Ari Melbatoast is proffering an ode to Jay-Z today!

[PCIntern]

Why he’s the second coming of Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, William Shakespeare and John Milton all in one. Didn’t you know?

And it’s not even Friday!!! To what do I owe this spectacular good fortune?

[NEOH]

1. AM is the Worst...nt

[Ars Longa]

3. I don't understand..his continued pushing of Rap/HipHop

on those of us who really don't like it!!

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. What a complete waste of airtime

Someone needs to slap him to stop appropriating black culture to try to look cool.

Can’t believe they fired Katie Phang and kept that fool.

[2naSalit]

4. Whenever...

I have the misfortune of seeing him in his rap mode what I see is akin to Chuck Schumer trying to moonwalk.

[senseandsensibility]

5. I don't know why but I find him very boring

I can not watch him. I wish they'd kept Katy Phang or Joy instead of him.

[Ocelot II]

6. I turned it off. If people like rap, that's fine; I don't.

I like opera, but many people don't; so, knowing that, if I were the host of a news/opinion cable show I would not make my audience, which probably mostly doesn't share my enthusiasm, listen to clips of famous singers performing Puccini.

[Ursus Rex]

7. Far from the best lyricist in hip hop ...

… but IMO problematic as a person. No flames, por favor.

[rsdsharp]

8. I think he wants to be the cool dad.

Even though he’s neither cool, nor a dad.

Every rap/hip-hop ”lyric” is slowly recited, with appropriate long pauses, as if it’s the most profound thought ever uttered, while he stares at the camera daring you to disagree.

[PCIntern]

9. That's exactly correct

You would think he were Gielgud reciting Shakespeare.

[miyazaki]

10. I see he's still trying to find a personality.

He needs to give up with that.