Kreston Kent

English is Stupid. Proof? Lil Wayne’s New Album, Funeral By Kreston Kent, Author of The Literary Genius of Lil Wayne ( www.krestonkent.com ) English is Stupid. The English language, much like America, is truly a melting pot. It’s Germanic but also Latin-based; it rips words whole hog from dozens of other languages; it has as many exceptions as rules. And it has “contronyms,” words with two meanings that are the direct opposite of each other! That’s right, the same word means both one thing and its opposite, like “to seed” the ground means to put seeds in, but “to seed” a fruit means to take seeds out. English is Messy, Confusing, Chaotic – Like Weezy All this makes English messy, confusing, chaotic, and, well, stupid – but only stupid in the sense of, “my flow is stupid,” meaning great . And English has never been proven “stupider” ( greater ) than on Lil Wayne’s newest album, Funeral . He says so himself on the track “Mama Mia,” repeating four times: “I’m ...

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How A Stereotypical White Girl Fashion Reporter Got A Baseless, Ignorant Article About Lil Wayne in England’s Most Prestigious Newspaper by Kreston Kent In Friday’s The Guardian newspaper, fashion writer Morwenna Ferrier departs from her usual fashion reporting beat to go after Lil Wayne, repeating a prevailing and egregiously ignorant narrative that Lil Wayne is experiencing a “tragic decline” in his career. The article, “Lil Wayne: the tragic decline of a hip-hop trailblazer,” fails to display even basic knowledge about Wayne’s actual output and instead repeats tired, clichéd falsehoods. An advertisement posing as an article Ferrier’s article is actually a thinly veiled promotional advert (as they call it across the pond) for her coffeetable picture book about Wayne. Indeed, Ferrier opens her article by noting “I can’t say I wrote the book on Lil Wayne but I did write a book,” with the last two words linked to the storefront selling her book online.  We...

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CHIEF KEEF DECODED: The Tantric Mantras of a Burgeoning Rap Guru  by Kreston Kent, author of
 The Literary Genius of Lil Wayne:  the case for Lil Wayne to be counted among Shakespeare and Dylan At first, Chief Keef sounds like a mumbling, repetitive drone; but once you catch on, Chief Keef will stop you in your tracks and captivate you. His celebrity is bewildering to the outside observer, but his success is not an accident: Chief Keef is no flash in the pan . His rap has a mysterious, elusive, but undeniable genius to it. Keef is not a literary genius; there will be no comparisons to Shakespeare and Dylan here. I find no overarching literary merit and precious few literary devices in his rap. But Chief Keef is an arresting* lyrical genius. *no pun intended The same two aspects of Chief Keef's raps that will initially drive you to dismiss him (as a lucky oaf who won the fame lottery) are actually the keys to his virtuosity:  The first key aspect ...

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Thursday, April 9th at 7:00pm at Upshur Street Books Kreston Kent will be doing a reading from his book,  The Literary Genius of Lil Wayne: the case for Lil Wayne to be counted among Shakespeare and Dylan Prof. Kent will do a Q&A and sign copies as well.  Refreshments of Margherita Pizza and Cannolis from Il Canale will be provided to attendees while they last. Please RSVP and share this event on your Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/748161011968032/ Upshur Street Books is located at 827 Upshur St NW Washington, D.C. 20011 Thursday, April 9th at 7:00pm For more information, please visit the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/748161011968032/ Kreston Kent http://www.krestonkent.com

The Great Weezy Debate,  Round 1:  PE I have received the book and sat up far too late devouring it all. It was a fascinating read; there were some points well made, particularly about Wayne's technical ability and prolific output. I am catching up on some of the songs you mentioned too. However, if you were a fellow emcee, instead of a scholar- I would totally challenge you to a battle right this moment. I do refute your claim that Wayne is worthy of study like Shakespeare, Dylan or even Dr Suess. And I think that you do the rest of Hip Hop a disservice wby fixating on him, seemingly to the exclusion of all other Hip Hop before him. By focussing on how he says what he says and not wha t; not only do you show a lack of understanding of how emceeing works (every emcee worth his salt employs all of the tricks that Wayne uses, at slightly different ratios and often to better effect) but you also ignore one of the fundemental parts of being an emcee.  Emceei...