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Swiffness!
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A Milli tho?
The Lonious Monk
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All of Kendrick's songs are about the same when it comes to lyricism. They are good, but nothing mindblowing. I think his style and subject matter stand out more than his raw lyricism.
unspoken_respect
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I'm not mad because I know their list are doodoo. I just come in to see how wack it is. To see if it can be wacker then the last list.
Well, they did it. They should leave the list making game alone.
Well, they did it. They should leave the list making game alone.
Complex are a bunch of shitheads...
First of all, you can't make a list of 10 songs from the last 5 years and say those are the most lyrical. That's an average of 2 songs per year. You really think that you can name 10 songs with any certainty and say that those are the 10 most lyrical songs in the last 5 fucking years? For every 10 songs put up there, i could give you another 20 and have plenty of people agree that my list is much better.
Lyricism is subjective (to some extent).
IMO, for a song to be "lyrical", it needs to be technically sound, and encompass something great about the aspects of a good technical emcee. Otherwise, it's just a list of songs where the rapper randomly strung together witty lines.
Does it follow a concept? Does it display punch-line ability? Does it display multisyllable patterns? Does it tell any sort of story? Does it elicit emotion out of the listener? Is the artist making a point of some kind? Does the delivery of the lyrics flow with the beat? Etc...
These are all things that I look for when I think about lyricism.
Anyway...just a few songs I think should at least be considered if we are silly enough to string together a wack list of "the most lyrical songs in the past 5 years"
Ab-Soul - Track Two
Wu-tang Clan - Six Directions of Boxing
Raekwon - Masters of Our Fate
Lupe Fiasco - SLR
Wu-Massacre - Criminology 2.5
Fabolous - Roger That
Raekwon - Black Mozart
Q-tip - Rennaisance Rap
Mos Def - The Auditorium
Sean Price - Suicide Doors
The Roots - Right On
Ghostface Killah - Purified Thoughts
First of all, you can't make a list of 10 songs from the last 5 years and say those are the most lyrical. That's an average of 2 songs per year. You really think that you can name 10 songs with any certainty and say that those are the 10 most lyrical songs in the last 5 fucking years? For every 10 songs put up there, i could give you another 20 and have plenty of people agree that my list is much better.
Lyricism is subjective (to some extent).
IMO, for a song to be "lyrical", it needs to be technically sound, and encompass something great about the aspects of a good technical emcee. Otherwise, it's just a list of songs where the rapper randomly strung together witty lines.
Does it follow a concept? Does it display punch-line ability? Does it display multisyllable patterns? Does it tell any sort of story? Does it elicit emotion out of the listener? Is the artist making a point of some kind? Does the delivery of the lyrics flow with the beat? Etc...
These are all things that I look for when I think about lyricism.
Anyway...just a few songs I think should at least be considered if we are silly enough to string together a wack list of "the most lyrical songs in the past 5 years"
Ab-Soul - Track Two
Wu-tang Clan - Six Directions of Boxing
Raekwon - Masters of Our Fate
Lupe Fiasco - SLR
Wu-Massacre - Criminology 2.5
Fabolous - Roger That
Raekwon - Black Mozart
Q-tip - Rennaisance Rap
Mos Def - The Auditorium
Sean Price - Suicide Doors
The Roots - Right On
Ghostface Killah - Purified Thoughts
