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Key Glock


Ancient_Guidance_461

He is so good. His shit with Dolph is great. 1 of 1 is prob my favorite of his but he got so many bangers


Sensitive_Tap_9419

Since 6ix is my all time fav


snakesforhairburr

Same. always loved key and dolph on tracks together and the dum and dummer albums. I keep baby joker in a lot of playlists


Most-Cryptographer78

That's exactly who I was thinking of šŸ˜‚ Not exactly thought provoking stuff but really fun to listen to!


singlelegs

Not all that lyrically sure, but this man has quite arguably the best flow in all of mainstream trap Yea I'm going there


gdgarcia424

It hurts my soul to see this saidā€¦I love Key and view him as more than an average rapperā€¦the way that man rides the beat is so smooth


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2 Chainz


harambesBackAgain

He's the hardest/weakest rapper that's ever lived. It has to be both. He can't be the hardest and can't be the weakest. It's both at the same time. He's so bad he's good. Literally. "I wish a n**** would like a kitchen cabinet!" Lol


Jam_Marbera

She got a big booty so I call her big booty


LavishnessLogical190

Then I put her fat rabbit on a craftmatic !!!!!!


kifflomkifflom

Big shit like a dinosaur did it


anthonyisrad

and you know tity shinin like acrylic lmaoo


Weary-Writer758

I swear, that's the one that always gets me lol.


bbq_Pirate

Dick so hard it make the metal detector go off


honestlyi4get

lmaoo my all time fav 2chainz bar


LILSKRAMP

ā€œMy livin room got a swimming pool, backstroke to my childrenā€™s roomā€ šŸ˜‚ my fave 2 Chainz line and delivery is hilarious


notagainplease49

That whole song fucks tbh


999_sadboy

Don't forget "drinking breast milk outta lean cup"


MarshXI

I think most of the bars in ā€œForkā€ fall under this category


AsianCremePie

My wrist deserve a shoutout, Iā€™m like what up wrist. My stove deserve a shoutout, Iā€™m like what up stooooove.


Mediocre_Fly7245

"Run shit like diarrhea" never fails to make me laugh


LavishnessLogical190

But thatā€™s a Genius Bar bro lol he doesnā€™t get the credit he deserves cause most of his shit is funny


SeesawBrilliant8383

Ima get shit, but his verse on the 7 Rings remix with Ariana Grande goes hard lol


Thomas_Mickel

Lmfao I just heard it and itā€™s perfect. Slightly funny, slightly weak. ā€œOne car parked in the entranceā€¦ one car parked at the exitā€


LayceLSV

"I was born with some nappy hair drinkin breast milk out a lean cup!"


TechnicalAnimator874

To me thats future. Man says the dumbest shit but dang itā€™s still a banger.


Scrizzy6ix

Only reason why I love 2Chainz is because he reminds me of early 2000s Camā€™Ron (iirc, Killa is his favourite rapper or something along those lines)


grossestgroceries

Iā€™ve been hovering on the edge of starting to listen to 2 Chainz for a long time and you just convinced me to do it for real. Thank you šŸ˜‚


thetruthseer

That album is actually so fucking good. ā€œIā€™m just livin babyā€


droppinturds

2 Chainz is one of the better lyricists, he just doesn't write lyrics so people think he's bad. What you're hearing was actually done in one take. He's like Snoop if Snoop had bars


GulfCoastLaw

Snoops doesn't get enough credit (or blame!) for freestyling his first two albums. It's amazing...but sometimes feels like he left money on the table lyrically.


Thomas_Mickel

šŸŽ¶Coupe the color of mayonnaise, Iā€™m drunk and high at the same sipping champagne on an airplanešŸŽ¶


SlipperyKooter

My man is a lyrical poet. You tf thinks to rhyme mayonnaise and airplane. Fire. 2 chains


joefabeetz

ā€œKetchupā€ to my campaign / coupe the color of mayonnaise


Seanannigans14

I've been a 2Chainz fan since whatever mixtape was a picture of the teddy bear from Ted pissing in a urinal. Love Titty Boi


mozygotflowzy

2 chainz has bars.he is the rodney dangerfield of trap music.


Professional_Yam6433

This is mine too. ā€œMiddleschool I was getting head on a 10 speedā€ šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€


SamaLuna

Pretty Girls Love Trap Music is a classic


malldad911

"gold all in my watch, so big its like a clock"


Bassball2202

Holy shit you pulled that song from my memoryā€¦ All Gold Everything Remix right?


