How do you understand rap lyrics?

Started by The Eclipse, Dec 21, 2014, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. tm87
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    Dec 21, 2014
    Remember you dig ditches and check grade, and bartend for a living. You're not educated so don't try and act like you are.
     
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  3. tm87
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  4. The Lyricvore
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    And what song goes to fast to pay attention to? Example?
     
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  5. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

    Dec 22, 2014
    Just keep listening to rap, after a while you'll eventually just be able to get it straight up, is all about time,

    Only rappers i really have trouble with now understanding is el-p, aesop rock, sadistik and MC ride
    But when i first started with hip hop i had a lot...
     
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  6. Radeem
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    Radeem I listen to people smarter than me

    Dec 22, 2014
    I needed a lot of listens to understand Aesop Rock, Armand Hammer or Billy Woods music. At some time it was like carrying heavy bags full of stones or sth. It was a very exhausting and time-consuming activity. When I discovered the meaning of their lyrics, I felt a huge glow of satisfaction. When you got through their music, the lyrics of other rappers seem to be so simple then lol.
     
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  7. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

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    Yeah man, i'm still trying to work my way through aesop's lyrics, whenever i do decipher a song (like 'ruby 81' or 'no regrets' ) i feel like i've just listened to something masterful and extremely intelligent, but for the most part he's extremely difficult to decipher....
     
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    I listened to Reasonable Doubt, and I have no idea what Jay-Z was saying other than talking about selling drugs.
     
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    I don't
     
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