Is "Mural" by Lupe Fiasco the most lyrical rap song ever?

[Zero]

thread made me revisit Revenge of the Nerds



They tryin' to censor the influencer
Just makes me sicker, influenza, yeah
I'll abide by they censorship
Soon as they ride I'll get back on my nikka shyt
Can't reverse
The boy-game Advanced, complete the genesis
I've broke bread with societies menaces
I've dedicated sentences to the dead, and said hold your heads to my nikkas doin’ sentences
I send condolences to the victims but, threats to the witnesses
On my path I was facing a paragraph, myself
So they sentiments is felt
When you hate your own and discriminate of self
In a cell gotta make your home, coz you might never make it home
Suicide on your side might commit it with your belt
Keep your pants on homie
Streets I dance on lonely, like only
A bunch of nikkas won’t help, nah
That’s the enemy of stealth
Plus if they get caught how you gonna keep ya heart fatigue
The hustler’s diet is the enemy of health, give ya heart disease / heart the z's
Arteries hard but its hard to leave the bread alone
Aren’t we hard headed, headed for harm, but don’t fret it homes
From the twist tied to the butt
We be rippin’ it up
From the horror to the cure, don’t force the issue
To my nikkas in the war, may the force be with you

 

[ROFL_GUY]

guarntee you cant find any tracks last 10yrs on "mural" level lyrically

 

[Turbulent]

 

[PhonZhi]

Elzhi is the other nikka that is a straight up monster.

Here's a joint from EL thats kinda "all over the place" like Mural

 

[Turbulent]

guarntee you cant find any tracks last 10yrs on "mural" level lyrically

i mean, it depends what the criteria is exactly

are we talking about no subjects in particular just spitting going off? are we talking about just rhymeschemes/wordplay? are we talking about complex mataphors? does it have to be about something? does it have to touch your soul or just be intricately constructed?

does it have to be all of the above? and if so, are some parts more important than others? of course no one will agree on anything.

 

[Fatboi1]

Disgusting.

 

[Zero]

This is up there

Mercy, he's a mess, so immersed in his murk
He's 2/3 submerged below the surface where they surf
This is where I lay it down like a bird giving birth
So call me "Lu the Giant's Goose" or just "Faberge 'Pe"
Til I'm called back to the shore by the watchers of the Bay
I wait, til I come back like a tsunami
Never microwave like the watchers of the weight
I'm wrapped in aluminum foil, I do my dirt like Kwame
Until that same soil being pushed into my grave
But I'm so ahead of my time, the next day
Might strike oil while I delay, homie I'm so crude
Texas T, haters is so screwed
But I can't fill it like a flathead in a Philips
Don't get it twisted, nikka, I'm no tool
More cool than a pool in a blizzard
With ice cubes in it during Christmas



I'm Colonel Mustard with the speech
They ain't catchin' me, no suspicions of stickin'
No convictions on my rap sheet
I'm so committing lay my murder game,that's sweet
Speakeasy like Prohibition, no admission
If you ain't knocking like me to the underground bar, burying a toast
Dodging the raid like roach, nikka please

You couldn't tell me shyt in 2006...it was Lupe and Doom. THAT'S IT.


....and it still is for the most part!

 

[RAW_SPK]

Emperor Lu...he's in that genius category.

 

[DonKnock]

Disgusting.

His aint fuccin with Cole's


but unfortunately that freestyle was the near the peak of J. Cole's lyricism

Cole ain't seen Lupe any day of the week..

 

[Fatboi1]

His aint fuccin with Cole's


but unfortunately that freestyle was the near the peak of J. Cole's lyricism

Cole ain't seen Lupe any day of the week..

I never heard this Cole freestyle. I almost thought you were trolling for a second but Cole kind of fukked that shyt up but Lupe's verse>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

 

[pointproven214]

big punisher dream shatter imo is the most lyrical song ever along with pac's hail mary.

 

[rantanamo]

Adoration of the Magi >>>>> Mural

 

[McPiff]

shyt is probably the best hip hop song of the last 10 years.
But niccas will sleep on it cause its Lupe.

The first time i heard this joint i almost cried tears of joy. shyt is a masterpiece

 

[ineedsleep212]

Lupe the GAWD

 

[Insensitive]

No, are many better in my opinion, including but not exclusive to Poet Laureate 2 - Canibus.

This is why I was like when so many people were gushing
about the song length.
I was like Canibus already did this and it's easily just as lyrical without
him rambling in the middle of the song like Lupe did.