competition. That is simply not true; rap music has always been based on competition.
I never thought I would write a letter defending Jay-Z, but that column was so poorly thought out that I had to say something. If you are going to be critical you should know what you are talking about. But as Jay-Z would say, A wise man told me don't argue with fools Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who So stop with that childish shit [Dan Rinderle] I'm grown
Please leave it alone -don't throw rocks at the throne. -Michael Bart, AKA DJ Barticus, is a senior audio production major. Send him an e-mail at michael.bart@ohiou.edu.
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