The Regional Report: Papoose Is Having a Big Month
Published December 21, 2006
At the 2:18 mark, Papoose launches into a double-time explosion that leaves the listener dizzy. ("I smoke the bubonic/ tonic/ exotic/ melodic/ brollic/ bionic/ psychotic/ ironic/ hypnotic kind of chronic/ on every project/ my object /is to make the product the hardest/ smartest/ calmest/ modest/ honest/ oddest/New York is accomplice [this word isn't clear]/ I abolish/ demolish/ astonish/ promise no college/ Harvard is garbage/ acknowledge homage to fathers and martyrs/ sick of these offices often causing the coughing and walking/ so I decided to comment and got responses from Congress/ this is retarded/ this nonsense"). He keeps going at that pace, if you can believe it.
Honestly, this is like nothing I've ever heard. I know Twista, Busta Rhymes, and Mystikal were faster, but Papoose's ability to spin a powerful statement into such a complex rhyme scheme is pretty amazing. The only guy that I've heard layer up that effectively is Eminem.
All told, this one-two punch may be just what Papoose needed. He's known as a bright guy with a relentless work ethic and razor sharp lyrics, but up to this point, he's lacked flair and polish in his delivery. The road to hip hop greatness is littered with would-be lyricists, from Sauce Money to Ali Vegas to Cannibus, so it was always going to take something more to launch Pap to superstardom. Perhaps this new combination of political fire and verbal dexterity is just what he needed.
- The Regional Report: Papoose Is Having a Big Month
- Published: December 21, 2006
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Music
- Filed Under: Music: Hip-hop
- Part of a feature: Hip-Hop Regional Report
- Writer: Adam Hoff
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yo pap is too much there's not one artist who can do his word play it's too difficult man this is wat ive been waiting, for this is the defintion of rap he defines ryhmes yo just keep it up the "lyrical one"
You speak of papoose having nothing single song that is "classic" well i say this, the sets such as monopoly sharade chess...are classics same with the law libraries. Now single memorable tracks Superfly, Victory 2007, Usual Suspect 1, Mother Nature, Heart is pure, Do or Die ft bleek and All Around the World to name some that i wont easily forget. Papoose is to say the least the greatest rapper alive to date and 2 to the dead only to Big L. He has ranged out 18 cds in 3 years that alone requires respect. His integrity of releasing cd quality music to the streets all the way to the woods with that type of lyrical arrangement not only educates, but definatly awakens my mind.
Unless your not real real fanatical-deep into the mixtape game, you cannot make judgement on the rap out there. To me all of Pap's tracks are truly memorable. Pap is in the top 5 easily. He's an elite rapper. I've been listenin' to Pap since 03' and he has more classics than anyone except for Styles P. Grafh,Ransom,Cassidy are up there too though. Nobody can pack in the content Pap can into a song. For example, just listen to Harcore 2004, What the F*** is a Papoose,5 senses, Two Step ft. Prodigy & Grafh, You Can't Murder Me, Backwards Ass Rappers, Style Warz,Back2Back/SayitAint so ft.Canibus, Death Wish, Watch Your Step!!!(He's'a'heathen'I'need'a'reason ta'heat'up his top)Gang Bang Music!!!(I stop son from comin in like curtains). Papoose may not be my #1 rapper, but there is no doubt he is the most talented, most lyrical MC out there. Nobody can touch him.
Ali Vegas is serious. Canibus is a legend. They just never made it mainstream. They still ill.
are you hating on pap or defending him?? your story is perplexing.. be real nigga
Papoose is the most inteligent creative and talented rapper to ever live.
he can do anything
papoose is graf weezy and Jr writer all rolled into one and better
"your lies are making me sea sick, stop living in denile da nile is a river in egypt
PAPOOSE IS THE WORST RAPPER THAT EVER WALKED GODS GREEN EARTH ID RATHER HEAR HURRICANE CHRIS WHO KNOWS HES A FOOL THAN SOME CORNY DRESSING LAME WANT TO BE SMART CHEESE BALL,ONLY PEOPLE WHO DIDNT FINISH SCHOOL THINK PAPOOSE IS HOT
I wrote "50 Bullets" a day after the shooting because I believe the death/murder of Sean Bell is a tragedy of "shakespearean proportions," for like Romeo and Juliet this young couple got caught up in society's contentions. Meanwhile, there have been 5 or 6 more preventable police shootings since this happened. These types of actions by the "authorities" breed hopelessness and a sense of desperation that just creates more crime and institutes the cycle of poverty we see. I also believe that we all have to unite against hate. If he were alive today, Shakespeare himself would have probably remembered that it was at the wedding celebration where Christ performed his first feat. Well, how ironic is this? For a miracle is what we need now if we're going to get any justice and heal all the pain caused by this shooting. How do we prevent this from happening agian? Herein lies the real crime: "complacency." Some say it's a "crime" and some say it's a "tragedy. " Visit my page Myspace.com/Yardmon50, check out my song and tell me what do you think.
"50 Bullets" About Sean Bell's Death Follows Papoose' "50 Shots





real recongnize real, any person hatin on papoose will be proved wrong when his album drops if u have listened to every mixtape he dropped and still think hes garbarge then u dont know what real hiphop music is about man. you dont have to like him but at least recongnize his talent, because whats on the radio stations right now is not music, u aint gotta like him but u gotta respect him.