Hip-Hop Heads - Lyrics Matter
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Excellent track - Kanye West ft. Rakim, Nas, & KRS One - 'Classic'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCDrcZK4NE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCDrcZK4NE
Edited by phil1979 on Friday 13th August 11:42
Bomber Denton said:
Ice ice baby.
Word.
You killed this thread.. Word.
Another classic from yesteryear;
Rakim - Guess Who's Back
ETA: A very big favourite of mine;
Jay Z - Dead Presidents 2
Edited by cronk-flakes on Tuesday 17th August 12:49
Lyrically, these are some of the finest ever written, IMO:
Immortal Technique - Crimes of the heart
Love...doesn't need a complicated metaphor
And sometimes nothing needs to be said at all
Sometimes a person you with is not your one and only
And you just fk with them because you afraid to be lonely
And when you come back its too late
So you overcompensate
Like victims of rape
Full of self hate
Lost in the affection to strangers around you
Instead of the only person that ever gave a fk about you
Thought you were happy so you didn't come check me
But then when he cheated or treated you incorrectly
You conveniently realized you could never forget me
And tried to crawl back in my life unexpectedly
These are my indictments
Of those who claim to be righteous
And leave a trail of broken hearts on their way to enlightment
But I cant give into hatred or pass judgment
Even towards every illusion I've been in love with
'cause the heart that betrays itself willingly
Is like a nation that trades freedom for stability
Its so seductive to be cold and corrupted and isolated and try to be an independent republic
But liberty to be loved on the surface is worthless
The sacrifice of revolution with no purpose
Take it from a criminal searching for his redemption
Cursing at God desperately trying to get his attention
Actual genius.
P.O.S (feat. Dessa) - low light low life
It seems like weve fallen out of favor/ the era ended on us/
Now the moneys just paper/ the houses all haunted/
We had a hell of a run before it caught up/
For all the corners cut/ we got an avalanche of sawdust/
Life of the party/ were the death of the novel/
The glass is half empty/ so pass the next bottle/
Its the flight of the salesman/ death of the bumblebee/
Nothing left for the/ attorneys and the tumbleweeds/
They say that Gods on the right/ so goes the rhetoric/
But I think that cross is a kite/ that left a skeleton/
And I think that Russel was right/ but thats irrelevant friend/
For all I know therell be nothing left to defend tomorrow/
Sugar in the gas tank/ nothing in the cash box/
Thought that we were sick/ lookin like its smallpox/
The bullets are still on the shelves/
But when the armory empties/ were melting down the bells/
The bit I've sectioned off at the end is probably one of/if not my most favourite part in modern hip hop, if not all hip hop.
Immortal Technique - Crimes of the heart
Love...doesn't need a complicated metaphor
And sometimes nothing needs to be said at all
Sometimes a person you with is not your one and only
And you just fk with them because you afraid to be lonely
And when you come back its too late
So you overcompensate
Like victims of rape
Full of self hate
Lost in the affection to strangers around you
Instead of the only person that ever gave a fk about you
Thought you were happy so you didn't come check me
But then when he cheated or treated you incorrectly
You conveniently realized you could never forget me
And tried to crawl back in my life unexpectedly
These are my indictments
Of those who claim to be righteous
And leave a trail of broken hearts on their way to enlightment
But I cant give into hatred or pass judgment
Even towards every illusion I've been in love with
'cause the heart that betrays itself willingly
Is like a nation that trades freedom for stability
Its so seductive to be cold and corrupted and isolated and try to be an independent republic
But liberty to be loved on the surface is worthless
The sacrifice of revolution with no purpose
Take it from a criminal searching for his redemption
Cursing at God desperately trying to get his attention
Actual genius.
P.O.S (feat. Dessa) - low light low life
It seems like weve fallen out of favor/ the era ended on us/
Now the moneys just paper/ the houses all haunted/
We had a hell of a run before it caught up/
For all the corners cut/ we got an avalanche of sawdust/
Life of the party/ were the death of the novel/
The glass is half empty/ so pass the next bottle/
Its the flight of the salesman/ death of the bumblebee/
Nothing left for the/ attorneys and the tumbleweeds/
They say that Gods on the right/ so goes the rhetoric/
But I think that cross is a kite/ that left a skeleton/
And I think that Russel was right/ but thats irrelevant friend/
For all I know therell be nothing left to defend tomorrow/
Sugar in the gas tank/ nothing in the cash box/
Thought that we were sick/ lookin like its smallpox/
The bullets are still on the shelves/
But when the armory empties/ were melting down the bells/
The bit I've sectioned off at the end is probably one of/if not my most favourite part in modern hip hop, if not all hip hop.
Miguel Alvarez said:
Some good mentions. My fave artists over the years have been.
Prodigy
Fat Joe
AG
Big Daddy Kane
Planet Asia
Big L
Big Pun
Notorious BIG
Kool G Rap
ED O G
Guru
Styles P
Masta Ace
Sticky Fingers
Kurupt
etc etc etc
Good choices. Especially Sticky Fingers. I can't get enough of Onyx.Prodigy
Fat Joe
AG
Big Daddy Kane
Planet Asia
Big L
Big Pun
Notorious BIG
Kool G Rap
ED O G
Guru
Styles P
Masta Ace
Sticky Fingers
Kurupt
etc etc etc
And also I bring you another selection from the 'Infinite' album by Eminem.
Eminem - 313
Some of the punch lines are brilliant;
Eminem said:
Your ass forgot, so just in case you don't remember me
I'll run your brain around the block to jog your fking memory
...
But don't front and never try to be what you're not
Cause you can be quick, jump the candlestick, burn your back
And fk Jill on a hill, but you still ain't Jack
I'll run your brain around the block to jog your fking memory
...
But don't front and never try to be what you're not
Cause you can be quick, jump the candlestick, burn your back
And fk Jill on a hill, but you still ain't Jack
I have just started listening sage Francis' older stuff again, forgot how good his lyrics are!
I see a lot of mentions of JMT, there's no doubt Vinnie Paz has a cracking flow, but I find it hard to get past his sexist, homophobic and heavily religious lyrics.
I see a lot of mentions of JMT, there's no doubt Vinnie Paz has a cracking flow, but I find it hard to get past his sexist, homophobic and heavily religious lyrics.
Edited by Fifer on Wednesday 25th August 19:10
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