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Originally Posted by NarutoFan
I said subject matter didn't matter when determing who's the best lyricist and we're talking about why I didn't like Lifestylez, not about lyrics.
I'm not really a punchline after punchline (from what I remember) man.
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The Way I Am
I sit back with this pack of Zig Zags and this bag
of this weed it gives me the sh*t needed to be
the most meanest MC on this -- on this Earth
And since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre sh*t that works
And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
all this tension dispensin these sentences
Gettin this stress that's been eatin me recently off of this chest
The Real Slim Shady
Y'all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam, like Tommy just burst in the door
and started whoopin her ass worse than before
they first were divorce, throwin her over furniture (Ahh!)
It's the return of the... "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding,
he didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And Dr. Dre said... nothing you idiots!
Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)
Feminist women love Eminem
and I rest again peacefully (peacefully)..
Seriously, look at this, lines from two great songs from the same great album
If it wasn't for the subject mather of The Way I am, I don't think you would think the lyrics are so great.
Big L's album is all about lyrics, if you don't consider punchline that great then what do you consider a great lyricist and which criteria is the most important for you?
If you don't like Big L's album it can't be because of his rhymes, it has to be something else. What do you consider the greatest album of all time?