I listened to Jay-Z’s “History/Victory” (whatever) almost exclusively over the past weekend only giving way to the occasional run through of Kanye’s leaked tracks thus far. This all came about by wanting to have something new to bump on the way to the club on Friday, coupled with driving around aimlessly/waiting forty minutes to get out of an over-packed parking lot that rivaled rush hour traffic. While still feeling the effects of a good nights worth of drinks, the lyrical content and complexity of his words clicked. While Hov gets criticized for the simplicity of his rhymes as of late, it’s hard to fault him for this song. Read the rest of this entry »