Lil B

soulman5 · 04-02-2011, 11:48 PM

The man has put his work in, so let him breath and fly high.

Surell · 06-02-2011, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matious

That being said, he's a awesome icon. Ol dirty bastard wasn't a good rapper at all, but it was his SWAG and charisma and off-beat humor that made him a figure in rap music. Lil B is similar to that.

I disagree with this. While he's not my favorite Killer Bee, his flow was tight with the way he sang like the liquor store frequenter, it was just too perfect. His lyrics are pretty good sometimes too. Mostly his flow/delivery made him just sound so smooth, and funny. This is enough to constitute him a good rapper to me. Plus, i think this "verse" completely steals Ghostface's "9 milli Bros." :

Quote:

Yo, 1, 2...Dirt McGirt!
Solid tone smith with 5th shots, lick shots
Leave your head like a Shaolin monk with 6 dots
Brooklyn, Zoo, Zoo (Yo)
Brooooklynnnnnnn....ZOO! (Yo!)

I got an IOU on Lil B discussion, dawg.

Sparky · 03-23-2011, 04:13 PM

I posted some of the verse by Jean which i thought explained it somewhat. He's just part of this crazy weird counter culture that's elevating in rap. He looks like an idiot, intentionally, i don't know where you get the cool from. His rhyming is usually ironic, self-deprecating one moment, then super egotistic the next. It's all scatterbrained.

I've listened to so much god awful hip hop, and lil b is too weird to be grouped in with those guys. He's too openly gay and feminine. His influence is the rapid pace and amount of content on the internet.

His rapping isn't supposed to be critiqued, it's just weird pseudo-satirical internet meme humor, the more people hate it, the stronger it makes his fanbase. Lil B has enough good lines here and there where I'm sure if he wanted to he could write a coherent verse, pretty much anybody can, it's just that he's too ****ing weird.

I gotta admit though, the amount of focus on spending on this dude could probably go to like, a real, talented musician, but ****it.

~~James~~ · 03-23-2011, 04:44 PM

I like him, he's so dedicated.

Pheens · 03-25-2011, 11:52 AM

Not Lil B... i don't understand. The dis to Budden was just odd.

khfreek · 03-29-2011, 05:11 AM

Lil B is Soulja Boy on more drugs.

djchameleon · 03-29-2011, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khfreek

Lil B is Soulja Boy on more drugs.

exactly!

and instead of having Soulja Boy's great production

Lil B gets production from other people

not that those others aren't better than Soulja Boy's production.

They are way better but I'm just saying.

djchameleon · 03-29-2011, 05:08 PM

Lil B = straight trash.

/thread

Jester · 03-31-2011, 09:15 PM

He's incredibly interesting, that's for sure. (Infinitely more interesting than the people bitching that he sucks.) That's about all I can say at the moment.

Sparky · 03-31-2011, 10:52 PM

Why does he have to be as equally "talented" as other musicians to poke fun at them?

Did every sports commentator have to be athletic? Or any critique? It's a weird standard.

I don't know how you got the impression i thought ODB was putting on an act, that dude robbed a liquor store on camera.

All i'm saying is weird characters like Lil B have plenty of room in the genre, and might have more positive influence then would seem.

If lil b was just a worse version of soulja boi why would producers like 9th wonder be drawn to him? or fellow cult humorists like andy milonakis? Those dudes haven't given fiftytyson love, or mtvriffraff, trust me they'res plenty of people who appear to be like lil b.

9th wonder is in the industry, and talented, and so by your logic that puts him in a good position to judge, as he, as well as many artists, many outside of hip hop, have openly supported lil b.

Editing and shooting a new video everyday takes work. He actually picks some pretty interesting locales, and edits them better then half the video's official rappers have of themselves at the strip club or whatever.

03-29-2011, 05:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	Lil B is Soulja Boy on more drugs. __________________ last.fm

04-02-2011, 11:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
soulman5 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 5	The man has put his work in, so let him breath and fly high.

03-23-2011, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	I posted some of the verse by Jean which i thought explained it somewhat. He's just part of this crazy weird counter culture that's elevating in rap. He looks like an idiot, intentionally, i don't know where you get the cool from. His rhyming is usually ironic, self-deprecating one moment, then super egotistic the next. It's all scatterbrained. I've listened to so much god awful hip hop, and lil b is too weird to be grouped in with those guys. He's too openly gay and feminine. His influence is the rapid pace and amount of content on the internet. His rapping isn't supposed to be critiqued, it's just weird pseudo-satirical internet meme humor, the more people hate it, the stronger it makes his fanbase. Lil B has enough good lines here and there where I'm sure if he wanted to he could write a coherent verse, pretty much anybody can, it's just that he's too **ing weird. I gotta admit though, the amount of focus on spending on this dude could probably go to like, a real, talented musician, but **it.

03-23-2011, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	I like him, he's so dedicated.

03-25-2011, 11:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pheens Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 3	Not Lil B... i don't understand. The dis to Budden was just odd.

03-31-2011, 09:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jester Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 752	He's incredibly interesting, that's for sure. (Infinitely more interesting than the people bitching that he sucks.) That's about all I can say at the moment.

03-31-2011, 10:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	Why does he have to be as equally "talented" as other musicians to poke fun at them? Did every sports commentator have to be athletic? Or any critique? It's a weird standard. I don't know how you got the impression i thought ODB was putting on an act, that dude robbed a liquor store on camera. All i'm saying is weird characters like Lil B have plenty of room in the genre, and might have more positive influence then would seem. If lil b was just a worse version of soulja boi why would producers like 9th wonder be drawn to him? or fellow cult humorists like andy milonakis? Those dudes haven't given fiftytyson love, or mtvriffraff, trust me they'res plenty of people who appear to be like lil b. 9th wonder is in the industry, and talented, and so by your logic that puts him in a good position to judge, as he, as well as many artists, many outside of hip hop, have openly supported lil b. Editing and shooting a new video everyday takes work. He actually picks some pretty interesting locales, and edits them better then half the video's official rappers have of themselves at the strip club or whatever.