This is one of my favorite jemz, and in my humble opinion one of of the greatest lyrical masterpieces of the last 30 years, not to mention the unbelievable production. Almost every couplet is like a set of die - multiple sides that change the fate of the lyric depending on how you approach them. Really an incredible work.
Two quick notes:
Im pretty sure he says "Hold mics like pony tails, tight, and bobalops" at the beginning. I have no idea what a 'bobalop' might be - it might be 'bobble ops.' There's definitely an 's' on the end of the last word tho, and it really sounds like a 'p' before that, which makes me doubt that it's just "bob a lot," even though that is in an ill line.
I also think he says:
"Cell number 17, up under the top bunk, I say this not to be mean, was bad luck I was popped drunk" - meaning that he got arrested whilst drunk, and that was his bad luck. I think he just combines "I was" into "I's" and slurs the 'd' in 'drunk' making it sound like a 'j'.
As for favorite lines:
"Um what is MF? You silly
I'd like to take "Mens to the End" for two milli'
"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!" That's a audio daily double
Rappers need to fall off just to save me the trouble, yo
Watch your own back Came in and go out alone, black
Stay in the zone turn H2O to Cognac"
The play on Jeopardy, where DOOM spits the answer first in the form of a question, then does an interpolation of "means to an end" but slangs to "mens" instead, which may be a very sly nod to the multiple characters in his universe allowing him to gain fame and achieve his goals. And then "rappers need to fall off just to save me the trouble" is just the illest line you could possibly spit in the middle of such a tour de lyrical force, followed by the idea that if you stay in the zone, you can perform a miracle even iller to DOOM than Jesus' water-to-wine. Truely a magnificent set of words.
This is one of my favorite jemz, and in my humble opinion one of of the greatest lyrical masterpieces of the last 30 years, not to mention the unbelievable production. Almost every couplet is like a set of die - multiple sides that change the fate of the lyric depending on how you approach them. Really an incredible work.
Two quick notes:
Im pretty sure he says "Hold mics like pony tails, tight, and bobalops" at the beginning. I have no idea what a 'bobalop' might be - it might be 'bobble ops.' There's definitely an 's' on the end of the last word tho, and it really sounds like a 'p' before that, which makes me doubt that it's just "bob a lot," even though that is in an ill line.
I also think he says: "Cell number 17, up under the top bunk, I say this not to be mean, was bad luck I was popped drunk" - meaning that he got arrested whilst drunk, and that was his bad luck. I think he just combines "I was" into "I's" and slurs the 'd' in 'drunk' making it sound like a 'j'.
As for favorite lines: "Um what is MF? You silly I'd like to take "Mens to the End" for two milli' "Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!" That's a audio daily double Rappers need to fall off just to save me the trouble, yo Watch your own back Came in and go out alone, black Stay in the zone turn H2O to Cognac"
The play on Jeopardy, where DOOM spits the answer first in the form of a question, then does an interpolation of "means to an end" but slangs to "mens" instead, which may be a very sly nod to the multiple characters in his universe allowing him to gain fame and achieve his goals. And then "rappers need to fall off just to save me the trouble" is just the illest line you could possibly spit in the middle of such a tour de lyrical force, followed by the idea that if you stay in the zone, you can perform a miracle even iller to DOOM than Jesus' water-to-wine. Truely a magnificent set of words.