rap music's memorable banalities

along with

goonie goonie moony juney purple spoonie killa noonie

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not banal in content, but Drake's delivery of "Last night I tried some raw oysters" really puts it in this category IMO.

"And when I was five, my favorite movie was the Gremlins / Ain't got shit to do with this, but I just thought that I should mention"

-Lil Wayne

Thanks for the memories

when i was 5 my favorite movie was the gremlins
ain't got shit to do with this but i just thought that i would mention

― one yankee sympathizer masquerading as a historian (difficult listening hour), Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:05 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops

Never popped a molly
but when I'm on coffee I feel as if I done just tried it

Niggaz in the Bronx call me Lex 'cause I push a Lex.
And I rock a Rolex.
And I lounge on Lex.
And I love sex.

Never popped a molly
but when I'm on coffee I feel as if I done just tried it

― slam dunk, Monday, February 23, 2015 3:19 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looool

Never drank a coffee
but when I eat too much toffee I feel as if I done just tried it

Eminem: "I should download her audio on mp3"

coining this thread title was my professional peak IMHO

it's really good, yeah

Watching movies like damn that Vince Vaughn is a funny cat
Fred Claus and the Kelly up in your closet
Belly full of smog again, ciggys just make me nauseous

EPMD are the kings:

"Sit back and recline
watch the sun shine
take a stroll
listen to rock n' roll
catch a flick at the movies
dance so bold"

good life advice too

EPMD OTM

i ordered enchiladas and i ate 'em

Phife Dawg on Tribe's "Buggin' Out":

"I float like gravity / Never had a cavity"
"I sport New Balance sneakers to avoid a narrow path"
"Drink a lot of soda so they call me Dr. Pepper"

keep a couple hand torches in the jansport
i'm from pebble beach, that's a historic landmark
- mozzy, beautiful struggle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUfuEgAp8FI

three course meal
spaghetti fettucini and veal

It's how son became a big man from a black boy
To name names, a really big fan of Dan Aykroyd

"Feelin kinda great, got change for the toll" on Run-DMC's "Ragtime." Though, the whole cut is kind of a deliberate goof, with lines like "I rhyme when I am sleeping, I rhyme when I'm awake / When I was nine I said a rhyme by putting candles on my cake."

that sounds kinda like the one Cosby episode where he was walking around talking in rhyme the whole time a la "how do you do/welcome to the zoo/i told you I could rhyme/I do it all the time"

Yeah right, my bear hugs air tight
New Yorkers know no turning on a red light

- Redman

Serengeti frequently works the "memorable banalities" vein, e.g. I skateboarded and hurt my knee / I sat right next to a willow tree.

DMC, "King of Rock" - "I walked on ice and never fell."

Wise Intelligent (Stetsasonic) "Uda Man" - "Purple is the opposite of brown."

he's talking about weed obv

"So many successful entertainers with tax problems"

-- Rick Ross, "Ghostwriter"

that is brilliant

There are at least a few lines on the record about taxes, tax shelters, accountants, etc.

"Grinding until my new accountant is fully at ease"

"No school lunch next week/I'm brown-bagging it" - Young MC, "Bust a Move"

I got a color TV so I can see the Knicks play basketball

oops - taken already

"There was a few times I needed your support
But you tried to play me like an indoor sport
Like racquetball, tennis, pool, whatever"

Not long is how long that this rhyme took me

haha yeah, good one

relistening to early Wu tracks through the poll, and there's a lot of classic memorable banalities and old school playful lyricism in there, in my mind Wu where always very different from fx De La but I guess maybe they weren't always as far apart as I thought

"Upset stomach/I had to eat" - Valee, "Shell"

Jay-z : "we dont stop at the tolls we got ez passes"

Guarantee this only saves you like 5 min on I-95 dude

Cali: great place to visit

It's cold as a bitch on the subway platform / waiting for the J

Prodigy - cold world

the battle was won by swords being swung — masta killa, glaciers of ice

D flow - “ tryna drink lighter beers”

Face is pretty, ass for days
I get chips, I ask for Lay's

Though big dog's in this biz
I never see no man chasin' Frisbees

God is good growin up in the hood
Done some things bad, done some things good

kurupt off pete rocks tru master

"This year, Halloween fell on the weekend."

Bushwick Bill, My Mind Playing Tricks on Me

I believe it’s “fell on a weekend”...

That line is basic but evocative; and part of its “work” happens when Bill’s revelation at the end of the verse gives the lie to its specificity.

I believe it’s “fell on a weekend”...

Well now I feel just like a fiend

it wasn't even close to Halloween, but it fell on a weekend...whatever it was

xp LOL