Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2016
- Here's how some of the greatest rappers make rhymes.
From the simple nursery rhyme-like bars of Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" to the smooth East Coast flow of Notorious B.I.G.'s hit song "Hypnotize" to the speedy delivery of Kendrick Lamar's "Rigamortis," rhyming in rap music has not only evolved, it's gotten better.
The video above explores how some of the greatest rappers of all time create memorable, lyrically dense rhymes.
And here's a playlist highlighting songs that are prime examples of how great rhyming in rap can be: open.spotify.com/user/estelle...
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Remember when Ben shapiro said that rap isn't real music?
It’s not even when, he still believes it
@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 This is not it. His views on rap are influenced by him being socially conservative. Those were probable influenced by the fact that he is deeply committed to his religion but still have no base in judaism or him being descended from ethnic jews. Please search up jewish musicians if you want examples of people who defy this stereotype.
@@trevorjohnson6287 b r u h. He was JOKING!
@@cokguzeladam So why did he need to insult jewish people? He could have just said, Well ben isn't exactly creative or talented so it makes sense that he wouldn't appreciate it
Trevor Johnson most rap isn't real music
Nobody gonna talk about how the editor went sicko mode on this?
You mean 4th gear? Cause Ian heard of sicko mode anywhe
Whoshetho
God tier editing
Always do
I think this one hit a personal note for the editor so they went all out with passion. well, at least that's what I hope happened. They might just be a professional editing monster :D
This is a dissertation for a degree on Rap Masters. What a masterpiece, wouldn't have mind 20 more minutes or a whole hour of this.
Facts I would of watch a whole documentary😂🔥 alotta knowledge
One of my uni profs actually wrote his PhD thesis on the linguistics of Tupac’s rap, Dr. Steven Gilbers. While I’m not a big enjoyer of linguistics as a study field, his research is really cool.
they forgot about the Canibus’s masterpiece
ong does anyone know anyone who is making in-depth deconstruction snog rhymes like this video?
"wrote a master's thesis on rap masterpieces"
I like to think of rap as an acronym for “Rhythm Assisted Poetry”.
Thought I should share that, ‘cause lyricism is beautiful. It can tell stories in amazing ways.
I’ve heard a lot of people say “Rythm And Poetry”
Nice
Poems naturally have rhythm.
I'm a music teacher and I'm studying Rap music with my 7th grade students, and I'm definitely going to use that concept. Thank you very much!
The real word is HIP HOP
Can we talk about how hard the editor snapped on this
dude ikr. Vox has some of the best graphics on CZcams.
Yeah agreed
Broooooo
Realy
Yeah
“A bar is a grouping of 4 beats”
5/4: “bruh”
Jevin Tan.gerine ywah i immediately thought like, yeah, that’s uhhhh - not right
these math rock bands be doing 186/29 time
the fifth one was a sample
and it kept varying
😂
Biggie's Hypnotize is the smoothest song ever. The first time I ever heard that song, I was like I have to byheart this lyrics right now and keep it in my mind forvever just to mumble whenever I can. Lol
Right
It's been 7 years since this video was released, and I must say, it stands as one of the finest explanations of hip-hop beats and rhymes. Kudos.
I think gucci gang rhymes with gucci gang
I must make this into a song thank you for your wisdom
So does Dookie Bang
damn thats right..so lil pump is a genius!
That aint it chief
Icognize - lilliam pumpernickel
bruh im honestly so surprised why english teachers don't make it part of the curriculum to learn about Rap/ Hip Hop. Rapper's use of the language is so amazing. It's just another form of poetic technique.
@@MrThiry i find that unacceptable considering we read a lot of explicit books. But i’m not surprised tho
The most underrated convo on CZcams about this subject... Respek to both !!
