browser

1y

Persona wise (not necessarily musically but a lot of niggas aren’t musically far off) why the f*** does everyone wanna be Boston Richey or Veeze or whoever

Nobody wants to be perceived as someone who truly cares

And when the hip hop zeitgeist switches back to what it used to be in the 2000’s where being a hip hop head added to your appeal and prestige niggas gonna switch back lol

Niggas are #weird

slime wrld

1y

not even the lyrical miracle savior himself tryna hear that fast rap s***

2words

1y

True. And I’d definitely call them “lyrical miracles”

SINGH

1y

having content, flows, multisyllables and entendres all at once is what makes you an alien level rapper (ie. black thought, lupe, andre)

browser

1y

Persona wise (not necessarily musically but a lot of niggas aren’t musically far off) why the f*** does everyone wanna be Boston Richey or Veeze or whoever

Nobody wants to be perceived as someone who truly cares

And when the hip hop zeitgeist switches back to what it used to be in the 2000’s where being a hip hop head added to your appeal and prestige niggas gonna switch back lol

Niggas are #weird

2words

1y

Tough to put andre in that conversation when we don’t know what a 3 verse song sounds like from him. Dre not really a particularly strong entendre rapper either where’s his entendres?

SINGH

1y

Twice upon a time, there was a boy who died
Lived happily ever after, but that's another chapter
Live from "home of the brave," with dirty dollars
Beauty parlors, baby ballers, bowling-ball Impalas
Street scholars, majoring in culinary arts—
You know, how to work bread, cheese, and dough from scratch
But, see, the catch is you can get caught
Know what you selling, what you bought, so cut that big talk

yungcartier

1y

Blame Yatchy

Every since he proved that you don’t have to care about HipHop to make it, most of those rappers started copying that mindset

2words

1y

Ok do you have 4 more? I feel like you can count his entendres on one hand he usually is more straight forward lyrically. But then again he just doesn’t have that much material that’s why I could never put him in a conversation with someone as proven as Black Thought or Lupe

Block Muteson

1y

JID isn't really a "lyrical rapper". He's a Das EFX tongue twister rapper. Different things.

SINGH

1y

i mean he doesnt have entendres like jay and lupe, but he is very skilled at it

proper

1y

wow @op real for posting a throwing fits clip

too bad this is from last year i dunno why kurco posting this s*** now

2words

1y

Ok do you have 4 more? I feel like you can count his entendres on one hand he usually is more straight forward lyrically. But then again he just doesn’t have that much material that’s why I could never put him in a conversation with someone as proven as Black Thought or Lupe

Oblivion X

1y

3k not really an entendre type. It's more so his unpredicatable rhyme schemes and flows and ability to convey complex feelings in simple ways

SINGH

1y

jid not really a punchline rapper like wayne tho

he does more off kilter flows and multisyllabics. similar to eminem and kendrick

Real

1y

People won’t believe me, but whatever - Andre 3000’s favorite rapper is Future. He doesn’t like listening to what he calls “flowery” rap either - he likes stuff that doesn’t scare the hoes. 😭

SINGH

1y

rappers who only rap fast usually do it to mask their weak lyricism

insertcoolnamehere

1y

The fact ppl equate niggas like JID as lyrical miracle rappers for the objectively task of…actually rhyming words that have more than one syllable speaks volumes about where we at in hip hop

2words

1y

Because of that one example? I can’t say he’s particularly skilled at it when countless people are more accomplished at that skill. We’re talking about someone with around 50 verses in their career. And probably has attempted about 10 or 15 entendres. It’s such a small sample size and I like to be evidence based in these conversations. The evidence isn’t there

Dino

1y

Bruh, Dicaprio 2 mostly punchlines

Real

1y

People won’t believe me, but whatever - Andre 3000’s favorite rapper is Future. He doesn’t like listening to what he calls “flowery” rap either - he likes stuff that doesn’t scare the hoes. 😭

2words

1y

True. And I’d definitely call them “lyrical miracles”

Noir

1y

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I wouldn't call Kendrick a lyrical miracle rapper, at least not on his albums. He has some awkward, showy features, I'll grant that, but that's not really his thing in general. Lyrics matter to him, but that's not what lyrical miracle means.

In my mind, the term comes from a tendency to waste words and rhyme things together for the sake of it when you're not really saying anything at all. It's a rapper drawing attention to their rhymes in lieu of content.

If anything, Kendrick has been criticized for not having complex, layered bars to the extent of a Lupe or Black Thought. His s*** is actually really simple. He's more of a storyteller who adopts broader concepts and metaphors over the course of an album.

Eminem has become more of a lyrical miracle rapper over time as his content has gone to s***. He's not saying anything about anything. Classics like The Way I Am and Cleaning Out My Closet had real substance behind the rhyme schemes and flows though. He was just a great writer who cared about his craft back then.