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Aesop is an excellent lyricist. In fact all the MCs on the Rhymesayers label are very talented: Brother Ali, Slug (of Atmosphere) etc. One MC whose vocabulary

Aesop is an excellent lyricist. In fact all the MCs on the Rhymesayers label are very talented: Brother Ali, Slug (of Atmosphere) etc. One MC whose vocabulary always leaves me taken aback is RA Scion, who has been part of the group Common Market. Their song, "My Pathology" [0] is a shining example: "Below the terra ferma's the murmur of many men Resonatin' the predication of RA's eponym It requires a higher degree of thought to transmit Elevate above the base and retrace the semantics Incommensurately we've been held incommunicado From commoner to commodore – they breed bravado I exercise authority over the lesser ranks We rally and tally up at the shores of the West Bank" [0] http://lyrics.wikia.com/Common_Market:My_Pathology http://lyrics.wikia.com/Common_Market:My_Pathology

sizzle 12y ago
I'd like to also recommend Stones Throw Records for those just getting into this realm of music. MF DOOM is my favorite lyricist
- e12e 12y ago
  While I wasn't familiar with the label as such (I was surprised at Madlib/Otis Jackson being featured so prominently) the recent documentary "Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records" is highly recommended for those that want to get a glance at what the label is all about. And for those that like both poetry and rap, I suggest these two artists (in every way opposite, yet similar): the legendary Gil Scott-Heron: "We Beg your Pardon": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo And young Kate Tempest (here with Canibal Kids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEsihgq8zU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEsihgq8zU I'm also partial to "the Streets", RZA and a lot more "mainstream hip-hop".
  - sizzle 12y ago
    thanks for the recommendations!
    - e12e 12y ago
      You're most welcome. And thank you for the thanks -- it wasn't entirely given that anyone would read them and enjoy them... [edit: unless you're profile page is meant to be a riddle/tease, I think you might want to put some actual contact info in there... Just, saying (no, I don't have a start-up for you (yet anyway) :-) ]
Intermernet 12y ago
Thanks for mentioning Slug. It'd be interesting to see where he (and Bus-Driver) came in on the vocab scale.
- Fishkins 12y ago
  Slug, unsurprisingly, wouldn't be very high [0]. I've always felt like nearly every rapper he's associated with is great, but he's kind of mediocre. I don't see any data on Busdriver, but I imagine he'd fare better. 0 - http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/24nw9p/rappers_sorted_by_size_of_vocabulary_xpost/ch93sfr http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/24nw9p/rapp...

sizzle 12y ago

I'd like to also recommend Stones Throw Records for those just getting into this realm of music. MF DOOM is my favorite lyricist

e12e 12y ago
While I wasn't familiar with the label as such (I was surprised at Madlib/Otis Jackson being featured so prominently) the recent documentary "Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records" is highly recommended for those that want to get a glance at what the label is all about. And for those that like both poetry and rap, I suggest these two artists (in every way opposite, yet similar): the legendary Gil Scott-Heron: "We Beg your Pardon": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo And young Kate Tempest (here with Canibal Kids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEsihgq8zU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEsihgq8zU I'm also partial to "the Streets", RZA and a lot more "mainstream hip-hop".
- sizzle 12y ago
  thanks for the recommendations!
  - e12e 12y ago
    You're most welcome. And thank you for the thanks -- it wasn't entirely given that anyone would read them and enjoy them... [edit: unless you're profile page is meant to be a riddle/tease, I think you might want to put some actual contact info in there... Just, saying (no, I don't have a start-up for you (yet anyway) :-) ]

Intermernet 12y ago

Thanks for mentioning Slug. It'd be interesting to see where he (and Bus-Driver) came in on the vocab scale.

Fishkins 12y ago
Slug, unsurprisingly, wouldn't be very high [0]. I've always felt like nearly every rapper he's associated with is great, but he's kind of mediocre. I don't see any data on Busdriver, but I imagine he'd fare better. 0 - http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/24nw9p/rappers_sorted_by_size_of_vocabulary_xpost/ch93sfr http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/24nw9p/rapp...