Rap Genius explains rap lyrics.
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- Lil Wayne – A Milli
- Ghostface Killah – Big Girl
- Cam'ron – Family Ties
- Cam'ron – Lord You Know
- Cam'ron – Harlem Streets
- Cam'ron – Down and Out
- Jay-Z – Allure
- T.I. – Rubberband Man
- Cam'ron – Get em Daddy
- Cam'ron – Get 'Em Girls
- 2Pac – To Live & Die in L.A.
- Cam'ron – Rockin' and Rollin'
- The Notorious B.I.G. – 10 Crack Commandments
- Wu-Tang Clan – Protect ya Neck
- Lil Wayne – Fly In
- Cam'ron – Killa Cam
- 2Pac – Changes
- Lil Wayne – We Be Steady Mobbin'
- Clipse – Comedy Central
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – 1st of tha Month
- Cam'ron – Spend the Night
- Birdman – What Happened to That Boy?
- Jadakiss – We Gonna Make It
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Warning
- Lil Wayne – Sky's The Limit
- Jay-Z – Dead Presidents II
- Lil Wayne – Fly Out
- Jay-Z – D'Evils
- Lil Wayne – I'm a D-Boy
- Jay-Z – Money, Cash, Hoes
- Lil Wayne – Money on My Mind
- The Notorious B.I.G. – What's Beef?
- Snoop Dogg – Ain't No Fun
- Clipse – Keys Open Doors
- Lil Wayne – 3 Peat
- Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
- Drake – Forever
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – Thuggish Ruggish Bone
- Jay-Z – Can I Live
- Birdman – Pop Bottles
- Ice Cube – It Was a Good Day
- Jay-Z – A Star is Born
- Nas – Ether
- Snoop Dogg – Gin & Juice
- Birdman – Money to Blow
- Fat Joe – Make It Rain (Remix)
- Cam'ron – Get It In Ohio
- Jay-Z – Feelin' It
- Gucci Mane – Colors
- Lil Wayne – No Ceilings
- Jay-Z – December 4th
- Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind
- Jay-Z – Can I Get A...
- Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Remix)
- Jay-Z – Hey Papi
- 2Pac – California Love
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Gimme The Loot
- Snoop Dogg – Lodi Dodi
- Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
- AZ – Never Change
- Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
- Jay-Z – Run This Town
- Junior M.A.F.I.A. – Get Money
- Drake – I'm Goin In
- Clipse – Grindin (Remix)
- Clipse – Popular Demand (Popeyes)
- Kanye West – Through The Wire
- Jay-Z – Real As It Gets
- Jay-Z – Renegade
- Fabolous – A Milli
- Clipse – Kinda Like a Big Deal
- Eminem – My Name Is
- Dr. Dre – Bitches Ain't Shit
- The Notorious B.I.G. – The What
- Lil Wayne – I'm Blooded
- 2Pac – I Get Around
- Young Jeezy – Put On (Remix)
- Lil Wayne – Wayne on me
- Outkast – Elevators (Me & You)
- Chamillionaire – Rain
- Jay Electronica – Exhibit A (Transformations)
- Lil Wayne – Georgia... Bush
- Juelz Santana – Mixing Up the Medicine
- The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance
- 50 Cent – How to Rob
- Jay-Z – What More Can I Say
- Drake – The Calm
- Big L – '98 Freestyle
- Jay-Z – The Takeover
- Lil Wayne – Fireman
- Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
- 50 Cent – 21 Questions
- Jay-Z – Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
- Cam'ron – Livin' A Lie
- Cam'ron – Losing Weight (part 2)
- Lil Wayne – Run This Town
- Master P – Captain Kirk
- Jay-Z – The Ruler's Back
- Eminem – Yellow Brick Road
- Jay-Z – Success
- Jay-Z – Ignorant shit
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Party and Bullshit
- Lil Wayne – Ice Cream Paint Job
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Gettin Money (Get Money remix)
- Fabolous – Whatever I Wan' Do
- Jay-Z – Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
- Fabolous – Not Give a Fuck
- Jay-Z – Moment of Clarity
- The Game – Hate It or Love It
- N.W.A. – Fuck Tha Police
- Cam'ron – We Make Change
- Lil Wayne – D.O.A. (Remix)
- Eminem – Role Model
- Clipse – Young Boy
- Kanye West – Big Brother
- Jay-Z – Where I'm From