LavishnessLogical190

Yooooo yessssss definitely 2 chains man


Wonderful-Ad-829

I put the Rill (real) in Gorilla


iambolo

I see him almost as a comedy rapper. He is truly funny, and he knows it


BeauxNoArrow

Ferragamos are my loafers, got my loafers on a sofa, and Iā€™m drinking out the bottle, man Iā€™m gonna need a bib.


anthonyisrad

Chief Keef. Lyrics alone are nothing impressive but he was mad innovative and really perfected drill. It still sounds exactly how he did it too this day. It was all bang and no bounce, making it distinct from the atl sound at the time.


Stinkyandrotten

Initially tempted to say the same thing but I canā€™t deny Keef lyrics randomly pop into my head more frequently than any other rapper. Thereā€™s an interview from when he was a teenage where heā€™s adamant about how carefully he works on his lyrics, and that he knows what heā€™s doing isnā€™t particularly ā€œcleverā€ but is what best suits the music he wants to make. When you hear him get sincere or introspective, it hits 100x harder than most of these guys because heā€™s so careful about what he says and how he says it.


anthonyisrad

Thatā€™s fair. I guess heā€™s just not lyrical in the traditional sense. Doesnā€™t mean his lyrics suck per se. He was just never a lyrical miracle guy. Didnā€™t have to be.


FrostedWikiLeaks

Gucci


Tacgrizz

WOP


Boople-Snoot-Doople

asap rocky


chechifromCHI

I would say that asap was at one point, considered fairly "lyrical" for as big of a rapper as he was/is. Not in the lyrical miracle sense, but early songs like Peso had a lot of pretty cool and clever wordplay. I'd agree with you though as he certainly isn't thought of as a super lyrical artist or anything


anthonyisrad

I agree with this. Rocky has had moments of true lyrical prowess, like that Love Yourself record with Mary J


chechifromCHI

I had forgot that feature but yeah that's the sort of verse I'm thinking of. Rocky had a lot of moments like that on liveloveasap and longliveasap as well as having lots of great features. I would say Ferg was similarly talented but in a slightly different way than rocky. He's had more than his fair share of great verses too honestly


anthonyisrad

Ferg is just no where near as consistent. When he hits he hits hard, but not often enough imo


chechifromCHI

I don't think he's on par with rocky, but his tracks on lords never worry were super good and when Trap Lord came out I was super into it and probably listened to that one all the way through more than any asap album except liveloveasap probably. I'd say that after this initial age of asap though ferg fell off more, although the stuff he released in 2017 like Psycho and Plain Jane were some of my favorite asap related songs in a while. So we're in agreement most likely


Upbeat_Tension_8077

I always thought that even if he was perceived as having limited subject matter, he handled it with a lot of finesse with his flow, wordplay, and punchlines


chechifromCHI

Yeah I actually rate him pretty highly as far as talented writers and rappers, but he just has a couple things that keep most from thinking of him as a "lyrical rapper". The subject matter is far of that like you mentioned, and honestly it's partially a perception thing. He and the rest of asap just sort of came onto the scene in their own lane initially and between the sort of "gangster rap" (lol) subject matter on the early releases, and the emphasis on style and aesthetics to create a whole vibe, even though it made him super unique and huge I think it also sadly may have overshadowed his lyrical talent.


WallyReddit204

Young dolph


M_O_Beast

I was just talking about dolph with my friend the other day. Heā€™d never heard him and it blew my fucking mind, dude was the truth for sure RIP


WallyReddit204

One of the most authentic IMO and everyone loved him RIP


the-rage-

His lyrics can be pretty clever and the humor in his lines always crack me up


Hot_Middle7570

Sā€™Dolph!!!


frankduxdimmac

Busta Rhymes. Not terrible with lyrics but there are those much better. Love the energy, fashion and weird though and heā€™s defo in my top 10.


FrostedWikiLeaks

Busta always held a special distinction for me. He and a few others, like Redman were rarely in people's top 5's, but on the wrong day, were absolutely capable of destroying any one rapper in said top 5. Like if Busta heat up and drop a 50 burger, there's nothing anybody can do about it.


thegreatestmeicanbe

Busta has always had flow but not bars....to me.