My teacher did this!!! We listened to Lauryn Hill, the Fugees and lupe fiasco in class for weeks pointing out the different rhyme schemes and aspects of poetry they used in their raps it was really fun
I was extremely lucky, my teacher played Tupac Changes for our class (around 2013/14) as a demonstration of how rap and poetry can be one and the same
I'm currently watching this video for English class :D
This video is how I discovered Doom, may he rest in peace 🕊
I gotta beer, you want one?
ALL CAPS
JUST REMEMBER ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN NAME.
Welcome bro. ALL CAPS next time🤲
After years, still one of the most visually pleasing video's I have seen🔥
I come back every time for the visuals... They're too good!
This video is actually a masterpiece. They deserve an Emmy!
Rap surgeon. She just dissected those songs perfectly
this isn’t all her analysis but aight
It's changing dude Indian hip hop will get better
Except for the scansion, in a few of those songs, the beat was in a different place than the bag was placed
That's how she sees it the artist may not be thinking that way at all
@@mikedonald2018 nav is the first brown boy to get it poppiin
RIP DOOM. Gone too soon. Sharing this video to let everyone understand just a portion of what the world lost.
Came back to dis video after hearing the news. R.I.P DOOM, one of the best to ever do it
Yeah same. I've watched this so many times & I just came back to it after hearing the news.
man fuck2020
Came here to thank the video that introduced me to the man. RIP DOOM
rip
whoever edits voxs' videos is honestly talented
This is a perfect example of how hiphop is a culmination of building and making others previous works better, how the culture of hiphop is a perfect example of human evolution
Producer: I always try to find the beat of the music
Blueface: nah I already wrote the lyrics tho
i would've liked but youre at 69...
Isaiah Gaines 96
Y’all ever heard Frostydasnowmann ? Where blueface got his entire style flow and lingo ?
I hit ya 200 likes
Lool
"When Kendrick goes into his 4th gear, ..."
I understood that.
Wait is this Luffy's fourth gear you're taking about?
i mean i'd certailny hope so, since it's normal language
Kendrick must be a swimmer.
Its just a normal phrase. One Piece stole it from the normal phrase. Barely anyone watched One Piece in the States to actually reference it.
Đăng Khoa Phạm “You telling me the kush make you think on level 4?
I'm on 5, you saying that I can level more?”
This made me love and admire hip-hop/rap culture even more. Perfectly put together, thanks a lot!
This is the most rewarding video on the internet.❤
I come back to it every once in a while and feel immense joy, goosebumps everytime.❤
RIP DOOM. The greatest emcee with no chain ya ever heard.
take it from a tec9 holder..😭
@@makav3lidz158 "They've bit but don't know their neck shine from Shinola"
300th like
Figaro
@@x_x4709 Everything that glitter ain't fishscale
I'm an English teacher in part because I grew up with rap and love how language is used in the genre. I come back to this video every now and again, and I get something new out of it every time. Thank you.
Your the best and coolest English teacher of all time man love teachers that acknowledge real rap and have more in common with their students like that keep it up 🙏🏽
People used to say it isn't music.... Its poetry, its art. Hip hop is special as it has these amazing aspects about it
Me too. An English teacher. I always show my students rhymes in poems & make'em listen to Tech 9 or Eminem. LOL
The best part is you didn't confuse rap (one aspect of Hip Hop) and call Hip Hop a "music genre" which it isn't.. It's a culture.
Bro look up EL-P and hold on. I can't believe he didn't make the video
I would live for an extended version of this video -- your analysis is fascinating!
you know... I was a pretty poorly educated kid and desired knowledge so badly as i grew up. When someone can capably explain why i love something it's like a gift specifically handed to me. i love good communication and that's why i love art, poetry, broadway and other forms of creativity. but this video gives me the same heart swell those other things give me. this was so well done and i really am happy about this. thank you
MF Doom, Rakim, Mos Def & Kendrick Lamar on a video about bars... My like button is broken from all this fire.
