I’m currently trying to recover from the mistake of listening to Iggy Azalea’s new EP, Glory, and while there are cringe-worthy bars throughout, this one stood out…cause it’s repeated about 12 times on this hook:
“I’m bout the paper, like wood.”
— Iggy Azalea, “Me, Myself, My Money”
Yeah, I know WLotD kinda died a few years ago when I became equal parts too busy and too apathetic to continue to call out idiocy in new songs, but if I happen to be blogging as I hear something dumb, I reserve the right to revive it. You can thank Pleasure P, he of the legendary wack lyric veteran group, Pretty Ricky. His new song with Tyga is called “I Like Girlz,” which aside from the always classy and edgy replacement of the letter “s” with a “z,” seems straightforward enough…until you hear the chorus:
“I love girls, I love girls, I love girls // So much, I think I’m lesbiahonest”
While Drake’s original line was pretty funny and somewhat clever, turning it into a hook for your single was a bad move P. But then again, you named yourself Pleasure P, so I suppose it’s all relative.
“Shawty burnin’ up like a pound of wasabi”
— Bobby V, “Drop It”
“I go so hard they call me Go So Hard”
— Lil Wayne, “Bang Bang Pow Pow”
It’s been a while since I posted any WLotD’s but hey, I haven’t been listening to much Wayne lately. All that changed a few minutes ago and sure enough, his opening line on the new T-Pain single reminded me all about his amazing wackness.
“F*ckin’ with the Queen Bee, it ain’t safe!”
— Lil’ Kim, “Anything (To Find You)”
When I saw that Monica released a new song with Lil’ Kim this week, I joked that it felt like ’96. The chuckle was interrupted when I hit play and heard a reworked Biggie sample that I should have seen coming. At least Kim dropped this line, stating explicitly what we all knew for years. Stay strapped kids.
Obviously one of my all time favorite artists and good friend of SNSS, but I heard this not so classic opening bar to a classic record (and album) in the gym earlier today:
“We in the house like Japanese in Japan or Koreans in Korea”
— Talib Kweli, “K.O.S.”
Still a great track though. “The funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica”:
“In the 2 seater…me and 2 women”
— Rick Ross, “9 Piece (Remix)”
I know rappers like to stretch the truth on records, but I mean…
You may remember these lyrics from a previous WLotD. I say get your money Homer.
“100 thousand dollars, 200 thousand, you name it /
Beamer, Benz, or Bentley, Bugatti body you claim it /
And all of it depends on the way you shakin’ your anus”
— Nelly, “Lose Control (Let Me Down)”
Those bars were almost enough for me to forget how atrocious the songwriting is on Keri Hilson’s new album…but then I heard “Pretty Girl Rock” again and I remembered.
“I’m high-ly relatable…and biodegradable”
— Ice Cube, “Man vs. Machine”
When syllables go wrong.