"John Mayer is amongst the best modern-day lyricists, is that a less sensational thing to say?"
"It's always fascinated me how you manage to intermingle all of these lyrics that all invoke these emotions."
"Jungkook's strongest pieces are between a speaker and another person, like not just me, but you and me."
"Jungkook's lyrics feel like letters written to somebody incredibly important."
"George Harrison's prowess as a lyricist and a song composition."
"Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies."
"These [__] don't live, talking about I ain't top tier, I'm God's here."
"This is what everybody should want for hip hop. It should be nothing behind... this is just a battle of who's the wittiest, who's the smartest..."
"That's bars though, I don't care what nobody say."
"Evergreen bars bout to last forever! Everytime I spit, yo the flow is raw." - H Mack
"I think overall he's just, like, one of the most respected lyricist and artists of this generation, period."
"Being a good Lyricist has plenty of variance."
"Music is difficult because... to me, that's all secondary to the words and the poetry of it."
"It's disability more than anything that sets Kendrick apart as a lyricist."
"Lauren Hill is definitely one of the best lyricists to ever do it."
"The rap sections were well placed because there was time to sink into the flow and add lyricism and depth."
"In hip hop, the words become an intrinsic part of not just the message, but the music itself."
"I drop bars that's major with flavor like curry."
"Throwing them flows up, these rappers miniature like Tricia's donuts."
"These lyrics just go so perfect together, oh I love it."
"Respect for lyricism is the game, ain't none left."
"If you're utilizing devices such as polysyllabic rhyme schemes, punch lines, metaphors, simile, alliteration, if you're using the tools that define you as a lyricist, then you're lyrical."
"Phoebe's lyricism is the kind that manages to find universality within the specific."
"I broke generational curses with my cursive." - Rock Martian
"It's interesting to see how using that ability to rhyme and stay on beat and your flow, your cadence could even evolve as an artist."
"Game is a dope rapper. There's some very good bars that are laced throughout this diss track."
"It was lyrical. I mean, you could get enchiladas as a side order."
"Super-tight flows from Logic, flashy lyricism, hard-hitting beat."
"A pretty grimy underground hip-hop banger with lots of esoteric and cryptic lyrics."
"It's brilliant how he fills space with just the most basic words. And the 'wait'—something about telling me to wait knowing you're about to rap."
"Folklore is easily the best thing Taylor has ever done in her life ever lyrically."
"The beat is gorgeous, the bars are really well written, it's introspective and easy to follow along with."
"He's one of the best offers to ever touch the game."
"Lyrics matter. Thought-provoking art matters."
"I'm going to talk, I'm going to share, I'm going to continue to write lyrics that pull at the heart."
"A lot of artists right now, you have Kendrick Lamar, you have J Cole, you have a lot of lyricists."
"It's not about being the best lyricist... It's about getting the money."
"It's like every in line, you know, that they just heard."
"Just the way of spitting on that song, like just the things you're saying, the beat, everything about it, it's just real spit."
"Every time I kick a lyric it's on point, I smoke the microphones then get you high just like a joint."
"Hip-hop is going away from lyricism on the mainstream. Lyricism lives on URL TV right now."
"My [Â __Â ] not me, yeah, look at your black leg, you ever stop on my block, I'ma stop, aim, drop, flame, knock all this money off your mind, I hope you got change."
"Liking how he's sort of effectively able to put that into words."
"Once you learn it, it becomes easy. The hardest part about it is sometimes as lyricists, we write freely so we don't write with just a cadence or stick to a certain cadence. We write what we feel and express that."
"When Kendrick writes, he's not writing surface, he's writing 'cause he wants you to think, he's going deep."
"Kendrick is a real MC, Lyricist, like what rap was built off of."
"If we're talking about lyrically gifted when it comes to the pen and writing bars, I just don't know if she can go toe to toe with a Nicki Minaj."
"The lyricism has been something that's completely just, probably the last thing I expected was how good the lyricism has been through all this."
"There were a lot of words in this song."
"To be an MC, you have to have flow, wordplay, say something relevant while painting the picture."
"We're actually seeing people appreciate lyricism again and people actually look into the words on these tracks."
