Is wordplay dead?

[2manyFCKNrappers]

i remember there was a time when some dope wordplay would be the highlight of an entire verse/song. Now it seems like nobody gives a fukk about being really clever with your lyrics. It's moreso about being repetitive on a catchy part of the song and saying it over and over. So I'm assuming redundancy has replaced being clever altogether. If so, this really is going to damage what makes listening to hip hop a pleasurable experience imo. The best parts about listening are replaying the pieces where you get the meaning of what the artists is trying to say. The wit of the artist and the decoding work on the part of the listener is a tradition. Now with sites like Genius there is no work....it's already laid out for you and anybody can have it without taking the time or having the experience to understand. The wordplay aspect is so crucial and it's just fading away.

 

[Diondon]

Seeing the internet response to DDA, I'm inclined to say there is still interest for wordplay
Although it has been pushed to the background as of late.

 

[tuckgod]

i remember there was a time when some dope wordplay would be the highlight of an entire verse/song. Now it seems like nobody gives a fukk about being really clever with your lyrics. It's moreso about being repetitive on a catchy part of the song and saying it over and over. So I'm assuming redundancy has replaced being clever altogether. If so, this really is going to damage what makes listening to hip hop a pleasurable experience imo. The best parts about listening are replaying the pieces where you get the meaning of what the artists is trying to say. The wit of the artist and the decoding work on the part of the listener is a tradition. Now with sites like Genius there is no work....it's already laid out for you and anybody can have it without taking the time or having the experience to understand. The wordplay aspect is so crucial and it's just fading away.

 

[NoHalfWay]

You can't kill something timeless.

 

[blizzard man]

yeah

 

[Kitsune]

yeah, rappers now create cocksucker music, nikkas have the same taste as woman these days.

 

[Prince Cairo]

yeah, rappers now create cocksucker music, nikkas have the same taste as woman these days.

What the fukk are you talking about

 

[Firefly]

It's around definitely, just have to dig because the genre is run by hype and "turn up" more than quality bars. But the spitters are out there. Just pushed to the background.

 

[lucky lefty]

Hilarious to see these pathetic dikkriders put on their bytch nikka blinders and front like the GOAT our Flow Lord and Lyrical Savior Hova Da Gawd ain't just spit GOATly wordplay when he crushed the buildings with VerseOTY on ATWU

 

[FRIED MASON]

Hilarious to see these pathetic dikkriders put on their bytch nikka blinders and front like the GOAT our Flow Lord and Lyrical Savior Hova Da Gawd ain't just spit GOATly wordplay when he crushed the buildings with VerseOTY on ATWU

 

[KravenMorehead™]

@A.V.

 

[The God Poster]

No @Tunez

 

[Harry B]

You can use Genius but you can also choose to listen to the music to understand it in the way you receive it. Just cause genius says it doesn't mean it's true. It could be some 14 year old kid that annotated a certain bar. Or 3 different takes.

Personally I'm too lazy to listen to music and then go in and read the lyrics. It's basically just if I really don't understand, back in the days I'd ask people today I can just google it. Same shyt different technique.

 

[A.V.]

i remember there was a time when some dope wordplay would be the highlight of an entire verse/song. Now it seems like nobody gives a fukk about being really clever with your lyrics. It's moreso about being repetitive on a catchy part of the song and saying it over and over. So I'm assuming redundancy has replaced being clever altogether. If so, this really is going to damage what makes listening to hip hop a pleasurable experience imo. The best parts about listening are replaying the pieces where you get the meaning of what the artists is trying to say. The wit of the artist and the decoding work on the part of the listener is a tradition. Now with sites like Genius there is no work....it's already laid out for you and anybody can have it without taking the time or having the experience to understand. The wordplay aspect is so crucial and it's just fading away.

Say less.

 

[Saiyajin]

nah...

#DROGAS otw....