I’ve prA’Li never posted a drop on this site which was favorable to T.I. Up until now that is. As I listened to ‘Big Beast’ on repeat I realized that T.I. had the strongest verse on the song. Initially, I was in awe of Bun B placing the word ‘onomatopoeia’ in a rap song. That shit has six(6) syllables and is hard as fux to spell and say.
But as I kept listening to the song it was T.I. who deftly crafted his verse and sprayed it with over a dozen polysyllabic words (14). His verses total word count was 168 so that means every 12 words he averaged one that was longer than three syllables. I consider that average rap music mastery considering that the white gawd of rap lyrics comes in at about 18 words for every polysyllabic word.
This isn’t T.I.’s defining average for polysyllabic word usage but it is his best by my record so I salute him for his efforts at redefining Southern rap themes in my eyes(ears)…
“In a six, I’m riding with a pistol grip, banana clip
From Simpson Road to Adamsville, I’m repping this Atlanta shit
Nigga trying to handle up, let’s see can they handle this
A hundred round at em, that ain’t no Louisiana shit
Drinking on that Hennessey, blowing on that cannabis
AmeriKKKa’s nightmare, trap nigga fantasy
A record full of felonies, searching for a better me
But choppers go off in my hood like Iraq, Cuba, Tel Aviv
Pretty nigga, let him be — fuck him, shorty
Sucker nigga I’ll never be, don’t give a fuck about it
Quick to round up on that Audi, make em get the fuck up out it
Nigga better be about it, he deserve it he allow it
What’s a coward to a kamikaze?
He ain’t robbed a man, ain’t predator or prey; the law of nature where I stay
I catch you slipping with that K, ain’t no illusion, no confusion
Better come up off that cake and all that jewelry or you’re snoozing”
Peep T.I. kick his verse in the official video for the track from Killer Mike’s phenomenal album ‘R.A.P. Music’ which currently gets my nod for best Hip-Hop album of 2012.
