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
condo in miami, that's my favorite padwatching rondo vs miami, he just made a pass
- jim jones
― J0rdan S., Monday, 16 May 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― marc gasloi (symsymsym), Monday, 16 May 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link