Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time 

It’s not even when, he still believes it

@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 This is not it. His views on rap are influenced by him being socially conservative. Those were probable influenced by the fact that he is deeply committed to his religion but still have no base in judaism or him being descended from ethnic jews. Please search up jewish musicians if you want examples of people who defy this stereotype.

@@trevorjohnson6287 b r u h. He was JOKING!

@@cokguzeladam So why did he need to insult jewish people? He could have just said, Well ben isn't exactly creative or talented so it makes sense that he wouldn't appreciate it

Trevor Johnson most rap isn't real music

dude ikr. Vox has some of the best graphics on RU-vid.

Yeah agreed

Broooooo

Realy

Yeah

Facts I would of watch a whole documentary😂🔥 alotta knowledge

One of my uni profs actually wrote his PhD thesis on the linguistics of Tupac’s rap, Dr. Steven Gilbers. While I’m not a big enjoyer of linguistics as a study field, his research is really cool.

they forgot about the Canibus’s masterpiece

ong does anyone know anyone who is making in-depth deconstruction snog rhymes like this video?

"wrote a master's thesis on rap masterpieces"

I’ve heard a lot of people say “Rythm And Poetry”

Nice

Poems naturally have rhythm.

I'm a music teacher and I'm studying Rap music with my 7th grade students, and I'm definitely going to use that concept. Thank you very much!

The real word is HIP HOP

You mean 4th gear? Cause Ian heard of sicko mode anywhe

Whoshetho

God tier editing

Always do

I think this one hit a personal note for the editor so they went all out with passion. well, at least that's what I hope happened. They might just be a professional editing monster :D

I must make this into a song thank you for your wisdom

So does Dookie Bang

damn thats right..so lil pump is a genius!

That aint it chief

Icognize - lilliam pumpernickel

Right

this isn’t all her analysis but aight

It's changing dude Indian hip hop will get better

Except for the scansion, in a few of those songs, the beat was in a different place than the bag was placed

That's how she sees it the artist may not be thinking that way at all

@@mikedonald2018 nav is the first brown boy to get it poppiin

Came back to dis video after hearing the news. R.I.P DOOM, one of the best to ever do it

Yeah same. I've watched this so many times & I just came back to it after hearing the news.

man fuck2020

Came here to thank the video that introduced me to the man. RIP DOOM

rip

I come back every time for the visuals... They're too good!

This video is actually a masterpiece. They deserve an Emmy!

I gotta beer, you want one?

ALL CAPS

JUST REMEMBER ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN NAME.

Welcome bro. ALL CAPS next time🤲

Jevin Tan.gerine ywah i immediately thought like, yeah, that’s uhhhh - not right

these math rock bands be doing 186/29 time

the fifth one was a sample

and it kept varying

😂

@@MrThiry i find that unacceptable considering we read a lot of explicit books. But i’m not surprised tho

The most underrated convo on RU-vid about this subject... Respek to both !!

My teacher did this!!! We listened to Lauryn Hill, the Fugees and lupe fiasco in class for weeks pointing out the different rhyme schemes and aspects of poetry they used in their raps it was really fun

I was extremely lucky, my teacher played Tupac Changes for our class (around 2013/14) as a demonstration of how rap and poetry can be one and the same

I'm currently watching this video for English class :D

Lyricology 101 Thats great! Just off the top of my head (of which I imagine there are some that you have done) I would love to see Nas, Busta Rhymes and Slick Rick, those would be great!

I feel like they are most likely talking about modern rap, because most modern hip-hop songs sound similar. (atleast to me)

This is rap not hiphop.

Harriyama rap as a style of music is a myth, rap is a verb, it is what you do to hip-hop music. You can call it rap, but it is all hip-hop.

+Lyricology 101 bro!! I just checked your channel its awesome, you earned a subscriber

i would've liked but youre at 69...

Isaiah Gaines 96

Y’all ever heard Frostydasnowmann ? Where blueface got his entire style flow and lingo ?

I hit ya 200 likes

Lool

Your the best and coolest English teacher of all time man love teachers that acknowledge real rap and have more in common with their students like that keep it up 🙏🏽

People used to say it isn't music.... Its poetry, its art. Hip hop is special as it has these amazing aspects about it

Me too. An English teacher. I always show my students rhymes in poems & make'em listen to Tech 9 or Eminem. LOL

The best part is you didn't confuse rap (one aspect of Hip Hop) and call Hip Hop a "music genre" which it isn't.. It's a culture.

