My choice is a guy that I guarantee that nobody will agree with and few will be familiar with: Louis LogicThis dude never makes a single syllable at any point in any of his songs that doesn't rhyme at multiple points and his multis are constant and relentless. Sure he hasn't been around that long but pretty much each and every line he spits is something that I'd be amazed by if anybody else did it. He's that good.A pity vote also goes to MC paul barman because he's so funny:"Jesus H. Christ," where "H." stands for "Holy crap." To boldly rap into the outer reaches. This doubterteaches defining God as aligning a divining rod with a hotchick's reclining bod. 'Cause life is fickle. Hellish.Anemic. Sickle cellish. Dude. You'll get chopped up likepickle relish."
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Apr 10 2007, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Arial">Big L.Topic over.</span></div>Yeah, he's definitely one of the illest. I haven't really listened to many of his songs, can you point me towards any particular songs that will convince me he's the best?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Apr 11 2007, 03:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, he's definitely one of the illest. I haven't really listened to many of his songs, can you point me towards any particular songs that will convince me he's the best?</div>Some of my favorite songs from Big L are 98 freestyle, Ebonics, Flamboyant, and Heist. I'm sure Lakersfan247 has plenty more."I got styles you can't copy bi*ch, its the triple six/ In the mix, straight from H-E-double hockey sticks""I'm makin rap hits, I snap flicks and mack chicks/ Just the slim ones, you won't see L with no fat bi*ch""I got slugs for snitches, no love for bitches/ Puttin thugs in ditches when my trigger finger itches""I'm known for yokin jacks and beatin em with smokin gats/ Leavin token blacks with broken backs and open caps""Ayo my crew be deliverin hot lead when gats I clench, rappers I jack and lynch, nobody could F*ck with the way I be killing up sh*t in rap events, Big L is that nigga you expect to catch rep on any cassette deck, I'm so ahead of my times my parents haven't met yet""Shut your mouth up before I buck lead, and make a lot of blood shed/ Turn your tux red, I'm far from broke, got enough bread/ And mad hoes, ask Beavis I get nuttin +But head+""All through high school I had braids/I kept mad blades/Stabbing teachers to death that gave me bad grades""I ran up on this nigga name Mac in a black ac/And put the gat to his cap, click-clack/Sorry jack but get up out of that""He didn't listen to what I was speakin/He started reaching/So I left him sleepin with his temple leaking""What's this muthafuckin rap game without L?/Yo, that's like jewels without ice/That's like China without rice/Or the Holy Bible without Christ/Or the Bulls without Mike/Or crackheads without pipes/The Village without dykes/Or hockey games without fights""Make sure my mic is loud and my production is tight/betta watch me round your girl if you ain't fu*kin her right""everywhere that I go brothers know my f*cking name/ im flooring niggas and I only weigh a buck and change"" I F*ck around and throw three in your chest, and flee to my rest,I'm, older and smarter this is me at my best""Take that suit off, before I shoot off, and tear your roof off,Leave your clothes bloody-red like the nose of Rudolph""I'm known for snatchin' purses and bombin' churches,I get more pussy on accident then most niggas get on purpose""And when it comes to gettin nookie I'm not a rookie,I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopie""fu*kin punk you aint a leader what, nobody followed you/ You was never sh*t your mother shoulda swallowed you""Saw this nigga named ClydeAnd snuck up on him from the blind sideI told him, "Give up the dough, before you get smokedOh you're broke? ( *shots* ) now you're dead broke""always find a loopholeI got a crime record longer than manute bol""If you battle L you picked the wrong headI smash mics like cornbread, you cant kill me I was born dead""they wanna know why im so fly,a girl ask me for a ring and I put one around her whole eye!"""step to this and get left with a face full of tears pal/but man you've been rapping for years nowand aint made a hit yet/you'll flop in a split sec/in the showers the only time you'll get your dick wet!""I beat kids with lead pipes I leave trails of dead mics/where I'm from niggas jewels get ran like red lights!""step to this and get shanked up/ive knocked out so many teeth the toothfairy went bankrupt"?What I recite be taking hours to writeSo if you bite just tell your man what kind of flowers you like?"?Always sprayin Tecs, because I be stayin vexedSome nigga named Dex, was in the projects layin threatsI jumped out the Lincoln, left him stinkinPut his brains in the streetNow you can see what he was just thinkin?""Crimes I Commited, Im A Villian Admit itIm the Type to murder you and tell your moms im the kid who did it""""On the ave I Bump rocks, Quick to give a chump KnotsYou aint tough, only thing you shootin is Jump Shots""Mc's be Braggin Bout Cash they Coll-ectBut The chumps Is Like Ray Charles Cause They Aint See No Money yet""Facts On Track I Recite WellEvery Body wanna be Like Mike, But Mike Wanna Be Like L"
BALLA you missed some that I absolutely LOVE "L is that nigga you expect, to catch wreck, on any caset that, I'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet" "And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie, I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopie" "I had beef with this theif, named Randolph, now he's in a casket dressed up with his hands crossed" "The first place that I hit was the corner store, I pulled out and told everybody to get on the floor... I took the cash then I jetted, one kid tried to set it, I bet he regret it, because he got wetted" "I keep a vest G, don't try to test me, a redneck police chief tried to arrest me... ayo that wasn't a smart cop, because I put 2 in his chest and his muthafuckin heart stopped" "The way I'm livin is dead wrong, I'm a devil from hell without the tail or the red horns.. killin is fun, I'm #1 with a gun, front and ya done, because you can't run from the devil's son" "Yo I admit I'm a sucka, a low-down dirty sneaky double-crossin kanivin muthafucka... breakin in cribs with a crow-bar, I wasn't poor - I was po, I couldn't afford the o-r" "I was taught wise, I'm known to extort guys, this aint Cali it's Harlem nigga - we do walk by's" "Once a nigga tried to stick me for 6 G's, and I put more holes in his ass than Swiss cheese" Big L is easily the best, IMO.
