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Ellis Carver
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You mean for free I can listen to Jay-Z list a bunch of obscure brand names, random pop culture references, and struggle to fit Booze-KEE-yat in as many songs as possible?  All the while hear him rap about how rich he is and a drug selling past that happened 25 years ago over third-rate beats from producers that are

He gives us what we need.

Uh huh honey.

I'll give him credit; Jay does a better job of selling the illusion of artist evolution/revolution than anyone in music.  But at the end of the day, it's just a corporate stunt by Samsung, and 5 40 year old guys coming together in a studio using the same formula to create another (inconsistent) album.

Uh huh honey.

Thanks to Yeezus, I now know about the African dialect Swaghili.

Newman really nailed that Hannah-style "Look, I get it!"

While the characters on this show do act like assholes, there aren't many moments where anyone says some truly out-of-line shit like "if you let someone get close enough to fuck some sunshine into you, you'd shut your mouth."  I would've applauded if Amy smacked him, or in the very least stomped on his toes.

It was pretty good considering he was reading off a screen.

The Chinese invented pizza.

Seems like the kind of movie where every actor in the cast is going to be underserved by the material.

Bob Benson = Norman Bates?

Casey and Dawson are the will-they-or-won't-they of the show.

I think her best verse is still the verse on P.O.S.'s Low Light Low Life, but this is definitely a banger.  I like Dessa the singer but I much prefer her rapping.

This Jay-Z track was *does the wavy hand sign* aight.

That translator girl is a dime.  I almost didn't even notice that that asshole slaver was insulting Daenerys until he cut off the dude's nipple.

ALL DAY!  ALL DAY SON!  ALL DAY!

I think his impression of James Brown might be my favorite celebrity impersonation of all time.

Eddie: "Look, Stevie I get too much motherfuckin' flack over this impression.  I don't like doing it; I'm ain't doing this shit anymore."

I'm glad Girls is going back to their roots.