Bro look up EL-P and hold on. I can't believe he didn't make the video

take it from a tec9 holder..😭

@@makav3lidz158 "They've bit but don't know their neck shine from Shinola"

300th like

Figaro

@@x_x4709 Everything that glitter ain't fishscale

Kool Keith

Aesop rock

@@n.vanh.7666 lol no

Nah, not em. Mans really only got 3 solid albums (argument can be made for encore) rest of his stuff is just okay. Replace with Tupac and you’re all good

Exactly. Tupac didn't need technical skills. His raw emotions is greater than all that.

^^

@LostItt the mid day wack

Wait is this Luffy's fourth gear you're taking about?

i mean i'd certailny hope so, since it's normal language

Kendrick must be a swimmer.

Its just a normal phrase. One Piece stole it from the normal phrase. Barely anyone watched One Piece in the States to actually reference it.

Đăng Khoa Phạm “You telling me the kush make you think on level 4? I'm on 5, you saying that I can level more?”

Except Key & Peele. Their Andre 3000 sketch had me dying

Show ya right

Kendrick actually called him out on Control

@@neurologicalstyle1763 he didn't diss him, but gave him props. Kendrick's whole style is influenced by Andre 3k

@@neurologicalstyle1763 wait I saw a video of Kendrick and Andre in the booth during swimming pools recording

“Waddup Kane!”- T.S

@@hankdatank09 "Set it off" is one of the greatest hip hop tracks Kane put lyrics down on.If not heard needs hearing.✌️🇬🇧

Another legend in the books 🙏🏻

Sebby listening to Doom while researching credit card value, love it.

RIP yessir. I'm gonna miss him

@@Ryans723 ALL CAPS MANE ALL CAPS!!

What a legend Metal face doom

R: rhythm A: and P: poetry

You could search my name i write all forms of poetry and lyrical content will be glad to leave info

Recognize and prosper ya heard

saying rap is poetry in its best form without any explanation besides "try writing one yourself" isn't a good argument.

kinshaw there are many albums out there that make all the argument needed.

same

Me too !

Same. I have all the artists referred to in this video on my Spotify playlist.

WALLACE same here man it's amazing

danneh same

Gucci gang kinda flame ngl

@@dzorua151 ?

@@dzorua151 he's joking, calm down

@@dzorua151 r/woooooooosh

Man. All the words rhyme with each other. Impressive.

Doris Burke imo

@@vballgiant1 bruhh😂💀

Idk, Joan of Arc was so lit she incinerated...

the lady who says fitty cent on the watch mojo rap lists

@@abizitgill4310 ahaaaaaaaaaa

Holy hell, you're here? Well that's interesting.

Radu Antoniu Sameee!! 😂❤️❤️

Radu Antoniu totally agree. I love the way they used old tape recorders when tracks are played...maybe only visual designers look at such stuff

If ya keep noddin your head and breakin your neck you realize that the beat is kept throughout the video. That's great editing and even track choice as well

same here!

REST IN POWER VILLAIN

All caps, Vox, all caps. Rest in Peace, Legend

I love that you revisited this after DOOM'S demise. RIP to the greatest

Thanks vox

RIP VILLAIN

Don't forget Andre!

what about nas

+simasvta Fr

+simasvta Rebel INS most underrated g in the game

Should left out Kendrick and put Elzhi and Roc Marci on

+TeaDrinker3000 death grips!

Most definitely, cause RU-vid be miss treating it outrageously

+TeaDrinker3000 Agreed!!!

Watch Nerdwriter1, he does some really interesting music analysis

+Samantha Brian Nerdwriter is one of my favourites!

Not really. You have to be a boring person.

@@hloniphizwemthembu8143 just like you...?

@@xbenci yes... Just like me

@@hloniphizwemthembu8143 Can you explain? You have to be boring to create incredibly interesting, technical, and innovative writing in a very open-ended artform?

@@yunguboa boredom opens up the mind to a wide avenue of thought. Don't you find it weird that when you aren't doing anything your imagination runs loose and you get super creative???

I just went & checked your channel out, VERY DOPE fam! :D Thank you for letting me know about it! I just subbed and can't wait to see what other songs you break down! Respect!

Lyricology 101 No doubt family, all Love! Keep representing for Hip Hop!

+Lyricology 101 DOPE. Subbed.

Start a patreon is more like it...