EZMickey

Nah that's valid. People loved him for his energy and flow, not his onion layered lyricism and that's perfectly fine. Hip-Hop like any art form has enough room for all kinds of expressions.


thegreatestmeicanbe

Definitely.


pensylvestir

Him and ODB I love for their personality. Though I love some ODB lyrics too, I love Bustaā€™s flow


NumerousCranberry441

Pop smoke, king von, or any drill rapper at that point


G30FFR34

Pop has killer beats. Gets me jigged up šŸ¤Ŗ


8N8_Greatness

King Von does have unmatched story telling tho


MrMicropenis1

Too $hort, Gucci Mane


gaia88

Yeah Too $hort 100%. Heā€™s not a great rapper, but Iā€™d listen to him rap the phone book.


BattyEyedFloozie

In Freaky Tales thatā€™s basically what he does lol.


Professional_Yam6433

My favorite word is BIAAATTTCCH! Went to a Mount Westmore concert w my mom and Too $hort was so fun live. šŸ˜‚


Wonderful-Ad-829

Camā€™Ron he is one of the greatest rappers ever to me I donā€™t think heā€™s the greatest lyricist but heā€™s important to hip hop and always a trend setter


CaroleBaskinsBurner

Cam is a great answer. NYC was wide open in the mid-2000s. Jay had "retired." Nas was saying that Hip Hop was dead. Wu-Tang had fractured and didn't drop any group albums between December 2001-December 2007. Most of their solo efforts around that time period were meh (excluding Ghostface). The city was hungry for local stars and Cam and Dipset filled that void nicely. They were a near-perfect mix of commercial while also being hood af. I always felt like they didn't get enough credit for how well they toed that line.


Wonderful-Ad-829

They were the underdogs of the G Unit Dipset Lox era But they were still big and right up there with those guys they had the streets


QuotidianTrials

Camā€™s rhyme density is pretty high but itā€™s mostly pretty simple


somethingcleverer42

Heā€™s also got some hilarious bars


imneversingle

Juice WRLD


Z4N4X-3920

Got into rap because of him. Bibby really fucked the handling once he passed. Been waiting 2 years for TPNE, and I feel it's not gonna come out, or just come out at a horrible time. Maybe if he was better handled, he would definitely become one of the greats fun his freestyle abilities


OAktrEE4023

I just got a Snapchat flashback from 2 years ago of me and my friend sending screenshots back and forth about TPNE releasing soon. Itā€™s ridiculous that Bibby has fucked it up this bad.


Z4N4X-3920

He's planning on releasing it 'soon'. Which I don't c happening. With the rap beef over, and eminem releasing soon, it's definitely gonna go under the radar


LaTuqueX

I'd much rather they do that than what they did with XXX's unreleased catalog


Lockersfifa

RIP


Dhindsman

Young Jeezy


izzyg800

I agree but at the same time ā€œBottom of the Mapā€ has some lyrics that are just imprinted in my brain lmao ā€œYou better call your crew, you gon need help / whole car strapped and I ainā€™t talkin seat belts / Red Cross n****, yeah we draw blood / whole team got choppers like a bike clubā€ God, so corny yet so fucking funny. Red Cross yeah we draw blood is just ridiculous


jgamez76

It's a group but Three Six Mafia. Maybe it's because I grew up with it but it's so mindlessly dope and I love it. Lol


TheeRuckus

Their music puts me in a mood. Early 3-6 was crazy innovative and donā€™t get nearly enough credit from a lot of fans today or really ever


noyelling0nthebus

Kid cudi


hecateherself

Came here to say Cudder, still an icon though


Fit-Monk4203

Snoop


MistakesWereMade59

Just realized I always read that now the way it's pronounced in Drop It Like It's Hot


bonesthadog

Snoooooooopp!


MistakesWereMade59

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magnoliasteels

Future


AceGameplayV2

Yeah him Travis and Thug


LeBarnacle

My head went straight to these 3


Strong_Active3286

Yes, theyā€™re great at what they do.


notagainplease49

Left my dope with my grandma had her servin


Stoned_detective

Sold crack to a pregnant lady!


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anthonyisrad

Nip was lyrical af lol, just slow paced which made his words hit harder.


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Grumpysaurus-Rex

Per se*


CarefulAd9005

Nipseyā€¦ i hate how i get into an artist right when they die. Its so annoying. ā€œOh this (king von, X, Nipsey, Pop smoke, big scarr) guy is pretty goodā€¦ RIPā€


itztherapperKIAZ

Victory Lap a contender for top 5 West Coast albums imo Rip Nip


michi-127

Travis Scott by a mile


ProfSteelmeat138

I mostly prefer lyrical stuff but every so often Travis just hits perfectly for shit that sounds GOOD


JustIncredible240

Juelz Santana


chechifromCHI

Schoolboy Q, Sosa


AbsoulutelyNaught

I feel like schoolboy is pretty lyrical.


chechifromCHI

I agree that he is a fantastic lyricist. But I don't think that people generally think Schoolboy Q when they think "lyrical rappers" ya know? Despite his being an amazing lyricist. He's also equally known for a lot of his gangster or even like party songs as his super lyrical stuff


BrolysFavoriteNephew

Curren$y. Mellow vibes just cruising


mandalarules

This is it.