- Jay-Z – Dear Summer
- Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
- Missy Elliot – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
- Clipse – Eghck
- Jay-Z – Venus Vs. Mars
- Nas – Life's A Bitch
- Lil Wayne – Mr. Carter
- Kanye West – All Falls Down
- Jay-Z – Hate
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo' Money Mo' Problems
- Jay-Z – The Watcher 2
- Sean Price – Onion Head
- Clipse – I'm Not You
- NTM – La Fièvre
- Fabolous – Keepin' it Gangsta (Remix)
- Big Punisher – Still Not A Player
- Juelz Santana – Let's Go
- Aesop Rock – Labor
- Young Money – Bedrock
- 50 Cent – In Da Club
- Madvillain – Rhinestone Cowboy
- Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Jay-Z – Miss You (Remix)
- Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
- Big Tymers – Broads
- J. Cole – Just to Get By
- Nicki Minaj – I Get Crazy
- Nas – Halftime
- Young Jeezy – Go Crazy (Remix)
- J. Cole – Back to the Topic Freestyle
- Jadakiss – Why?
- 2Pac – Hail Mary
- Beanie Sigel – What You Talkin Bout? (I Ain't Ya Average Cat)
- Joe Budden – Dumb Out
- Jay-Z – Brooklyn Go Hard
- Wu-Tang Clan – Dog Shit
- Kid Cudi – Day 'N Nite
- Ice Cube – The Nigga Ya Love to Hate
- Big Punisher – Boomerang
Songs du jour
If my burgular alarm starts ringing
If you break into Biggie’s property and set off his ADT, he will be forced to make the first step in your funeral arrangements (i.e., kill you)
I had raped the game young, you can call it statutory
If you sleep with a young girl, it’s statutory rape. So his domination of the rap game at an early age could be called statutory rape
While clever, there is a problem with this line: Kanye’s debut album College Dropout came out when he was 27; I wouldn’t exactly call him a prodigy
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Schooled me to the game, now I know my duty
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From our blog
Jay-Z, Eminem, and "Renegade": Who Killed Whom?
...And that, to me, is what separates Eminem and Jay-Z. When Eminem is at the top of his game, his genius is immediately apparent because it sounds great. But Em is usually incapable of employing double meaning: everything he’s ever said has meant exactly what it seemed to mean. He is the kind of rapper a mirthless analytical philosopher would have no problem appreciating. Jay-Z, on the other hand, is at his best when his lines require unpacking.
This is why our site has so many Jay songs and so few Eminem songs; it’s not that Eminem isn’t a brilliant rapper (and calm down! We’re trying to get his songs up, he’s a boss, we love him), it’s just that every time we try to add value by explaining what he’s saying, we find ourselves repeating the obvious.
For example, in one of my favorite lines ever, Em describes impregnating J-Lo on “I'm Back”:
Cause if I ever stuck it to any singer in showbiz
It'd be Jennifer Lopez, and Puffy you know this!
I'm sorry Puff, but I don't give a fuck if this chick was my own mother
I still fuck her with no rubber and cum inside her
And have a son and a new brother at the same time
And just swear that it ain't mine!
As great as the passage is, other than mentioning that at the time Puff Daddy was dating J-Lo, there’s not much to add…“Well…he wants to have sex with Jennifer Lopez, you see, and he doesn’t want to use a condom…” No duh! Nobody wants to use a condom, you don’t need Rap Genius telling you that.
Perhaps Jay-Z anticipated people thinking Eminem is better in noting, at the very beginning of “Renegade” that his music requires more than just skimming; you have to actually listen closely to appreciate his genius.
Then again, Eminem sells more albums...
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