+Lyricology 101 Yo TY; I got hella ppl I can reference to your channel; I run into all these "other mothers" just barely fileted from the flannel; it for me to articulate is troublesome to handle; Its minds such as yours, hell ours, that play as fuel in the lighting of my candle. 🙏Youve been appreciated

Not quite, it isn't, it's something else. The rhyming is great, but very few rappers are in the same league as top poets when it comes to content. Granted, there's so much bad poetry out there as well as so many mediocre rappers, but if you think, for example, that Eminem's or Masta Ace's storytelling is good enough to compare with poets, you probably need to read better poetry.

R.A.P. = Rythm and Poetry

Just google Lupe fiasco Tetsuo and Youth or drogas wave... Lupe fiasco is probably the closest thing you'll get to hearing Shakespeare in rap. I'm not kidding.

@@maharajahdann have you heard Lupe fiasco's Tetsuo and Youth? Have a listen.. it's nothing like you've heard before

You don't know what you are talking about. that's ok you are a student of liter.

Dat Crusader Lol you right :P I've literally been up for like two days almost ghostwriting raps listening to MF DOOM for inspiration.

High Deaf Radio i do that stuff too man, if you plan on recording that stuff and putting it on youtube hmu man, would love to listen

High Deaf Radio hey man, that was pretty cool, you fell off beat 2-3 times but it was pretty cool. Cheers dude

High Deaf Radio didn't get all the references lol

Dat Crusader Thanks :P it's coming along but it's not turning out how I wanted. I'm probably just gonna end up rewriting it. Do you have anything recorded?

"Motive" is often used interchangeably with "motif", at least in contemporary musical terminology. The use of the word in this video is not incorrect.

I think the intention and modern use is the same, but as a music nerd this bothered me as well hahah

@@comradedoggo3744 Sorry genius, the use of motive instead of motif in this video isn't not incorrect (aka incorrect). Using the correct word is a tenant of effective communication. Perhaps that previous sentence is also "not incorrect" simply because most people can't even see the problem with it?

@@ChoiceOfIllusion looool a tenant or a tenet?

I came into the comments looking for this comment 🙃

you got rhymes too my guy

IWAKEUPITHROWUPIFEELLIKEIMDEAD

They don’t put their focus on bars... trap is a different genre. You can’t really compare it by 1 aspect

Auto tune can be used well my guy, just look at 808s or yeezus

Rap definitely is changing. But I appreciate both styles tbh. A lot of new rap sounds good. A lot of older rap sounds good

I like that

@@staciejones4059 I like you

And I just love your flashy ways

Guess that's why I'm broke, and you're so paid.

the GOAT

Preach.

lol

+Oz9 well at the end of the day.. that is true. lol

...who was inspired by Shakespeare lol

One fish two fish Red fish blue fish OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Can't argue with that.

Please look into some de la soul. Stakes is High album. Kelvin Mercer is Plug one, pas do nous plug wonder why. He and Dove, plug two are very talented writers and rappers. My transcription of this snippet from Down Syndrome might not be right. Let me tell you a little something about the self (tell em son) I be a piece of the East coast, so give a toast to Plug Wonder why back in the day who sowed these words engendered So when I ran a phrase in June you didn't catch it til December I'm a member of them kids from the inner city Giving you kitties audible treats, you be aching for making More money than a pagan holiday Not from the PJ's, yet I still got something to say Also: I speak divine of god thories, no need to be high alway inhale the facts cause I don't exhale lies play the greater man's game to bounce off my losses so I could earn the acres, the houses, the horses of course it's much greater than your benz or your lex, the engine to my comprehension is just too complex much too complex effects be live like dos makin' moves down south to avoid the chaos

Like all other vox vids

+alex N meh

+Lyricology 101 dude, analyse some Gambino for me. And if you can, Chance the Rapper.

Bluejayrama101Plays Lol

Lol west coast always do they just don't really continue into the next bar.

Yes, it would be enjoyable to watch rap with different styles/ flows/ subject matter/ mastery of the English language while displaying pride in their craft slowly rot into retarded/ same subject matter/ special education flows, mastery of the same 320 words, while ducking the rest of the English language, talkin' bout they 'Rappers', while the currently skilled real rappers don't get proper shine because they think before they talk. That would be awesome to watch.

I would pay to watch an episode just on Aesop Rock

They already have Martin Connor has a website called composers corner

Maybe she can reference other people's work more and include interviewers introspections she couldn't make on her own. what a great idea, maybe she can gather other people's opinions and share more of them... stooped faygut

Agreed, would love to see a video dedicated to Grandmaster Flash

that's a very specific percentage

+DayQkuilon J. 100% of people need to learn that brilliant survey and math skills you have :)

word

+DayQkuilon J. Life is a school where we learn everyday. 100 % of nowadays rappers need to watch this

Agreed 100%.

