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** From The Little Trilogy Part 1: Music/LilWayne

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** From The Little Trilogy Part 1: Music/LilWayneMusic/LilWayne review:
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** From The Little Trilogy Part 1: Creator/LittleWayne

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--> [[Creator/TheLonelyIsland "Yeah, Guy Number One?"]]

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--> [[Creator/TheLonelyIsland [[Music/TheLonelyIsland "Yeah, Guy Number One?"]]
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** From The Little Trilogy Part 1: Creator/LittleWayne
--> "Hey, Guy 2!"
--> [[Creator/TheLonelyIsland "Yeah, Guy Number One?"]]
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* ParodyFailure: He calls this on the supposed StealthParody of {{Kesha}}.
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** He recently posted one of his songs, "L-Literation". It was also pretty cool.

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** He recently has also posted one of several videos for his songs, "L-Literation". It was also pretty cool.songs from both his first and second albums, and rough cuts of tracks from his third.
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** It's the much deeper voice that does it.

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** It's the [[BadassBaritone much deeper voice voice]] that does it.
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His work can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here]] and [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/masta-artisan/id332479130 here]].

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His work can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here]] and [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/masta-artisan/id332479130 here]], and his {{Twitter}} is [[https://twitter.com/rapcritic_tgwtg here]].
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* ForcedMeme: Brought up as a joke in his "Swimming Pools (Drank)" review. He wonders why no one has turned it into an internet meme yet and volunteers to get it started.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' Realize the inability for this meme to catch on. *DRANK.*
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* BrokeTheRatingScale: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and two 6 out of 5.

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* BrokeTheRatingScale: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and two 6 out of 5.5 ratings.
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* BrokeTheRatingScale: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and one 6 out of 5.

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* BrokeTheRatingScale: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and one two 6 out of 5.
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** In his review of "Birthday" song, he credits KanyeWest for providing 2 Chainz with financial backing and bringing him to the forefront. While Kanye has collaborated with 2Chainz a few times over the course 2012, he isn't responsible for either of those things.

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** In his review of "Birthday" song, "Birthday Song", he credits KanyeWest for providing 2 Chainz with financial backing and bringing him to the forefront. While Kanye has collaborated with 2Chainz a few times over the course 2012, he isn't responsible for either of those things.

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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011, he confuses rapper "Young Dro" with "Young Joc".

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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011, he confuses rapper "Young Dro" with "Young Joc"."Yung Joc".
** In his review of "Birthday" song, he credits KanyeWest for providing 2 Chainz with financial backing and bringing him to the forefront. While Kanye has collaborated with 2Chainz a few times over the course 2012, he isn't responsible for either of those things.

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Often.
-->'''Nelly:''' Your body is bangin' momma but where your brains at?
-->'''Rap Critic:''' You say that as if you care.

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** In the "No Love" review, he at one point compares his position on TGWTG to the TokenMinority in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.

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** In the "No Love" review, he at one point compares his position on TGWTG to the TokenMinority in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''. He frequently gets short cameos when someone wants to say something about black stereotypes in a work but rather has a black person say it.

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* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter:
** Addressed in his "Death of Autotune" review, where he notes he DOES rap.

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* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter:
LetsSeeYouDoBetter:
** Addressed in his "Death of Autotune" review, where he notes he DOES ''does'' rap.



** ''Sittin' in the ghetto thinkin' 'bout...all my homies passed away.'' '''[[{{Narm}} *FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER GRUNT*]]'''



** Has a similar reaction to {{T-Pain}}'s "Rap Song" after hearing him say "And I'mma do you like [[KanyeWest Kanye]] and [[NeverLiveItDown I'mma let you finish]]".

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** Has a similar reaction to {{T-Pain}}'s "Rap Song" after hearing him say "And I'mma do you like [[KanyeWest Kanye]] and [[NeverLiveItDown I'mma let let]] [[MemeticMutation you finish]]".



* TalkingToHimself: His RunningGag of "Hey, Guy #1!" "Yeah, Guy #2?"...

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* TalkingToHimself: His RunningGag of "Hey, Guy #1!" "Yeah, Guy #2?"...#2?".
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: In his review for Young Jeezy's "My President" he is under the impression that Young Jeezy didn't write the song. He misinterpreted the introduction of the song, when Jeezy said he didn't write the song, he was saying he didn't write down on paper and did it from the top of head similar to rappers such as {{Jay-Z}} or KanyeWest. While the mistake is understandable, he could've checked the liner notes or just looked it up to have avoided it.
** His reaction to the beginning of the "Moment for Life" video shows he's unfamiliar with the SheIsTheKing trope and its real life examples.
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He [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin critiques rap]] for the pants-crapingly huge Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses reviewer-topia. Along with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/PawDugan, he's a music critic. He is also found on {{Reviewtopia}}. He raps a little as well, but not in his reviews; well, not much anyway.

