rap music's memorable banalities

when i was 5 my favorite movie was the gremlins
ain't got shit to do with this but i just thought that i would mention

and if you're looking for divine or a little intervention
well the birds don't fly without my permission
WEEZY

sorry those lines aren't banal. i just needed to finish that phrase

When I went to school I carried lunch in a bag

The opening line of EPMD's "I'm Housin'" -- "Coolin' on the scene like a horse in a stable" -- is like the opposite of this. Heard it a million times but never noticed it started with such a weird-ass line.

You break in my car, you will hear 'Viper armed.'

"Word is Born" vs. "Word is Bond" was an Important Debate during my high school years. I think of "Word is Born" as being like "And thus it was written" or maybe "QED"

I don't know Word is Born outside of the Run DMC track but Word is Bond is from the Five Percenters:

Five Percenters were the innovators behind early hip-hop slang, including "'sup, G?" (originally "G" means God, not gangsta), "Word is bond," "Break it down," "Peace," "droppin' science," and "represent."

http://www.shobak.org/text/hiphop-full.html

A-yo why oh why did I need cappucino

--Rock, Heltah Skeltah feat. OGC -- Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka

smh @ u

haha damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhW_ph0ipp8

I can't believe we built this large pizza pie together, no pepperoni
Yeah you wanted extra cheese, sometimes I gave you extras

haaa, yeah

in ya brain i'm guaranteed to have you thinkin and feeling things

Fellatio's amazin', make grilled cheese for you the best

I'm a lover not a fighter. I can't find my lighter

Listen to me now, or listen to me later

http://www.rentalresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/Hanz-and-Franz.gif

came just to add "lemonade was a popular drink and it still is" and of course it's taken

I represent, set up shit like a tent, boy
You're paranoid 'cause you're a son, like Elroy

Listen to me now, or listen to me later

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh man, I've had this wrong for years, it's actually "Listen to me now, don't listen to me later."

The rhyme: "I eat the fuckin' pineapple Now & Laters."

condo in miami, that's my favorite pad
watching rondo vs miami, he just made a pass

- jim jones

― J0rdan S., Monday, May 16, 2011 12:20 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think about this line as a representative of dipset's entire 00s output

along with

goonie goonie moony juney purple spoonie killa noonie

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not banal in content, but Drake's delivery of "Last night I tried some raw oysters" really puts it in this category IMO.

"And when I was five, my favorite movie was the Gremlins / Ain't got shit to do with this, but I just thought that I should mention"

-Lil Wayne

Thanks for the memories

when i was 5 my favorite movie was the gremlins
ain't got shit to do with this but i just thought that i would mention

― one yankee sympathizer masquerading as a historian (difficult listening hour), Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:05 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops

Never popped a molly
but when I'm on coffee I feel as if I done just tried it

Niggaz in the Bronx call me Lex 'cause I push a Lex.
And I rock a Rolex.
And I lounge on Lex.
And I love sex.

Never popped a molly
but when I'm on coffee I feel as if I done just tried it

― slam dunk, Monday, February 23, 2015 3:19 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looool

Never drank a coffee
but when I eat too much toffee I feel as if I done just tried it

Eminem: "I should download her audio on mp3"

coining this thread title was my professional peak IMHO

it's really good, yeah

Watching movies like damn that Vince Vaughn is a funny cat
Fred Claus and the Kelly up in your closet
Belly full of smog again, ciggys just make me nauseous

EPMD are the kings:

"Sit back and recline
watch the sun shine
take a stroll
listen to rock n' roll
catch a flick at the movies
dance so bold"

good life advice too

EPMD OTM

i ordered enchiladas and i ate 'em

Phife Dawg on Tribe's "Buggin' Out":

"I float like gravity / Never had a cavity"
"I sport New Balance sneakers to avoid a narrow path"
"Drink a lot of soda so they call me Dr. Pepper"

keep a couple hand torches in the jansport
i'm from pebble beach, that's a historic landmark
- mozzy, beautiful struggle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUfuEgAp8FI

three course meal
spaghetti fettucini and veal

It's how son became a big man from a black boy
To name names, a really big fan of Dan Aykroyd

"Feelin kinda great, got change for the toll" on Run-DMC's "Ragtime." Though, the whole cut is kind of a deliberate goof, with lines like "I rhyme when I am sleeping, I rhyme when I'm awake / When I was nine I said a rhyme by putting candles on my cake."

that sounds kinda like the one Cosby episode where he was walking around talking in rhyme the whole time a la "how do you do/welcome to the zoo/i told you I could rhyme/I do it all the time"

Yeah right, my bear hugs air tight
New Yorkers know no turning on a red light

- Redman

Serengeti frequently works the "memorable banalities" vein, e.g. I skateboarded and hurt my knee / I sat right next to a willow tree.

DMC, "King of Rock" - "I walked on ice and never fell."

Wise Intelligent (Stetsasonic) "Uda Man" - "Purple is the opposite of brown."

he's talking about weed obv

"So many successful entertainers with tax problems"

-- Rick Ross, "Ghostwriter"