wow, that's pretty ill sh*t. still not sure if I prefer him to logic, but definitely one of the tops. I'd post some of my favorite logic lyrics but he's a bit too indie for many of his songs to have their lyrics on any websites. here's some stuff from the few songs I could find lyrics to:"bend you over a nice elegant sofa and drive the dick home like the vice president's chauffeur" "I'm willing and able, to start spilling a fableBut first quench my thirst to keep my syllables stableI spent the rent on drinking and now they killing my cable""I'm the sickest Sigman Froyd, boy, who sees his profession As an evil means of aggression that'll leave you kids destroyed I love to feed 'em a question that deseives their deception That leads to depression by the time they leave from the session You easily threatened with a lack of self-esteem It's cause you always see me on the M.I.C. like Kelly Green ""I'm a teacher in your district, leading you to mischiefFeeding you linguistics that's featured on my discusI need to be enlisted in clinics, for exhibiting sicknessAnd eating cat until the clitoris twitchesBeating rap and leave it in stitches and woundsThe deepest that I get is when my dicks in the wombsI put my fist to buffoons, and on the rare occasionWhen I'm drunk for days in put my lips to balloonsSpaced out like I live on the moon, Randy KaufmanYou're line and some vodka, yeah and it's often""Well, what do you know? Look who's mad again Scribblin' raps with a viagra pen That doesn't write just to spite the vatican I'm an antonym for weak, I can't begin to speak On my phantom life as anti-christ of the industry I'm out in the streets causin' confusion and mayhem And usually stay bent, PM through to the AM I got loose in my play pen and started breakin' sh*t I'm your favourite kid no one wants to babysit ""A mad bandit, pillaging cribs with panhandlesI'll burn your offices and have your promo ad cancelledPush back your release date, beating street teams in each stateFor their free tapes, and escape with a clean slate""I practice peer pressure and promote unsafe sexOn my tour of beer lectures, with one day leftI'm one stray head who corrupts the youth, F*ck the truthI plug drugs as a substitute"not from my favorite songs of his but you get the idea.
