Hip Hop was built on a foundation of braggadocious bars, stretching back to at least 1980’s groundbreaking single “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang.
“You see I’m six foot one and I’m tons of fun and I dress to a T/You see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously,” Casanova rapped in verse two. “I got bodyguards, I got two big cars, that definitely ain’t the whack/I got a Lincoln continental and a sunroof Cadillac/So after school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall/I got a color TV so I can see the Knicks play basketball.”
But Young Guru is evidently fed up with all the boasting and lack of creativity in certain rappers’ lyrics — and certainly doesn’t want to hear about their rapping abilities. On Monday (January 10), JAY-Z’s longtime engineer had a public service announcement of sorts for his Twitter followers.
“At this point you gotta say something,” he wrote. “I’m starting to fall out of love with people who rap about how good they rap!!”
Young Guru is usually straightforward with his opinions on the culture and isn’t afraid to ask for what he wants. Late last month, JAY-Z was a trending Twitter topic after he confidently proclaimed no one could beat him in a Verzuz battle. The Roc Nation mogul made the bold statement while speaking to Alicia Keys on Twitter Spaces, sparking a debate in the process.
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Some Hip Hop fans claimed Lil Wayne could take him, while Lil Jon was confident Busta Rhymes would “smoke” Hov on the Verzuz stage. But Young Guru didn’t want to be bothered by the purely subjective debate. Not long after JAY-Z’s name started to trend, Young Guru hopped on Twitter and demanded, “Please stop calling my phone to give me your take. He said what he said!!!”
More recently, Young Guru posted a video of himself playing basketball and had a few braggadoccious bars of his own.
“I miss touring,” he wrote in the caption. “These are the fun times that y’all don’t get to see. @agapewoodlyn thinks because he is in the gym everyday that he can hang with me on the court. Not gonna happen!! I’m almost 50 and I will still burn you. I miss talking shit with my brothers!!!”
I’m glad Old OG Producer Guru said it cuz it’s true. It’s why all the music out sounds generic and heartless for that reason. Nobody has any creativity or identity anymore.
Facts!! Someone finally made that so-valid point. I’ve been trying to say that all along. Rappity rap without saying anything meaningful is worthless!!
That rappidity rap has a name, it’s called diarrhea of the mouth.
There’s a time and a place for rappity rap, if it’s good.
Yeah, the time (never) and the place ( Used in foreign prisons as a method of interrogation./ mental torture)
Eminem is rappity rap
You must not like hiphop
Why is anybody worried about what Young guru is talking about is he still producing tracks for hot number one chart-topping artist is he still the best producer in the game at 50 bro if you not contributing nothing I don’t care what you been did your time is over step to the side don’t nobody want to hear what you got to say who ever wrote this article obviously doesn’t know how to find a more interesting story I guarantee you nobody’s going to lose sleep over young guru ??????
All you bums asking OGs to step Back need to show something worth not giving them attention. Trust, nobody was looking for Drake, but he’s nice with it.
If you got bars, the streets will listen. Otherwise, stfu
Young Guru feels himself so much just cause he works with Jay. He needs to sit down somewhere
Shut up you sound stupid and go put the work he did and maybe you would feel better about yourself
I bomb atomically, Socrates philosophies and hypothesis….man forget all that. GUCCI GANG GUCCI GANG GUCCI GANG.
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hiphop dix is some kind of anti black troll site anybody got skill? this site is here to mock and discredit you
I’d rather listen to someone rap their arse off than hear the billionth autotuned verse of the week mumbling about selling drugs.
That too…I think he’s talking about subject matter as well as delivery…
Yeah, we need more half ass bars about drug selling and popping xannies and shit. It’s not like the alternative to rappity raps have any substance either.
Oh yeah, rapper’s delight the song stolen by the sugar hill gang. I thought this was a hip hop site
It’s crazy how everyone is acting like there are only 2 options, rapping about how good you rap or rapping about killing people. There are so many other things to talk about in rap. These guys must not really listen to hiphop
@Tray, Look why don’t you step to aside, use proper punctuation marks, proper grammar and shut up. The man has been producing, editing and mixing music for nearly 30 years. He’s heard enough nonsense to last him a life time.