Comments on: The Literary Corner: Ghostface Killah & Gerard Manley Hopkins

By: meggiep

meggiep — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:59:14 +0000

Cool! I also majored in English at a liberal arts college so I know what you mean. Have you heard of Book of Rhymes by Adam Bradley? He talks about this same type of rhyme, in particular John Skelton from the 15th century and compares him to Fabolous. Shit’s mad old yo!

You should write about how most rap is in iambic pentameter for your next installment, I think non-English majors might enjoy it a bit more.

By: ignite mindz

ignite mindz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:24:13 +0000

maybe im wrong, but was it not until kane and rakim that we started focusing on making multisyllabic rhymes? it seems in poetry thats not important, as well as song lyrics. you hear about internal rhymes and ABAB rhyme schemes in poetry, but not many people were rhyming antidisestablishmentarianism with ” man my shit is savage i carry the rhythm” (dont bite my shit). It seems like that wouldve popularized in english literature before 1985. Now its not popular again as the most popular rappers have rhymes no more complex than swag and gucci rag. just a thought

By: Ronstar

Ronstar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:44:38 +0000

I just wanna know who pissed in arthur’s cornflakes

By: Sir Run Run Paw

Sir Run Run Paw — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:04:45 +0000

it aint spellcheck … its definition buddy … and esoteric isn’t a noun … so you couldn’t eschew it, even if you were using that word properly …

it aint about being a lame internet grammer-nerd, its about being able to take seriously any sort of literary commentary that badly misuses two words in the first sentence.
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Well I guess you put me in my place Arthur (F Murray Abraham).

I hope you can forgive me for being so flagrant with my execution of vocabulary. I guess it must be the nano liquid orbs in the atmosphere that force to behave so capriciously.

Why don’t we make my offering of gratis a can of Mountain Dew and a Snickers bar, deal? Cool, well let’s shake on that, me ole mucker, ciao, ciao, and thanks for being such a good sport.

@David, yeah man, this is a cool feature, keep up the good work, kudos! :)

By: Petey the Great

Petey the Great — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:09:32 +0000

dont be a shark aggin.

By: P.S.A

P.S.A — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:03:43 +0000

David, dope concept you have going here. Keep this going. You’re probably going to help someone with an English paper with this series.

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he may already have!!!! haha. gracias!

By: b.lluunndd

b.lluunndd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:29:07 +0000

and I’m DYING @ Gotty’s comments on Paw.

“It’s like Greums w/a grasp of the English language.”

By: b.lluunndd

b.lluunndd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:24:55 +0000

I like what you’re starting, David. The Stray Shots are fire, too.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:25:46 +0000

Supreme Clientele was lyrically better regarding the stories told on it. Collectively I prefer Ironman’s lyrics and the Cuban linxish vibe it has.

As far as production. As good as SC production is ….Nobody and nothing was fuking with RZA from 93-97 behind the boards….not even a well produced SC album.

Both are classic’s tho..that have stood the test of time.

By: J. Tinsley

J. Tinsley — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:35:22 +0000

David, dope concept you have going here. Keep this going. You’re probably going to help someone with an English paper with this series.