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Originally Posted by Fruitonica
Lyrically I think EL-P walks a much better line between abstraction and coherence. Aesop crafts incredibly dope lines, and half the time they add up to great songs - but a lot of the time I find it difficult to follow a thread through the song and I'm left with a bunch of disjointed images and no real message. Sometimes EL-P falls into this trap, but on the whole I can appreciate his songs in a holistic sense because all the pieces come together.
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thankyou! This is exactly how i feel.
I'm not good at articulating why i like or dislike music, the best i can ever do is give vague descriptions, but what you wrote pretty much sums up how i feel.
Imagery is cool and everything, but i find that i like my rap lyrics to be more digestible. Aesop Rock occasionally has a really good line
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If this Jesus piece around your neck is bigger than your pistol
It makes homicide okie-dokie and your god will forgive you
Just show the saints at Heaven's gate you should be on the list
"I heard he overlooks manslaughter for a tattooed crucifix"
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But most of the **** he says has no real weight or context for me, which gets boring.