What's your fav form of lyricism?

[Xray]

I know all should be required to be ill. But this is not about that. It's about what you think delivers more, lyricism wise. I personally think Multi's is for flow, if it wasn't for flow, I'd hate the shit out of it, just because how many people use it. It's mad played out.

I probably like wordplay best, if not, punches.

I didn't know where else to make this thread, if this is the wrong section, my bad. You can move it if you want.

[B.A.D.]

I dig them metas

[TommiTMX]

I went for Multi's because of how much they can change a flow to be a lot more interesting

I do like some good Wordplay and Metaphors too though, but a nice flow is what captivates me.

[Solace]

Multies and Punchlines

[Arabian Shady]

wordplay and others...

[classthe_king]

Multies and Punchlines

But if I had to chose one I'd say punchlines.

[B.A.D.]

something meaningful,

couldn't have said it better myself

[Arabian Shady]

Actual lyricism. Multies and flow don't make a lyricist, in my opinion. There are many lyricists in different genres that would put most hip hop artists to shame with how deep and poetic they write. Lyricism stems from what you say, not the pattern in which you rhymed it. That's rap. So to me, my favorite part of an artist is their ability to say something meaningful, not their ability to compare their status to any number of different objects.

yep i agree well said

[ChinaShopTaurus]

lmao

Punchlines = wordplay/similes/metaphors

you forgot vocab and complexity

flow has nothing to do with lyricism

[ChinaShopTaurus]

Name a punchline that doesn't incorporate one of those.

[ChinaShopTaurus]

Name a punchline that doesn't incorporate one of those.

Warbux: "Can you even hear the fucking percussion?" - A Punchline in a battle of his which is talking about a guy being off beat. No wordplay or metaphores or similies.

spoonfull: "You're liking men and you can't even deny it kid, looking like cire's twin carved outta vagina skin" in his battle agains Kobra Ky. No metas/similies/wordplays... Direct punches are very effective and usually stem from personals.

Those are just 2 examples off the top of my head, out of many.

Warbux is sick.

Here is where opinion differs. I personally don't call those punchlines.

[mcZu]

Name a punchline that doesn't incorporate one of those.

Warbux: "Can you even hear the fucking percussion?" - A Punchline in a battle of his which is talking about a guy being off beat. No wordplay or metaphores or similies.

spoonfull: "You're liking men and you can't even deny it kid, looking like cire's twin carved outta vagina skin" in his battle agains Kobra Ky. No metas/similies/wordplays... Direct punches are very effective and usually stem from personals.

Those are just 2 examples off the top of my head, out of many.

He did use a simile in both cases. In the second one it was obvious, 'cause he used like. And in the first one he compared two unlike things, ''hear'' and ''percussion''. A simile doesn't always include ''like'', ''as'' or ''than''. However, you could argue that the first one isn't a simile. People have been arguing about similes that don't include ''like'', ''as'' and ''then'' over the past few decades..

Personally, I agree with ChinaShopTaurus. I also want to highlight something ChinaShopTaurus added about the flow being not a part of lyricism... I couldn't agree more. You can't give feedback on the flow when you read a verse, unless you have the beat the writer used to write to. And, still, you would have a hard time figuring out his/her flow.

[classthe_king]

A punchline is anything dissing someone else or making yourself seem better.