Why your favorite rapper sucks

CoNtrivedNiHilism · 01-04-2015, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Hey man, he's an all-star.

In the sixth grade, I wooed a girl by singing her that song. Don't hate!

The Batlord · 01-04-2015, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CoNtrivedNiHilism

Man, I just cannot, however I try, regard anything those guys have put out, as good. I had not heard two guys talk about their dick, and one another's dicks that much, until I listened to ICP. Exactly what is it about their music people praise so highly? Whatever it is, I am just not getting it.

My opinion on ICP being laughably bad, has not changed since I first heard them in 98. I have tried, and tried to find anything I like from them, but NOTHING has succeeded in winning me over, every damn song, and I just want to mail them a dictionary. I am sorry to anyone on this forum that listens to ICP, I'm not dissing you for listening to them, but I am dissing ICP. They're just not good, not even decent. They're the kind of group that make me want to go deaf.

The things that people say are bad about them are certainly bad: they can't rap, they're morons, and juggalos are a plague. But they actually have qualities that go under the radar that are actually non-ironically good.

They have far more personality than even many of the best rappers. Their idiosyncratic, high energy personas are engaging---if you turn your brain off---in a way that really makes them feel larger than life.\/\/\/

They're actually pretty good story tellers. They don't tell a nuanced tale, but they still know how to bring it to life when they want to.\/\/\/

They certainly are two-dimensional rappers at best, but when they're firing on all cylinders they manage to work within their limitations to make something unique. Whether they were ever aware of these limitations, or if they just instinctively play to their strengths, is anybody's guess. \/\/\/

It's easy to brush this off as incompetent, but I think the monotone delivery, lack of variety, and ultra-simple, sing song delivery actually create a sinister atmosphere that would be ruined by someone with more "talent".

They're certainly not for everybody, but I think a lot of people dismiss them without really looking past their obvious flaws.

**Janszoon** · 01-04-2015, 03:04 PM

One time, I read a similar comment about ICP from Batlord and he was so convincing that I actually downloaded one of their albums to give them a second chance. Guess what? It was horrible.

DwnWthVwls · 01-04-2015, 04:08 PM

His words were convincing, and then I skimmed through each song he provided and still hated them.

I do like a couple tracks by them but none of those.

**Frownland** · 01-04-2015, 04:09 PM

No guys, forget about how awful they are and you'll realize how awesome they are. Just flick the brain switch into off mode and you'll be painting your face and drinking Faygo in no time. Right Bat?

Micco · 01-04-2015, 04:21 PM

Guru or Rakim.

The Batlord · 01-04-2015, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

No guys, forget about how awful they are and you'll realize how awesome they are. Just flick the brain switch into off mode and you'll be painting your face and drinking Faygo in no time. Right Bat?

It's not my fault their music doesn't include using a rusted out saxophone covered in hamburger meat to recreate the sound of smell.

**Frownland** · 01-04-2015, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

It's not my fault their music doesn't include using a rusted out saxophone covered in hamburger meat to recreate the sound of smell.

And thank god it isn't. You have to stuff the meat into the bell of the sax to really get any effect. You don't even know what you're talking about, do you?

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 01-08-2015, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's not a shithole in terms of music. A hell of a lot of good stuff has come out of there over the years.

And it's techno that's from Detroit. House is from Chicago.

well i like danny brown, anyway. i hate techno/house/all that **** tbh. when i'm sober, anyway.

DwnWthVwls · 01-08-2015, 03:09 PM

I'm waiting to hear you sh*t on Micco's picks. Rakim or Guru. Get to work boy.

01-04-2015, 03:04 PM	#183 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	One time, I read a similar comment about ICP from Batlord and he was so convincing that I actually downloaded one of their albums to give them a second chance. Guess what? It was horrible. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-04-2015, 04:09 PM	#185 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	No guys, forget about how awful they are and you'll realize how awesome they are. Just flick the brain switch into off mode and you'll be painting your face and drinking Faygo in no time. Right Bat? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Micco Karaoke Crooner Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 170	Guru or Rakim.