Streaming wise it'll definitely be longer than that considering Jay Z's entire catalog is Tidal exclusive right now.

My wife fell asleep 20 minutes in and still refuses to believe that I ended up genuinely liking it by the time it was over.

Agreed. It definitely worked for me by the end.

The first 30 minutes made me hate every character and everything they all did. I know that was kinda the point but it was brutal to watch. As things started to shift though I really liked it.

Here's my take that might help explain. The first 20 minutes were almost unbearable for me. I hated it so much and couldn't understand any of the praise. By the end, I loved it. You can see what it's going for during the final third and it really works.

Matrix holds up

I'm with you, the bar scene is so incredibly tense. I love that whole movie put quitting during that scene seems particularly egregious.

Yeah I definitely loved the joke that in Elijah's world Smash would be considered a hit show.

Good One is a really great concept for a podcast and I've really enjoyed them so far. However, recapping each episode of Crashing as a form of an ad is a terrible concept that should probably be killed as quickly as possible.

Apatow directed the pilot so your feeling was pretty spot on.

Nah, he's right.

I agree. Those two songs in particular are really egregious examples of rewarding terrible blandness that will sound dated in 18 months (if they don't already).

The Grammys have a big problem. A black artist hasn't won Album of the Year since 2008 and that was Herbie Hancock. Think about musical culture in the last ten years and it's dominated by black music that doesn't get recognized for the industry's biggest awards. In that same 10 years we've seen Album of the Year go…

Hmmm good question. If we're trying to get a range of geographies, time periods and styles I would go with: Ready to Die, The Chronic, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and any Outkast (Aquemini works for sure).

Yinz

Coconut Bangers Ball is good but it's no Murder in the Make Believe Ballroom

I should clarify. A lot of people seem to think that I'm saying that rappers today are better than in the mid '90s. That's not what I meant to convey at all. All I meant to say was not to discount the ability of some of the rappers today, most of which grew up on '90s rap and some that are doing a pretty great job…

Hmmm I hear you but I can't agree. I think right now is the first era that isn't "been there, done that". Teh mid 00's to me felt like been there done that. I think that changed around 2010. I can't think of an album that is anything like To Pimp A Butterfly or any rapper in the past who approaches music like Young…

Haha all fair points. Didn't mean to pigeonhole you. I guarentee you we agree on 99% of hip hop, definitely appreciate your perspective. Definitely agree that era was tops (and your assessment of Pac). I do think there is a group of people who underrate a lot of today's artists though.

First of all you're comparing one moment in time (I only named artists that came out with albums in 2016) to a 10 year span so OF COURSE those golden age artists are better in their primes. Don't get me wrong, I still think '92-'96 most definitely is the best era in hip hop but acting like nobody now can compete is…