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Other day somone told me both Eminem's new album & JID's DiCaprio 2 suffered from "rapping about nothing" & being "lyrical miracle"
This is a played out criticism obviously, so here's a thread showing the tradition of "Lyrical Miracle" rap:
This is a played out criticism obviously, so here's a thread showing the tradition of "Lyrical Miracle" rap:
Big Daddy Kane, the 1st to literally rhyme "Lyrical" with "Miracle"
Notorious BIG, Machine Gun Funk.
Literally rhyming "Lyrical" with "Miracle"
Literally rhyming "Lyrical" with "Miracle"
Nasty Nas himself, Surviving The Times.
Literally rhyming "Lyrical" & "Miracle"
Literally rhyming "Lyrical" & "Miracle"
Hip Hop Twitter's precious MF DOOM, doing what ?
Rapping about being good at rapping, mashing words to sound cool.. Is he "saying nothing" ? Are his raps worthless ?
Cause he was rhyming "Lyrical" with... you guessed it, "Miracle"
Rapping about being good at rapping, mashing words to sound cool.. Is he "saying nothing" ? Are his raps worthless ?
Cause he was rhyming "Lyrical" with... you guessed it, "Miracle"
Even on Kanye's classic Never Let Me Down, the iconic poem from J. IVY rhymes Lyrical, Miracle, Spiritual And Individual..
All the way to Black Thought.
In the most recent example, this year.
I didn't see anyone accusing Tariq of "rapping about nuthin", when he's bragging & boasting about his verbal skills by rhyming: Yes "Lyrical" with " Miracle"
In the most recent example, this year.
I didn't see anyone accusing Tariq of "rapping about nuthin", when he's bragging & boasting about his verbal skills by rhyming: Yes "Lyrical" with " Miracle"
My favorite mc Talib Kweli is also known for "rapping about rapping".
And you best believe he rhymes Lyrical & Miracle while doing it
And you best believe he rhymes Lyrical & Miracle while doing it
To compete with the late great Prodigy of Mobb Deep, on "Give Up The Goods:
Big Noyd said:
"My lyrical like a miracle, I'll Spiritual
I'm born with it, I'm getting on with it
And Imma have it til I'm fucking dead & gone with it"
Big Noyd said:
"My lyrical like a miracle, I'll Spiritual
I'm born with it, I'm getting on with it
And Imma have it til I'm fucking dead & gone with it"
We could go deep into the underground hip hop with K-Rino, who I'm sure 98% of HH Twitter has no idea who he is, but he's as top tier as it gets but still makes sure we know he's the
"Digital surfer, the lyrical murder miracle server"
"Digital surfer, the lyrical murder miracle server"
Common on "Black America Again" (2016)
A masterpiece about the Beauty & struggle of blackness.
Still lyrical miracle
A masterpiece about the Beauty & struggle of blackness.
Still lyrical miracle
Lastly.
Hov switched it up on A Written Testimony when he rhymed "miracle" with "imperial"
But y'all get the f*ckin point.
When Eminem does This: It should be praised. Not made fun of.
Hov switched it up on A Written Testimony when he rhymed "miracle" with "imperial"
But y'all get the f*ckin point.
When Eminem does This:
It should be praised. Not made fun of.
So when JID spits multisyllabic, technical stuff, just for the sake of it ?
When Cordae, Cole or Kendrick do it?
They're following Hip Hip tradition. They learned it from guys like Em, Nas & Big L, who learned from
G Rap, Kane & Rakim.. Anyone who laughs off skill is a
imo
When Cordae, Cole or Kendrick do it?
They're following Hip Hip tradition. They learned it from guys like Em, Nas & Big L, who learned from
G Rap, Kane & Rakim.. Anyone who laughs off skill is a
imo
