it seems like there is a new trendy rap cadence

i wish i could explain it in a thread.

its like semi-rapid delivery and at the end of the line they draw out the last two or so words

kinda like in that Wale song the part where he says "flat drinks we call a cups" but he does that delivery for multiple bars

am i the only one that has noticed this trend??? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES

4/3/2012 5:39:26 PM

"sung rhythmic style" is what I think you're trying to describe.

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 5:43 PM. Reason : or maybe that's not what you're talking about if really "new"]

4/3/2012 5:43:15 PM

to me it sound like a sea chanty to me

4/3/2012 5:43:42 PM

lol...i mean the ones that still rap

but i mean am i just making shit up or do you notice this

jay z does it alot now too

4/3/2012 5:44:16 PM

I think I know what you're talking about. Kanye does in "Stronger" where he raps normal but he hires a white guy to repeat HARDER FASTER BIGGER STRONGER in the background.

4/3/2012 5:44:32 PM

let's get a poetry nerd in here to determine what kind of pentameter we have here

can I get a sample of the music you're talking about so I can determine its prosody?

4/3/2012 5:45:57 PM

Hootie hooo...Kie kie!!

4/3/2012 5:46:28 PM

are they rapping in disyllables, trisyllables or tetrasyllables?

I'm guessing disyllables

iam, trochee or spondee?

4/3/2012 5:49:53 PM

you motherfucker

4/3/2012 5:50:35 PM

the ancient Greeks invented rap!

4/3/2012 5:51:43 PM

that gyro rap

4/3/2012 5:53:09 PM

bunch of clicks and whistles

4/3/2012 5:53:48 PM

delicious

don't doubt me
or I'll cite Anbari

http://www.amazon.com/The-Genres-Prosody-Pragmatics-Rap/dp/3640921275

4/3/2012 5:53:57 PM

the roasted peppers, sweet tomatoes heirloom
we on the beach restin peeps, we in Cancun
fly girly curly hair gettin ran through
we in the shower gimme head.........shampoo

4/3/2012 5:55:02 PM

i think i get what you're saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZKvhkcJDbzY#t=160s

pretty much this entire song...but it is especially prominent in the 2nd verse.

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 5:57 PM. Reason : i know this is the song you used as an example, but i thought i'd post it for reference]

4/3/2012 5:56:38 PM

it would be like

theroastedpepperssweettomatoes heir-loom
weonthebeachrestinpeepswein Can-cun
flygirlycurlyhairgettinranthrough
weintheshowergimmeheadsham-poo

its like the third bar in the ugh...i guess stanza...theyll speed rap through and then resume dragging out the syllables on the fourth bar

now that surely makes sense

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM. Reason : ^thanks bro]

4/3/2012 5:58:22 PM

pretty much anything by that Canadian faggot Drake

4/3/2012 5:59:04 PM

true he does it in the im so proud of you song

you right TT

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 6:00 PM. Reason : actually i dont know if he does, im proud to say i cant recall much of hislyrics]

4/3/2012 5:59:33 PM

when i hear that "style" i always figure the person is like "my punchlines aren't any good or clever, so let me make sure i really accentuate them"

99% of the drake i've heard is in sprite commercials or madden games

somethin somethin sweetest thing i've ever known
i'll teach you how to speak my language......rosetta stone

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 6:02 PM. Reason : degrassi ass bitch]

4/3/2012 6:00:49 PM

Drake has down syndrome

4/3/2012 6:05:10 PM

4/3/2012 6:10:34 PM

You wasn't wit me when he shot me in the gym!

4/3/2012 6:10:43 PM

Quote :

"when i hear that "style" i always figure the person is like "my punchlines aren't any good or clever, so let me make sure i really accentuate them""

yeah i get this impression a little bit as well. it definitely seems like they are trying to really make sure you hear the punchline...putting extra emphasis on it.

4/3/2012 6:16:43 PM

I care. It's part of my heritage.

4/3/2012 6:37:12 PM

thought of another example. jay-z's verse (or at least the first few lines) in "mr nice watch" by j cole.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=w7xK6Oe2Ihs#t=164s

4/3/2012 6:49:40 PM

i'm down wit it

4/3/2012 10:17:51 PM

im sort of on the fence with it

i do feel like it accentuates weak punchlines, its much much better than the young money style rhyming though

4/3/2012 10:22:49 PM

4/3/2012 10:30:14 PM