POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ALEX STEIN IN THE GUARDIAN
First hip-hop president?
Alex Stein either has a tin ear or this piece is an effort at a disguised attack on Obama.
Nothing could be further from the crude rhythms and cheap rhymes of hip-hop than Obama's eloquence.
Nothing could be further from the ugly hate speech of much of hip-hop or of the cheap platitudes of "good" hip-hop.
Obama is a man of true eloquence, intelligence, and grace. Far closer to the spirit of Beethoven than hip-hop.