good music makers vs. good lyricists

[Low_key]

What do u prefer in your favorite artists?

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

When I was younger I was into bars but nowdays Im fine with good songs(thugga,future etc) I mean as far as lyricists its not gonna get any better than 90s rappers so y'all minus well dead that we need more lyrical miracle rappers talk.

 

[Low_key]

When I was younger I was into bars but nowdays Im fine with good songs(thugga,future etc) I mean as far as lyricists its not gonna get any better than 90s rappers so y'all minus well dead that we need more lyrical miracle rappers talk.

a mixture of both would be a perfect world but long as the song is saying something relateble i rather it be catchy and nicely structured than a 4 minute song of straight bars

 

[The Ruler 09]

Good lyricists can be good music makers. The best Hip Hop artists of all time are by and large all good lyricists.

 

[Low_key]

Good lyricists can be good music makers. The best Hip Hop artists of all time are by and large all good lyricists.

I know that but this thread is more so about which one u prioritize more

 

[Kitsune]

need both to be a worthwhile artist

 

[Corndog]

Yeah I'm not even going to vote just because I think its stupid people get so in their shyt over this question. Both have their charms, and sometimes I want to listen to G Rap, sometimes Future

It is what it is

 

[Low_key]

I think bars get overrated sometimes because its all subjective to the listener

 

[Peter Parker]

Good Music makers 100,000%, I don't even care if you got bars as long as the music is good

 

[Hyperion]

Good lyricists can be good music makers. The best Hip Hop artists of all time are by and large all good lyricists.

Agreed. You need both to be considered a GOAT. Bars are necessary, but they can only take you so far. Plenty of rappers in the underground have them, but they rarely blow. Why? Cause the musical side of it probably sucks.

 

[Low_key]

king los is from my city but he dont really make good songs in my opionon. nikkas from here dont really bump him either, he got bars tho

 

[904]

I'm far less tolerant of bar heavy/average music than I used to be..

The music has to be good in most cases for me now

 

[BruhMayne]

good music makers > bars

there's been classic albums made without exceptional lyricism, but never the other way around

 

[ManBearPig]

Music.

I'd rather play group home or young thug than listening to some random Aesop Rock album

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

if you put a gun to my head... give me bars... i don't care how "good" a song is... if the rapper is rapping about some bullshyt.. or some a,b,c 1,2,3 type of shyt... i can't fukk with that shyt.. i'm listening the whole time like "fukk is this nikka talking about" or i just start wishing i had the instrumental

take biggie, jay, beans, wu.... some of my favs... if they was on the same songs, same beats, but was rapping like chief keef... get them the fukk out of here

but if those dudes rapped the same, but had shytty beats... i'd still give them a listen


and i wouldn't even say it's an old school thing... kendrick, cole, meek sometimes... all got bars but don't have the catchiest songs