Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Lyrics Born Sucks

I found a Japanese-American rapper named Lyrics Born that I was unfamiliar with and who I was hoping would redeem Japanese hip-hop. Well, he sucks like everyone else. He sounds like a shitty version of Gift of Gab (they're both part of Quannum Projects so maybe he just thinks its ok to rip-off his buddies). DJ Honda and DJ Krush are good, and I found a song by DJ Tasaka that samples that 'ding ding ding a ding ding ding' thing which is Pop but dope regardless. As Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon/Dr. Dooom says:

'And ya'll been trying to figure me out for years
Trying to reduplicate me, but they can't, so they hate me
While white boys rub the heads of black music with a Japanese assistant
What does a Chinese kid know about the rap game, it's a shame...'

Thats pretty cold and racist, but since all the Japanese rap I've heard so far sucks, I'm forced to agree. But not with that Japan=China thing. I'm not going near that.

For anyone that's unfamiliar I strongly recommend Kool Keith by the way.

Oh yeah, and since my mom, dad, aunts, uncles, sister, and friends' parents check this blog, sorry about that Japanese stuff in my previous post. Just ignore it if you haven't read it yet.

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