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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•8 months agoA dead rapper who’s two most significant albums came out 20 years ago this year is not a counterpoint.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoCounterpoint: that’s exactly what a supervillain would want you to think.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoMf doom has unbelievably layered lyrics, but a true counterpoint of lyrical complexity is Aesop Rock. Here’s a good article on how expansive his vocabulary is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoAlso: Ren (still alive despite best efforts of man and beast)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoThis is that “How would you feel if you didn’t?” “But I did” meme
Counterpoint: MF DOOM
A dead rapper who’s two most significant albums came out 20 years ago this year is not a counterpoint.
Counterpoint: he’s dead.
Too soon, man. Too soon
*Back where his brother went
Counterpoint: fuck this world
Counterpoint: that’s exactly what a supervillain would want you to think.
Mf doom has unbelievably layered lyrics, but a true counterpoint of lyrical complexity is Aesop Rock. Here’s a good article on how expansive his vocabulary is.
Also: Ren (still alive despite best efforts of man and beast)
This is that “How would you feel if you didn’t?” “But I did” meme