Is Lucious supposed to be from NY or Philly, like Cookie? I think they're playing to Terrence Howard's strengths by putting him in front of a piano whenever they can, but I agree that the show hasn't fleshed out his music in a convincing way. I think certain creators have done better than others, but the folks…

Enough with the blatant unmanipulated 80s samples in Hakeem's music. Hip-hop hasn't sounded like that in ages and, Flo Rida aside, nobody really does that anymore. I really hope they upgrade the music coordinators for next season.

2015's "Why is your penis on a dead girl's phone?"

My thesis was written to Simpsons commentaries.

I opt for Kid A when I need to write. Sleigh Bells makes surprisingly good study music, too.

Sure, he'll just be played by Jay Pharaoh.

Last week, I only watched it for the dudes. I was more engaged with the plotline this week but, still. Dudes.

This happens at least once in every review.

Whoop whoop! My dry spell's coming to an end!

That's true.

I disagree with some of that. I feel that you have to ignore Cotton to paint Kahn as "the racist character" and you have to ignore a ton of secondary characters to paint him as the "only non-white guy in the neighborhood". Kahn's a dick, but he got a lot of character development over the course of the series.

I have no ties to the state, but I've always appreciated King of the Hill's choice to portray Texas as a diverse place, even for a small-ish city like Arlen. I haven't seen Boyhood yet, but it's sort of sloppy to portray the only(!) brown guy in Texas as a stereotype who has his life changed by a Nice White Lady. I…

Furious Styles was the first character that came to mind, which surprised me a little. I guess my real answer would be Dan Conner, who's been my ideal pop culture husband for some time.

Scout and Jem were free-range kids.

Con dinero!

I like that it's a 90s reference that even someone who's been locked up since the Clinton Administration would have gotten.

It came up frequently before the show debuted.

Empire keeps telling us that its songs are hit singles. To me, "Conqueror" is the first that legitimately feels like one.

I like the contemporary version a lot more too.

I'm with you. "You're So Beautiful" is a complete snooze. How did that Usher B-side turn Lucious into Jay-Ziddy? I enjoy this show immensely, but the music coordinators really don't seem to have much of a grasp on what hip-hop actually sounded like 20 years ago.