History YMMV / TheRapCritic

* HarsherInHindsight: In the "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2012)" video, RC criticizes Music/KanyeWest for wanting to pursue Creator/KimKardashian in a serious relationship shortly after the highly-publicized breakup with her ex after only a few months of marriage. For a while, this turned out to be more HilariousInHindsight since the two indeed got married and (by all public accounts) [[HappilyMarried remained in a happy, committed relationship]] for nine years, raising four children together. Then it slingshot back to being awkward and sad since the two ''did'' file for divorce in 2021 as a result of Kanye West's increasing mental health issues.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** In his review of "Birthday Song", he credits Music/KanyeWest for providing 2Chainz with financial backing and bringing him to the forefront. While Kanye has collaborated with 2Chainz a few times over the course of 2012, he isn't responsible for either of those things.
** While reviewing David Banner's ''Certified'', he criticizes "Play" for ripping off the Ying Yang Twins' "Wait (The Whisper Song)". Both songs were produced by "Mr. Collipark" Michael Crooms, a proponent of the snap subgenre of hip-hop. "Wait" came out three months before "Play", but both were produced around the same time.
** He tries to point out how "Black Beatles" has nothing to do with Music/TheBeatles aside from a single namedrop to Music/PaulMcCartney, but he missed out one actual ShoutOut in the line "She's a good teaser." RC acknowledged his slip-up in the comments, pointing out how [[DamnedByFaintPraise "that marks their direct Beatles music references in the song up to...two."]]
** While discussing "Keep on Keeping on" by MC Lyte in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNHCUdhFMY Worst Lyrics of June 2014]]" video, he misinterprets the lyric as "Sugar from a booger" rather than "sugar ''for my booga''". What makes this example particularly odd is that he has stated that he uses Rap Genius, making one wonder why he didn't double check the lyric.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2012)" video, RC criticizes Music/KanyeWest for wanting to pursue Creator/KimKardashian in a serious relationship shortly after the highly-publicized breakup with her ex after only a few months of marriage. For a while, this turned out to be more HilariousInHindsight since the two indeed got married and (by all public accounts) [[HappilyMarried remained in a happy, committed relationship]] for 9 years, raising four children together. Then it slingshot back to being awkward and sad since the two ''did'' file for divorce in 2021 as a result of Kanye West's increasing mental health issues.

** In reviewing ''Old Town Road'', he begs for Music/LilNasX to never say the word "boobies" again. Given that Lil Nas X came out as openly gay, it's safe to say his wish has been granted.

** RC's major focus on lyrical content, politics, or general "meaning" within songs have resulted in him being a somewhat contested figure among dedicated hip-hop heads. Some deride him for it, finding his taking of lyrics on a critical, often literal level as [[{{Anvilicious}} pretentious and heavy-handed]], and that [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars not every popular song needs to be "deep"]] (not helped by his general praise of acts like Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Macklemore}} and Music/{{Hopsin}}, who the hip-hop community often mock as being [[ItsPopularNowItSucks pedestrian]] and/or [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "fake deep"]]). Others see the perception of rap as a form of potentially high art which he bases his critical ethos on as perfectly valid, his attitude to less-intellectually-skewing rap nowhere near as exclusionary as his detractors make it out to be, and that when [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: His crossover review of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' spends the last third in a furious, but justified rant about the damage that {{blackface}} has wreaked on African-American representation and how something that was deemed acceptable then shouldn't be given a pass now just because it was FairForItsDay.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2012)" video, RC criticizes Music/KanyeWest for wanting to pursue Creator/KimKardashian in a serious relationship shortly after the highly-publicized breakup with her ex after only a few months of marriage. For a while, this turned out to be more HilariousInHindight since the two indeed got married and (by all public accounts) [[HappilyMarried remained in a happy, committed relationship]] for 9 years, raising four children together. Then it slingshot back to being awkward and sad since the two ''did'' file for divorce in 2021 as a result of Kanye West's increasing mental health issues.

** In the "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2012)" video, RC criticizes Music/KanyeWest for wanting to pursue Creator/KimKardashian in a serious relationship shortly after the highly-publicized breakup with her ex after only a few months of marriage. It's many years later, and not only did Kanye and Kim become married, they've since stayed so and have raised several children.
*** It then became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were discussing a divorce in 2021 as it came as a result of Kanye West's increasing mental health issues.

*** It then became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Kanye West and Kim Kardashian did recently divorce as it came as a result of Kanye West's increasing mental health issues.

** When reviewing ''Slam'' by Onyx, he incorrectly calls Bio''hazard'' Bio''grade''.
** He says Creator/BobClampett directed "Angel Puss" in his review of WesternAnimation/TheCensoredEleven with Lady Jess. It was actually directed by Creator/ChuckJones (though it's forgivable, as the two shorts he reviewed prior were both directed by Clampett).

** He tries to point out how "Black Beatles" has nothing to do with Music/TheBeatles while specifically highlighting one of the few lyrics that actually references The Beatles. ("She's a good teaser.")
** He himself suffers from this when he talked about "Keep on Keeping on" by MC Lyte in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNHCUdhFMY Worst Lyrics of June 2014]]" video, where the lyric in question, "Sugar from a booger" is actually included as a result of him mishearing it - the correct line is "sugar ''for my booga''"; what makes this example particularly odd is that he has stated that he uses Rap Genius[[note]]a database of song lyrics[[/note]], making one wonder why he didn't double check the lyric.