"People sometimes mistake being overly intricate to being having superior lyricism when really lyricism is about telling a story painting a picture creating a narrative."
"I think it's beautiful for lyrical rap, yeah, and just making people appreciate pen game once more and appreciate talents with lyricism."
"Isn't it just amazing? Her lyricism is just unlike anything else I've ever heard."
"What am I supposed to do if you just come in with some [__] generic [__] when Lupe Fiasco on the 12th track of this unbelievable record has just said 'compose yourself like a self-aware opera' [__] off?"
"Oh my God she was a fantastic lyricist right from the get-go."
"Chris Cornell I think is so much more pointed with his vocals and enunciation, articulations melodically, and just in terms of lyricism as well."
"Damn, this is [Â __Â ] deep he is insanely talented with his lyricism."
"She's always going to give you a lyric that can stand on its own."
"Hey, kiss me out of the bearded barley night."
"I'm not acting like Goods has that much lyrically. Killing him with performance, delivery over so cash, if he could have added like one of them elements of his [__], they definitely would have helped this not look as bad as it looks really."
"She would have them loaded up by now. Like, she's got these lyrics on lock, who knows, right, right, right?"
"I thought the lyricism was brilliant except for the well-done part you know like you're gonna like point three points for that my man you know."
"Vibes lyrics are a really fascinating approach to lyricism and lots of incredible artists have at least experimented with them."
"Some of his all-time worst lyricism as well, alongside 'Zombified,' that chorus in particular with Ronnie screaming out 'They're canceling, canceling yo.' Like, God [__] damn it, dude."
"This might be the best writing the meaning behind this the lyricism the fact that it just starts off with yeah I'm rolling down rodeo with a shotgun these people ain't seen a brown skinn man since they G Pierce."
"The imagery of his lyrics just astounds me."
"Every time that I be rhymin and I be puttin in the boss work, I'm crawlin over instrumentals like a lobster."
"I take lyrics and lyricism and break him down rap very seriously because it's one of the things that separates a rap away from other music genres."
"I feel like the other guys that we've mentioned find ways of being quite smart with their lyricism as well. Like, they were like maybe find, like, there's double, there's quite a lot of double entendres there in some certain ways, though."
"That lyric I lost myself ah here with me. Let's just dig right into that one and see what it's about because I was lost like on the face of it it's all about you know someone that you've broken up with but you can't really get over."
"Lupe is one of the greatest lyricists in this culture, man."
"Rick Ross's verse is fantastic... I totally see why. It's remarkable... gems all over this verse... shouldn't be allowed."
"That lyric life was never worse but never better I feel like just perfectly encompasses this album"
"I keep, I hope it will be caked by the ocean, walk for me baby, I'll be jenny you be naomi, whoa."
"He may not have had the best voice or been able to retain band members, but he remains one of the greatest lyricists Britain has ever produced."
"...a brilliant way to say that Dylan's got bars bro Dylan has bars man I swear as a hip-hop fan this is why I love his writing so much."
"That's lyricism of a different level, it's just exactly what's been going on inside of her mind."
"Melly-mel's verse at the very end of the 12-minute version of super rapping solidified him as a lyrical giant in that era and eras to follow."
"And I guess the game can't run eventually, 100 rhymes at once that's like a century, rappers bite they need to get some dentistry, yeah every time I rhyme it's 10 degrees away from all these rappers, I'mma leave them bent with these."
"This a death wish, my Killer Instinct is so Savage, bro. Lyrically, I'm a street fighter, I S.C. Battlers, a Mortal Kombat in his pin, he's no challenge, I'm way brighter."
"The general consensus about lyricism, something that the first thing I've ever hung my hat on creatively, I just don't think it's in the Forefront right now."
"I mean, the dude is amazing, he's an incredible Lyricist."
"I don't think that lyrics get better than they do on this album."
"Every single lyric is well placed, is well sung. It's just so achingly beautiful all the way through."
"Every line was attacking his opponent."
"...I think Young M.A. is one of those lyrical rappers that are up."
"Frank Turner, he is like folk pop punk kind of artist, he definitely more punk but if you like lyricism, oh my goodness this man, the way he writes songs."
"When braggadocio gets abstract you can create some really interesting verses."