Don't forget Andre!
what about nas
+simasvta Fr
+simasvta Rebel INS most underrated g in the game
Should left out Kendrick and put Elzhi and Roc Marci on
Next time someone says hip-hop is easy, or a talentless genre, pass them the link to this video. Man, great stuff.
Lyricology 101 Thats great! Just off the top of my head (of which I imagine there are some that you have done) I would love to see Nas, Busta Rhymes and Slick Rick, those would be great!
I feel like they are most likely talking about modern rap, because most modern hip-hop songs sound similar. (atleast to me)
This is rap not hiphop.
Harriyama rap as a style of music is a myth, rap is a verb, it is what you do to hip-hop music. You can call it rap, but it is all hip-hop.
+Lyricology 101 bro!! I just checked your channel its awesome, you earned a subscriber
I watch this at least twice a year. Such a masterpiece of a breakdown video. Thank you.
This video was so sick. Thanks for the amazing analysis
1.words rhyme with words
2.the beat rhyme beat
3. the beat is the rhyme and the rhyme rhymes with the beat - andre 3000
^^
@LostItt the mid day wack
DOOM, 3K, BIG, EM, Kendrick are all forever legends in the scene.
Kool Keith
Aesop rock
@@n.vanh.7666 lol no
Nah, not em. Mans really only got 3 solid albums (argument can be made for encore) rest of his stuff is just okay. Replace with Tupac and you’re all good
Exactly. Tupac didn't need technical skills. His raw emotions is greater than all that.
Still love this video in 2024. Y'all broke this down so well and helped me discover new music in the process
absolutely love this video. i always thought i appreciated rap and hip-hop's intricacies, but this shows me how my understanding is soooo surface level
"Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang." Ah yes, the peak of the genre.
Gucci gang kinda flame ngl
@@dzorua151 ?
@@dzorua151 he's joking, calm down
@@dzorua151 r/woooooooosh
Man. All the words rhyme with each other. Impressive.
Andre 3000's verse on aquemeni had the rap world shook. There's a reason nobody's dissed him.
Except Key & Peele. Their Andre 3000 sketch had me dying
Show ya right
Kendrick actually called him out on Control
@@neurologicalstyle1763 he didn't diss him, but gave him props. Kendrick's whole style is influenced by Andre 3k
@@neurologicalstyle1763 wait I saw a video of Kendrick and Andre in the booth during swimming pools recording
Saw open mic eagle in Manchester. Tiny crowd and my guy went hard. Big respect for the effort and even more for the delivery bro. True greatness.
This video it's a blessing for rap and rappers around the world. Thanks to all the team involved
You've got to be pretty intelligent to come up with lyrics like some of these guys do.
Not really. You have to be a boring person.
@@hloniphizwemthembu8143 just like you...?
@@xbenci yes...
Just like me
@@hloniphizwemthembu8143 Can you explain? You have to be boring to create incredibly interesting, technical, and innovative writing in a very open-ended artform?
@@yunguboa boredom opens up the mind to a wide avenue of thought. Don't you find it weird that when you aren't doing anything your imagination runs loose and you get super creative???
RIP.
Another legend in the books 🙏🏻
Sebby listening to Doom while researching credit card value, love it.
RIP yessir. I'm gonna miss him
@@Ryans723 ALL CAPS MANE ALL CAPS!!
What a legend Metal face doom
this video is literally a classic, can’t believe how many times i’ve seen myself come back to this
I love how you curated the playlist. I like you very much. Blessings.
They all live in Dr. Seuss's shadow.
Preach.
lol
+Oz9 well at the end of the day.. that is true. lol
...who was inspired by Shakespeare lol
One fish two fish
Red fish blue fish
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
She's the most lit white lady , change my mind.
