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Like a child discovering Legos
Kanye West seems mildly amused that these things called "words" can actually be written down and combined into interesting groups called "phrases" or sometimes even "sentences."
It would be adorable if he were five years old. But coming from this wealthy, swaggering, man-child, it's a depressing reminder that his hip-hop culture devalues education and literacy. Mr. West uses white space as a stand-in for gravitas; one page declares "Get used to being used." I doubt the youngest of his fans will find that worth pondering for more than a second.
That he needed a ghost writer to complete what amounts to a pithy pamphlet is appalling.
May 2009 · Books