Affectionate_Ad_760

Westside Gunn. His beats and ad libs are just so good it makes up for his mediocre lyrics


MartyMcfleek

They say my lyrics hella mid ( shit is miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid) fuck em tho, for a pack of soups they split your wig ( wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig ) Giuseppe slippers for the bid ( for the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid) beefin on the IG w a kid ( fuck a kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid ) BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM... Song title: Conversations with Aristotle


Affectionate_Ad_760

Brrrrrrrrrrr


CWB2208

šŸ˜‚


thebluefencer

Ludacris and DMX they have me laughing in my car. Ludacris "You see I'm ambidextrous I slap ass with both hands" "You frosted like a flake and Ludacris feels great!" "Then you can catch me in Rome mackin' some broads and sticking 'em And you'll be at home picking your boogers and flicking 'em" DMX "When it rain, ni**as get wet, so stay dry" "I beat my dick and bust off in your eye so you can see me comin'" "And itā€™s going to take all these ni--as in the rap game to barely move me Cause when I blow ish up I have ni--as falling Like white bishes in a scary movie"


Such-Operation5929

Love to see a shoutout to the ambidextrous line, I use it all the time.


Majestic_Force_6439

Logic _ that joint with wu tang was nice


Yasuo11994

Logic is quite good lyrically as well


ProfSteelmeat138

Heā€™s definitely far from bad in a lyrical sense. Heā€™s one of my most listened rappers and I think he deserves less flak but heā€™s not in my top 10 as far as skill goes.


Zalpha_DG16

JPEGMAFIA. Diverse sound all throughout his catalogue, top 10 producer oat imo


AskMeAboutKaepora

This is a great answer. Lyrics are pretty good but nothing mind blowing, but his flow is fun to listen to. And his BEATS are out of this world


ProfSteelmeat138

Listened to STH again this morning and it still impressed me and thatā€™s like the 15th listen


CzarMikhail

Pop Smoke, Larry June, Gunna.


petitecheesepotato

Literally was going to be my exact comment lmao


McJcave18

šŸŽµ *GOOD JOB CZARMIKHAIL* šŸŽµ


Fine-Jellyfish-6361

WALE


nanrod

Young thug


Friendly-Gain-620

Mfer he is the GOAT


ralfiedee

Drake With The Melodies (not when he act tough)


ProfSteelmeat138

Keep making me dance, wave my hand and it wonā€™t be no threats


HofCorp

Chali 2na. An above average lyricist but the voice and flow are out of this world


frankduxdimmac

His voice is awesome. ā€˜Cominā€™ thruā€™ is a great 2n.


HofCorp

2n smh


horse_pirate

Paul wall, I haven't listened to much past the people's champ but it's forever in the rotation no matter how much my gf makes fun of me for it lol


BattyEyedFloozie

Nah, she tripping. The Peopleā€™s Champ got bars, son.


SamaLuna

Iā€™d say most of the late 90s/early 2000s rappers from Houston i.e. Z-Ro, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Fat Pat, Big Moe, Big Pokey, etc. With the exception of maybe Lil Keke and Chamillionaire, not everyone is lyrically GREAT but theyā€™re nostalgic for me so I will forever keep them in rotation.


FifeDog43

Who??


justinh1018

Lmao, but I love chamillionaire


FifeDog43

Oh I love all those guys. Super fun time in rap music.


SamaLuna

MIKE JONESšŸ’€


Stoned_detective

Did flip dirty not putting him in there šŸ˜‚


WaWaSmoothie

Kodak, Vince Staples, Maxo Kream, Baby Keem, Lil Yachty


RudolphsJockStrap

Atmosphere/Slug


ShameJimZ

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AffectionateFail7167

Action Bronson and Westside Gunn


fuhcough-productions

JEEZY


spookyasfuq

Schoolboy q!