Doris Burke imo
@@vballgiant1 bruhh😂💀
Idk, Joan of Arc was so lit she incinerated...
the lady who says fitty cent on the watch mojo rap lists
@@abizitgill4310 ahaaaaaaaaaa
You are AWESOME and your knowledge of hip-hop is very deep and that is very impressive. Keep up the great content
Learning literary theory and how to critique poetry is this. Deconstructing language to its most finite units, parsing one technique from another and seeing how each word is intentionally working to create the overall. Experience for the reader. Great job vox
Lmao this is like rap school
88% of rappers out here at the moment need to watch this and take notes!
that's a very specific percentage
+DayQkuilon J.
100% of people need to learn that brilliant survey and math skills you have :)
word
+DayQkuilon J. Life is a school where we learn everyday. 100 % of nowadays rappers need to watch this
Agreed 100%.
Majority of new rappers need to see this video... Might learn something Lol. On another note, this should be a full documentary! Can we start a petition to get that started?
I just went & checked your channel out, VERY DOPE fam! :D Thank you for letting me know about it! I just subbed and can't wait to see what other songs you break down! Respect!
Lyricology 101 No doubt family, all Love! Keep representing for Hip Hop!
+Lyricology 101 DOPE. Subbed.
Start a patreon is more like it...
+Lyricology 101 Yo TY; I got hella ppl I can reference to your channel; I run into all these "other mothers" just barely fileted from the flannel; it for me to articulate is troublesome to handle; Its minds such as yours, hell ours, that play as fuel in the lighting of my candle.
🙏Youve been appreciated
I didn't grow up listening to rap and now im barely scratching the surfaces, but videos like these that help break it down makes me appreciate the genre even more.
Please don't hate me lol it is what it is
This video is great. I love the way it breaks it down with the color format and tell what it is theyre doing. I do have to say though, you could have made an entire video on Em alone. What he does with words and sentences is like no other. Like, he bends the words around to rhyme with other words that normally would not work. And when you mentioned Holorime near the end, Em does that ALL the time. Its mind blowing that he can do what he does. They're all amazing though. Great vid.
They should turn this into a mini-series. Maybe focusing on time periods or certain rappers?
Yes, it would be enjoyable to watch rap with different styles/ flows/ subject matter/ mastery of the English language while displaying pride in their craft slowly rot into retarded/ same subject matter/ special education flows, mastery of the same 320 words, while ducking the rest of the English language, talkin' bout they 'Rappers', while the currently skilled real rappers don't get proper shine because they think before they talk. That would be awesome to watch.
I would pay to watch an episode just on Aesop Rock
They already have Martin Connor has a website called composers corner
Maybe she can reference other people's work more and include interviewers introspections she couldn't make on her own. what a great idea, maybe she can gather other people's opinions and share more of them... stooped faygut
Agreed, would love to see a video dedicated to Grandmaster Flash
Blue face is completely comfortable going outside the bar line as well
Bluejayrama101Plays Lol
Lol west coast always do they just don't really continue into the next bar.
ayo, that playlist you linked is actually amazing
this made me cry out of appreciation of this art. thank you for this video 🙏
I have found myself coming back to watch this video many times. Thank you for making this excellent video.
same
Me too !
Same. I have all the artists referred to in this video on my Spotify playlist.
WALLACE same here man it's amazing
danneh same
Mf doom inspires almost everyone to become a rapper lol, even people who aren't into hip-hop
Dat Crusader Lol you right :P I've literally been up for like two days almost ghostwriting raps listening to MF DOOM for inspiration.
High Deaf Radio i do that stuff too man, if you plan on recording that stuff and putting it on youtube hmu man, would love to listen
High Deaf Radio hey man, that was pretty cool, you fell off beat 2-3 times but it was pretty cool.
Cheers dude
High Deaf Radio didn't get all the references lol
Dat Crusader Thanks :P it's coming along but it's not turning out how I wanted. I'm probably just gonna end up rewriting it. Do you have anything recorded?
Amazingly done video all around 👏👏 Surprised to not see Rugged Man on the list. Man is too underated 💥
As a writer myself, this whole video is awesomely done. 🙌🏽
I'd love more music analysis videos like this
+TeaDrinker3000 death grips!