Same

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So how did he pass

Who

sorry cant like this its at 420

@@cartergroh4370 i feel u brother 👑💨🌱

Fantastic 4 had to finally put him down.

that's what.......ahem Yes

@@lavishpawar7345 smooth

The autistification of rap is what this was... overanalyzing something without getting the human feel for it.

Mine is longer

@@B.Precision Nah man: Nerds are aligned to rap & hip hop a long time now. Its completely valid to perform an analysis of the flow...

Jessica Brooks Play the song the best love ever

I think pretty much every 'lil' has too.

@@krisjackson6102 maybe not Lil' Wayne because he knows how to dance with lyrics.

@@sanuguggu1437 Lil Wayne says lots of unintelligent stuff. He has good songs but he isn't one of the best.

@@brockstaton5767 not saying he's one of the best rappers overall but damn sure one of the best if not the best "Lil'" out there. Lil Peep, Lil Steep, Lil Pump, Lil Gump.. All suck and shouldn't be labeled as rappers.

Maybe it's just the circles I run with, but I feel like Mos Def is pretty well appreciated.

Yeah. The guy that is in MANY peoples Top 20 is underrated.

Agreed

I love mos def

I think he's under-appreciated in a commercial sense. He's influential and turns up on lists from people who really dig into rap, but he's not a household name like Biggy, Tupac or Jay-Z.

Right there with you. I thought this will be a poor genius copycat showcasing "trap godz" and all that

Literally did the same. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

Hard worrddd same

Recommended is weird. Sometimes it’s incredibly weird and off, other times it genuinely gets it right.

Same here. I'm glad I finally clicked.

Aaron Wierbinski that verse is so nice it's crazy how Kendrick does that. I wanna borrow his brain

any ideas on how i can get in to mf doom. cuz i dont think he sounds good and kind of corny. dont flame lol

i want to like him. just cant get into it.

Try listening to "Kon queso", "Gas Drawls", "Strange Ways", "Figaro", or "Vaudeville Villain". But its fine if you can't get into it, he's not for everybody.

+Ebli Army Gaming Go and listen to the whole Madvillainy album from start to finish, you'll soon convert. It's a collab between Mf Doom and Madlib.

Ebli Army Gaming try to listen to all of Madvilliany, if not try Operation Doomsday or Mm Food

+Valerie Kimeli They have also not heard funk, blues, rnb, jazz, soul, reggae, jimi hendrix, the roots, But now the internet is allowing true rappers to come be known without having to do some kind of deal with a distribution company... so hopefully well hear a lot more good hip hop!

+Jash Jhaveri exactly

+Valerie Kimeli People who do wouldn't recognize artistic genius if it bit them in the ass...

+Valerie Kimeli The same people stereotype blacks as talented musically, able to dance well, and smooth talkers. That said, there is nothing especially intelligent going on here. They simply named consonance and assonance "rhymes", whereas they are all over the place in all poetry and are not difficult to achieve.

Nonpeasant You've probably not watched or completely understood everything explained in the video. Maybe you should watch it again...

+Lyricology 101 Ricky Martin

Earl Seatshirt. Chester Watson.

Aesop Rock

+Lyricology 101 can you break down bishop nehru?

Biggie, Nas, Method Man (or wutang in general) would be nice

Literally just got done listening to this song lol.

that broke my brain for a min

Loooooool

Why is Aesop Rock not in this video? Feels bad, man.

Ya boy Aes is criminally underrated

Check out the scene. Like all other forms of art, there's pop for easy consumption and the few who are serious about their craft.

+Sir_Clovis you shouldn't base your appreciation of music on technicality

respect is different from appreciation, i'm still not really a fan of the genre but i can respect the artists who put this level of thought and complexity into their work.

+Sir_Clovis Judging anything off of face value is usually a bad idea.

+Dr Dev -Joey Bada$$

Isaac D an art*

Isaac D if Poetry met Music. The kid would be Rap.

RAP = Rhythm And Poetry

Don't forget about Talib. The two of them are on a level all on their own. And when they get together, it's magic. I still listen to Black Star to this day.

Treach aswell

Big L Big Pun

LOL Who is underrating him? He is widely considered one of the greatest and is very influential to many younger artists.

Mad Skillz and Guru, Mac Mall, Rass Kass, Killa Kyleon, Lil Keke and Jody Breeze need a mention. So many more GREAT LYRICISTS! 🤙🏾