Who is the best lyricist when it comes to rappers?
>>64814577
>UH, SUMMA LUMMA DUMMA LUMMA
What did he mean by this?
>>64814577
doom
1597
adjust
The Outernet
Cuando lumpia el humo
whole album is good but these are the best
Eminem, DOOM, and Biggie.
Danny Brown
>>64814577
earl, mc ride (if that counts)
Lupe and Nas
>>64814577
lord pretty flacko jodye tbqhwyf
>>64814863
>I'm a motherfucking Motherfucker
>Fucking all your mothers your mother I do fuck her
>>64814885
>im 16
>>64814991
>*Fucking all your mothers with two rubbers I do fuck her
>>64814577
Eyedea
aesop rock, objectively
>>64816989
This is correct.
A study was done on this exact subject.
http://poly-graph.co/vocabulary.html
>>64814577
Lupe, Em, Logic, Rakim, Big(Pun, L and Notorious were all dope), Doom, Nas.
>>64816989
He sure has an impressive thesaurus
What kind of gay porn do you think he jerks it to /mu/? Traps? Black on white? MFM Cuck scenarios?
>>64817151
BDSM
in 2013 before Doris came out I told people I thought Earl Sweatshirt was a better lyricist than Jay Z they all got pissed at me
Kanye West.
>Reach for the stars so if you fall, you land on a cloud
Lane so iconic I literally live my life by it.
It's fucking Nas you mongs
>>64817947
Line*
>>64817947
i hope to god this is ironic
2Chainz, easy.
He just tells it like it is.
>"She got a big booty so I call her big booty"
I mean a lot of people say it's not impressive but his flow is really impeccable and he raps about things everyone can relate to.
>>64814839
>>64817067
WINDOE PAIN
>>64814577
>Who is the best lyricist when it comes to rappers?
it doesn't matter if there isn't a good producer, or if the rapper doesn't have good flow. Personally I think Kendrick has some of the best lyrics, he also has good vocals and flow as well as jazz influenced trap beat bangers in his stuff which makes it quite good.
>>64817884
Doris is his best album.
>>64816989
just started listening to him when Impossible Kid came out, so impressed with his lyrics.
>>64814577
Eminem, Pusha T, Biggie.
>>64817024
lyricism =/= big words/expansive vocabulary
It's about what you do with those words.
Niggas like Eyedea, Jay-Z (king of double/triple entendres), and Nas are top tier lyricists.
>>64816989
Pretty true. His lyricism has apparently surpassed that of Shakespeare himself.
>>64819311
People RAVE on about Jay Z but I just can't get into him for some reason. I've listened to the blue print and while it has some catchy bangers I just don't see why he's hailed as one of the GOAT. All I hear from him is how rich he is and how many chicks he's banged. I only really liked him in WTT and Kanye features.
>>64817947
>literally
so you literally reach for stars and fall and land on clouds?
>>64814863
>>64814991
>>64815199
It ain't about nothing, but let me hold something
Ate a lunchable for dinner, nigga I ain't fronting
Caught the bus to East land, just to walk around it
Ain't buy nothing nigga, just walked around it
Looked at some hoes, I ain't even holler
Cause I'm broke as fuck and they is all about a dollar
>>64817947
Ye stan here. He really did inspire me to not give a fuck what people think and do what you want.
>>64819405
Motherfucker, did he stutter?
>>64819416
Eastland is one word, it's a ghetto mall just outside of Detroit
Nas, Kendrick, J Cole, Joey Bada$$
>>64814577
Young Thug
>>64819447
>>64819405
>>64817947
pics or it didn't happen
>>64817947
>Reach for the stars so if you fall, you land on a cloud
More like "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars" - Norman Vincent Peale
Ye's line doesn't even make sense if you think about it.
Big Sean
>>64814577
2 Chainz
Either MF Doom, Daveed Diggs, Big L, Nas, or Talib Kweli
>>64814577
Idiot plebs. Black Thought and Andre 3000 are the only answers.
Everyone here sleeping on Pusha.
>>64816989
I'd say Warcloud
if eminem were black and died after the marshall mathers LP he would be respected just as much if not more than biggie and pac
>>64814839
wew
>>64819831
He would've had a huge legacy anyway. If he died after The Eminem Show though it'd be huge.
>>64819695
DUDE COCAINE LMAO
>>64819879
never fucked with the eminem show personally but i can respect that
>>64819902
DUDE I CAN'T COME UP WITH A REASONABLE DISCUSSION SO I SHIT POST INSTEAD.
>>64819921
Don't you like TES? Easily one of the best albums.
>>64814790
I've always seen slug as better at making singles than albums, the only album hear made that I like the whole way through is sad clown bad dub II, when life gives you lemons is probably second, but he just makes a lot of filler
>>64816845
>>64816989
>>64814656
>>64817884
My niggas
>>64819474
Nas and Joey are the only two respectable from here.
no mentions of GZA, truly pleb tastes /mu/
>>64819416
>Warhols all on the wall of the villa
>Adderall popping got me jumping to ceiling
>Perceived as a villian no sentiment in my sentence
>For instance in instants they'll be calling forensics
>If incidents occur remember these ain't just words
>Go from talking shit to organs preserved
>You soft serve rappers just hide behind your reverb
>And even without effects you'll end up dessert
>>64814577
Andre 3000, GZA, Doom,
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>>64814577
Tonedeff
>>64814577
GZA, Big L, or DOOM. All in their own right.