Most definitely, cause CZcams be miss treating it outrageously
+TeaDrinker3000 Agreed!!!
Watch Nerdwriter1, he does some really interesting music analysis
+Samantha Brian Nerdwriter is one of my favourites!
Rap is poetry in its best form.
Saying rap takes no effort is like saying poetry takes no effort. Try writing an actually good poem or rap song.. show me what's up
R: rhythm
A: and
P: poetry
You could search my name i write all forms of poetry and lyrical content will be glad to leave info
Recognize and prosper ya heard
saying rap is poetry in its best form without any explanation besides "try writing one yourself" isn't a good argument.
kinshaw there are many albums out there that make all the argument needed.
Estelle caswell is always welcome to the cookout! brilliant video!
I've seen this 3 times already and most likely watch it again...love theses videos.
Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man's name.
Amen brother!
Ok nerd
@@max-3158 whlat
@@max-3158 bro shut up
Yup
Damn. This video is incredible.
Can't argue with that.
Please look into some de la soul. Stakes is High album. Kelvin Mercer is Plug one, pas do nous plug wonder why. He and Dove, plug two are very talented writers and rappers.
My transcription of this snippet from Down Syndrome might not be right.
Let me tell you a little something about the self (tell em son)
I be a piece of the East coast, so give a toast to
Plug Wonder why back in the day who sowed these words engendered
So when I ran a phrase in June you didn't catch it til December
I'm a member of them kids from the inner city
Giving you kitties audible treats, you be aching for making
More money than a pagan holiday
Not from the PJ's, yet I still got something to say
Also:
I speak divine of god thories, no need to be high
alway inhale the facts cause I don't exhale lies
play the greater man's game to bounce off my losses
so I could earn the acres, the houses, the horses
of course it's much greater than your benz or your lex,
the engine to my comprehension is just too complex
much too complex
effects be live like dos
makin' moves down south to avoid the chaos
Like all other vox vids
+alex N meh
+Lyricology 101 dude, analyse some Gambino for me. And if you can, Chance the Rapper.
Great explanation of the different styles of delivery and how rap and rhyme us put together. This video is excellent well done.
"I've been ignored longer than you've been interested" - Aesop
Literally just got done listening to this song lol.
that broke my brain for a min
Loooooool
Why is Aesop Rock not in this video? Feels bad, man.
Ya boy Aes is criminally underrated
biggie biggie biggie can't you see sometimes your words just hypnotize me
I like that
@@staciejones4059 I like you
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why I'm broke, and you're so paid.
the GOAT
The best vox video period.
I am impressed by this video. Great work!
Mos Def is one of the most under-appreciated artists in rap, nobody could change that fact.
Maybe it's just the circles I run with, but I feel like Mos Def is pretty well appreciated.
Yeah. The guy that is in MANY peoples Top 20 is underrated.
Agreed
I love mos def
I think he's under-appreciated in a commercial sense. He's influential and turns up on lists from people who really dig into rap, but he's not a household name like Biggy, Tupac or Jay-Z.
There's a line in the first verse of MF DOOM's track "Beef Rapp" that encapsulates everything I love about rappers who create complex rhyming patterns in their songs. It goes like this:
Whether it is animal, vegetable, or mineral
It's a miracle how he get so lyrical
And proceed to move the crowd like a old Negro spiritual
Not only is MF DOOM talking about how he's a great rhymer, he's showing you.
REST IN POWER VILLAIN
All caps, Vox, all caps. Rest in Peace, Legend
I love that you revisited this after DOOM'S demise. RIP to the greatest
Thanks vox
RIP VILLAIN
I love watching this video again. The video's just well-made and the clips of examples makes me want to come back for it again
Seeing a mainstream news outlet actually making good content about hiphop makes me think that maybe not all is lost. Great work guys.
