Illmatic and the Crisis of Peaking Young
Is it better to peak early and produce something legendary, or build slowly and culminate in something merely excellent?
Is it better to peak early and produce something legendary, or build slowly and culminate in something merely excellent?
Go ahead. Brush your shoulders off. It doesn’t get any easier. Or does it?
If this analysis of the themes developed in Kanye’s lyrics doesn’t convince you that he is a better rapper than many other Top 40 regulars, it is worth remembering just how low the bar is.
“Mucho gusto, Señor,” she breathed breathily, pursing her beestung lips into a smile. “Perhaps you will care to join me for… Tacos at Midnight?”
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The Overthinkers tackle Summer Movies, 2009-style.
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Goodbye, Bea Arthur. Thank you for being a friend.
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A great day at Overthinking It headquarters.
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What do you stand for?
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A contest so big, it calls for an animated GIF.
Today begins a series of in-depth discourses on this chi-blasting work of staggering genius.
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