Is there a proper term for this?

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I was just wondering if there is a proper terminology for this kind of formulaic rap I've been noticing lately.

Anyway, it goes something like this:

I gotta ___ like ___,

Then you ____ like ____,

I pop you in the face like ____ ,

My hoze be ____ like ____

And basically you just fill in the first blank with a verb/noun/adjective, and then for the second blank you add an asimile / metaphore for that verb/noun/adjective.

My hoze be skanky like my big wanky. I pop you in the face like a yankee. Then you be cranky like Frankie.

That kinda' stuff. Is there an actual term for that kind of rhyme / rapping scheme? Because everyone and their brother (including you, most likely) is using it. Just curious. Thanks!

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The term you're looking for is not rap-specific; it's a general poetry term. I can't seem to remember it now but I know it, I'll post again when I remember.
 
chessrock said:
Because everyone and their brother (including you, most likely) is using it. Just curious. Thanks!

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Umm... no.
 
I can think of several terms for it:

lame

uninspired

predictable

tired

unoriginal
 
I also noticed raps like this going on.

-I get my money like john madden

-Cause I play the game like john madden

or

-I'm up in the CLUB
-And I _______ in the CLUB
-When I _____in the CLUB
 
Those are called metaphores... Been in rap nearly since the beginning.....

The first to really use it well to me was Lord Finess, KANE, G rap.... Ofcourse nowadays catz using metaphores aren't as creative...

Raticus
 
some new artist do..but you dont hear them on the radio...
 
Raticus said:
Those are called metaphores... Been in rap nearly since the beginning.....

The first to really use it well to me was Lord Finess, KANE, G rap.... Ofcourse nowadays catz using metaphores aren't as creative...

Raticus

First of all, the word you're looking for is "metaphors," not "metaphores."

And these wouldn't be metaphors; they would be similes if anything, though I would hardly call them that.
 
It's known in the scientific community as, "shittius mustasis",
which translates to, "Shitty music".
 
famous beagle said:
First of all, the word you're looking for is "metaphors," not "metaphores."

And these wouldn't be metaphors; they would be similes if anything, though I would hardly call them that.


Thanks Professor next time I will run my spell check... WTF... You want to correct my grammar too...

Similes is what I should be saying after looking at definitions... But we have been calling dem Metaphors for years...

in my opinion theses are the evolved similes from early days... Not as creative tho...

Raticus
 
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