Outkast anyone?

DwnWthVwls · 04-27-2015, 06:31 AM

What would you replace it with?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-27-2015, 07:49 AM

Old school players to new school fools.
'Kast have strong muscular back legs like kangaroos.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 04-29-2015, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

What would you replace it with?

i'm not a rapper, lol

replace it with anything that doesn't contain some random reference to some random animal in an attempt to sound clever

sort of like "i'm cooler than a polar bear's toe nails"

really, son? really?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-03-2015, 07:05 PM

Come on that one makes perfect sense, they walk around in snow ffs

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 05-04-2015, 03:04 AM

yea i mean both make sense

thats not what makes it corny to me

its just kind of random and not that clever imo

like retarded kids throwing ice cubes at the sun

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 05-04-2015, 03:09 AM

nas's line "true to the game long as the blood is blue in my veins" is actually a better/more clever line to me even though its scientifically inaccurate

its more about creating effective imagery to me more than making simple puns

edit - like talib's line "niggas getting capped like an nba salary" off the black star tape

thats just a **** line to me lol

the pun makes sense, but other than being technically accurate its just an utterly silly/useless pop culture reference to how a word can mean 2 different things that are unrelated

where as mos def was dropping pure poetry on the same song with lines like "So much on my mind that I can't recline / Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine / Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine / Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline" that paints a real picture... conveys an artistic vision. a lot more quality than some random silly **** about nba salaries or polar bears lol

dont get me wrong outkast has plenty of quality lyrics, just those ones i listed i'm not that into. just my taste i guess

this is more what im inclined to from them:

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Yeah, it won't be over, check this out
Can you see what I be hearing talking to spirits when I sleep
Peep this out real quick Slick, we gets on this beat and speak
About that pimp ****, that walk with dat limp ****, that hemp ****
Looking up in your face I see a coward and a dimwit
Looking to run up in my private home just like you was the folks
Serving a warrant to a baby daddy, who didn't come to court
On a Tuesday, April Fool's Day, don't get caught slipping
Leaving the keys off in the ignition, making me guilty by suspicion
Penny pinchers trying to stack for ninety-six
Buying another Fleetwood, Diamond took it, so know we's in the mix
I need to take my ass to the crib and drop the baby off
Cause them niggas at the corner sto' been looking at me for too long
Staring like accidents on highways, high days are better than sober ones
Don't be biased, but I know it has to come
So I put two in the sky to let them know I'm babysitting
Y'all don't know nothing bout Big Boi cause that nigga steady dipping
It ain't over (why that, why that) till the bitch open her mouth up
And sang...

DwnWthVwls · 05-04-2015, 01:35 PM

I get what you're saying but I feel like those things you find corny are a big part of what hip-hop is all about. I love those "corny" lines, but I also really enjoy the kinda rhymes you quoted from Mos Def.

Are there any "corny" lines that you don't find corny?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-04-2015, 01:42 PM

I think you're over thinking it to be honest JWB. Kangaroos one you've probably got a point on (though it's never bothered me and every time I hear Skew It On The Bar-B now I will remember this thread) but the polar bear one is good. I always liked it tbh.

The first two bars of the hook is cornier than that.

ZRFTS · 05-07-2015, 02:20 AM

Aquemini > ATLiens > Stankonia > Southernplayalisticcadillacmusic > Speakerboxx/The The Love Below.

I don't count albums like Idlewild in my collection.

Fringe · 05-07-2015, 02:38 PM

I'm not sure about their more recent music but Aquemini would be a perfect album if it wasn't for that one song...
You know the one.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Old school players to new school fools. 'Kast have strong muscular back legs like kangaroos.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Come on that one makes perfect sense, they walk around in snow ffs

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	yea i mean both make sense thats not what makes it corny to me its just kind of random and not that clever imo like retarded kids throwing ice cubes at the sun

05-04-2015, 01:42 PM	#118 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I think you're over thinking it to be honest JWB. Kangaroos one you've probably got a point on (though it's never bothered me and every time I hear Skew It On The Bar-B now I will remember this thread) but the polar bear one is good. I always liked it tbh. The first two bars of the hook is cornier than that.

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ZRFTS Groupie Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 39	Aquemini > ATLiens > Stankonia > Southernplayalisticcadillacmusic > Speakerboxx/The The Love Below. I don't count albums like Idlewild in my collection.