Rhyme: Why Eminem is one of the most impressive lyricists ever
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended in threads on rap vocabulary and rhyme generation as a clear visual explanation of Eminem's rhyming technique.
What it is
A re-upload of a video breaking down Eminem's rhyme schemes, showing multi-syllable and internal rhymes in songs such as Lose Yourself. It aims to show why he is considered a standout lyricist.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec michaelbuckbee · 2016-11 · on “Show HN: DeepRhyme (D-Prime) – Generating dope rhymes with machine learning”
Linked (but a little buried) in the post is this absolute standout of a YouTube video about the rhyme scheme in Eminem's Lose Yourself. [this video] Really drives home both how much more sophisticated hip hop has become and the incredible degree of difficulty in trying to simulate such sophisticated language structures.
Recommends Goopplesoft · 2014-05 · on “Rappers, Sorted by Size of Vocabulary”
Interesting comment about the L, S, and D usage and rhyming. I was particularly surprised by the effort that goes into Eminem's rap that I just contributed to "good flow". Some of that effort explained in this video: [this video]
Cites zdragnar · 2022-12 · on “Death to the Death of Poetry”
I think it is two parts alternative entertainment, one part childhood education. When you have digital video, easy access to long distance travel, broadcast television and radio music, video games and such, the emotional impact of a clever turn of phrase is utterly lost. Families don't sit around and listen to someone sing or tell stories, we're all of entertaining ourselves in our own ways, letting the rest of the world be creative for us. As for the education bit, kids learn the thinnest veneer of what poetry is- slap some rhymes together for homework and move on. I recall seeing a young poet at the white house a few years back that everyone was falling over themselves to praise, and... I