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Listen man... any rapper can have a quotable.... shyt a nikka can say “gat with me hat with me” and I can quote it. Quotables STICK... and they ain’t always punchlines... shyt most of the quotables that stick with aren’t punchlines.... it’s that FEEL. That shyt that STICKS. How the hell can y’all say quotables are overrated??? Lmao.

Thats where Drake (or whoever writing it for him) excels. Cuz he has lines that just happen to stick. Some more meme worthy nowadays but lets not act like nikkas wasnt quoting the ENTIRE “So Far Gone” back in 09. Freshman year at college was real af cuz nikkas legitimately had situations where “I can see my next girl standing with my ex girl standing with the girl that im fukking right now” for example.
 

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Thats where Drake (or whoever writing it for him) excels. Cuz he has lines that just happen to stick. Some more meme worthy nowadays but lets not act like nikkas wasnt quoting the ENTIRE “So Far Gone” back in 09. Freshman year at college was real af cuz nikkas legitimately had situations where “I can see my next girl standing with my ex girl standing with the girl that im fukking right now” for example.
“A thug changes.... and love changes.... and best friends become strangers” yeah that’ll stick FOREVER. So people can gtfoh with that “overrated” shyt for quotables
 

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This.

Kendrick fans gotta understand that the nikka just dont got quotables like that. It ain't even that big of a knock in the grand scheme of things but they still get bent outta shape smh. the nikka still got classic albums. nikka just not that quotable. ya'll be ight i promise you

agree, but classic albums tho?:patrice:I'll be generous and give him GKMC and thats it

We in a time where you cant give honest critiques without being labeled a hater.
oh you can, just dont do it to the artist who nikkas deem(been brainwashed to believe) as there savior(s) in this generation that they see as :trash: which is Kendrick and sometimes Cole.

add in the problack element

and nikkas are now 2x more attached to the point where they wont tolerate, a criticism that is legit
 
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Y’all reaching with with quotable shyt. Like that makes you a great MC. Most people would struggle to find a universal quotables from must MCs.

:russ:

Damn near every opening bar salvo Prodigy spit from Infamous to HNIC was a quotable. He was so good at it people created a category just to acknowledge him for it.

FOH. If an MC is worthy of being called "the best", "one of the best," "legend," or "best rapper alive," he usually has quotables for days. Great MC's drop quotables, period. Don't move the goalposts if your favorite MC doesn't qualify.
 

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“A thug changes.... and love changes.... and best friends become strangers” yeah that’ll stick FOREVER. So people can gtfoh with that “overrated” shyt for quotables

“Put me anywhere on God’s green earth; I’ll triple my worth”



Phonte has plenty of memorable lines :sas1:

"Sometimes I think I'm from another world
when I'm tryna tell a woman just exactly where I stand at
I WANT A GIRL WHEN I WANT A GIRL
AND WHEN I DONT WANT A GIRL, I WANT A GIRL WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT"

My go to line when I'm introducing people to Phonte

agree, but classic albums tho?:patrice:I'll be generous and give him GKMC and thats it


oh you can, just dont do it to the artist who nikkas deem(been brainwashed to believe) as there savior(s) in this generation that they see as :trash: which is Kendrick and sometimes Cole.

add in the problack element

and nikkas are now 2x more attached to the point where they wont tolerate, a criticism that is legit

If you wanna count Section .80 i give him 2 and 2 great albums.
:russ:

Damn near every opening bar salvo Prodigy spit from Infamous to HNIC was a quotable. He was so good at it people created a category just to acknowledge him for it.

FOH. If an MC is worthy of being called "the best", "one of the best," "legend," or "best rapper alive," he usually has quotables for days. Great MC's drop quotables, period. Don't move the goalposts if your favorite MC doesn't qualify.

Exactly. nikkas was not having "best opening bars" discussions before someone (I think it was Phonte) made a post on myspace chronicling Prodigy's career and stating that he has the most memorable opening lines in rap history.
 

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The deeper issue is that its likes Kendrick fans desperately want this nikka to be the most perfectest MC of all time when in fact he's far from it. the man has his limitations. its not hating...its honest critiques. Nas aint the best at varying his flow. Hov ain't the best storyteller or with the content. Drake dont write all his shyt. Cole sounds boring. eminem (nowadays) tries too hard. it is what it is nikka
 

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“Put me anywhere on God’s green earth; I’ll triple my worth”





"Sometimes I think I'm from another world
when I'm tryna tell a woman just exactly where I stand at
I WANT A GIRL WHEN I WANT A GIRL
AND WHEN I DONT WANT A GIRL, I WANT A GIRL WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT"

My go to line when I'm introducing people to Phonte



If you wanna count Section .80 i give him 2 and 2 great albums.


Exactly. nikkas was not having "best opening bars" discussions before someone (I think it was Phonte) made a post on myspace chronicling Prodigy's career and stating that he has the most memorable opening lines in rap history.
nah I give him GKMC

80 was okay but I think it(like many of is projects) its overblown, the other two are ehh projects to me with damn to me being just okay
 

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:russ:

Damn near every opening bar salvo Prodigy spit from Infamous to HNIC was a quotable. He was so good at it people created a category just to acknowledge him for it.

FOH. If an MC is worthy of being called "the best", "one of the best," "legend," or "best rapper alive," he usually has quotables for days. Great MC's drop quotables, period. Don't move the goalposts if your favorite MC doesn't qualify.
1st off Nas is my favorite MC, followed by Lupe. Kendrick is just a MC that I like. However the Coli is using this quotable thing to try to discredit Kendrick which is stupid.

Second, how are we defining quotables? Is it bars the majority of people know, or just dope lines that you think could be quotables?
I’m a huge P fan and The Infamous is a undeniable classic, but are you sure the majority of hip hop heads can name the quotables P had on there besides shock ones? Maybe some 90s heads from New York but outside of that I doubt it.
Off the top of your head how many quotables can you name from 3000, or Scarface? This is a really dumb argument. How did this even gain traction?
 

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“A thug changes.... and love changes.... and best friends become strangers” yeah that’ll stick FOREVER. So people can gtfoh with that “overrated” shyt for quotables
I ain't a killa but don't push me....

We can go on and on. And this is why he is often weak on certain features. He doesn't say shyt that sticks with you to just repeat.
 

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Is 9th Wonder an extremely erudite and eloquent brother or does standing next to Shepardemiks and Joe Buttons make you seem more intelligent than you are?

:jbhmm:

Great episode, btw. Real eye opener.
 
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