"Nas is in these different environments that we've never heard him in, and even when he's rapping about darker topics, hearing Nas's smooth flow and well-written bars over this smooth style of production just puts the project in such a cool and such a relaxing musical aesthetic."
"Andre 3000 with Aesop Rock. I think the lyricism on something like that would just be bananas."
"It's crazy because there's these writers like Crooked Eye, Eminem, Chino XL, J Cole, Coast Contra."
"I like the one where we keep it just hip-hop with the lyricism."
"I'm too good with these words, watch how I maneuver."
"Lyricism comes from being able to put words together properly and that comes from having knowledge or being intellectual."
"I want to be the best. I really appreciate great storytelling, lyricism, you know, bars."
"It's exciting, it's very tuneful, and the music has a flowing lyricism that very few people are gonna dislike."
"That is unbelievable, not only is that lyricism but the desire to get there."
"I love the line that's like 'careless man's careful daughter'; I mean just the word play there is incredible."
"Big L opened my eyes to punch lines like I never heard before."
"I love lyricists, I love dudes who don't play with that microphone."
"I love the lyrics here; they're like super introspective but very simple. It's saying so much with so little."
"It's just lovely; it's very lyrical and of a time and with an emotional element."
"When talking about the best lyricists of all time in hip-hop, there's always one name that comes to conversation, and it's Nas."
"Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber... sounds like it's going to be very lyrical and strange in all of the best ways."
"He's a great lyricist, his objective was really like make the song as catchy and memorable and simple as possible."
"I want it to be accepted culturally as lyricism, but numbers-wise, I want it to chart as well."
"Go listen to Old Panic at the Disco and just soak in how prolific Ryan Ross's lyricism is at such a young age."
"I will still stand by the take that Eminem is a better lyricist than Taylor Swift."
"These raps are so impressive, my god, the bouncing of all them syllables."
"It checks all the boxes, it brings home the lyricism, the drama."
"Intergalactic perpetual cognitive sonic rhythm of a verbal god constructing astonishing composition."
"No matter how dense the lyrics, how abstract the concepts, how complex the rhyme schemes and double entendres, every Steez's verse felt inviting and easy to follow."
"You are Coda, Lyricist of Eternity."
"In a society that seems hellbent on dumbing down the music, you're seeing elite lyricism on display."
"Loaded Lux Jonathan is one of the best to ever write."
"That's probably the only place that you're going to see high levels of lyricism on a regular basis."
"Two of our culture's most underrated lyricists go toe to toe in a war of words."
"I'm a hustler homie, you a customer crony. Got some dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?"
"King Von's Legacy as a Visionary Lyricist and Storyteller remains firmly etched in the annals of music history."
"It was joyful, it could be tough, and the lyric was fun or slightly thought-provoking."
"Kendrick to me is more of a lyricist, a poet."
"Chuck D, super politically-charged lyrics, really thoughtful lyrics, incredibly captivating, very authoritative MC."
"On Pray for Haiti, he sounds like he's on a mission to prove that he first and foremost is a lyricist."
"The whole point of hip-hop was supposed to keep elevating the rhyme schemes, elevating the content."
"It's the most lyrical violin concerto ever written."
"Lyricism-wise, they're the best from the new era of women in hip-hop in New York."
"Wordplay, lyricism, being poetic and being able to rhyme words you never would have thought to rhyme."
"This shows a new generation that you could still blow up and be mainstream and reach the masses while being super lyrical."
"I love hearing the way that he thinks, his lyrics are always so inspiring."
"She's a lyricist, man, SZA too; they're both just like, oh my god, lyricists of our times."
"Put your blood baths and elevate the shafts like these murderers. Rhymes tight from genuine craft."
"He's a great lyricist when he wants to be, he can write some really great songs."
"There's a really fantastic emotional potency in both his vocal delivery and just the way that Jeff Magnum uses words."
"MF Doom, I think he's one of the illest lyricists of all time."
"It's called production, may the best man write the best verse."
"I'd like it to be extremely musical and lyrical with a singing sound."
"He made me want to create music with meaning, not just random words I'm throwing out there that rhyme."
"Hold my hand and hear the words I say, close your eyes and let us fade away."
"I come out of nowhere, they don't even notice, the flow is so cold, you would think it was snowing."
