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[ComputerMKII]

French rappers blow all of them out of the water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ARh26acrc

 

[Rollo Tomasi]

By the way, I'll bet Saul Williams would give Aesop Rock a run for his money.
He's also a much much better lyricist than him (though it's not the fairest of comparisons).

p.s.
I would like to see a Brother Ali there too.

Brother Ali is there. 4,700 words, right under Kweli at the top.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Lil B is more diverse than Tupac.

Let that sink in for a moment.

 

[Horseticuffs]

Just pulled up some Saul Williams. Wtf GAF? This shit is unique.

 

[diehard]

haha i knew Aesop would be #1

 

[ponpo]

French rappers blow all of them out of the water.

If you don't count rhyming -er words the average album is probably in the dozens ( ≖‿&#8790

 

[Fusebox]

Just pulled up some Saul Williams. Wtf GAF? This shit is unique.

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust is one of my favourite albums of all time, and I don't even like rap! He's just that good.

 

[Fancy Clown]

French rappers blow all of them out of the water.

Yeah, but they're French rappers.

 

[daw840]

I'm shocked with disbelief.
He's there, between Shakespeare and Redman.
Yeah, I see your edit, but I really wanted to say "between Shakespeare and Redman" at least once in my life.

I....I think I can die happy now. Someone uttered (or typed) the phrase "between Shakespeare and Redman."

FUcking lol

 

[Horseticuffs]

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust is one of my favourite albums of all time, and I don't even like rap! He's just that good.

Thanks. Giving it a listen now.

 

[2real4tv]

E40 makes up his own words...

 

[Hunter S.]

Yeah, I was thinking the same. Alphabet Aerobics and Chemical Calisthenics are practically cheating when it comes to making progress in this list!

Nobody else I can think of raps about chemistry and calculus. Alphabet Aerobiccs is certainly something else.

Artificial amateurs, aren't at all amazing
Analytically, I assault, animate things
Broken barriers bounded by the bomb beat
Buildings are broken, basically I'm bombarding
Casually create catastrophes, casualties
Cancelling cats got their canopies collapsing
Detonate a dime of dank daily doin dough
Demonstrations, Don Dada on the down low
Eatin other editors with each and every energetic
Epileptic episode, elevated etiquette
Furious fat fabulous fantastic
Flurries of funk felt feeding the fanatics
Gift got great global goods gone glorious
Gettin godly in his game with the goriest
Hit em high, hella height, historical
Hey holocaust hints hear 'em holler at your homeboy

 

[George Claw M.D.]

Method and Red pulling down Wu's average. DMX impressive with 3000 different dog barks. E-40 with 5000 completely made up words.

 

[tensuke]

East coast represent!

 

[fader]

2Pac is a lot lower than i expected...

 

[Ephemeris]

DMX impressive with 3000 different dog barks.

This one got me

 

[dsigns1]

E40 makes up his own words...

E40 invented your favorite rappers slang

 

[FO-totality]

Cool list, but having a good command of figurative language and raw emotion matters the most when it comes to making memorable lyrics.

That's subjective and difficult to quantify.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Was Immortal Technique on that list? I didn't see him.

 

[Joe]

this really proves nothing except how many different words an artist uses. not sure how can you infer anything else from the data.

 

[thefit]

All the trash trailing. Seriously though its in the style those at the top are rapping the left behinds are making dance music. Can't dance to a poem.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Lil B is more diverse than Tupac.

Let that sink in for a moment.

#protectlilb

 

[nephilimdj]

Someone should do one that compares there education to these results.

I mean the Insane Clown Posse dropped out of high school in year 9!

 

[fader]

#protectlilb

you cant compare a verse to a hook. thats not fair

 

[Chichikov]

Lil B is more diverse than Tupac.

Let that sink in for a moment.

2pac didn't used Kevin or Durant in his songs.

Spoiler

much like Aesop Rock amazingly high score, it just goes to show that size of vocabulary count does automatically translate to good writing.

 

[foxuzamaki]

outkast on shakesphere level, wu tang clan, a level beyond.

 

[DietRob]

2Pac is a lot lower than i expected...

Same here. I am honestly shocked and a bit saddened. I do think he was a bit more lyrically diverse later in his career. This first 35k word limit can be a bit deceiving I think.

 

[Lucario]

you cant compare a verse to a hook. thats not fair

 

[FUME5]

I'm a ghostwriter, I'm the cat that you don't see. I write hits for rappers you like and charge 'em a fee.

 

[NastyBook]

Damn, this list is crazy. Redman over MFDOOM. Rakim and KRS-One swimming in a school of fish instead lone sharking it. Riq Geez in the upper echelon-ean. Good shit.

 

[SuperAndroid17]

No Deltron 3000 :|

 

[Lucario]

No Deltron 3000 :|

including del would throw off the scale too much

 

[Dereck]

I hope this is a way to mock people who cherry pick less verbose parts of newer rap songs as evidence that raps was a lot better 20 years ago.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Someone should do one that compares there education to these results.

I would guess there would be no correlation. Most of them had rough or humble beginnings, hell 2 of the best businessmen (50 Cent and Master P) on this list are below the 3600 mark. The Wu dudes had it rough and they ranked pretty high.

you cant compare a verse to a hook. thats not fair

Of course, just jokes.

 

[Solid Samus]

would love to see where El Producto lands on this scale

no shock that Aesop is #1 not even a little

 

[Horseticuffs]

No Deltron 3000 :|

including del would throw off the scale too much

Give the other motherfuckers a chance, fellas.

 

[Orayn]

Nobody else I can think of raps about chemistry and calculus. Alphabet Aerobiccs is certainly something else.

Hell, Paragraph President is basically a brag/ego song about how his elaborate style. Also one of my favorites.

 

[sc0la]

Is Pharoahe Monch on there? Hard to click through all the bubbles on mobile.

 

[FO-totality]

i wonder if any other genre would fare better

Death metal would give a run for your money.

 

[Banglish]

Goddamn straight GZA. Tyga in the same tear as Rakim and KRS-One, huh.. interesting.

 

[Makai]

How would the nerdcore guys do? Higher or lower than Drake?

 

[TAJ]

10,000 of Too Short's 35,000 were 'bitch'.

I wonder what the most common word in country music is.

Truck?

God? It's in every song, regardless of whether it makes sense or not.

 

[J_Macgrady]

That's subjective and difficult to quantify.

Nothing I said suggested that I believe those qualities can be quantified. Just made a simple statement about lyrics in general.

Illogic and Eyedea (R.Eye.P) should have made this list, but I don't know if the author keeps his ear that close to the underground scene.

 

[Kusagari]

How in the hell is Tyga so high up?

 

[Moonkid]

Surprised to see Beastie Boys up so high compared to other rappers-uh I mean MCs.

Should have used Backseat Freestyle instead.

 

[killdatninja]

The game is surprisingly higher than I expected, I guess using proper nouns for rhymes helps fill in the gap for unique words.

 

[DeaviL]

Went to the site thinking DMX would probably be on the bottom.
I was not disappointed.

X gonna give it to ya.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Heh thats pretty interesting

Black Thought ftw

 

[Fevaweva]

Nicki being so high up conpared to Ye, Drake and Snoop surprises me.

I guess being a black woman and one as weird as Nicki means you have a lot of New and different perspectives on things. So you use words other rappers use less likely.

 

[acheron_xl]

I want to see MC Paul Barman on this chart.