[quote=@Fabricant451] I picked my songs for a reason. You're doing exactly what a lot of people do and making incorrect assumptions. You're taking the lyrics at face value as they come and the reason I picked a song like A Milli is precisely because it reads as a song glorifying the lifestyle but is more a personal anthem and statement of intent (and also because of the beat, which is why I mentioned it.) As for the Yeezy verse, you got it wrong. The line is "You see it's leaders and it's followers/But I'd rather be a dick than a swallower" which is literally Kanye explaining a lot of his arrogance. It boils down to "I would rather say what's on my mind and be considered an asshole than hold my tongue and be a liar or not say anything." The thing about good rap is that it has metaphors and double meanings like that. That's not a lyrical failure of Kanye. It's a failure of comprehension on the listener. A song using the word nigger isn't a knock against a song. That word is so steeped in the genre and in the culture it sprung from that it's often a word of rally. Having a problem with that word in rap music has less to do with disliking the music but that'll open up a racial can of worms and let's not. [/quote] I'm not saying that the rap can't be more subversive, I'm just saying it's still doing a lot of the same stuff. Like it's fine to look deeper into lines, but you CAN make your music deep and not compare yourself to getting your dick sucked and the like...I'm not calling it brainless per say, but it is vulgar. Which is what he wanted to avoid. And yes Kayne has said so many dumb things off and on the track, I can't take him seriously. In Black Skinhead for instance, which is his black pride anthem and he forces a line about how much sex he is getting in there...I just feel like there we're better choices. I don't mean to come off as they have nothing of value, but for something wanting to get into the genre for differences. Mainstream artists are NOT where to start.