now if you want to get in an argument about whether or not K-Rino is one of the best hip hop artists of all time, the answer is obviously no. the same can be said if we were to ask if he's one of the best overall emcees because he has absolutely no versatility. sure, he tells stories too, but his flow is average, his delivery is average, and he has no concept of memorable simplicity. he feels the need to use multi-syllabic rhymes in every line and it gets tedious. you guys even pointed that out above, laughing at the fact that a few lines from another artist ended with single syllable rhymes. it's sad that is all you look at. Lil Wayne uses multi-syllabic rhymes quite a bit. does that make him dope? better yet, here's some multisyllabic shit. tell me if it's dope just because of the multi-syllable style:

some people wanna fuck me because i'm a gay enabler/
pippity poo poo, gay sex, i wanna do your neighbor/
shut your blood clot you metamorphosism/
i've had gay anal sex with single cellular organisms/
i farted and out came my colon... hey look, rheumatism!/
i swam in a pool and someone called it feudalism/
those paintings on the wall sure look like ancient hieroglyphics/
my cryptic rhythmic lipstick hits quick and gets to specifics/
its thick and i use it to cure this syphilitic/
epileptic seizure in my leisure. you're a bad critic/
the rhythm. antidisestablishmentarianism/
supercalifragilisticexpialidocius colonialism/

see, it's not always dope to come with multis lmao!

anyways, here are some examples of emcees that are superior to K-Rino for various reasons, most of which i laid out above:

and yes, i will go there:

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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"

-T.S. Eliot

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I think that is a better arguement wouldnt u guys agree??

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wait, you never heard a single song from percee p? but you heard k rino? weird. you should checkout "legandary status" i think its called? his first album. hes sick. notice how i dont discredit percee because im debating about him? weird isnt it?

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how you gonna say whats wrong with you when you havent even heard a percee p song? will someone agree with me for once? 1+1=2? no its not too many multis lol

but that's the thing, wtf does that even mean? does that mean i can just throw a bunch of of shit out there that doesn't even rhyme or meet any particular rhythm or cadence as long as it's "lyrical"? and what constitutes "lyricism" anyways? how do you grade lyricism? i know what the artist says is what matters, but how much of it is how the artist says it? and if the answer to the last question is "a lot", how much of "how the artist says it" is decided by cadence and rhythm? for example, which one of these lines is better:

"you may have had a cold inside of your chest but the fact is that you were never ill"

or

"you may have had a chest cold but you were never ill"

or can you determine which one is doper? does it depend on the beat that the line is spit on and/or the way it is spit? if so, do you not now get my point?

also, i know that you would argue that beats don't matter, but would K-Rino be as dope as he is now if he was spitting over beats like this?:

that's because Canibus does shit like this:

and because, as you can see in the second video where he's actually getting on a dope beat, he knows how to write a dope hook too. also, Canibus can ride a beat.

i have listened to more than a handful of songs. i'm well aware that he does go on different topics. he still constantly uses multis in his storytelling tracks and when he isn't using multis he's still getting on weak beats and not even riding them well. don't get me wrong, i think K-Rino is dope as hell and he has impressed me quite a bit since i first found out about him back in like 2003 listening to DJ Screw, but if you want to claim he's the best lyricist out there, i beg to differ. he's not even top 15. i don't put Canibus up there either but C is still better than K-Rino.

like who? i understand the bum rapper thing was a bit harsh, but who else doesn't deserve to be compared to him?

here's the thing though, Perce rides the beat well (most of the time), he can make a dope hook, he gets on good beats, his vocals actually improve the overall song musically speaking, and he knows how to word shit in a memorable way. K-Rino lacks all of these qualities on most of his songs.

i am not saying Perce doesn't have his faults. there's a good reason why he is as seasoned and skilled as he is but still nowhere near the fame level that the artists he inspired, was similar to, and/or networked with achieved. he has way more than 30 or 40 songs tho but w/e.

all well known artists do that. go listen to some of Eminem's battles and "freestyles" and tell me that you didn't hear him repeat any lines. he even used the "you wouldn't sell two copies if you pressed a double album" line in his battle against Juice.

my point is this: go to a radio show or a filmed cypher for an underground network and ask around. i bet anything the artists there will tell you that while they freestyle here and there, the majority of the shit they spit at events like that is written. i myself write lyrics specifically for such events. Perce doesn't freestyle at all. he told me something that opened my eyes a bit. when i asked him why i never see him freestyle he said "why release material that isn't your very best?" now i can freestyle when i get into the mood for it. i just reserve my freestyling for when i'm with my boys in the studio or at my house just screwing around or vibing to beats. a few artists, like Supernatural, can get away with just straight freestyling all the time. most can't and don't need to.

no, he always uses internal rhymes. he uses multis quite often though. i have no problem with multis, but when you claim an artist isn't skilled because he isn't using multis that is just ridiculous.

haha, i absolutely agree. again, Perce does have some major faults. i think his biggest fault is that he is too passive. he lets opportunity pass him by because of it too. that is why he hasn't released much or gotten anywhere.

word

my new theme song



erikboyd60@hotmail.com

"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"

-T.S. Eliot

battle record:

7-0-0

no, Dirt won because his punches hit harder, he was funnier, and the way he said shit was better than the way Sell said shit. do internal rhymes and multis play a role in that? sure, depending on how they are used. don't try to simplify shit to one factor. K is dope. he uses a lot of multis. i don't hate multis, i just think you are overrating them. as i pointed out, you can use a lot of multis and still make a wack track.

hands down Percee P is far more well known then K-Rino bro. only in Texas is that not the case. however, i will say i knew of K-Rino before i knew of Percee P, though that was pure coincidence.

my new theme song



erikboyd60@hotmail.com

"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"

-T.S. Eliot

battle record:

7-0-0