rap music's memorable banalities

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and it gets warm, take off your hot sweater

M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

if you're tired, then go take a nap

Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

dood ya can't knock Special Ed!!

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

(many x-posts)

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

My DJ is warm, he's X. I call him Norm Ya know.

Still makes me laugh everytime.

Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

maybe X should take off his sweater.

Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

And in the off season we vacate in the shade.

P'zone, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

and it gets warm, take off your hot sweater

― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:35 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if you're tired, then go take a nap

― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:37 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha these were exactly what i meant

choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 27 December 2008 05:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

i'll get me GOAT

― HOOS clique iphones fool get ya steen on (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, September 13, 2008 5:46 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 27 December 2008 05:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

Buy a half price sweater new

ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Saturday, 27 December 2008 06:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

you cant help me if you cant help yourself
you better make a left

choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 27 December 2008 11:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'M GETTIN SLEEPY
I NEED SOME COFFEE

BIG HOOS is not a nacho purist fwiw (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 27 December 2008 17:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

it don't matter if radio say its a hit
real niggas consider it miscellaneous shit

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 January 2009 07:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

^ ^ ^ Requesting source pls. ^ ^ ^

brightscreamer, Monday, 19 January 2009 21:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

Saigon on "Say It" from new Termanology mixtape If Heaven Was A Mile Away

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 January 2009 21:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

I knew a guy like you
his name was Felipe

WavyNDaLazDayz (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Monday, 19 January 2009 21:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

And if you're dirty, then go take a bath.

Mr. Snrub, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

first of all I'd like to thank god

Edward III, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

a pound costs six in new york
but it's half in Miami

WavyNDaLazDayz (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm just vanishin' with the vanishin' cream - Masta Killa

I woke up this morning and had that line in my head. I never noticed it until just then. Weird.

brightscreamer, Saturday, 31 January 2009 15:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Letters makes words
and sentences makes paragraphs

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 March 2009 21:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

this be the drama
i'ma cause like a comma in sentence
paragraphs indented

fuck bein hard, BIG HOOS is complicated (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 15 March 2009 21:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

early in the mornin' jump out my bed
grab some afro sheen and I comb my head

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 16 March 2009 03:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

I've posted this before, on a similar thread, as it is my favorite example of this sort of thing:

You lied about the lies that you lied about
You even lied to your aunt when you went down south

2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Monday, 16 March 2009 03:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

All the way to Africa, a.k.a. the Motherland
Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand
That's the right hand, Black Man
Only if you was noted as my man

kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 16 March 2009 13:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

I was lyrics like those that, in the summer of 97 when I worked for Domino's Pizza, led me to believe that I could have a future in this rap game.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 16 March 2009 13:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

I like the Whopper, fuck the Big Mac

Consider the Challopster (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 01:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

More like "I like the Whopper BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!! the Big Mac"

Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 01:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand
That's the right hand, Black Man

the particular banality of this dawned on me very slowly until one day i heard it and was literally in tears wit hlaughter

fuck bein hard, BIG HOOS is complicated (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 02:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

Never see me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin'.

mike a, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 02:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

A nice big plate of/Fish, which is my favorite dish

mike a, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

I know a man named Hank
He has more rhymes than a sirius bank

Mr. Snrub, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

not to pat myself on the back but i like this thread

@diplo DUB STEP!! GET DA FUCK UP!!! (deej), Friday, 20 March 2009 20:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

But now I'm humble and I can only think
About New Orleans and those jumbo shrimp

I'm sure I've posted this on ILX before but I can't find it now...

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 March 2009 00:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Me, I'm a pimp, I ain't payin' for no sex
I'd rather buy me a car or a new rolex

reverend bout to change my name to rev peso (The Reverend), Saturday, 21 March 2009 01:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Actually, wow, Kid Rock is great for this. On "American Bad-Ass" we get:

I jabbed and stabbed
And knocked critics backs
And I did not stutter when I said that.

as well as:

I like Johnny Cash and Grand Master Flash.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 March 2009 02:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Condo paid for, no car payment."

Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Saturday, 21 March 2009 03:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

ridin droptop in the winter with the heat on

BIG MILES fuckin w/ electricity in '68 (The Reverend), Saturday, 21 March 2009 10:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

storch, can i borrow your yacht?

the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

got the dro and the liquor
at the sto, get the swishas
tropicana and a twizzla

the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

dro's got a lotta these

ridin down simpson me and t.i. watchin "lean on me"

the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

basically an young dro rap about eating shark or tilapia is a memorable banality

the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm not sure how banal some of these are - I mean, Biggie saying he's got his condo and car paid for is more of a specific statement about wealth and success, right? It may not be all that thrilling but it's not exactly filling time with chatter that would be true of anybody...

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, and the reason that Rakim talks about fish, is because in the song he's broke and fish is a luxury. I picture ilxors sitting around eating giant salmon steaks being all "ho hum this is so BORING."

poxyfuzak (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

ya without the "without money it's still a wish" of course it's gonna seem banal

s1ocki, Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

quoting it alone is kinda unfair.

I AGREE GUYS.

s1ocki, Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

Cigarette burns in my plush
Empty beer bottles in the brush
And my bitch actin' like a lush

goodbye pork pie scarf (The Reverend), Monday, 23 March 2009 22:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

<3 dj quik

those arent banal tho -- or not in the spirit of the thread -- those are just easy to identify with (parties over, dudes have trashed the place & my girl is drunk)

@diplo DUB STEP!! GET DA FUCK UP!!! (deej), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 04:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, there's gotta be some finer point of distinction that separates memorable banalities from rapping in a memorable way about banal subjects. They're all good lines though.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Everybody rappin like it's a commercial
Acting like life is a big commercial

2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol

marc gasloi (symsymsym), Monday, 16 May 2011 05:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

Shouts out to jet jaguar and James brown, so glad I took the time to write their names down, just to big them up.

Doom on Rhymes Like Dimes

popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 16 May 2011 08:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

I sang on 'Doowhutchyalike,' and if you missed it
I'm the one who said, ''Just grab 'em in the biscuits.''
Also told you that I like to bite...
well, yeah, I guess it's obvious I also like to write.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 2 June 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

The clock tick-tocks as I lay in my bed
It's visions of you, circlin' through my head
I sip lemon ice tea, read a magazine
Wish we were involved, in a sneaky love scene

Doctor Casino, Monday, 22 August 2011 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

aw

whinie tempah (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 22 August 2011 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

I'm the type of guy that says, "The pudding is delicious."

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 April 2012 04:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 15's didn't see no wire's, and then I heard boom from the amplifiers

-Big Tymers

Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

and my mom is nice and my dad is dead

caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ali said 'pay for lunch,' so I did it.

viacom dios, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

We shared chicken sandwiches. They was a dollar fifty.

viacom dios, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

hahahaha

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

four fifteen inch speakers aren't very banal, that's a lot of bass

los blue jeans, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

You don’t cook, you don’t clean or press my jeans / you don’t scrub or wash clothes or buy food / or make any cream in this bitch, you don’t read to the seeds. All you do is watch TV and smoke weed / get your nails done and feet scrubbed and hair weaved / sleep all day, eat, gain weight, can’t breathe.

viacom dios, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes my name is roman, last name is zolanski, but no relation to roman polanski

fennel cartwright, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm like 'probably if you clean up and read a little.'

viacom dios, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Went to buy me a pair from the skateboard shop/Went home, they didn't fit, so I had to re-cop

Charles de Gaul (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

9 months pass...

PB? PB? Who is Peabo Bryson?
Two years ago I renewed my license

Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 February 2013 19:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

Now I'm not all about dissing someone else personnel
But there's no quota on your odor, that's right, you smell

it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 05:55 (4 months ago) Permalink

thats what the song is about tho

Guccifer 2 Time (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 06:29 (4 months ago) Permalink

well yes, i suppose so.

it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 07:25 (4 months ago) Permalink

*Insert 2 Chainz lyric here*

tsrobodo, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 08:39 (4 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I fucked Sherane and went to tell my bros
Then Usher Raymond "Let it Burn" came on

Lambo Sedan (Whitey on the Moon), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:15 (3 months ago) Permalink

^Wondering if that one is maybe an oblique gonorrhea joke tho. Or something deeper ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lambo Sedan (Whitey on the Moon), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:17 (3 months ago) Permalink

"I'm rollin thicker than a milkshake
I like to eat crab but I prefer steak" - Spice 1

ta-nehisi goatse (fadanuf4erybody), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:46 (3 months ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

I go on and on
can't understand how I last so long

The Reverend, Saturday, 6 April 2013 06:48 (2 months ago) Permalink


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