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I hardly enjoy rap anymore, and I'm rarely inclined to designate any rap as serious poetry, but I dare you to tell me that Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous isn't, collectively, a superb and unsurpassed statement of street poetry.

>> No.6523124

>>6523119
How do you define "street poetry"?

>> No.6523133

>>6523119
young thug's lifestyle is way better

>> No.6523136

>Poetry born from a life on the inner-city streetz, muh nigga

>> No.6523142

>>6523119
Kill yourself. Thread hidden and reported, this isn't literature. take it to mu

>> No.6523152

>>6523119
this aesthetic does not suit me or my interests

>> No.6523197

I agree. I was only into underground metal & punk in addition to 60's dadrock until Big L, Immortal Technique, & GZA convinced me hip hop could be quality. Had similar experiences hearing Kraftwerk and Johnny Cash for the first time, a true horizon broadening experience.
That said, people can call hip hop poetry all day it still doesnt make it anymore /lit/ than old church hymns
>>>/mu/

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6523355

man you've been rappin for years now and ain't made a hit yet,
you flop in a split sec
In the shower's the only time you get your dick wet!
I roll with scary crews, I come out of wars barely bruised, I'm puttin motherfuckers on the Daily News
I was a gangsta from the git-go
Leavin fags in bodybags with tags on they big toe

>> No.6523369

>>6523119
Degeneracy smh

>> No.6523376

>>6523142
7/10 made me reply. He's discussing the poetic merits of emceeing which is appropriate for both boards.
If you like big l check out diabolic, celph titled, anyone in jedi mind tricks or army of the pharaohs, copywrite, cage, jakki da motamouth, apathy, saigon, crooked I, ra the rugged man, immortal technique

>> No.6523388

>>6523376
The point is that there is no poetic merit you fucking idiot. Even compared to a shitlord like Bukowski.

Also, you have god awful taste in hip hop. I mean really, recommending Immortal Technique to somebody? Fucking Christ man.

>> No.6523398
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6523398

>nigger babble
>poetry

>> No.6523412

>>6523355
Lmao now post the lyrics to Devils Son
I love 90's rap its the best unintentional comedy

>> No.6523414

>>6523388
>shitlord

>>>/tumblr/

>> No.6523421

>>6523388
Seriously whats wrong with Immortal tech? Why is he hated?

>> No.6523423

>>6523388
>thread hidden
>checks to see if he gets any replies

>> No.6523433

>>6523398
I made a comic almost exactly like this (minus the jews) in middle school.

>> No.6523448

>>6523421
If you have to ask you're beyond help

>> No.6523743

>>6523448
>that attitude
>>>/a/
Muh spoonfeeding

>> No.6523794

>>6523398
lmao post more this shit is hilarious

>> No.6523811

>>6523421
childish shit for children

>> No.6523819

>ooga booga nigga muhfugga street life nigga bitch booga
It's shit and my black girlfriend agrees with me.

>> No.6523826

wasn't expecting to see this on /lit/. L was one of nicest of all time, sick lyrics, punchlines, flow, etc.

whether L or eminem were the best lyrically is debatable but I'd lean towards L.

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6523966

>>6523119
Illmatic is better. Big L is fantastic, though.

>>6523197
>Immortal Technique
pic related

>> No.6523983

>>6523398
I'm not even racist, but it's so damn hard to argue with this comic

>> No.6524002

>>6523983

its factually inaccurate in the sense that jews didnt run the record labels that initially put hip hop into the white world, it was sleaze ass black dudes like Puff Daddy and Suge Knight. big, established labels got on board after the fact.

>> No.6524013

>>6524002
The principle is still the same, interesting stuff.

>> No.6524028

I first listened to Big L on Christmas after I had spent about $200 on CDs at various stores. Shit blew me away.

>> No.6524036

>>6524013

The principle is actually the opposite. As with so much else agitprop about race, malevolence on the part of some big spooky cabal of baby-eating genocidal wackos is made up out of the whole cloth to replace simple greed and apathy on the part of fucked up nobodies with nothing to live for.

Also the affinity white youths have displayed for whatever fucking gay watered down suburbanized version of "black culture" that hip hop has brought to them is indicative of profound malaise and last-manhood on the part of western society which doesnt have a fucking thing to do with jews or negroes but everything to do with the dehumanizing and emasculating power that technology has assumed over western society in the last fifty years, but whatever.

>> No.6524038

>>6523421
He's hated because conspiracy-loving, "know-it-all" atheist types are attracted to him and think he speaks the "truth". I like him, though.

>> No.6524049

>>6524036

I lol'd at the comic (even though I like rap) but I agree with this.

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6524054

>>6524036
>last-manhood

>> No.6524076

>>6523388
I don't know what your objection to technique is he's well liked and respected amongst mainstream and underground fans of hip hop which is a rarity nowadays. Oh wait that's it! Too many people like him so he can't be good.

>> No.6524088

hip-hop is shit, all of it, ALL OF IT

and you know THE REASON why it's shit and so do I

back to /mu/, monkey

>> No.6524128

>>6524002
>jews didnt run the record labels that initially put hip hop into the white world, it was sleaze ass black dudes like Puff Daddy and Suge Knight
Lol, no. Puff Daddy and Suge Knight made lots of money and got shoutouts in rap songs but they had zero distribution power compared to actual music executives like Michael Koch, Jimmy Iovine, and Ted Field. Outside of their insular local bubbles, they were not putting jackshit into the "white" world. Look back at the history of their respective labels and you will see that there was always a corporate hand feeding their success and popularity.

>> No.6524129

>>6524088

>f-f-ucking m-m-monkey

>> No.6524133

>>6524129
Why would you respond to a post like that?

>> No.6524139

>>6524088
? wow I didn't expect this kind of animosity on /lit/, but this is 4chan I guess

t.not even OP

>> No.6524145

>>6524139

>wow I didn't expect this kind of animosity on /lit/

Like most of the other media boards we've been flooded with /pol/ dullards after the containment zone fell. /tv/ and /mu/ were hit just as hard.

>> No.6524147

>>6524139
>I didn't expect this kind of animosity on /lit/
You must be new here. Please type like an adult in your future posts if you want your opinions to be taken seriously

>> No.6524189

>>6523983
>I'm not even racist
>Yeah you are.

>> No.6524400

It's no worse than your typical beatnik free verse... But it's no better either.