Beats or Lyrics

[TRu Word]

I see alot of you like rappers like shade shiest, and roscoe and peeps like that.  I wonder do yall listen to what they are saying. A lot of times roscoe makes no sence at all.  Shade Shiest I cant even here him.  Im not rain dancing on em but imo rappers like this are wack.  Roscoe is talking about the cat and dog playing the back yard.  I like snoop and all that cause his style and appeal but alot of the times his lyrics are shit too.  I think you guys must just like the beats or something cuz I dont how you guys are feeling some of these cats.  I hate to bring up sales but peeps say the reason they dont sell is because they are from the west I say its just cuz they wack or dont drop when they have a lil buz.

jus my o.

[Lincoln]

yeah i kinda agree with you, Lyrics are def more important to me than a beat. To me, a beat is just an added bonus

[TRu Word]

yeah you feel me, Im not asking for no deep ass lyrics Im jus saying make sense when on the m.i.c.  

[Jome]

Both.

Hiphop IS beats and rhymes.. and the combination is what makes it dope..
That said, a rapper can make a track hot even with a average beat.. and vice versa.. a beat can make even the worst rapper sound good on it, e.g. Master P on "Lay Low."

[Nightfall]

hip-hop started out being nothing but beats

but ima lyrical typa dude

so i think that lyrics are more important

so i prefer lyrics
a shitty beat is ok
a tite beat would be the shit
but wen a beat is soo fucked that it just anoyes me and distracts me from the lyrics, im gon hate the song

[Lincoln]

a beat can make even the worst rapper sound good on it, e.g. Master P on "Lay Low."

Master P is far from the worst rapper, that was a dope verse & would have sounded good whatever  beat it was on

[The Watcher]

we could add this topic to Overseer's FAQ idea.

1. Over used topics
- beats or lyrics?
- what colour is snoops underwear today?
- do any of you know XXX

& so forth..

for the record, lyrics

[Hittman2001]

i cant listen to a song if the beats dont interest me, the second most important thing to me is probably the flow of the rapper, i'm not interested in rappers who dont sound good  

[Skindiana bon3z]

Lyrics are far more important than a beat to me...

[P Nelson]

i cant listen to a song if the beats dont interest me, the second most important thing to me is probably the flow of the rapper, i'm not interested in rappers who dont sound good  

Exactly, it's all about the music, if the lyrics are shit, its just funny, so its still listenable , I know y'all bumped some of that

"Shut the fuck up Bitch, Eat a Dick Bitch, Eat a Bowl of shit bitch..."

So don't front

[IKON]

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yeah no doubt, if the beat is bangin then its bumpable

however i cant bump that all the time

I NEED SOME LYRICS, and it would be nice to have some good or descent beats to go along with them

i gotta say its tied between beats and lyrics for me

[Black_Smoke]

yeah i kinda agree with you, Lyrics are def more important to me than a beat. To me, a beat is just an added bonus

same

[TRu Word]

I gotta say beats then flow then voice then lryics.  if the Flow is amazing and the lyrics are avg. then yeah but "hey diddle diddle the cat and the dog fightin over kibble's out in the back yard" just won't cut it.  

just My O.

[mauzip]

beats are way more important

[E. J. Rizo]

I gotta say beats then flow then voice then lryics.

i totally agree lyrics are tight but not that far up in importance compared to beat since that is what attracts me at first then the flow then voice then the lyrics....