Hip Hop Heads, Help?????????

Elvie Drumgoole: It does give a good overview and most of it is correct. But I disagree with the part where he describes what word play ISN'THere he says:Example: I got more deaf lines than BeethovenThis is incorrect because he just gave this example of what DOUBLE MEANING word play is:Example: Titanic's the sixth sense, icy dead people/ (I see) There is no difference between the Beethoven line and the Titanic line. They are both examples of word play using double meaning which is actually called double entendre. Further clarification:Titanic's the sixth sense, icy dead people/ (I see) I got more deaf lines than Beethoven (def)icy dead people being used to mean "I see" and deaf lines being used to also mean "def" (the slang for cool or good or clever or dope etc). Now you can see they are both examples of DOUBLE MEANING word play....Show more

Pasty Cobbett: word play is exactly what it sounds like , how you play with words .......theres lots of ways to do ittheres h! omophones : words that sound the same but have different definitions for example " i told the board of education i was bored of education" theres metaphors theres the rhyme scheme thats what most people base word play skills off of for example multi syllable rhymes for example " im not ready to leave its too SCARY to DIE ill have to be CARRIED inSIDE the cemetary and BURRIED aLIVE..... Am i coming or going ? I can BARELY deCIDE / I just drank a 5th of the vodka DARE me to DRIVE"theres internal rhymestheres lots of ways to play with words dont complicate it its just what is si , playing with wordsgood rappers at this are Eminem , JayZ , Lil Wayne , Chino XL , Biggie ,...Show more