leornard pitts in the chicago tribune said: " Rap could have been, should have been, a truth-teller and world-shaker. Instead, it has largely contented itself with being free advertising for corporate titans, selling fake cool.

It is painful to know that Jay-Z has sold that lie to young people by the millions. What's more painful is that apparently, he also bought it himself."

gideon rachman in the economist said: "n his number one hit “Hard Knock Life”, Jay-Z raps, “Let’s sip the Cris and get pissy-pissy”. Cristal has been so visible at Mr Combs’s concerts that onlookers have wondered whether the venerable champagne house was sponsoring the event."