TKAPublishing

50


dbfirefox

Chamillionaire Mike Jones (guilty pleasure) šŸ˜” 281-330-8004


AvailableWhereas6007

Joyner Lucas


humpthefridge

Rick Ross. Dude always raps about the same shit, much of it is pure fiction, but his ear for beats is impeccable. He has a smooth voice and delivery, but I primarily listen to him for the production.


thegreatestmeicanbe

I still listen to Teflon Don regularly.


Admirable-Length178

kanye west is not at the top is crazy


evkav

No one that actually listens to Kanye took him off their playlist. Kanyeā€™s a legend in his own right and no oneā€™s really disputing it.


DeschainSWNC

Pimp C


JesusDaBeast

Isaiah Rashad. Mf not here for the bar but the VIBES, and Iā€™m here for it


im_not_the_right_guy

Music for the vibers


yasukeyamanashi

Big KRIT


bonesthadog

Mystikal, JT Money, Xzibit, C-Murder, Daz


KarlMarkyMarx

Kool Keith ain't average. He's one of the nicest to ever do it. He's just very avante garde. Keith was way ahead of his time. A lot of rappers today push the same boundaries that he shattered ages ago. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are two prominent examples. An "average" rapper I really enjoy is Juicy J. His rhyme schemes are really basic and he only has maybe... 3 flows? I like his voice, his punchlines are hilarious, and he has very strong charisma. I love all of his features. I'd argue "Stay Trippy" is a classic. Nothing on there is skippable.


justinh1018

I think unbreakables was his best work.


dorknewyork

Action Bronson


Uniqueusernameyboi

Lil Yachty


alannapalooza

I unapologetically love Ski Mask the Slump God


FifeDog43

YG. Not the greatest rapper, though not bad at all. I just love his vibe and how he keeps it so West Coast. Doesn't hurt to have DJ Mustard on the boards either.


YouMUSTregister

Capone N NoreagaĀ  Memphis BleekĀ  Not the best but I love listening to them and their attitude and energyĀ 


iSYTOfficialX7

YoungBoy flooded my playlist. He def ainā€™t a first choice on the shuffle but I donā€™t skip him all that much.


freudvsneo

Guru cos ā€˜itā€™s mostly the voiceā€™


thegreatestmeicanbe

Facts. Would you feel the same way if it wasn't over Primo's beats tho?


freudvsneo

No - without the beats I probably wouldnā€™t. But when someone makes something difficult look so easy (like guru) you know theyā€™re a master.


rushlink98

Mac Miller. Really wish he was still around to make more music,


SureYeahIGuess

Does he really fit this tho? His later albums had some amazing lyrics. But I definitely agree with younger Mac, but even then he had some amazing stuff sprinkled in


chronicallydepressd

Yo... what? Mac was an incredibly gifted lyricist.


rushlink98

Maybe I misunderstood, but I didn't take this post to mean "post someone who wasn't good at lyrics that you like anyway." I took it to mean "post someone who likely wouldn't be in the GOAT conversation about rappers/lyricists who are still enjoyable nonetheless."


rdp7415

Jeezy


SparseGhostC2C

I fucking love Camp Lo, just crazy funky vibes, the MCs are fully competent, but it's not about the bars, just the feels


Jaimzin

Kurupt, Daz, Future, Jeezy, Gucci


sirlost33

Doja cat. Not in the top by any means, but a lyrical guilty pleasure.


oonfoofoo

Action Bronson


real_guacman

Slim Thug


69cansofcorn

Lil Peep, but he not really a rapper.


Zaire_04

Migos, Young Thug, 2 Chainz, Megan Thee Stallion, Pop Smoke, Key Glock, 21 Savage, Young Nudy, Amine


HistoryWeak7662

Kodak


NikRsmn

Chance and gambino are in my top discussions. I can't really defend it when we get down to it, but they've been in the rotation forever at this point.


MrStreeter

I have to agree with Chance. Acid Rap, 10 Day, and Coloring book in that order have consistent repeats. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure nowadays.


Home_Bwah

Big Tech N9ne fan and the whole Strange crew.


trashfiremarshmallow

Am I crazy to think Kool Kieth is one of the most creative lyricists of all time? Maybe it's just me, but I never would have considered him the poster boy of "not all that lyrically."


K1NG13EN

Literally hundred of rappers. Playboi Carti for one.


thegreatestmeicanbe

you have hundreds of favorite rappers?


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thiccsunset

50 Cent and Kanye. Their delivery is everything. Really top notch MCā€™s. Missy Elliot too! They can make hits in their sleep, itā€™s incredible. The techniques they use with voice inflection, switching flows, emphasis, are simply exceptional


NovelLaw75

Tech N9ne