Some rap appeals to me because of the really grim subject matter that is just casually bragged/rapped about. If a story of gang violence and tragedy related to stuff like that is told well then it will be good. And even though Tyler's rapping about some fairly rough stuff, it's nothing completely outrageous, and it's not completely well written, so it just sort of bores me. "Dripping cold blood like the winter the summer is never"
I like how you pick one line. He's one of the best and deepest lyricists I've ever heard.
That's just one line that stood out to me because it was really bad.
"some food for thought this food for death now fuckin' eat"
Just right off the bat, that's lame. Food for death? C'mon.
Pretty much the whole song is him just describing his shit situation with some wordplay thrown in where he could come up with it and it's mostly stuff like that.
Actually, you should just read those anyway, I don't actually set those poems as the standard for good lyrics, that would be dumb, my bad. They're just great poems. Here's some freshass lyrics:
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Nigga I dunno how to rap but I'm in the game..
yeah..
fuck that shit, I don't give a fuck.
Something like that.
"Dripping cold blood like the winter
the summer
is never"
Wow, clever.
"some food for thought
this food for death now fuckin' eat"
Just right off the bat, that's lame. Food for death? C'mon.
Pretty much the whole song is him just describing his shit situation with some wordplay thrown in where he could come up with it and it's mostly stuff like that.
Start with the classics:
http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html
http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html
Actually, you should just read those anyway, I don't actually set those poems as the standard for good lyrics, that would be dumb, my bad. They're just great poems. Here's some freshass lyrics:
the elusive people of the OFWGKTA have never been influenced by modern technology
they still use human skin for clothes
Can't unsee...
Is that what you consider deep?
Shouts out to Zimbo