Line #11 YMMV/TheRapCritic


1	* BrokenBase:
2	** 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 he does go at great length about culture, politics, or the state of rap, it's warranted.
3	** 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 channel.
4	** 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 (which even in the video itself, they knew would be a controversial decision).
5	* GrowingTheBeard: His early episodes focused on picking on bad lyrics and the FridgeLogic of the songs. Over time however the show became more about analysing the messages of songs as well as discussing the social context of the messages portrayed, while poking fun at bad lyrics was toned down and given its own separate segment in "Top X Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard".
6	* 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. RC's joke about eagerly awaiting "''[=808s=] and Heartbreak: Part 2''" is also much sadder as Kanye ended up releasing a part 2 of his 2021 album ''Donda'', [[CreatorBreakdown widely seen as him desperately begging for her back in music]].
7	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
8	** 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.''
9	---> '''Rap Critic''': Even better, Pitbull just stops the song for a second near the end, [[RousingSpeech just to talk to you.]]\
10	'''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.]]\
11	'''The Rap Critic''': [[SincerityMode That was so...]] ''[[SincerityMode nice.]]''
12	** In "The Top 10 Best Rap Songs of 2018", he gives spots to Lil Wayne and (as a guest artist) Drake, two artists he is frequently negative towards, and he sounds positively relieved to be doing so.
13	--->'''Rap Critic''': (on Lil Wayne's "Uproar") I knew this motherfucker had it in him!
14	* HilariousInHindsight:
15	** In the "Top 10 Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard...This Year (2013)" video, he pokes fun at Migos referring to doing cocaine as Series/HannahMontana by making up a song that goes "Music/TheWiggles, The Wiggles, The Wiggles, The Wiggles! When this song comes on, it makes her ass do the wiggles!". Bizarrely, Jason Derulo would come out with a song that would refer to ShakingTheRump as "Wiggle" as well.
16	** {{Lampshaded}} when it comes to his review of "[[Music/KendrickLamar Swimming Pools]]". At the end of the review, he laments that the song has not achieved mainstream success. At the end of the next video however, he points out that the song ''did'' become popular, charting well between the two videos, thus making his previous complaining pointless.
17	** 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 protesters banding together for revolution only for their leader to announce [[ProductPlacement their partnership with 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]].
18	** His praise for [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Phife Dawg's]] guest appearances on Shaquille O'Neal's ''Shaq Diesel'' album is even funnier in light of his Worst Lyrics of June 2015 video, where he [[HePannedItNowHeSucks got some backlash]] for admitting that he didn't feel that Tribe were really that great, ripping apart "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" in particular (he did end up really liking ''We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'', though). Rap Critic may not be a huge Tribe fan, but when the alternative is Shaq rapping that he can flow like pee coming out you-know-what...
19	** 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 (outside of the lyrics to that song, that is).
20	** When he first reviewed Music/{{Pitbull}}'s "Timber", he compared Pitbull to Music/FloRida, stating that he didn't have much to say about either rapper (both "Timber" and the Flo Rida song he had reviewed at the time - "I Cry" - got the same score of 2/5). He would later wind up reviewing a second song from each, except whereas with Flo Rida, the second song (GDFR, from ''Film/Furious7'') would get a much lower score (''0/5'') than the first Flo Rida song, Pitbull's second song ("Time of Our Lives") got a higher score (4/5).
21	** In his "Birthday Song" review, he assumes that Music/KanyeWest ripped off his "huhhh"s from the Ying Yang Twins. One year later, the Ying Yang Twins would release a diss track calling out Kanye and French Montana for it, which the Critic later reviewed.
22	** In his "Worst Lyrics of March 2013" video, after listening to Music/KendrickLamar's verse on "[[Music/ASAPRocky Fuckin' Problems]]" and being largely underwhelmed by it, he begs "Please don't let this be a preview of what to expect on your new album". Two years later, Lamar would release ''Music/ToPimpAButterfly'', which received critical acclaim and is widely considered one of the greatest albums not just of the 2010s, but of ''all time''.

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