Coates takes his classic style (make a bombastic claim, prove it, slaughter all incoming rebuttals) and, in my opinion, turned up the shade levels more than a couple notches.

For me, this article was the literary equivalent of Tony Montana standing on top of the stairs spraying everyone moving. I haven't read an article this vicious since Michael Eric Dyson took Fredo (Cornel West) out fishing.

I actually reacted to this essay the way someone would react to Loaded Lux battle verse.
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