You guys suck shit for having shit opinions that aren't the same as mine.
>>64820835
>Are we they're yet
>Aww shit ya dig my lil nigga
>SHEEIIT it aint nun but a comptin thang
>>64814656
>>64817067
>>64819639
>>64820821
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY
>>64820784
What about K.Dot?
>>64814656
The question was answered correctly 2 post in not sure why everyone else is still posting
>>64821210
but doom has shit flow
>>64821240
NO one asked about flow
DID THE MAN
>>64820784
kendrick can body joey easily, joey isn't even as good as capital
>>64820855
[Verse 1: Tonedeff]
>The streets kept coming and coming and coming
>He sped through his tracks
>And every scene he spied was all the same
>He kept running and running and running and never looked back
>He never realised how far he came
>And it didn’t matter that the latter part hadn’t bothered him
>Rather all the sadness that followed him, as if it was a ball and chain
>Because along the way his posture had changed, fraught with his fault and his anger
>Until he wouldn’t respond when they called his name
>It was all part of the game, it started as a play to get ends
>It left him with the breath of debt and less friends
>And yet he never questioned where the quest went
>And when dissenters didn’t deem him special
>He did his best to impress them and this led to regrets then
>Still he was dead-set on success, and distress
>He only expressed through a sent text
>Addressed to anyone he hadn’t met yet
>The tires peeled on desire’s wheels
>Again he said, I can feel...
>>64821004
>not figaro
>>64821457
[Verse 2: Tonedeff]
>The city had changed him as he reflected on the decade that passed
>His life, he reckoned at last, was a staged pun
>With a fantasy masked where the grave was dug
>A double life revamped and the other side bites till it tastes blood
>So he drives to escape driving a stake through his great love
>Incessantly trying to shine through the bars like a caged sun
>Dissecting a piece of the strange run
>With the dirty southern acres working for crumbs
>In some underground dank club
>Where there’s nothing but strained hugs from mother and father
>And a strange son because he can’t recall when he became one
>Though the shame is heavy and weighs tons
>He still finds a way to place blame on what they’ve done
>Visits they’ve stayed away from
>And perhaps it was that all along so he just carries on
>And he can barely call because the talks are rarely calm
>He wears his calluses like a tux to a daily prom
>Wearily feeling forever young until they play the song
>And his patient wife waits gracefully while he breaks the dawn
>Racing across the States to raise the stakes and cost to pay it off
>Debating cons of procreation on the hopes to trade it off
>A basic honest home relations, how’d they know it would take this long?
>But he placed his honour in the way he crawled
>All that means is he hits the floor harder from farther up in case he falls
>He’s racing towards the exit so disconnected
>He felt compelled to misdirect his perspective
>I can feel...
Rakim, eminem, kendrick, jcole, Andre 3000,
And you know what? Fuck it. Drake is on this list, too, if he's doing his MC shit.
>inspectah deck
>gza
>kendrick lamar
>nas
>big l
>andre 3000
>capital steez
>canibus
>mf doom
>killer mike
>black thought
theres no discernible best
die antwoord easily
>>64814863
>sorta like squidward and his clarinet
>>64821505
>>64821457
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwcN82yx0GY
>>64821616
drake would get destroyed by any rapper that writes his own shit and can hold his own
gza
Eazy
Big L
Nas
KRS One
>>64819695
tru
Scarface
All you fags sleeping on Royce Da 5'9 like he's some candy ass rapper. Dude can really hold his own. Listen to Layers.
Also, Slaughterhouse can pretty much destroy anyone right now.
>>64819831
Yeah, he fucked up his legacy bigtime by not retiring after Eminem Show. He's a fucking terrible lyricist now.
Nas
I woke up early on my born day; I'm 20, it's a blessing
The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh
And, my physical frame is celebrated cause I made it
One quarter through life some Godly-like thing created
Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some
Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I pus from
My skull cause it's pain in my brain vein, money maintain
Don't go against the grain, simple and plain
When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard
Robbin' foreigners, take they wallets, they jewels
And rip they green cards
Dipped to the projects flashing my quick cash
And got my first piece of ass smokin' blunts with hash
Now it's all about cash in abundance
Niggas I used to run with is rich or doing years in the hundreds
I switched my motto; instead of saying "fuck tomorrow"
That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto
Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks
I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back
Time is Illmatic, keep static like wool fabric
Pack a 4-matic to crack your whole cabbage
>>64826955
I wouldn't say terrible but he's definitely not a good lyricist anymore. He hasn't sunken as low as Kanye with the lyrics yet at least.
>>64827027
Listen to "Don't Front" and repeat what you just said.
