Re: Just dl'd some of Styles P...

Date: 29 Jan 2003 23:39:34 -0800
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> guru rhymes nigga and figga for christs sake. but this dude
> get praised
I can't understand why people _always_ criticize rappers when they
rhyme nigga with figure or jigga or trigger. It's never irked me at
all. It's like a classic hip hop banality. Off the top some MC's
who've rhymed nigga with figure, jigga or trigger, most more than
once, yeah Guru's done it, Slick Rick's done it, Q-Tip's done it,
Raekwon's done it, Big L's done it, Cube's done it, Prodigy's done
it, Biggie's done it, Kool G Rap's done it, Posdnuos's done it, Jay-Z's
done it, Big Boi's done it, DJ Quik's done it, Ras Kass's done it,
Schoolly D's done it, Busta's done it, Ice-T's done it, Chuck D's
done it, Erick Sermon's done it... I love alladem.
Obviously there's a lot more, and I'm not even thinking about taking
into account inner rhymes, or those who rhyme typical -iggas like
bigga, trigga, figga with no niggas; trigga/bigga/figga alone would
blow the -igga list up to include 95% of all dope rappers. I'm also
not taking into account those who rhyme niggas with niggas, or people
like Willie D or Dr Dre and a lot of gangsta rappers. I think Tim Dog
also had a way too funny -igga rhyme scheme on his first LP, possibly
the funniest of all time.
The wonderful world of -iggaisms.
Nas created the ultimate nigga/trigga/figga/bigga lyric by also
including two dope cliches in "finger on the trigger" and "pockets
get bigger". Full quote: "but just a nigga, walking with his finger
on the trigger/make enough figures until my pockets get bigger."
Another two of my favorites in the true art of -igga rhymes:
"Just like a jiggalo but I'm much bigger though/I'm like a hitman,
pullin' the trigger slow." -Big Daddy Kane
"It's to my real ill niggas, heavyweight hitters/dough getters, fifty
ways to make figures/my niggas that come on the spot to feel sisters/
like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas." -Rakim