daily rant

a common misconception you can have in today's rap game time is saying a certain rapper has a tight 16. example:

A: "man did you hear what [insert rapper name] said in that verse? that shit was tight!"
B: "yeah, but i think he bit a couple of those lines from another rapper."

i promise you as you're reading this a conversation like this is being discussed. a more common term for it is swagger jacking. my definition of swagger jacking is not only taking some one's lyrics, but also style and persona. now i find myself doubting any new or old rapper who has a tight 16. it's at its worst when they don't try and re-word or re-organized the lyrics to suit them; they just take the whole verse with no changes. image a world where jacking some one's lyrics would be the same as paying a sampling fee. that would drastically change the game i think for the better. rappers would have to dig deep in their craniums to gather some new material. but then you would have the premo's & kanye's of swag jacking digging deep in the crates for that perfect 16. now i know, some of our all-time favorite mc's has swag jack on a certain level, to a certain degree. yes, i should hold them accountable too because they are the ones we like the best. maybe one (of the many) reason hip-hop is dead is because everybody is literally saying the same thing. i'm tired of hearing recited 2Pac & Biggie lines (let them please r.i.p.). that shit needs to seriously stop. i know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it's not appealing to the hip-hop heads who knows what's really going on.
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when swagger jacking goes wrong: cam'ron - swagger jacker (jay-z diss)