We gonna keep it real on Amanda Gorman?

[humminbird]

I'm surprised op doesn't like her
the powers that be choose her for you to enjoy

 

[@OffHalsted]

 

[The Fade]

her mama got a zaddy

shes obviously been groomed

 

[Taadow]

I don't want to hear none of you short bus nikkas who listen to NBA Youngboy, Da Baby, Lil Baby, Babies R Us etc complaining about this intelligent poetic young sister doing her thing


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Well i'll meet you in the middle Good Sir...I don't feel these people you listed, and I also ain't checkin' for this broad.
Balance is key.

 

[Taadow]

Guys that listen to rap which is spoken word poetry with a beat and instrumentals complaining about spoken word poetry.

"Lyrics ain't chit if the beat ain't crackin'"
- David Blake

 

[skylove4]

We gonna keep it a stack?


...cause...




This ... ain't it





Beautiful girl though

Black excellence slander will not be tolerated

 

[KamikazePilot]

opinions like this are why hiphop is dead

The fact that you think Hip Hop is dead means you’re opinion doesn’t matter

 

[Guess Who]

Proud of her and what she’s been able to do but...as someone who’s been around a lot of spoken word artists, her shyt is fairly mediocre. Like it’s not bad but I don’t think what she writes is super powerful. It don’t hit me like a lot of the talented artists I’ve seen making real statements in smoky dive bar open mics. I hope she’s able to dig deeper and put more soul into her shyt. She got a bright future so hopefully she got the right people around her.

EDIT: After watching the inauguration poem again, yeah there were definitely some parts that were dope. Cant front. The super bowl joint wasn’t that great though.

 

[TheJet]

Fucc it. Let lil sis get to the bag. Goddamn I swear y'all complain about everything man. Fucc you worried she gonna do, make your kids want to grow up to be literate?

 

[IVS]

She's a shill.

We already hip to the game, so we not biting on her rollout.

 

[Ahadi]

I think she’s suppose to be this generations “Maya Angelou”

 

[El Bombi]

Poetry is lame.

Naw, Poetry is cool.

I've just never been a fan of Spoken Word Poetry tho.

 

[Pirius Black]

Spoken word is for cats who couldn't rap, but still wanted to rap. That said, get your cash sis.

 

[daemonova]