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 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the Whopper, fuck the Big Mac
― Consider the Challopster (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
More like "I like the Whopper BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!! the Big Mac"
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other handThat'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 (fifteen years ago) link
Never see me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin'.
― mike a, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
A nice big plate of/Fish, which is my favorite dish
― mike a, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I know a man named HankHe has more rhymes than a sirius bank
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
But now I'm humble and I can only thinkAbout 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Me, I'm a pimp, I ain't payin' for no sexI'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 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, wow, Kid Rock is great for this. On "American Bad-Ass" we get:
I jabbed and stabbedAnd knocked critics backsAnd 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 (fifteen years ago) link
"Condo paid for, no car payment."
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Saturday, 21 March 2009 03:05 (fifteen years ago) link
ridin droptop in the winter with the heat on
― BIG MILES fuckin w/ electricity in '68 (The Reverend), Saturday, 21 March 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago) link
storch, can i borrow your yacht?
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
got the dro and the liquor at the sto, get the swishastropicana and a twizzla
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
ya without the "without money it's still a wish" of course it's gonna seem banal
― s1ocki, Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
quoting it alone is kinda unfair.
I AGREE GUYS.
Cigarette burns in my plushEmpty beer bottles in the brushAnd my bitch actin' like a lush
― goodbye pork pie scarf (The Reverend), Monday, 23 March 2009 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
<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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Everybody rappin like it's a commercialActing like life is a big commercial
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
In a test of three outta fiveWhup anybody's ass at NBA Live
― Styles Davis (The Reverend), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
dude if you wnna get rappers started on video games
― hot dog hallway desperately seeking catsuppp dude (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean asher roth has a whole song on the radio right now about how he's good at mario kart
― hot dog hallway desperately seeking catsuppp dude (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 06:58 (fourteen years ago) link
tho in that dept., you can't get anymore banal than mr. lif
Thanks for checkin me, sit on the couchPick up a controller and lets play Tekken 3Whoop that ass four times now you wanna switchYou can use Eddie now I'm Dr. Boskonovitch
― hot dog hallway desperately seeking catsuppp dude (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 06:59 (fourteen years ago) link
on 285 i keep ridin in a circleinside of my ride smellin like a pound of purple
― triple-hater protection (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 07:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Man I bring some prime Com and Whiney has to get on some Asher bullshit.
― Styles Davis (The Reverend), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 08:00 (fourteen years ago) link
This is another one that I think counts as a legitimate lyric, I have had lots of friends who have relished the joys of getting high and driving around the loop (whether 285 or insert-your-town's-perimeter-highway) with your buddies.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
YKK on your zipper
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Julio Iglesias...We gettin cream like that nigga
More WTF than banal really
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
It's like this and like that and like this and uh
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Man I bring some prime Com and Whiney has to get on some Asher bullshit.― Styles Davis (The Reverend), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 4:00 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Styles Davis (The Reverend), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 4:00 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Don't shoot the messenger. We could have a thread of 1000000 rappers talking about playing video games.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
YKK on your zipper― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 1:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 1:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
This is the only actual good one since los blue jeans's Big Mac post like 50 posts up.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I never had any idea what that line meant until like 5 years later when I was taking a shit and started examining my zipper in detail for some reason.
― Styles Davis (The Reverend), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Huge chunks of "Rapper's Delight" really do fit wonderfully under this umbrella. The whole discussion of eating bad food at a friend's house is instantly memorable and totally banal...but then there's also stuff like:
I got a color TVSo I can seethe Knicks play basketball
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 11:43 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark
best rap lyric ever hands down
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link
who ate all the pies
― kumar the bavarian, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm puttin' on my shadesto cover up my eyes
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I get the cream, cops see me flick my beamsI'm allergic to doc-prescribed antihistamines
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
And everybody knew the pattern of Pac-ManRams was 15, and that then was happenin'
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 October 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I go by the name of the King, Ad-RockI don't wear a cup, nor a jock
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 April 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
next day's luncheonhigh class functionfood is servedand you're stone cold munchin'
― the zing cheese incident (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 April 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm infalliblenot into failure
― dblake (symsymsym), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
"buckets of ice keep the champagne cool" - juelz santana
― teflon dawn (uptown churl), Saturday, 30 April 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
i went to the gate to ask where was her dormthis guy made me fill out a visitor's form
― harrumph. (los blue jeans), Saturday, 30 April 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
― teflon dawn (uptown churl), Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
this one is great
― J0rdan S., Monday, 16 May 2011 04:18 (twelve years ago) link