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So what does /lit/ think of lyrical rappers and hip hop artists. Eyedea and Atmosphere. Rap with well written and clever lyrics?

>> No.1913500

the only rap i ever hear is biggy and necro and their respective remixes from my more shit-minded friends, and i fucking hate all of it. absolute drivel.

>> No.1913502

>>1913500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q87e6zNRJ3s

can I get you to listen to that?

>> No.1913527

>>1913502

yeah i like that, would listen to more.

>> No.1913530

E&A is great, but not for any /lit/ related reasons

>> No.1913531

>>1913498
Some are pretty cool, the only thing I dislike though, is that lyrics (in any genre) get lumped together with poetry, it is not poetry at all, but it can be pretty good sometimes.

>> No.1913532

Brownbear got me into Astronautalis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGOjoeRq9Ik

The only rap I listen to, aside from early Incubus and maybe Scapegoat Wax.

>> No.1913536

lil wayne has some great lyrics

life is the bitch, and death is her sister
sleep is the cousin, what a fuckin’ family picture
you know father time, we all know mother nature
it’s all in the family, but I am of no relation
no matter who’s buying, I’m a celebration
black and white diamonds, fuck segregation

my favorite line of recent months from Wax:
"get a 5 dollar merlot, we call it merlittle"

>> No.1913537

>>1913502

>Welcome to the dusty subconscious of an actor

>Who murdered his childhood to stop the audience's laughter

loved this. context of the song/way he says it is sick.

>> No.1913549

>I love Eyedea and Atmosphere. Aesop Rock is also my favorite person of all time.


Fucking queers. listen to some fucking Nas or something

>> No.1913578

>>1913531
Why isn't it poetry?

>> No.1913582

>>1913536

everything there is junior-high-level wit

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>>1913582
nope

>> No.1913624

>Atmosphere
>Clever and well written lyrics
You almost got me there OP

>> No.1913623

>>1913498
>clever
I'm good on that, no thanks. All the ardent youth are clever. It takes more than a transitory appeal to the lyrical vogue to (I hate so sound like a pretentious prick) stand the test of time. I bet you are one of those GRR reading fucks. I don't have time to waste on clever lyrics. Or Chuck Palahniuk books. Not 17 anymore.

>> No.1913635

Aesop Rock and Eyedea do a good job at actually making sense with what they're talking about, Aesop has better beats and flow but Eyedea focuses a lot more energy into being clever and meaningful. But it sort of sacrifices quality with his music, the middle ground, Aesop, is much better.

>> No.1913636 [DELETED] 

>>1913635
>Actually arguing over who's better: Aesop Rock or Eyedea

I seriously hope you guys don't do this. This isn't even close to /lit/ and both of them are atrociously bad.

>> No.1913638

>>1913635

Aesop Rock has music videos. Too mainstream.

>> No.1913643

>>1913636
It's a discussion on rap that has intellectual value.
Which is sort of an oxymoron, but it makes for good conversation

>> No.1913651

>>1913643
A. You don't know what an oxymoron is
B. Even if it meant what you think it did, that's idiotic
B.i. Rap has plenty of lyrical (and intellectual -- another word you seem to not understand) value
B.i.i. None of the rap in this thread has any
C. You don't even post here

>> No.1913654

atmosphere is p. good.

>> No.1913657

what the hell is lyrical value?

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>>1913651

Then name something that does.

>> No.1913663

>>1913659
Nas

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>>1913663

>> No.1913697

What's everyone's take on Kanye West?

Personally, I think his lyrics are stupidly simple but he talks about things that no other mainstream rapper has the balls to say. And his beats are top of the fucking line.

>> No.1913707

>>1913657
essentially another way of saying 'poetical value,' only for lyrical music

>> No.1913717

>>1913578
because stringing some words together isn't poetry.

>> No.1913718

>>1913697
he comes up with so much amazingly dumb and/or whiny shit but i love him. he's everything a pop star should be.

>> No.1913723

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjlbCM-2t4c

>> No.1913724

>>1913500

>not liking Biggie

>> No.1913740

wow op back, didn't think this was going to go anywhere. I do think Atmosphere and Eyedea are clever, sorry if that makes me juvenile. Some of waynes stuff is well written as far as rap goes. And as for Nas, hes pretty good too.

