Nice review, Antonio, and good to see you back in journalland again. I'm not at all interested in rap/hip-hop/whatever, but as with so many other posters here, I love reading good writing, and yours is very good. Your love for the guy comes through but not as a lickarse, and I love that you're prepared to accept the fact that as you see it, he has his failings and weaknesses too. About the furthest thing removed from a fanboy I can think of.
Well done: not completely unbiased of course, but then, my journal entries couldn't be accused of that either. We love our music (or hate it) and it shows in our writing, so of course it's going to be slanted in one direction or the other. But this shows you taking quite a balanced view, and without bigging him up too much or resorting to things like (now I don't know, maybe this guy has nothing to do with that style, I told you I know nothing of this genre but) "50 cent ain't fit to clean this guy's microphone", or whatever.
Fine writing; hope you'll favour us with some more real soon.
As they say I believe in that world, props!