** Reviewing the Censored Eleven got this. Some found the videos informative and entertaining, while some thought the videos were too political and would prefer he get back to rap reviews. Lady Jess, who also appeared in the videos, is a BaseBreakingCharacter as it is. Some like her viewpoints, others find her annoying and feel she takes advantage of her relationship with RC to push her views on his (considerably more popular) channel.
** His video with Mues on the Top 10 Worst Eminem Songs, to the point where (as of June 2020) it's sitting at around 3.6k likes to 3.9k dislikes. Judging from the comments, a lot of this seems to stem from them putting Mockingbird pretty high on the list.

** {{Lampshaded}} when he reviews a lyric from Nelly in the ''Worst Lyrics of August 2014'' video.
--->'''Nelly''': Shake it like a parapalegic, please believe it!\\
'''Rap Critic''': *''stunned''* Oh, wow, dude, you just got that one ''wrong,'' didn't you?

** He's now started the "Rap Critic Was Wrong" series of episodes to address this very problem.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The Rap Critic's opinion of Music/{{Pitbull}}'s segue in his "Time Of Our Lives" video, where Pitbull essentially stops the song just to give encouragement to any of his listeners who might be facing some dark days. He notes that Pitbull didn't have to do it at all, but he ''did.''
--> '''The Rap Critic''': Even better, Pitbull just stops the song for a second near the end, [[RousingSpeech just to talk to you.]]\\
'''Pitbull''': This is for everybody going through tough times, [[DarkAndTroubledPast believe me, I've been there]], done that. [[TheAntiNihilist But every day above ground is a great day, remember that.]]
--> '''The Rap Critic''': [[SincerityMode That was so...]] ''[[SincerityMode nice.]]''

--> '''The Rap Critic''': (on Lil Wayne's "Uproar") I knew this motherfucker had it in him!

* ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: He is generally against this, as he argues that rap's usage of this trope has saturated the scene and overshadows songs with legitimate messages. He says that every artist that gets some time in the limelight should do something worthwhile with that time. That said, he does use this defence for [[Music/LilJon Lil Jon]] due to the [[LargeHam large amount of enthusiasm Lil Jon displays on his songs]].

* ValuesResonance: After explaining some of the plot in ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' in his "Fight the Power" review, he finds that there are similarities between the deaths of the real life Eric Garner and Radio Raheem.

** In his "Worst Lyrics of 2014" list, the #2 spot slammed P. Diddy for a gratuitous and insensitive [[ProductPlacement plug for his luxury vodka]] during a song protesting against PoliceBrutality, with RC doing a skit about [[LaResistance protesters banding together for revolution]], but [[ProductPlacement "brought to you by Coca-Cola!"]] Then in 2017, Pepsi and Kendall Jenner got into a lot of heat for [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/business/kendall-jenner-pepsi-ad.html a commercial that effectively did this skit with complete sincerity]].

** RC's major focus on lyrical content, politics, or general "meaning" within songs have resulted in him being a somewhat contested figure among dedicated hip-hop heads. Some deride him for it, finding his taking of lyrics on a critical, often literal level as [[{{Anvilicious}} pretentious and heavy-handed]], and that [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars not every popular song needs to be "deep"]] (not helped by his high praise of acts like Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Macklemore}} and Music/{{Hopsin}}, who the hip-hop community often mock as being [[ItsPopularNowItSucks pedestrian]] and/or [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "fake deep"]]). Others see the perception of rap as a form of potentially high art which he bases his critical ethos on as perfectly valid, his attitude to less-intellectually-skewing rap nowhere near as exclusionary as his detractors make it out to be, and that when [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.]]

** RC's major focus on lyrical content, politics, or general "meaning" within songs have resulted in him being a somewhat contested figure among dedicated hip-hop heads. Some deride him for it, finding his taking of lyrics on a critical, often literal level as [[{{Anvilicious}} pretentious and heavy-handed]], and that [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars not every popular song needs to be "deep"]] (not helped by his high praise of acts like Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Macklemore}} and Music/{{Hopsin}}, who the hip-hop community often mock as being [[ItsPopularNowItSucks pedestrian]] and/or [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "fake deep"]]). Others see his perception of rap as a form of potentially high art which he bases his critical ethos on as perfectly valid, his attitude to less-intellectually-skewing rap nowhere near as exclusionary as his detractors make it out to be, and that when [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.]]

** RC's major focus on lyrical content, politics, or general "meaning" within songs have resulted in him being a somewhat contested figure among dedicated hip-hop heads. Some deride him for it, finding his taking of lyrics on a critical, often literal level as [[{{Anvilicious}} pretentious and heavy-handed]], and that [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars not every popular song needs to be "deep"]] (not helped by his high praise of acts like Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Macklemore}} and Music/{{Hopsin}}, who the hip-hop community often mock as being [[ItsPopularNowItSucks pedestrian]] and/or [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "fake deep"]]). Others see his perception of rap as a form of potentially high art -- and thus, his critical ethos -- as perfectly valid, that he's nowhere near as exclusionary of less-intellectually-skewing rap as his detractors make him out to be, and that when [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.]]

** RC's major focus on lyrical content, politics, or general "meaning" within songs have resulted in him being a somewhat contested figure among dedicated hip-hop heads. Some deride him for it, finding his taking of lyrics on a critical, often literal level is [[{{Anvilicious}} pretentious and heavy-handed]], and that [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars not every popular song needs to be "deep"]] (not helped by his high praise of acts like Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Macklemore}} and Music/{{Hopsin}}, who the hip-hop community often mock as being pedestrian, [[ItsPopularNowItSucks dismissively mainstream]], and/or "fake deep"). Others see his perception of rap as a form of potentially high art -- and thus, his critical ethos -- as perfectly valid, that he's nowhere near as exclusionary as his detractors make him out to be, and that when [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.]]