Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1562884)

Post some bars up that you find impressive.. I was just trying to give examples of what I consider to be clever wordplay.

The use of holding cells in the second quote is pretty great to me. It's not easy to come up with double meanings, at least not for me.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1562893)

My comment wasn't intended to be a critique. I literally just wasn't sure what you were trying to communicate with your post.

Most lyrics out there, in any genre, aren't very impressive pieces of literature because they're a secondary aspect of the medium of music, written by people who couldn't hack it in a literary medium. I'd need some time to think of some that I find impressive.

Originally Posted by Goofle (Post 1562891)

If you like Kanye's (collective) production but not necessarily his rapping, this might be of interest to you: DatPiff

Then again, Jon Connor may not do it for you either. You'd probably have to settle for the Yeezus Christmas parody album at that point.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1562890)

No, I'm saying his production and rapping are bad but he's apparently good at getting talented people in a room together. So what I'd love to see is him contributing nothing to "his" albums except being sort of a project coordinator. I mean that's almost what he is already, aside from the fact that he insists on spitting a few terrible verses over the tracks. Remove that and the collective that's left might release something pretty good.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1562893)

My comment wasn't intended to be a critique. I literally just wasn't sure what you were trying to communicate with your post.

Most lyrics out there, in any genre, aren't very impressive pieces of literature because they're a secondary aspect of the medium of music, written by people who couldn't hack it in a literary medium. I'd need some time to think of some that I find impressive.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1562893)

My comment wasn't intended to be a critique. I literally just wasn't sure what you were trying to communicate with your post.

Most lyrics out there, in any genre, aren't very impressive pieces of literature because they're a secondary aspect of the medium of music, written by people who couldn't hack it in a literary medium. I'd need some time to think of some that I find impressive.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1562912)

Good thing Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Tupac, or Tom Waits don't fall in that "most lyrics" category.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1562913)

I think Nick Cave, when he's on, is on par with actual literature. Tom Waits too, to a certain extent. Bob Dylan has never really done it for me lyrically but I probably need to give a closer listen to his songs before I can make a judgement. Tupac doesn't even belong in the discussion.