By Jon Raymond
“I wonder if these wack n***** realize they wack” – Common
I ask myself this every time I hear a terrible rap lyric. As a hip hop head, I often get frustrated at the terrible rap lines that show up. This article was hard for me to produce because I love hip hop and I am not a fan of most of these rappers. This took some research…painful, disappointing research. Rap fans who like deeper meaning and study the craft often call the music they like “real rap”, which is weird because if it exists, it cannot be “fake rap”. Unfortunately, you will see that not even the greats are exempt from a bad rap lyric. Before we proceed, I would like to note that I forced myself not to fill this list with Lil Wayne lyrics, although he does appear a couple times. Without further ado, let’s delve into some of the worst rap lyrics of all time.
“I’m a star, look in the sky, you need a microscope” – Fredrick (from Da Band)
Remember ‘Da Band’? They were Puff’s group that was the result of a MTV show. Go get me a cheesecake. Despite their lack of success, they did leave on a tiny legacy of bad rap lyrics. Fredrick, it would be a telescope that we use to look in the sky. A microscope is used to magnify tiny things.
“We in the building, you in apartments” – Lil Wayne
As stated above, I am doing my best to refrain from bashing Lil Wayne in this article. It took a lot of energy, as you can see from a lyric like this. An apartment is still a building, unless it is some sort of homeless cardboard complex. And the ‘F’ is for ‘fucking’ retarded.
“Quack quack to a duck and a chicken too/ Put the hyena in a freakin’ zoo” – Nicki Minaj
Wait… what?! I am so lost that I cannot even write a detailed description for this, but I can assume this was partly the inspiration for her single “Beez in the Trap”.
“Now the stakes (steaks) are high, like the top shelf in a meat market” – Papoose
Papoose has a pretty good following in the underground community. He has a battle-rap style that is heavy with wordplay and punchlines, both of which are set on display here. For the most part, Papoose is dope. The problem is, this is just corny. What kind of meat market has a towering shelf of T-bones? “Gary, grab the ladder. This lady wants some ground beef, and it’s on the top shelf.”
“Pussy got me dead, better call 2pac over” – Kanye West
Kanye has been getting a terrible image in the public lately. Between Kim Kardashian and the cocky interviews, people are realizing Kanye can be a huge tool. I am somewhat a fan of ‘Ye. I didn’t like ‘Yeezus’ or ‘808s and Heartbreak’, but I am a fan of every other one of his albums. His production is some of the best in hip hop, and his lyrics are usually not terrible. This, however, is just bad. This and 2chainz’ “2pac w/o the nose ring” lyric are in an epic battle between the worst 2pac references.
“Clap dat ass, just like the clapper” – Juicy J
Juicy, juicy, juicy. From Three 6 Mafia fame to an Oscar, Juicy J has enjoyed some success. His lyrics have never been deep, and this is just another reference point to that fact. Usually a punchline in rap is like a simile (although rappers call them metaphors), but Juicy uses the word to describe the word. This line is wack like a wack line.
“You look so good, I’d suck on your daddy’s dick” – Notorious B.I.G.
This one truly hurts me to show. I love Biggie. He is one of the best rappers of all time. He really is a legend of hip hop, but being one of the greatest does not make you exempt from being grouped in the most horrendous rap lyrics of all time. This just grosses me out. I can’t comment any further.
“I lay back, and blow sacks (sax) like Kenny G” – Jus Allah
Carrying on the dick references from the Biggie line, we arrive to Jus Allah’s lyric off of the song “Heavenly Devine”. Jus has been an in-then-out-then-in member of the hardcore/horror-core rap group ‘Jedi Mind Tricks’. To not be guilty of taking something out of context, the previous line ended with ‘my clothes got the scent of trees’. Unfortunately, this does not stop me from picturing Jus Allah from doing some homosexual stuff. Not that I’m against gays, because I’m not, but sometimes you got to watch how your lyrics can be taken.
“My dick so hard it make the metal detector go off” – 2 Chainz
Okay, let me get this out there: I do not like 2 Chainz. Not in the slightest bit. I think he is a terrible rapper. Lines like these help me justify my dislike for Mr. Chainz. Does he have metal implants in his dick? Is this deep and just going over my head? I doubt it.
“Beat that pussy up like Emmett Till” – Lil Wayne
Let’s finish with a rap lyric that bothers me so much, it makes me angry. If you don’t know who Emmett Till was, he was an African-American boy who was brutally murdered at the age of 14 in Mississippi back in 1955. I understand Wayne is saying he beats the pussy up like Emmett Till got beat up, but this is wrong on so many levels. Firstly, he has made it sound like Emmett Till was a pussy, which if you know his story you’ll know this to not be true. Secondly, as a black rapper, you should probably be a little more conscious of what Emmett Till embodied as a symbol for racial brutality. Lastly, the line is straight wack. And the ‘F’ is for I can’t stand your ‘fucking’ music.
So, there it was; ten of the worst rap lyrics of all-time. If I had the heart to do so, I could probably compile this list to reach in the numbers of triple digits. Not all the rappers mentioned above are bad, and not all bad rappers are completely terrible. While I still love rap and defend it against a person who hate it, lists such as this one make me sympathize with the viewpoints of people who cannot stand the genre. Lines like the ones mentioned combined with radio singles makes for a terrible image that has left hip hop permanently scarred.
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