>da na na na na na na na na na na na na
>fix your bent antenna tune it in and then im gonna
>enter up in under your skin like a splinter
>the center of attention, I'm back for the winter
ive been really impressed with this part from without me lately. he just delivers it completely natural. beyond method man levels of natural flow
>>64827050
It's bad for sure but for the most part he's lyrics are just 'meh' not terrible, at least for his newer shit.
>>64827114
But convince me you've heard
An MC since me who's this good with the fucking mincing of words
Without mincing words that'll make you feel like I'm pinching a nerve
Whose mentally disturbed, you might as well stick a knife in me and turn
It'll be like my skin being Indian burned
Hah, bitch there isn't one, when will you learn?
>Never been served if memory serves
>I'd battle that 'til my own recollection remembers these words
The last two lines tho. Damn
>>64827160
I have no idea if you're saying thats bad or not but that is alright actually, better than most the songs he has released in the past 5 years.
>>64819695
Nobody's sleeping on him, he is good, but not one of the greatest lyricists of all time tho
>>64827194
I'm saying that I agree with what you said. Some.of his new songs are really great, but most of them are meh. He hasn't lost his skills, but he doesn't have anything groundbreaking to talk about now. Everything that used to be funny back in like 2002 has been done to death by him and others. He should just release a final album with 5-6 good songs and retire for the sake of his legacy and to avoid becoming anymore of a meme.
>>64827262
He likely will.
>>64827262
Fair enough man, it would be better if he put all of his effort into making another Bad Meets Evil project, I don't think he would be able to make another solid album but with Royce there it could come out alright. The first one wasn't all that good so it wouldn't be too hard for them to top it
>>64827300
Yeah, the first one had a couple good songs. But no replay value according to me, which is true for most of his new stuff. Royce has just hit his peak though. He has consistently put of solid albums and it'll be interesting to see both of them at different stages of their careers, tryinf to outrap each other. Em is pretty much done at this point, but Royce has a lot left in him.
Lil Ugly Mane
>>64827365
I haven't heard that new Royce album yet, I've been meaning to but I've just been busy with other things. Is it better than Death is Certain?
>the lyrics are important meme
Wow, no wonder you guys think the masterpiece that is TLOP is bad
>>64827730
I wouldn't compare it to Death Is Certain as it's goat-tier. Layers has some softer production and a few poppy hooks. But the rhymes are as raw as they can get. Tabernacle is the most personal shit he's written so far. You should definitely give it a listen. Prhyme was brilliant too.
>>64827821
TLOP is not a rap album. It's just a decent producer trying to rap and failing at it. Literally any other rapper could write lyrics on Kanye songs and make it 10 times better.
>>64827827
I did love Tabernacle, if the album is like that one I will definitely get around to listening to it.
>>64827861
Did you even read my post? wow.
>>64827894
woosh
>>64827894
I said TLOP is bad because it's hailed as a great hip-hop/rap album while in fact the lyrics are trash and terrible. Kanye should just stick to producing which he's decent at.
>press ctrl+f
>no ghostface killah
BOI IF U DONT
Eminem, Kendrick, Tyler The Creator, Childish Gambino and Earl Sweatshirt
>>64827902
I'm not the idiot who thinks one of the greatest albums of the 2010's is bad because the lyrics aren't technical wankery.
>>64827942
Eminem, Kendrick = fine
Childish Gambino = hmm, okay
Tyler, Earl = really man?
>>64827928
yep, and I said lyrics are barely important, if anything their corniness enhances the feel of the album
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>>64827821
>>64827948
>>64827965
Kanye stans may be cancer but fuck it's entertaining watching them justify TLOP like it's actually good.
>>64827948
it is technically accurate that you are not THAT idiot
the woosh still stands
>>64827965
>lyrics are barely important
I hope you're joking.
Shit like "MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY BAAAAGSSSSS", " I GOT HER NIGGA, GROCERY BAG"
Yep, definitely enhances the album.
>earl
>killer mike
>del the funky homosapien
>el-p
>dizee rascal
call me crazy but lil wayne has some great verses when he actually tries. i think if he's good at anything its his lyrics
>>64828009
If lyrics are funny, they make you laugh, thus forming an emotional connection between the album and you.
Pretty much no lyrics on Pablo are straight up bad, they all serve a purpose in creating the right atmosphere.
If lyrics are technically great, fine, that's what Kendrick features are there for.
>>64827481
underrated
>>64814839
kek'd pretty heavy @Biggie.
Dat ironic depth doe.
>>64828053
Holy shit. This is fucking funny. Thanks for the keks m8.
>>64827942
i don't really like Donglover but i agree he writes some good lyrics
Paul Wall.
>>64827961
Listen to Doris and tell me Earl ain't lyrical.
Tyler was lyrical in his prime in the Radical/Bastard/ days before he got lazy and complacent.
kanye west is the only good rapper
>>64828310
gr8 b8 m8.
>>64827942
bait
Hes not a 10/10 flawless rap star but im surprised no one on /mu/ ever mentions Sage Francis
His discography is pretty varied but songs like Slow Down Gandhi really shine through, most of Personal Journals is great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPrz5FCKdQ
