When we last checked in on nuclear disaster-mouthed clown rap specialist Lil Wayne, he was taking to Twitter to complain about being "denied" the right to be inside the Oklahoma City's Chesapeake Energy Arena when the city's Thunder took on the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA's Western Conference semifinals.

Last night I devoted almost an hour of my life to reading David Samuels' massive new piece for the Atlantic on Kanye West. It's quite interesting if you're a Kanye fan -- or a Jay-Z fan for that matter -- as Samuels attended just about every show the two did together on the Watch the Throne tour and is able to offer some great insights from spending that much time around his subject.