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Originally Posted by Jester
It's not a sub genre, it's just a style that I'm describing. Yeah, basically every rapper employs punchlines in their lyrics--they're pretty essential. However, there's a difference between using them appropriately and employing them bar after bar. That's all punchline rap is; rap that uses punchlines excessively, often bar for bar.
I never said Big L invented punchlines. However, he was the first rapper (as far as I know) who went bar for bar with basically nothing but punchlines.
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1. You realise punchlines are a part of the "lyricism" I'm talking about right? and you just said they are essential for a rapper(which I disagree with btw) but does that mean you agree lyricism is essential now?
2. You say "punchline rap" is boring and yet think gangster rap is entertaining? At least punchlines require some form of wit.
3. How can you truly believe that punchline rappers didn't exist before Big L, have you even listened to any rap made before the early-mid 90s? And Big L was more than a punchline rapper anyway. His skill went far beyond punchlines/wordplay/metaphors.
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