This is literally poetry. This is exactly what I, as a literature student, analyze when studying a poem going back to ancient Greece poetic manifestations (we know poems were sang). Music and poetry merging together and Rap is just our modern manifestation; incredible.
Not quite, it isn't, it's something else.
The rhyming is great, but very few rappers are in the same league as top poets when it comes to content. Granted, there's so much bad poetry out there as well as so many mediocre rappers, but if you think, for example, that Eminem's or Masta Ace's storytelling is good enough to compare with poets, you probably need to read better poetry.
R.A.P. = Rythm and Poetry
Just google Lupe fiasco Tetsuo and Youth or drogas wave... Lupe fiasco is probably the closest thing you'll get to hearing Shakespeare in rap. I'm not kidding.
@@maharajahdann have you heard Lupe fiasco's Tetsuo and Youth? Have a listen.. it's nothing like you've heard before
You don't know what you are talking about. that's ok you are a student of liter.
Came back to this after hearing what happened. Rest easy villain.
So how did he pass
Who
sorry cant like this its at 420
@@cartergroh4370 i feel u brother 👑💨🌱
Fantastic 4 had to finally put him down.
Not me literally adding all songs in the video to a new playlist, only to hear that it has been done for us too. Great video fr fr
I've watched this video YEARS ago. I do come back from time to time. And to be honest, it's probably the main reason i subscribed to the channel.
This is how I discovered DOOM
You will be missed. RIP DOOM
Same
Same
Same
Same
same
This is still the best edited video I've ever seen on the internet. I come back to it time and time again just to appreciate those smooth transitions and animations one more time.
Holy hell, you're here? Well that's interesting.
Radu Antoniu Sameee!! 😂❤️❤️
Radu Antoniu totally agree. I love the way they used old tape recorders when tracks are played...maybe only visual designers look at such stuff
If ya keep noddin your head and breakin your neck you realize that the beat is kept throughout the video. That's great editing and even track choice as well
same here!
My goodness, what a AMAZING video. Congrats, cheers from Brazil.
Never learned so much about HipHop in such a short period of time! Great video
People who stereotype black people as unintelligent have never heard True rap music.
+Valerie Kimeli They have also not heard funk, blues, rnb, jazz, soul, reggae, jimi hendrix, the roots,
But now the internet is allowing true rappers to come be known without having to do some kind of deal with a distribution company... so hopefully well hear a lot more good hip hop!
+Jash Jhaveri exactly
+Valerie Kimeli People who do wouldn't recognize artistic genius if it bit them in the ass...
+Valerie Kimeli The same people stereotype blacks as talented musically, able to dance well, and smooth talkers.
That said, there is nothing especially intelligent going on here. They simply named consonance and assonance "rhymes", whereas they are all over the place in all poetry and are not difficult to achieve.
Nonpeasant You've probably not watched or completely understood everything explained in the video. Maybe you should watch it again...
I honestly have been neglecting clicking on this video for 6 months now. It always appears as recommended. I now understand why. So glad I finally clicked.
Right there with you. I thought this will be a poor genius copycat showcasing "trap godz" and all that
Literally did the same. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Hard worrddd same
Recommended is weird. Sometimes it’s incredibly weird and off, other times it genuinely gets it right.
Same here. I'm glad I finally clicked.
This is one of my favorite videos on CZcams. Deserves an Emmy
I've already said it but this is the best youtube channel right here. Period.
This is the best video I've ever seen
+Lyricology 101 Ricky Martin
Earl Seatshirt.
Chester Watson.
Aesop Rock
+Lyricology 101 can you break down bishop nehru?
