Dec 21, 2020 The beat and flow switch in Killer is just killer. Never down, I'll be up like an insomniac Girl, I got racks you got a rack How you got all that back and no body fat I'm in awe with that When I stopped the Pontiac at the laundromat that I saw you at You almost had a heart attack, went into cardiac You ran inside and told your boyfriend like, "I'll be back" But for all you knew I probably act like I'm Daniel Wozniak
Dec 21, 2020 Definitely wouldn't say vs. Kami. Maybe not Revival either, I think they're just better written here. But listen to say Alfred's Theme again, almost every line is a pun. Same throughout a lot, he can't stop lol.
Dec 21, 2020 Pointless as a scoreless game this is what i f--- with @Donkey Kong Cuntry cuz yea sure u can get the lazy pun here and there. But when someone gives u a triple meaning bar like its nothing is somethint i have to pause and go outside to take a walk. This is super rare and he does it randomly in battle rap someone did a bar with triple meaning named john john. To this day i think about it
Dec 21, 2020 The ghost writer/ghost rider scheme on book of rhymes has gotta be one of the most insane schemes on this whole album, he set it up from so far away
Dec 21, 2020 True, and I love the song. But what about say even "Black Magic", essentially a storytelling track, to some degree, which results in murder of his girlfriend - a dark idea which you'd want to really have the listener buy into the imagery. Now, some of the lyrics: But she cheats and I catch her like the common cold (Sneeze) Last time, I broke her collar bone, she's intolerablе (Yeah) All I know is that the sex is phеnomenal, though We're an unlikely pair (Yeah) Like two different Nike Airs - 'catch her like the common cold'... I mean, just no need, lol. That isn't impressive, anybody would immediately think of that if you tried to think of an association / pun with 'catch/like', and it kinda detracts from pulling you into the story, and look it's almost every bar again, right after 'like two different Nike Airs'... it's this structure of just saying 'like x' which is lazy though too. It's Revival-era pun writing. Luckily the music, rapping and songs are of course good here and so there's elements to counteract this stuff.
Dec 21, 2020 Where I planted my roots (What? Yeah) That's how I had a whole planet that roots for me As in the group, and no one thinks dark as I think (Nah) So imagine the havoc these black thoughts are to wreak (Tariq)
Dec 21, 2020 No question Em overdoes the puns in songs. However as long as the puns are good I wont be too upset over it.
Dec 21, 2020 There's so many not good here though. Like 'catch her like the common cold' and 'talk smack like heroin', they're not like horrendous, just lazy and obvious. Wheras, 'got more lines than black friday' is nice, nice structure. But we can all say 'like' something, I'll do it now... 'girl your breasts I'll cup like a mug', it literally takes like 2 seconds lol. I wish he'd just be actually funny vs. that s--- like 'b---- I can make orange rhyme with banana... orrraa'nanna!', is one of the funniest moments on the album. And literally something he could/would have said in 1999.
Dec 21, 2020 Smack line - "The cypher begins, I'm talkin' smack like heroin The mic's a syringe, it's like a binge" Rap is all about wordplay, It's a dope analogy
