Rapper called Slug [from Atmosphere]

[BRICKS]

Sure, he would kick it with Slug, and they would roll through some dangerous Minneapolis hoods now and then, throwing water balloons and toilet-papering a rival's crib, but the lure of the sweet, sweet jazz would always call Bukowski back home.

well at least you're not judging hip hop by its stereotypes and stuff

he said post a brilliant lyric. jesus, what a waste of time.

ps - 'barettes' don't rhyme with 'regrets' - yanowhamsane?

here's the song [This video is unavailable.]

 

[bospress.net]

The song is O.K. Kinda like Cypress Hill. Not great, but not BAD.

Again, without the music, the lyrics are a REALLY, REALLY bad poem.

Sorry, but that is the case. Really bad.

Bill

 

[d gray]

here's the song [This video is unavailable.]

my bad!

 

[nervas]

Oh man, that was fricken' hilarious. I love mjps "Oh BIll..for the love of GOD!" I think both the lyrics and the song are simply rip offs of stuff that has been around and HUGELY popular for years. The lyrics remind me of that stupid P.O.D song called youth of the nation or something like that... I don't know, not a big eminem fan, but from what I remember I think his hugely successful teeny bopper mainstream lyrics are even better than this hip underground dude named slug.

 

[marina del rey]

lucy was 7 and wore a head of blue barettes
city born, into this world with no knowledge and no regrets
had a piece of yellow chalk with which she'd draw upon the street
the many faces of the various locals that she would meet
there was joshua, age 10
bully of the block
who always took her milk money at the morning bus stop
there was mrs. Crabtree, and her poodle...

Fail.

here's the song [This video is unavailable.]

Fail.

 

[BRICKS]

lol

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Did anyone notice? The You Tube was posted by TairyHesticles . Maybe this forum will get that number up to 3000 and I think his name should be Cairy Hunt.

 

[hank solo]

It's okay to like Hip Hop and Bukowski, but I think we've worked out that poetry and lyric comparisons don't really work for the majority of us.

 

[bospress.net]

...and calling someone a great poet or a great artist does not make them a great poet or a great artist.

Example #1
http://www.greatestlivingpoets.com/

Example #2 (this seems to be the same person in #1. Funny that he bills himself as the greatest living poet, takes out ads in the NYT about being the Greatest Living Poet, yes self published his opus using Xlibris. Mark Kobo is also Mark Chandos and Mark Redina)
http://www.greatestlivingpoets.com/images/coverold.jpg
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL8366101M/Strange_Gods_Bulk_Prophecies

 

[pig ear press]

I took the mask of a visitor from another planet.

Take it off! Take it off! I'm having nightmares :eek:

I don't know what you mean though, how many poets include mention of a ray gun in their opening lines...

When I burn your eyes
the stammer of my ray gun
will stain a strawberry tear
to the beauty of your cheek

and...

six particle accelerators, twelve beamed funnels,
till tronic rings crown the planet mined

ha ha!

If you still cannot face the parrot-masked
apparition. Restrain your alarm.

ok, now it's just getting silly

spliced by Talon's giant spider robot arcs.

oh wait, now it's getting silly!

Thanks for leading me to the path of the greatest living poet.

 

[Upsetmonkey]

Here are some lyrics bye a rapper caled B Dolan
Lyrics to The Skycycle Blues :

[No more lyrics. Stop the madness. - ed]

 

[bospress.net]

I found it online and I still say that these are just awful poems... I have not heard the song, so it may be good, but reading the lyrics as a poem was fucking torture.

Bill

 

[Purple Stickpin]

How often are going to have this discussion? Good poetry makes for horrible lyrics, and good lyrics make horrible poetry. It's lychees and brake shoes.

Some time back, to make my point, I actually threw John Lennon under the bus because I claimed that the lyrics to Imagine make for an absolutely god-awful poem. And they do. I consider Lennon to be one of the best song writers I know of, and yet I stand by it.

Fantastic lyrics; see also Strawberry Fields, Julia, In My Life, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, All You Need is Love...all great tunes with great lyrics that fall completely flat upon recitation.

Now try Dylan; oft-considered to be one of the most "poetic" of lyricists. Try reading Visions of Johanna, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Desolation Row out loud, or even to yourself. It's almost laughable in some cases. I mean "I saw a young girl, she gave me a rainbow." Or "Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, with his memories in a trunk, passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jeleous monk." Seriously, would any of you ever have the nerve to read that to a room full of people at a poetry reading?

But Dylan can pull it off in a song because, well, he's a song and dance man. That, and because his voice and chordal phrasing can paint an image that mere words cannot. Poetry is words and nothing else. They need to be strong enough to stand on their own merit with no crutch.

So let's not even bring rap into this. I'll have to go find my rusty grapefruit spoon.

 

[justin grimbol]

yeah, i doubt bukowski would like rap. i mean, i listen to rap all the time, i grew up on the stuff, but bukowski...no.

 

[d gray]

does anyone have an opinion on leonard cohen re the lyrics vs poetry debate? he was a legitimate poet before putting words to music but is he in the same group as dylan, lennon et al as far as 'song lyrics' can't stand on their own?

 

[hoochmonkey9]

it's been said before, but I think you are doing a disservice to lyrics if you take them out of the context of the music. they are meant to go together and good lyricists take a lot of time and effort to make them go together well.

good rap lyrics generally look silly when written out because you are losing the diction, tone and rhythm that is intended by the rapper. much like Dylan lyrics.

there's no need to force poetry to be lyrics and lyrics to be poetry. both are valid on their own.

 

[d gray]

very true. i only mentioned leonard cohen cause he was an established poet before putting words to music. but i would guess when he writes words for songs his approach is different than writing pure poetry like you said: he has to consider how they flow with the tune.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

d gray, my comment wasn't directed at you. friendly fire incident. ;)

and yes, I think poets who are also songwriters approach the two differently.

 

[czakky]

If I can chime in here real quick...didnt Buk detest rhyming poetry and the basis of hip hop is rhyme and beats me personally as a polish-german from Minneapolis highly doubt that Buk had much rythym either... just throwin it out there

 

[mjp]

Next time don't chime in "real quick," because it looks like when you do that you just type run-on sentences and gibberish. You're going to give Polacks a bad name with behavior like that.

 

[czakky]

Ouch..theres the true spirit of Buks early days

 

[bospress.net]

Next time don't chime in "real quick," because it looks like when you do that you just type run-on sentences and gibberish. You're going to give Polacks a bad name with behavior like that.

Buke would hate y'all.

 

[mjp]

I know, and believe me, I cry myself to sleep every night because of that knowledge. It is really fucking up my life. All I ever wanted was for Buke to love me. Now it's too late.

 

[bospress.net]

Buke hates that you don't like rap and that you like his books and that you use a computer. Buke lived on a park bench his whole life and hated anyone that had anything.

Most people don't know that Buke liked to be called MC Buke in the later years. He took to wearing his pants low and got a tattoo of Biggie Smalls on his neck.

He was fly like that.
Bill

p.s. Even he is surprised by this information...

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Hey, his tee shirt has my old signature, I'm no one, on it.

 

[hank solo]

No, it doesn't. Sadly it says I'm Not Okay!!!

You can't buy publicity like this... (if you are reading this Mr Slug, please send $$$$ ...)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Yeah, that makes more sense but he is no one as well. I am blind.

 

[james]

what a zany character!...who shops at Hot Topic.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Oh, he's a hot topic here, for sure.

 

[BRICKS]

[This video is unavailable.]

this is an atmosphere song, pay attention to the lyrics.. maybe it's just me but doesn't he sound like bukowski?