ם Gettin’ Pissy-Pissy Sippin’… Krug Clos du Mesnil?
As I’m sure you’ve heard, Jay Z is boycotting Cristal champagne after the company’s director made some comments that the Young Hov felt were racist.
But life must go on, so Slate Magazine has offered Jay, arguably Bed-Stuy’s classiest MC, some recommendations for a replacement.
The name of the hip-hop champagne-elect must fit seamlessly into rap lyrics. Cristal certainly lends itself to this use. With its short Cris followed by that stressed tal, it is an iamb, one of the most common poetic feet in English verse, and its monosyllabic nickname (Cris) slips easily into the tightest rhymes, something that cannot be said of Taittinger, Bollinger, or Billecart-Salmon.
Thankfully they approached this from all angles—not just the obvious considerations such as “taste” and “unmistakable prestige”, but also the ever important “meter”.