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PCIntern

(28,416 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 06:49 PM 22 hrs ago

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

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?

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Ari Melbatoast is proffering an ode to Jay-Z today! (Original Post) PCIntern 22 hrs ago OP
AM is the Worst...nt NEOH 22 hrs ago #1
I don't understand..his continued pushing of Rap/HipHop Ars Longa 22 hrs ago #3
What a complete waste of airtime SocialDemocrat61 22 hrs ago #2
Whenever... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #4
I don't know why but I find him very boring senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #5
I turned it off. If people like rap, that's fine; I don't. Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #6
Far from the best lyricist in hip hop ... Ursus Rex 21 hrs ago #7
I think he wants to be the cool dad. rsdsharp 21 hrs ago #8
That's exactly correct PCIntern 21 hrs ago #9
I see he's still trying to find a personality. miyazaki 20 hrs ago #10

Ars Longa

(536 posts)
3. I don't understand..his continued pushing of Rap/HipHop
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:00 PM
22 hrs ago

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

SocialDemocrat61

(7,707 posts)
2. What a complete waste of airtime
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:00 PM
22 hrs ago

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

(103,078 posts)
4. Whenever...
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:04 PM
22 hrs ago

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

senseandsensibility

(25,056 posts)
5. I don't know why but I find him very boring
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:16 PM
21 hrs ago

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

Ocelot II

(130,701 posts)
6. I turned it off. If people like rap, that's fine; I don't.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:18 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(487 posts)
7. Far from the best lyricist in hip hop ...
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:20 PM
21 hrs ago

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

rsdsharp

(12,036 posts)
8. I think he wants to be the cool dad.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:22 PM
21 hrs ago

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.

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