Kanye West : My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[Sparky]

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

On top level of what? Of producers who are not actually rappers, e.g. Timbaland etc.? Or are you honestly going to stand here and compare Kanye's Emcee skills to real rap pros like Jay-Z, Big Boi, Ghostface, Eminem and so on? Because West only continues to demonstrate here that he shouldn't even be included in the same sentence with such artists. And this ain't no case of "yes they are, no they're not". I have provided examples here of his ineptitude and childish attempts at rhyming. See above. What's your honest view on throwing in something so inane and absurdly fictional as a "cop who looks like Alec Baldwin" simply so he could rhyme something (anything!) with "ballin'"? What else have we got. Mount Olympus with, um, "pimpus"??? WTF? Or, if there's nothing else to rhyme with "past", just insert "kiss my a$'S" for no good reason at the end of the next line (Monster). Doesn't seem too hard to be Kanye West. Perhaps I could make it as a top level rapper in your estimation.

Here ill post the lyrics to gorgeous, bolding my favorite parts :O

Every single rapper ever, i gurantee it has had rhymes like "ballin and alec baldwin" your stupid if you think otherwise. Rapping takes writing a decent amount of lyrical content, not every rhyme is going to be an awe inspiring punchline.

verse 1
Penitentiary chances, the devil dances
and eventually answers to the call of Autumn
all of them fallin’ for the love of ballin’
got caught with 30 rocks, the cop look like Alec Baldwin
inter century anthems based off inner city tantrums
based off the way we was branded
face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon
and at the airport they check all through my bag and tell me that it’s random
but we stay winning, this week has been a bad massage
I need a happy ending and a new beginning
and a new fitted and some job opportunities thats lucrative

this the real world, homie, school finished
they done stole your dreams, you dunno who did it
I treat the cash the way the government treats AIDS
I won’t be satisfied til all my n-ggas get it, get it?

verse 2

Is hip hop, just a euphemism for a new religion
the soul music for the slaves that the youth is missing
this is more than just my road to redemption
Malcolm West had the whole nation standing at attention
as long as I’m in Polo’s they think they got me
but they would try to crack me if they ever see a black me
I thought I chose a field where they couldn’t sack me
if a n-gga aint running shootin a jump shot running a track meet
but this pimp is, ar the top of mount Olympus
ready for the World’s game, this is my Olympics
we make ‘em say ho cause the game is so pimpish
choke a southpark writer with a fishstick
I insisted to get up offa this d-ck
and these drugs, fans cant resist it
remind me of when they tried to have Ali enlisted
if I ever one of the greatest n-gga, I must have missed it!

that whole verse was good.

verse 3

need more drinks and less lights
and that American Apparal girl in just tights
she told the director she tryna get in a school
he said “take them glasses off and get in the pool”
it’s been a while since I watched the tube
cause like a crip set, I got way too many blues for anymore bad news
I was looking at my resume feeling real fresh today
they rewrite history I don’t believe in yesterday
and what’s a black beetle anyway, a f-cking roach
I guess thats why they got me sitting in f-cking coach
but God said I need a different approach
cause people is looking at me like I’m sniffing coke
it aint funny anymore try dipping jokes
tell ‘em hug and kiss my ass, x and o
kiss the ring while they at it, do my thing while I’m got it
play strings for the dramatic
and end all of that wack sh-t
act like I aint had a belt in two classes
I aint got it I’m going after whoever who has it
I’m coming after whoever who has it
you blowing up, that’s good, fantastic
that y’all, its like that ya’ll
I don’t really give a f-ck about it at all
cause the same people that tried to black ball me
forgot about 2 things, my black balls

so he doesn't say to much in this, but its good bravado and sounds right when you hear it. Maybe it comes down to whether or not you like kanye's delivery, which i do a lot.