Illist Lyricists Of This Century

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i'm familiar with them all and i hate them all. it's not fair you only put one gener of rap music. not every one litens to it. so i vote 0.. a big fat zero. 0you could have added other and them let people post who thire other was.  Quote:dude screaming metal sucks, gimme a break. it has no meaning whatsoever. all it is is screaming non-sense and fast repeatable guitar riffs. sorry to say, but that aint music. rolls eyes there is no better! for info not all metal has no meaning. you just have to know how to read between the lines. like poetry... alot have symobolisms and satires and such. rhcp (who arn't togeather no more) took his songs from his own poems. tho they aren't really a metal band in my book. it;s cool if it's not your thing. but it grinds my gears when people put down other people;s music tastes. no i don;t like rap but i;m not calling them worthless with no talent. i just don;t like it.

Completely unrelated but when you mentioned vocabulary I thought about this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj6QqCH7g0Q

Quote:now writing the song.. u have to have the vocabulary, and the knact for rap, you have to be able to keep a consistent cadence. I think Bobo's link to that video said it all, lol!  Quote:hip-hop is one of the most difficult types of music to compose, and if anyone would like to have a fashionable debate, i'd be willing to have one... Ugh, come on. ALL music is difficult to compose. Learning and understanding music theory is tough and only certain people can do it without hating music forever.

im not saying i hate all music other than rap, thats actually completely incorrect, i like soft rock, and alt rock.. im very open minded. i however do not like metal. im a wordsmith, the guitar solos really dont intrigue me.

You totally misunderstood me.I didn't say you hated music. I meant it takes certain people to enjoy music theory without hating music, seeing how it's a difficult subject.

Really i did not know that Nas was a racist.WOW,it`s like everyday i log on to A2A i learn new stuff.Could you give me a reason to support your opinion that he is a racist?Thank you

So when I open a thread that talks about lyricist and see all of those jokes listed, but no mention of Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Linford Detweiler, Josh Ritter, Bob Dylan, etc., I can only think it's a thread for kids and not adults. So I'll leave. Bye bye.Yeah, I said it!

compare there lyrics and sole lyrics to these others...

there is no comparison, they had good voices and cadences but the words is what im talking about... post a verse and ill post a verse of one of the rappers i listed

Metal doesnt mean screaminhg. All the fuckin emo boy bad screaming shit u hear today is not metal. Listen to Megadeth, Iced Earth, Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica, etc etc.Thats metal. Rap is not music at all, atleast not now days, screaming is more of music than rhyming about pussy and tits.

When I was young me and my mama had beefSeventeen years old kicked out on the streetsThough back at the time, I never thought I'd see her faceAin't a woman alive that could take my mama's placeSuspended from school; and scared to go home, I was a foolwith the big boys, breakin all the rulesI shed tears with my baby sisterOver the years we was poorer than the other little kidsAnd even though we had different daddy's, the same dramaWhen things went wrong we'd blame mamaI reminisce on the stress I caused, it was hellHuggin on my mama from a jail cellAnd who'd think in elementary?heey! I see the penitentiary, one dayAnd runnin from the police, that's rightMama catch me, put a whoopin to my backsideAnd even as a crack fiend, mamaYou always was a black queen, mamaI finally understandfor a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a manYou always was committedA poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did itThere's no way I can pay you backBut the plan is to show you that I understandYou are appreciatedLady...Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet ladyDear mamaPlace no one above ya, sweet ladyYou are appreciatedDon't cha know we love ya?Now ain't nobody tell us it was fairNo love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't thereHe passed away and I didn't cry, cause my angerwouldn't let me feel for a strangerThey say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all alongI was lookin for a father he was goneI hung around with the Thugs, and even though they sold drugsThey showed a young brother loveI moved out and started really hanginI needed money of my own so I started slanginI ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocksIt feels good puttin money in your mailboxI love payin rent when the rent's dueI hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to youCause when I was low you was there for meAnd never left me alone because you cared for meAnd I could see you comin home after work lateYou're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plateYa just workin with the scraps you was givenAnd mama made miracles every ThanksgivinBut now the road got rough, you're aloneYou're tryin to raise two bad kids on your ownAnd there's no way I can pay you backBut my plan is to show you that I understandYou are appreciated[Chorus]Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, cause through the dramaI can always depend on my mamaAnd when it seems that I'm hopelessYou say the words that can get me back in focusWhen I was sick as a little kidTo keep me happy there's no limit to the things you didAnd all my childhood memoriesAre full of all the sweet things you did for meAnd even though I act craaazyI gotta thank the Lord that you made meThere are no words that can express how I feelYou never kept a secret, always stayed realAnd I appreciate, how you raised meAnd all the extra love that you gave meI wish I could take the pain awayIf you can make it through the night there's a brighter dayEverything will be alright if ya hold onIt's a struggle everyday, gotta roll onAnd there's no way I can pay you backBut my plan is to show you that I understandYou are appreciatedgreatest song ever, tupac you are missed. songs called dear mama btw. no pussy, no tits, no violence, just peace and reminiscing

Yeah i know that song dude, and i love it. I like tupac alot, hes a rapper. Im talking about all of odays mainstream shitty rappers, like soulja boy, and lil wayne and shit.

Both rap and metal are great but i think we can both agree that both were better 10 years ago, and for metal id say best in 80's / early 90's, i dont listen to new metal.

same, i like pantera, disturbed, godsmack, and metallica.

their songs took talent and had great lyrics.

i love listening to disturbed before hockey.

yeah...i guess i better rephrase what i said "TODAYS RAP, is not music" but back in the day it was and still is great. Same with Metal, Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Pantera, Iced Earth, all great bands, and their all from back in the day.I think todays music just sucks plain and simple..

I think rap sucks today. I blame it on MTV. There's occasionally a good song from an older guy. Why We Thugs by Ice Cube was pretty good. But soulja boy? I hate him with the fiery passion of 1000 suns as well as the jonas brothers. I can't stand slayer though. That's the metal I hate. It's screaming non-sense.

Slayer is my one of my lesser favorite metal bands, AND TBH i dont even listen to them anymore. I just named them because they popped in my head. I only like a select few of their songs.Iced Earth is one of my favs atm check them out their really good if you like metal at all. I'll post a song hold on..........This song is long so just put it in the backroung while ur surfing the net, also teh studio version is better but i can only find it liveIced Earth - When the Night Falls Livehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSEekcm6zRsIced Earth - Watching over Me Live (Beautiful Metal Song)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUqK50hEQlA&feature=related

Im gonna say Kanye West.. I love him. No one will be able to prove me wrong here.Greatest Lyricist of all time.. (FOR ME) No-No-NOTORIOUS!

Originally Posted By: StephieJIm gonna say Kanye West.. I love him. No one will be able to prove me wrong here.Greatest Lyricist of all time.. (FOR ME) No-No-NOTORIOUS! Nor can you prove yourself right.

is illist a word?

Kanye West is a friggin chimpmunk! He needs to get beat by his momma the little spoiled hood rat jack butt that he is. Dirty bum.I don't hate him but he gets on my last nerves. Ugh... just hearing his name makes me squirm.