Word: rhymed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...vehicle’ to get the message across so you’re not just spewing out emotions constantly. That way, you can relate them to something concrete.” Though new to the role of lyricist, Nick confesses to “abusing alliteration and rhyme in everyday speech” and describes the job of writing lyrics as “almost therapeutic.” The creative process of writing a score and lyrics may have been new to Commins, but the feeling of community was just what he was looking for in Harvard?...
...have noticed that the word “Slevin” in the title of “Lucky Number Slevin” is not only the name of Josh Hartnett’s character, but also a clever rhyme with the number seven. Seven, coincidentally, also happens to be the number of bloody, noisy deaths in the movie’s opening 10 minutes...
While it’s hard to argue morally with lyrics such as “Why do we keep killing each other, what’s the reason?/God made us all equal in his vision,” the forced rhyme and general lack of fun make this song is a marked and jarring departure from the rest of the album...
...don’t bother. It’s nothing new—one part “Lose Control,” one part “Lose My Breath,” and one part “Tricky.” LL and Jermaine engage in rhyme-scheme and sound-scape rip-off so blatant that it simultaneously makes the listener forget the former’s significant contributions to hip-hop while somehow also eclipsing the mountain of crap that the latter has produced. Poor J-Lo is stuck in the middle (literally?...
...rhymes.The Sugarhill Gang’s breakthrough hip-hop hit “Rapper’s Delight” is a classic culprit; the song liberally incorporates lyrics from Grandmaster Caz’s—of old-school favorites the Cold Crush Brothers—rhyme book. Decades before Caz’s lament, Little Richard voiced a similar criticism of Elvis, claiming that the so-called “King of Rock and Roll” had usurped his status as rock’s monarch. Turf wars continue to thrive in the modern era (witness Nirvana?...