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[bobbychalkers]

Alternate title: DOOM > your fave

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I kid, I kid

https://youtu.be/QWveXdj6oZU

I saw this earlier this week and I thought it was interesting. Its a nice cursory run through of a handful of songs over the years from different artists focusing on their rhyming prowess. Its cool to see how things progressed over the years. I wish they went a bit further and and analyzed some more contemporary lyrics. I'd argue that an artist like Young Thug is more technical than what most people think.

What are your thoughts on the video? What are some of your favorite rhymes? Not necessarily looking for raw lyricism (although it helps), just rhymes. Don't just post a random block of lyrics either, unpack it a little.

 

[zewone]

Watched this a few days ago. Really loved the breakdown, and DOOM was already my favorite rapper.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Bizarre to read curse words and see niggas censored lol..

 

[Japanmanx3]

Glad OP remembered ALL CAPS when he spelled the man's name.

 

[torre_avenue]

Alternate title: DOOM > your fave

But where's the lie though.

 

[Dereck]

The most recent one I can think of that I know someone else is not going to post is this little line...

I'm spilling out my innards to these n-words, journey inwards

And from the same track

The captain's back, so go and put your mic away, inside a microwave, when I die I bet you Mike will wave (heehee!)

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Glad OP remembered ALL CAPS when he spelled the man's name.

 

[Village]

Ok so I think this video is interesting. And Mf Doom as well.
He's one of my favorites, mainly because he raps in a way that speaks to me as a person, what I have called " sensical nonsensical rambling" Them referencing him using lines to address that he made a rhyme so he can simply move to his next point is key to this notion. He's just like " there was an idea that happened, next idea" , alot of the songs with hooks he has are literally the embodiment of that idea.

To contribute, I offer CoCo Mango, with DOOM and R.A The rugged man as an example of this, a remix of a joint of of Union, one of those collaborative albums, that I feel often slip under folks radars.

This songs features two of my favorite lines ever, and they aren't even by DOOM

" Removing the unity instead of improving the community
Promoting Racist stereotypes and Hood bafoonery"

 

[RoyaleDuke]

METAL FINGERS DOOM.

The greatest of all time.

 

[Village]

I wish they would have gone to Dre and Big Boi, their style was and still is nuts. And deserves looking into further

 

[bobbychalkers]

Days With Dr Yen Lo was one of my favorite albums last year. Ka's lyricism in general is ill but he can rhyme with the best of them.

Day 0 - Ka

Was bopping through every possible obstacle
My options grew until the cops pursue
But I'm here to win they can't stop the flu
All the kids napped, you was hostage too

If you don't dig me it's no biggie I'ma keep the faith
Streets be laced, it's a decent pace for a steeplechase
Evil days the most peligro ways to reach a safe
Eyes so bloody, in the study we a peaceful race

I love how in the second part he kept his internal rhyme scheme with using mostly same number of syllables for the next rhyme. His overall delivery is so understated so that nothing gets in between you and the rhyme. No flash, just pure skill. Like the whole album is dizzying. I've had lines from this album hit me randomly a month later and I'm just sitting there like:

 

[Dereck]

steeplechase

 

[Nabs]

Not a bad start. I'd like to see some Kool G Rap, Bun-B, Nas, and more wild shit like MCPB. Rap is amazing.

Loving the DOOM love.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

i don't even know where to start with Verbal Intercourse

 

[ActWan]

DOOM is the GOAT.

 

[supernormal]

Glad to see Lose Yourself in there as it's really a masterclass in story telling and atmosphere while consistently outputting an insane amount of multi-syllable rhymes within the same motif.

Hearing the bait and switch from MF DOOM with "Jaw Twitches- More (bitches)...booze" reminded me of one of Eminem's best rhymes not often mentioned where he played dangerously with this same concept.

In the song "Who Knew" Eminem as a known white rapper baits the listener by setting up a perfect rhyme with a word he would be looked down upon if said. Of course that's the N word. The line goes:

And last week I seen this Schwarzenegger Movie
Where he's shooting all sorts of these muthafuckas with a uzi
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Any one used to listening to multi-syllable rhymes knew precisely what the correct rhyme was.

..Schwarzenegger Movie
..Sorts-of-niggas...with a uzi

Which made for a perfect suspenseful moment until you hear the line and see that he fucked the rhyme up on purpose. Brilliant.

 

[PaulloDEC]

I neither listen to nor know much about the genre, but I always find this stuff interesting. There's an argument to be made that this is the only area of western culture in which the english language is being used in truly new and creative ways.

 

[Detox]

I neither listen to nor know much about the genre, but I always find this stuff interesting. There's an argument to be made that this is the only area of western culture in which the english language is being used in truly new and creative ways.

The only person really doing that is young thug and rap nerds won't deconstruct his sound.

 

[bobbychalkers]

The only person really doing that is young thug and rap nerds won't deconstruct his sound.

Like I said in the OP, dude is more technical than what most people realize and that's going off my short time listening to him. There aren't too many people that can do what he does. He sells entire songs off of near and internal rhymes and fills in the blanks with his pronunciation and sometimes just simulating the entire word itself in a sing-songy delivery while speeding up and down off the drop of a dime. A lot of people don't like contemporary rap for lyrics but no one should deny his skill in doing so. Rappers like Nas, Rakim and a bunch of other old-guards couldn't sell Young Thug's rhymes.