Jon Caramanica of " The New York Times " commented on West's lyrical presentation on the track and compared him to rapper Jay-Z, writing " on'Gorgeous'he sneers at the competition,'you blowing up ? / that s good / fantastic', maybe the iciest blow-off since'Jay-Z s You got a little dough?
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In 1951, Borkenau wrote in the " Der Monat " newspaper of the first volume of Carr's " History of Soviet Russia " that for Carr : " Human suffering he seems to say, is not a historical factor; Carr belongs to those very cold people who always believe they think and act with the iciest calculation and therefore fail to understand why they are mistaken in their calculations time and time again ".