“My grains habitual and I should never go against, the ritual I've been mastering ever since, I was among the flavor youth, remain sharper than a saber tooth.”
“Filled with vivid storytelling of street hustling, drug trafficking, and Brooklyn bravado in both its lyrics and skits, Hova's debut studio album brought kingpin tall tales to popular culture without sacrificing any authenticity in its portrait of the criminal underworld.”
I wouldn’t expect Chance, the fucking Rapper to understand how to breakdown lyrics tbh. Get back to them Dr Seuss type “1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” raps of yours.
The reaction to this JCole song further confirms what I already knew, most ppl are terrible at catching & breaking down lyrics. How are these words being interpreted as “demeaning” “misogynistic” “aggressive” or “dismissive”? Fake outrage runs rampant on this app smh
JayZ did NOT “wash” JayElec on A Written Testimony & if that stance or the 10yr wait is part of your critique of the album then idc.
Elec got him on The Blinding & Hov got him on Flux Capacitor. The other tracks they both delivered. Go breakdown Elec’s lines again.
JayZ in 93: “I ain’t press to make a CD, I’m taking it slow, 80% of these rappers with deals can’t see me with the doe”
JayZ in 05: “The reason why we leading the pack? This is a marathon, ya start off fast then ya wheezin in the back...”
Eminem mentioned DOC: everybody now a DOC fan & giving flowers.
JayZ clip w/ E-40: everybody now a E40 fan & giving flowers.
The reason so many on HHT think everyone is underrated is bc they don’t feel compelled to talk about certain acts til it’s trending.
“I'm from where n*ggas pull your cards and argue all day about
Who's the best MC's, Biggie, JayZ, and Nas?
Where the drugs czars evolve, and thugs are at odds
At each other's throats for the love of foreign cars
Where cats catch cases, hoping the judge R and R's...”
I’ve seen a total of 0 Fantano reviews so I can’t speak on his views BUT if you believe marrying black means you can’t be racist pls never speak on HipHop again.
AZ, The Visualiza, Lyrical Poet.
“... He’s the Visualiza, illuminating the painful truths of ghetto reality through layer upon layer of on point rhymes.” - TheSource magazine in 1995
An appreciation thread.
Spawn a generation of new rap fans (lot of em don’t even like rap, just ppl from the Kanye tree) who dismiss the actual rappers & gas him to goat rapper status. All while knowing he (Ye) doesn’t solely write his raps.
Suddenly every rapper talking about owning their masters & speaking on the business side of the industry. That album that old, washed rapper dropped in 2017 looking more & more like a classic.
When I listen to Kendrick, I feel like I'm sucking dick
When I listen to Cole, I feel like I'm getting my dick sucked
Does that make sense? I feel like I have to do all the work while listening to k dot, but cole makes it so easy to follow along
Yet DMX still running around calling JayZ his “nemesis” & saying he did him dirty at DefJam 😂😂😂. & These be the old narratives ppl use to throw shade at Hov’s dealings.
“I blind with the bezel, I'm in line with the ghetto
What y'all n*ggas afraid of, my mind or the metal?
N*ggas tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise
I carry the 9, so fucking with me just ain't the answer!”
Bc they believe their fav rapper deserves his status. Typically 2Pac, Nas, Prodigy or 50cent fans. A lot of older rap fans treat it like WWE, they inherit their fav rappers beef. If their Fav had tension with JayZ they carry the hate. Real stan behavior imo.
Ppl forget HipHop is also about partying, hit/anthem records & fun. Ya playing drug dealer/murderous raps 24/7 tryna live vicariously thru these artist. Prefer whatever style you want but don’t forget the full scope of the genre.
“Cause to me, MC means move the crowd” - Rakim
Only in HipHop do ppl hold it against the art for sounding like the era it was created in. I’ve never heard the “it didn’t age well” “sounds dated” talk in any other genre. Weird...
“That album wasn’t even that good. The Source didn’t give it 5mics!” - ppl’s favorite critique of Reasonable Doubt.
I think folks forgot how hard it was to get 5mics...
Underground rap heads kill me with the goal post moving on their moral compass. I should lose respect for Ross lying about being a CO but I should overlook Pun abusing his wife & son? Where’s the line? Either just enjoy the music or apply that pressure across the board.