No, he isn't just the guy who made Mike Meyers look like a tool

Robert Christgau's review of one of the year's best albums, which despite the hype you really need to hear. Best paragraph:

Mammon in practice, Christ in spirit—that's neat. RZA over Puffy because RZA subsumes Puffy as West subsumes them both. Arrogant for sure, only that's not why he always samples. Anyway, he's as good as he thinks he is—a backpacker at heart who, like many brilliant nerds before him, has accrued precious metal by following his dream. He wants everybody to buy this record. So do I.