Jay-Z’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail” has garnered attention from a bevy of media outlets leading up to and since its July 4 release. Today (July 16), Hova’s LP was reviewed by an unlikely source when Rep. Trey Radel, a Florida Congressman, provided what he said was a “Totally unqualified review” of Jigga’s new release on Twitter.
After a Tweet about Obamacare, Rep. Radel sets his followers up for the review.
Have been asked several times here about #jayz‘s @s_c_ new album. On way to #DC. Totally unqualified review to come…
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Only… ONLY.. #JayZ@s_c_ can pull off a #hiphop ode to Kurt Cobain and REM @remhq. Not just an ode.. But lyrical references! Pretty sick.
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
And only Hova @s_c_ can pull off references to the Concord, Paris n Rome and still sound real. Not @kanyewest. No one. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
.@S_c_ Shuts it down in last 1:30 of Picasso Baby. Love it. & at :30 where the beat drops out is pretty sick. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Oceans w Frank Ocean (who I can’t find a @twitter for!). Clever song name, huh? Solid tune. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Somewhereinamerica. Helluva track. Piano, brass n strings rock. #Nola feel. & hilarious. Yes– #Twerking. Even a ref to Frank Sinatra! #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
On Crown. Love the use of old school synths & bass sounds like a TR-808. Old school. Solid beats. #jayz@s_c_#MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
No idea who produced @s_c_ tunes, but Heaven has a @kanyewest kinda feel to it. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
BBC. Sick flow. Smooth beat. & respect to one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES @ericbandrakim Nice! #jayz@s_c_#MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Don’t know who drops the hook w/ #jayz@s_c_ on “nickels & dimes.” But solid track. Kinda dark. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
And only #jayz@s_c_ can throw down “nickels n dimes” after tracks about Concords, Paris, Rome n Tom Ford.. Dude still pulls it off. #MCHG
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Well that was fun…thx for following along. Flight’s coming into #DC, time to get to work #jayz#MCHG@s_c_
— Rep. Trey Radel (@treyradel) July 16, 2013
Rep. Radel is a Republican and Rap fan who is known for “producing his own remixes of classic songs, which are distributed around his office as ‘Beats by Trey,'” according to thehill.com. “Beats by Trey” is likely a play off of Dr. Dre’s popular Beats by Dre company, which makes headphones, among other things.
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Rep. Radel grew up near Cincinnati and told thehill.com that he found value in Rap because he learned about a new world through the music. “By hearing this, I heard about other parts of the country outside my little box in Ohio,” he said to the site. “I heard stories that would explain everything from violence, to gang warfare, to the crack epidemic and issues with law enforcement. This gave me a wider view of the world.”
Rep. Radel’s review was endorsed by several people on his timeline.
For the record: @treyradel and I will rarely (if ever) agree on politics. But we certainly can agree on #MCHG. #hiphopheads
— Sean Quinn (@sdquinn) July 16, 2013
Can’t get over @treyradel‘s live-tweet of #MCHG. You don’t have to agree with his politics to appreciate his attempt at this album review.
— Hannah Jeffrey (@hannahjeffrey34) July 16, 2013
Congressman @TreyRadel just earned himself a follow. Well played, Sir. This is why Twitter will always be better than Facebook.
— John Rouleau (@John_Rouleau) July 16, 2013
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