Oct 14, 2016

like its not like u listen to rap to learn about world history and philosohpy and s--- but its kinda nice to have some substance in a song and s--- but like some ppl go overboard with it and have like ridiculously high standards and need like a da vinci code kit to decypher aesop rocks 3rd dimension quantum physicals but like also some 13 year old cacpackers dont even listen to the lyrics like wtf are u doing go listen to pop or techno or rock or jazz or ambient sweedish dream pop or some s--- wrong genre bruh and s--- but idk its all subjective

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-dp

 

Oct 14, 2016

I agree that you need a good balance between these 2 (something Lupe Fiasco doesn't have since hes still trying to make puzzle music)

 

Oct 14, 2016

It's important but it's not the be all and end all.

 

Oct 14, 2016

talking about lyricism in hip hop is always so cringeworthy to me

like cole has "substance" but he is "lyrically" so f---ing boring and s---

someone like wayne can lack substance sometimes but lyrically is so much better and worth listening to

 

Oct 14, 2016

Lyricism is the precision demolition decision vision derision collision of word which determines how good a song is

 

Oct 14, 2016

he has nothing important left to say so he's just rhyming for the sake of rhyming

 

Oct 14, 2016

yeah that verse was to come off techincally impressive, which he was

 

Oct 14, 2016

pusha t type of lyricism >>>

 

Oct 14, 2016

That part remix was not an attempt at being lyrical imo

 

Oct 14, 2016

watch yourself m8, I called Kendrick cringey and cheesy before and had Kenny stans attacking me for like an hour afterwords.

 

Oct 14, 2016

@Hank Moody His storytelling is top-notch, he can be emotional, conceptual, poetic and use wordplay, how is he not a good lyricist?

 

Oct 14, 2016

it's important in hip-hop but for me there are more important things such as production, delivery or charisma
also by lyricism I mean good lyrics or clever wordplay but not some crazy lyrical myrical s--- that needs a dictionary and an encyclopedia to understand it

 

Oct 14, 2016

which is why i think its kinda impossible to even talk about everyone has different definitions for what good "lyricism" is like some ppl think its being as complicated as possible, or talking about social issues, or envoking strong emotions or being vivd. but so often people just say "lyrical" its way too vague of a term to me personally idk what it means

 

Oct 14, 2016

crooked i is like the reason the spiritual lyrical empirical miracle stereotype exists

 

Oct 14, 2016

 

Oct 14, 2016

oh and if you use your highlighter on lyrics, just kys lmao

 

Oct 15, 2016

 

Oct 15, 2016

Some artists have a form of lyricism that they are good at; Cam'ron always had the sometimes hilarious rhyme schemes and colorful metaphors, Kanye always knew how to bring out the best of his incredible range with the right words and so on.

To answer the question, "lyricism" is only a part of what makes a certain artist appealing to me. There are a lot of factors that go in to sum up an artist but it's never a guarantee that the music will be great as well.

 

Oct 14, 2016

id say crooked i is like the number 1 pretentious idiot when it comes to delivering rap bars. he's like royce they add like these minor pauses and stuff before they get to a punchline, as if the world has stopped for 2 seconds waiting for anticipation. when in reality if they just rapped without the pretentious s--- i'd maybe actually like them.

 

Oct 15, 2016

forums ruined hip hop