Best Posts: does lyricism matter?

  1. K9l
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    K9l Colder than a polar bear's toenails

    Oct 15, 2016
    Don't really care for super technical lyricists, I love simple storytelling and as long as they got some decent lines i can f--- with I'll like it





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  2. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Oct 15, 2016
    The people over correcting that "much real hip-hop" s--- are just as dumb tbh. Rap music has always had room for both the gibberish of Rapper's Delight and the poetry of The Message. Not to mention the fundamental misunderstanding that lyricism is a some quantitative figure. Biggie was perfectly comfortable rhyming single syllables when the song called called for it. Aesop Rock isn't good because he uses a bunch of words. He's good because of how he uses a bunch of words. Treating it like math is what gets you hollow, autism rhyme schemes. That doesn't mean it isn't fun to get elegant with structure either.

    Parse good from the nonsense/
    Never let the form dictate what's the content/
    (Milo)
     
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  3. theg
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    theg got that pma

    Oct 14, 2016
    also i think aesop rock is dope just by virtue of his sexy a--- voice and his great production
     
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  4. Lucy
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    Lucy #1

    Oct 14, 2016
    @Volt Papii Ok i put Aesops name into my program and it gave me this.
    Aesop Rock
    Lyricism Determined
    Artist: Aesop Rock
    Lyricist: yes

    Then I enetered Drake's name and got this

    Drake
    ERROR 404: NO LYRICS FOUND
    If you're seeing this error, we were unable to find any written lyrics by the artist mentioned. You either
    a ) miss typed their name, try re-typing the artists name and searching again.
    b ) the artist uses ghostwriters and is not a lyricist.
     
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  5. Lucy
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    Lucy #1

    Oct 14, 2016
    :rejoice: this Drake Stan about to bless us with knowledge about Lyricism, he would know, he listens to Drake :rejoice:
     
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  6. Bourbon Ben
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    Bourbon Ben Mad pooper

    Oct 14, 2016
    all of shady records does that now its so annoying
     
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  7. Lucy
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    Lucy #1

    Oct 14, 2016
    lyricism
    ˈlɪrɪsɪz(ə)m/
    noun
    an artist's expression of emotion in an imaginative and beautiful way; the quality of being lyrical.

    Ok, so Future, as a "real1" showing emotion or expressing it is looked down upon and seen as a sign of weakness, so future does his raps in an imaginative beautiful way, he drowns himself in lean and other drugs, so he no longer cares about showing emotion. He then beautifully adds autotune or other distortions to again, mask the pain that he's feeling.
     
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  8. Pandemic
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    Oct 14, 2016
    I think it's important, but there are so many different approaches to lyricism that many people might overlook some approaches as non-lyrical. I think Future is a lyricist.
     
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