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Originally Posted by floatingslowly
I write better rhymes than that and I SUCK. go ahead, listen to koRn, but oh FUUCK!!
it's because you're young and don't KNOW how MCs on the mic should FLOW.
the beats are good, but the rhymes are fucking SLOPPY. all that's missing from that shit is the clown JALOPY.
yes, I did just rhyme sloppy and jalopy. SEEN.
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I think I have a pretty decent idea of how emcees should sound. I listen to a fair amount of DOOM, Geto Boys, early Triple Six Mafia, Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang, Black Star, Snoop, Dr. Dre, Esham, Awesome Dre, Eminem, Beastie Boys, N.W.A., etc. I'm not the biggest hip-hop head, but I certainly am not unexposed to the genre in any sense (yes, I've heard acts like Zion I, Kool Moe Dee, and De La Soul, before anyone mentions them). I've admitted that ICP are far from the best emcees, but they're certainly not as talentless as what you just shat out. No offense.
It's not the skill involved in making their music that attracts me to it. In fact, sometimes it can be the exact opposite. For example, I can't get enough of Shaggy's singing. It's soooo off key and horrid. Or lines like "Well, I'm up for the shot in a minute/Show me a valley, I might go in it". The music is very self-aware.
It's not really the rhymes that are the best part of their lyrics. Listening to a great ICP song can be a lot like watching one of my favorite cheesy slasher films. It's not meant to be taken so seriously. They're the fucking INSANE CLOWN POSSE for fuck's sake. Plus, I get a kick every time they mention local streets like Gratiot and Livernois. I pass by the places in these songs daily.