"Lyricism in its purest form when it comes to this optional battlenet, don't miss history."
"The wordplay that you have in there is like something that English scholars should be looking at like 20 years from now."
"I've been trying to kind of get away from that more recently and instead focus more on the honesty and intimacy of the lyricism."
"My flow is liquid water, y'all know that I'm your senior, but check out my demeanor 'cause my lyrics meaner."
"This is Kendrick Lamar, one of the greatest lyricists that has ever walked this planet."
"The most creative lyricist right now in drill, in his generation."
"That's how much we love Eminem as a lyricist."
"That's why his metaphors and his punch lines are so deep and making, they're clean, 'cause he's meticulous with it."
"I got more bars than George Street."
"I think that people have forgotten the importance of lyricism. It is here that music began and here where it will end."
"They're fearlessly creative, they write amazing lyrics, they're huge music fans."
"The last great flowering of that autumnal lyricism which was the late career of Richard Strauss."
"Lyric poetry usually deals with feelings, emotions, and the senses."
"Blazing lyrics, amazing, yeah, I'm a problem, a tricky equation."
"I drop a lyric on sight, my brain too bright, I feel like the sun when displaying my light."
"If lyrics was poker, I would have the royal flush."
"The power of words is amazing, I'm in the session straight up lyrically blazing."
"For animation can be a great antidote to apathy, it allows to approach difficult subjects with intense lyricism."
"My flow is flawless, the way I be kicking my lyrics is gorgeous."
"Every time I ride, my lyric sharp like a spear."
"The third act is so beautifully lyric and fragile and vulnerable."
"He has complex rhyme schemes and he's able to communicate a message through what he's saying so well."
"A lyric poem is nothing less than the manifestation of coincident order in language."
"His word placement is just phenomenal."
"Great lyricists to me are someone like Alice Cooper. I mean, if you read, there's some stories in there that are really conjure up the imagination in you."
"A dexterous lyricist balancing conscious lyricism with incredible wit."
"The more rhyming typically the better, and that's what makes our stuff sound so catchy and so impressive to the listener."
"His turn of phrase, his word play."
"I'm getting busy when I'm dropping these words, articulation clear, every verse is heard."
"I don't need a chorus; flow is tight like Duke's do-rag, his head's enormous."
"Kendrick has proven that he is the better lyricist."
"He's spitting, yo. Like the message is not as important to me as each bar unto itself."
"I'm a sharpshooter, H-Mack be the lyricist from the future."
"I'm looking to see the grittiness, the grime, some verses, unique styles, some witty bars."
"Her voice, her perspective is here, her allegorical, symbolic, confessional lyricism."
"Home Sweet Home is a wide-ranging and considered record with diverse production styles that really complement his own sort thoughtfully autobiographical lyricism."
"J. Cole... when it comes to the bars, you can't touch him."
"I love the lyric, absolutely adore the lyric."
"I'm about to make it understood, typing in the chat, yo, that's freaking good."
"When it comes to rhymes, y'all know that my lyrics are butter."
"Shout out to Pusha T, very dope lyricist, everybody knows he's a monster when it comes to doing music."
"I'm like a thief in the night with these words that are right, not to teach you the science of life."
"Real G move in silence like lasagna."
"When it comes to lyricism, this guy right here is one of the greats."
"I'm here to win with words, ostrich to emu, these rappers too similar."
"It's definitely about the music, definitely about the bars, definitely about the style and the cadence of the record as well."
"I come with exquisite lyrics they can't measure."
"My rhymes are deeper than the earth's core, and yours barely scratched the surface."
"Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to explain in due time."
"If you love hip-hop, you love penmanship, you love just what you can do lyrically."
"The lyrics seem more romantic, the more deeply enthralled with the other person."
"I'll let you catch it, my lyric's too reckless."
"I'm running the better, whenever it's coming to lyrics, they know that I'm clever."
"Rap is about how good you can put the bars together."
"Nothing she did was flashy or over the top, but in every instance, she was proving that she knew the lyrics, and knew where to add certain amounts of attitude."
"It's not even about the songs being good, it's just like the lyricism in there, the creativity."
"Keep your pen sharp because a lyricist can come in any era and be okay."