I can’t remember exactly when, but there was a point on Tuesday night while watching Jay-Z and Kanye West perform in Baltimore when I turned to my fiancée and said, “I don’t know if I’ve ever felt as cool as I do right now.†This despite wearing a Mets jacket.
This is what Jay-Z and Kanye elicit with their “luxury rapâ€Â: You don’t do the same things they do, you don’t have their money, you can’t really relate to the majority of how they describe their lives.
But you still can’t help but feel cool, and somewhat inspired, by association.