Scandal is Nicki. Her cheesiness gets in the way of being great, but when the flow is right, few can top her.

Cole is outselling Kanye and had two pretty big hits. He is definitely big, he is certainly one of the biggest rap artists of the year.

WHERE'S RUN THE JEWELS?

Game Of Thrones = J. Cole, maybe?

MF Doom fits really well actually…

Outkast is Seinfeld: genius and groundbreaking, with brilliant lines, whose talented big star (Seinfeld/Andre 3000) never reaches the peaks from back then, but the underrated talent (Larry David/Big Boi) continues to do great work for a long time.

NOT TRUE - about Kendrick anyway, House of Cards is lame, and I don't care for this comparison.

Biggie = Terriers is much better.

On themes, I can see Tony only on early Jay. To me Jay is more Don Draper only without the whole secret identity business. Jay is too sleek to be Tony.

I actually think he is spot on with Rakim = The Sopranos

"in many circles." - purist hip-hop fans only counts as one circle.

I still don't know who to choose for Louie.

Beastie Boys is 30 Rock: lots of pop culture references and funny as hell but with great insights that range from american culture to politics.

That's the best one for Wu Tang, well done! Here, have a Grammy for that!

Lost got bad around the two last seasons though, while Kanye's last two solo albums are great.

Wait, the AV Club defending The Newsroom? Is it contrary day? Or did I cross in to a Twilight Zone episode where I'm in a parallel universe were everything is the opposite?

Kanye is more Breaking Bad than Nas - the crazier and more asshole he gets, the better he becomes.

Everything Robin does is JT pastiche.

I was excited about JT week, but I have to admit I'm bit disappointed at the selections.

Whenever people use race to invalidate JT's music, I just… sigh.
So white people can't make r&b or black-music-influenced pop? I really like JT, he is not to blame that for a long stretch in the 00's, he was one of the most interesting and exciting mainstream r&b/pop artists of the decade. And he still has some of the…