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>>1913532
>>1913532

>Brownbear got me into Astronautalis.

mah nigga

i like Astronautalis, Atmosphere, De La Soul, Buck 65, Bike for three!, Blu & Exile, Mos Def, Cannibal Ox, Das Racist, Deltron 3030, Die Antwoord (and off-shoots, constructus corporation, maxnormal, maxnormal.tv etc), Elzhi, Nas, Eminem, Ghostface Killa (and Wu Tang), Hocus Pocus (although it's mostly French), Kanye West, Outkast, Public Enemy, Reks, The Streets, A Tribe Called Quest (to some extent), Common, Clipse, Death Grips, Insane Poetry and UltraMagnetic MC's for their lyrical content.

but it's not literature

I'm into hip-hop, indie, electronic, rock and experimental, including:
The Beatles, Astronautalis, Kanye West, Radiohead, Brian Eno, Tyler, the Creator, The Antlers, Kids & Explosions, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bob Dylan, OutKast, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, The Kinks, Dr. Dre, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Public Enemy, Animal Collective, The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Das Racist, Sufjan Stevens, Reks, Johnny Cash, Battles, James Blake, Timber Timbre, A Tribe Called Quest, Madvillain, Death Grips, TV on the Radio, Die Antwoord, Arctic Monkeys, Earl Sweatshirt, Sex Pistols, Wu-Tang Clan, Modest Mouse, The Notorious B.I.G., Daft Punk, Ramones, The Who, Aphex Twin, The Strokes, Bike For Three!, Vintage Trouble, The White Stripes, Sibot.

Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/Brownbear_55

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>>1913748
Did you listen to Hymie's Basement yet?

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>>1913748
nice shitty generic taste pleb

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>>1913755
>>1913755

not yet, just doing the download mah nigga

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>>1913761
>>1913761

with charts like these i don't think you should be criticising anyone's taste honey bunny

>> No.1913776

>>1913771
Oh neat, my Tegan and Sara plays have caught up with Björk!
I was ashamed when Mogwai said he liked every band in my top plays
I might start trying to convince people from last.fm that I'm a guy, you seem to have fun convincing them you're of a different gender :3

>> No.1913780

>>1913771
>max normal
>die antwoord
lol

>> No.1913783

>>1913776
>Implying you're female.

>> No.1913785

>>1913783
>thatsthejoke.jpeg
I'm just having fun the Brownbear way!

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>>1913776
>>1913776

but you are a gu...oh wait.

YEAH U ARE TTLY A GIRL WITH A VAGINA AND ERRYTHING
AND A LESBIAN TOO
BELIEVE HIM U GUYS TRUFAX.

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>>1913780
>>1913780

>oh tom harper listened to those bands? let me head over to his last.fm and check out what albums...
>A-Z list of his artists
>no Die Antwoord
>ooooooookay...
>head to M
>no MaxNormal...

hurrrrrrrrrrrrrm

>> No.1913799

>>1913797
It was on my last account, but I'd played it via spotify. As you know, I can't download much so I streamed it.

>implying you have to scrobble something to have listened to it

This is like the time where you left your iTunes playing so you could get more plays lol

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>>1913799
>>1913799

>heyy tom im listening to Death Grips to show it to my cousin
>NAW BRO U LEFT IT ON MAN WHEN YOUR AT A BBQ WITH FAMILY U CANT GO UPSTAIRS 2 LISTEN 2 MUSIC.

>implying you even listened to die antwoord or maxnormal

>> No.1913811

>>1913808
Ad hominem bro.

Please, continue expanding your eclectic tastes from whatever /mu/ posts in ur awsum sharethread

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>>1913808
>>1913811
>Arguing over who has better tastes.
>Not arguing why you don't have my tastes in music instead.

>> No.1913827

>Tripfags shitting up the place again.

Now I remember why I stopped coming here.

>> No.1913833

>>1913827
>shitting up a thread not even related to literature
lol okay bro
I guess if you're that thick it was a good thing you stopped coming here.

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>>1913811
>>1913811

>Ad hominem bro.
>Ad hominem

,,,