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Originally Posted by Certain
Allusion is not parody.
And please name a famous rapper from the past 20 years who has never used allusion. Some who have, off the top of my head:
Jay Z
Nas
Snoop Dogg
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
2Pac
Method Man
Redman
Ghostface Killah
Kanye West
Eminem
Should I continue?
Rap is our shared cultural lexicon. If you didn't recognize dull boy's flip, you probably are very young. He intended for people to pick up on it.
I didn't even like the flip. I didn't think it was that reative, fresh or interesting. But it clearly wasn't biting.
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thats fucking stupid, so because its dullboy he intended people to pick up on it
how come the same inst said for every other person who used someone elses bars ? or do we only hold that special thing to people that we ride dick for?