Biggie, Nas, Method Man (or wutang in general) would be nice
this short documentary just murdered 80% of the US rappers.
it really did. but thats how learning is done recognize when im losing so i can win.
my bad, "US rappers"
+Beerus God of Savages lol Naw man. Hip Hop is Universal
There's ONLY US rappers. It started here and it stays here. The rest of the world minus Dynamite MC in the UK is absolute garbage. So your point should be 80% of rappers minus the US part
Leave K Dot and Cole outta this
Amazing video. Phenomenal. I even made notes. Took 16 pages to write all the stuff down that you taught us here. God bless you. Also one mistake though. Loss yourself was not released in 2011 the editor mistakenly wrote 2011.
Simply one of the greatest pieces of explainer videos ever created, period.
Rap like this is the main reason why people hate auto tune and mumble rap. Homies are slaying bars and now we got dudes not even saying words.
you got rhymes too my guy
IWAKEUPITHROWUPIFEELLIKEIMDEAD
They don’t put their focus on bars... trap is a different genre. You can’t really compare it by 1 aspect
Auto tune can be used well my guy, just look at 808s or yeezus
Rap definitely is changing. But I appreciate both styles tbh. A lot of new rap sounds good. A lot of older rap sounds good
Honestly I wished this was longer, I would do a marathon of this.
that's what.......ahem Yes
@@lavishpawar7345 smooth
The autistification of rap is what this was... overanalyzing something without getting the human feel for it.
Mine is longer
@@BoqPrecision Nah man: Nerds are aligned to rap & hip hop a long time now. Its completely valid to perform an analysis of the flow...
Rap like other art forms can be appreciated much more once we understand its technicalities. This video does a great job of showing exactly that. This video should be renamed Rap 101
Can we get an updated series from this? I think the people need it right now.
Kendrick Lamar's verses in THat Part - Black Hippy Remix is a phenomenal display of rhyming and wordplay
Aaron Wierbinski that verse is so nice it's crazy how Kendrick does that. I wanna borrow his brain
Mos Def is one of the most underrated of all time imo
Don't forget about Talib. The two of them are on a level all on their own. And when they get together, it's magic. I still listen to Black Star to this day.
Treach aswell
Big L Big Pun
LOL Who is underrating him? He is widely considered one of the greatest and is very influential to many younger artists.
Mad Skillz and Guru, Mac Mall, Rass Kass, Killa Kyleon, Lil Keke and Jody Breeze need a mention. So many more GREAT LYRICISTS! 🤙🏾
I immediately noticed the editing on this, absolutely phenomenal.
One of the best videos on CZcams rewatching!
Mf Doom is one of the most underrated rappers of all time
any ideas on how i can get in to mf doom. cuz i dont think he sounds good and kind of corny. dont flame lol
i want to like him. just cant get into it.
Try listening to "Kon queso", "Gas Drawls", "Strange Ways", "Figaro", or "Vaudeville Villain". But its fine if you can't get into it, he's not for everybody.
+Ebli Army Gaming Go and listen to the whole Madvillainy album from start to finish, you'll soon convert. It's a collab between Mf Doom and Madlib.
Ebli Army Gaming try to listen to all of Madvilliany, if not try Operation Doomsday or Mm Food
DOOM's legacy will live on, his lyrical potency and power will persist in the mind of any doom fan and admirer.
ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL MAN'S NAME
All caps when you spell the man name
I don't know what Elzhi did to never get mentioned but when I see one of these or greatest lyricists list, to me it's almost impossible to leave him off. Like someone really has to go out of their way when they are mentioning syllables, rhyme schemes, beats, etc. If he isn't the best, he's one of them.
Bro, I never knew I needed this video this is amazing
As a band and orchestra geek, I now have greater respect for the hip hop genre.
Check out the scene. Like all other forms of art, there's pop for easy consumption and the few who are serious about their craft.
+Sir_Clovis you shouldn't base your appreciation of music on technicality
respect is different from appreciation, i'm still not really a fan of the genre but i can respect the artists who put this level of thought and complexity into their work.
+Sir_Clovis Judging anything off of face value is usually a bad idea.
+Dr Dev -Joey Bada$$