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Is Lupe the best lyrical rapper?

Started by 1999, Sep 2, 2017, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. 1999
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    I'm not talking in terms of hooks or flow but pure lyrical skill, I don't even think Em tops him tbh. I'm not even a big fan of his but I just heard this song, throughout the entire thing uses the same 6 syllabel rhyme scheme, and its not just random bs its insane. Trust me I already know he has a shitload of better songs but g.d.
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    no aesop exists
     
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    Aesop voice is annoying imo, but you prolly right
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    atm, him or Ab-Soul
     
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    Bourbon Ben Mad pooper

    Sep 2, 2017
    like look at this s---:

    Lazy summer days
    Like some decrepit landshark dumb luck squad dog lurks sicker deluded
    Last sturdy domino lean's secluded
    Don't let stupid delusions lesson super-duty labor students
    Dragnet lifer solutions
    Daddy loved sloppy dimensions like son-daughter links
    Such determinated lepers, successfully disheveled
    Little soliders developed like serpents despite life sentence ducking
    Lemmings
    Some don't like sobriety's dirty lenses
    Some do
    Let sleeping dogs lie still
    Don't look so d--- lackluster
    s--- defeat
    Lump summed damage
    Load sample, delete
    Late Show Dave Letterman, s-----y diner lip-slide dutch
    Low self-discipline leaders see dead lung self-destruct
    Life sucks dickhead
    Lost summers display laminate showcasing divinity live
    System definitive
    Liturgy soaked, depict lowly spectactular delight
    Why, what kind of L.S.D. you like?
     
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    See that's kinda the thing tho nobody knows what the f--- he's talking about, with lupe you understand what he's saying you're just not catching all the hidden references and s---.
     
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  7. Cyreides
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    Sep 2, 2017
    Lupe not the best anything
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    every line starts with LSD
     
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    :weebey:
     
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  10. Bourbon Ben
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    its nuts
     
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    yeah im listening to this pacman song now, his voice isn't annoying I don't know it must have just been his new album but I still don't think I could get into him altho its insane
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    id also say earL > Lupe
     
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    1999

    Sep 2, 2017
    Earl my top 3 favorite but nah I don't know about that maybe rhyme scheme
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    El-p also very crazy with his lyrics if u dont believe listen to lasthuzzah remix and read along with the lyrics
     
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    The Gooch Gucci FlipFlops (aka Rap Game's Steven Adams)

    Sep 2, 2017
    boy y'all picking some boring a--- people itt, you're not a good lyricist if your lyrics cant keep your song entertaining.

    That being said Earl>>>>
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    lupe the jedi is so goat
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    Earl is dope, but entertaining isn't the first word that comes to my mind when I hear him spit.
     
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Sep 2, 2017
    MF DOOM has the most clever lines
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    Lupe Fiasco is one of the greats. Of course his discography isn't perfect, but he's definitely a hall a fame worthy lyricist.
     
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    Sep 2, 2017
    fishy n----s stick to eating off of hooks
     
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