Big L was a very good rapper, but off the top of my head I can think of about 5 other guys that I'd put ahead of him. To his credit, he got better as he aged, and he was at his very best right before he died. If he lived longer, he could have risen on my list.I am sure I may get people who say this is going the popular route, but the best lyricist of all time is Nas (first 2 albums mostly). What makes him special is he is by far the best storytelling rapper of all time. He has made some of the most unique rap songs of all time; Rewind (raps a story, but in reverse order), I Gave You power (raps in the POV of a gun), and what seems to be everyone's favorite song, NY State of Mind. Early in his career his flow was FLAWLESS. He stitched rhymes together and made it flow unlike any other before or ever since. Moreso than any other rapper that I have listened to, he would use amazingly precise detail to paint a picture in your mind. He would use all kinds of metaphors, similies, and whatever else he could do to burn the picture he wanted to be in your mind. He also made 2 of the best diss songs/freestyles of all time (H to the OMO, Ether). Some of my favorite quotes:"When it's my time to go, I wait for God with the fo'-fo'" (read somewhere this was one of 2Pac's favorite lines)"I switched my motto -- instead of sayin F*ck tomorrowThat buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto""Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time""With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach""I rap in front of more niggaz than in the slave ships""Versatile, my style switches like a faggot But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual Of rap, I'm a professional and that's no question, yo""How you like me now? I go blaowIt's that sh*t that moves crowds makin every ghetto foulI might have took your first childScarred your life, crippled your styleI gave you powerI made you buck wild""Always I'm in some sh*t, my abdomen is the clipThe barrel is my dick, uncircumcisedPull my skin back and cock me, I bust off when they unlock me""Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is feltAnd of course N - A - S are the letters that spell . . .""Sittin in back of this chair, we hittin the roachThe smoke goes back in the blunt, the blunt gets bigger in growthJungle unrolls it, put his weed back in the jarThe blunt turns back into a cigar""Hung up the phone, then the phone rang I'm laid in the bed thinkin 'bout this pretty young thingWho left, she came back, her clothes just fell to the rugShe fell to my bed and gave me a hugI told her, "No hell"She talkin 'bout, "Me kiss"Bobbed her head then spit the nut back in my dickStarted suckin with no hands, a whole lotta spitThen got up and put her bra back on her titsGot fully dressed and told me, "Stressed really I'm"Picked up her Gucci bag and left her nigga behindWalkin through the door, she rang the bell twiceI vomited Vodka back in my glass with juice and iceThe clock went back from three, to two, to oneAnd that's about the time the story begun""(I) F*ck with your soul like ether(Will) Teach you the king you know you(Not) "God's son" across the belly(Lose) I prove you lost already""You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a StanI still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate classYou Tae-bo hoe, tryna' work it out, you tryna' get brolic?Ask me if I'm tryna' kick knowledgeNah, I'm tryna' kick the sh*t you need to learn thoughThat ether, that sh*t that make your soul burn slowIs he Dame Diddy, Dame Daddy or Dame Dummy?Oh, I get it, you Biggie and he's PuffyRockafeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapterAnd that's the guy y'all chose to name your company after?Put it together, I rock hoes, y'all rock fellasAnd now y'all try to take my spot, fellas?Philly's hot rock fellas, put you in a dry spot, fellasIn a pine box with nine shots from my glock, fellasFoxy got you hot 'cause you kept your face in her pussWhat you think, you gettin girls now 'cause of your looks?Ne-gro pleaseYou no mustache havin, with whiskers like a ratCompared to Beans you wackAnd your man stabbed Un and made you take the blameYou ass, went from Jaz to hangin with Caine, to Herb, to BigAnd, Eminem murdered you on your own sh*tYou a dick-ridin faggot, you love the attentionQueens niggas run you niggas, ask Russell SimmonsHa, R-O-C get gunned up and clapped quickJ.J. Evans get gunned up and clapped quickYour whole damn record label gunned up and clapped quickShawn Carter to Jay-Z, damn you on Jaz dickSo little shorty's gettin gunned up and clapped quickHow much of Biggie's rhymes is gon' come out your fat lips?Wanted to be on every last one of my classicsYou pop sh*t, apologize, nigga, just ask Kiss"
Nas and Big L are interchangable at #1 for me. 2pac is up there too. Big L moreso for his sick punchlines and Nas and Pac for their stories, and when I listen to their music, it feels like almost a power behind it. There's something about their songs.
K-Solo - did some amazing things on the micSlick Rick - was the best at telling storys through his lyricsKrs-One - how can u guys not have this guy up there!Lord Finesse - One of the BEST.Kool Moe Dee - ah Yeah a legend on the micBig Daddy Kane - once againheaps of guys who you can arguably say are the best lyricist Rakim, Nas, Talib Kweli, Kool G Rap, Ras Kass, Papoose, Greg Nice , Treach, Guru,DJ Quik, Common, Canibus.but the best.. hmm BDK IMO was just amazing how he delivered it aswell.check thisedit stupid htlm crapedit - um big l is okay to.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"I switched my motto -- instead of sayin F*ck tomorrowThat buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto"</div>that's interesting, eminem used that exact same rhymes in a line once, off the top of my head: "my motto, F*ck lotto, I get the seven digits from yo mother for a bottle and a dolla tomorrow"wonder if em was copying from the king
Yeah..Louis Logic is aight. I have a couple of his songs but I don't think he is the best lyricist of all time from what I have heard. Nas and Big L of course are probably the best lyricists of all time.
For a rapper..IMO it has to be Tupac..his flow wasnt that good...but his lyrics were genius...if you want an exmaple...simply youtube "Brendas Gotta Baby"
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LAZY @ Apr 11 2007, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You guys suck. U2 has the best lyrics.Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison are damn good also</div> :ban: U2 sucks for one. And their lyrics are nothing better then any other similar band.