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He The resident [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin critiques reviewer of hip-hop and rap]] for the pants-crapingly huge Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses reviewer-topia.Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Along with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/PawDugan, he's a music critic. He is also found on {{Reviewtopia}}. He raps a little as well, but not in his reviews; well, not much anyway.
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Let's talk about the Rap Critic (aka Masta Artisan, aka Andre Jaxon).

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Let's talk about the Rap Critic (aka Masta Artisan, aka Andre Jaxon).
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** Long cameo in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' episode for ''GhostDog'', explaining to Oancitizen who RZA is, and [[spoiler: at the end, giving a 2/5 to Kyle's rap.]]

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** Long cameo in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' episode for ''GhostDog'', ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai'', explaining to Oancitizen who RZA is, and [[spoiler: at the end, giving a 2/5 to Kyle's rap.]]



** Pops up frequently enough in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' given the films context and score by The RZA to be more than just a cameo. Especially as he winds up [[spoiler:reviewing Oancitizen's Rap-Analysis of the film and director Jim Jarmusch's style, Oan gets a 2 out of 5.]]

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** Pops up frequently enough in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai'' given the films context and score by The RZA to be more than just a cameo. Especially as he winds up [[spoiler:reviewing Oancitizen's Rap-Analysis of the film and director Jim Jarmusch's style, Oan gets a 2 out of 5.]]



* GotMeDoingIt: Butting heads with Oancitizen over the themes of ''Ghost Dog''.

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* GotMeDoingIt: Butting heads with Oancitizen over the themes of ''Ghost Dog''.''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai''.

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** ''Sittin' in the ghetto thinkin' 'bout...all my homies passed away.'' '''[[{{Narm}} *FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER GRUNT*]]'''



** ''Sittin' in the ghetto thinkin' 'bout...all my homies passed away.'' '''[[MoodWhiplash *FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER GRUNT*]]'''
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: When a song makes a reference to NickiMinaj naked.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: When a song ''[[{{Hopsin}} Ill Mind Of Hopsin 4]]'' makes a reference to NickiMinaj naked.
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** ''Sittin' in the ghetto thinkin' 'bout...all my homies passed away.'' '''[[MoodWhiplash *FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER GRUNT*]]'''
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Let's talk about the Rap Critic.

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Let's talk about the Rap Critic.
Critic (aka Masta Artisan, aka Andre Jaxon).



His work can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here]].

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His work can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here]] and [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/masta-artisan/id332479130 here]].

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He [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin critiques rap]] for the pants-shittingly huge Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses reviewer-topia. Along with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/PawDugan, he's a music critic. He is also found on {{Reviewtopia}}. He raps a little as well, but not in his reviews; well, not much anyway.

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He [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin critiques rap]] for the pants-shittingly pants-crapingly huge Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses reviewer-topia. Along with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/PawDugan, he's a music critic. He is also found on {{Reviewtopia}}. He raps a little as well, but not in his reviews; well, not much anyway.



* AngryBlackMan: Averted so hard that even he is surprised at how calm he stays.

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* AngryBlackMan: Averted so hard that even he is he's surprised at how calm he stays.



** In return the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Animetalchick Animetalchick]] appears in [[BlackEyedPeas "Just Can't Get Enough"]] (though she only calls herself "the camera guy's sister", with her name appearing in her next appearance). She also returns in a Worst Lyrics of September 2011 to comment on two ("tokyo diamonds!" and "I like them black, white, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Like [[YouFailGeographyForever Japanese, Chinese, or even Asian!]]") and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" as a "[[DistaffCounterpart Female Rap Critic]]".

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** In return the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Animetalchick Animetalchick]] appears in [[BlackEyedPeas "Just Can't Get Enough"]] (though she only calls herself "the camera guy's sister", with her name appearing in her next appearance). She also returns in a Worst Lyrics of September 2011 to comment on two ("tokyo diamonds!" and "I like them black, white, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Like [[YouFailGeographyForever [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Japanese, Chinese, or even Asian!]]") and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" as a "[[DistaffCounterpart Female Rap Critic]]".



** Hell, he can even sing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-5xX2pdcJM opera!]]

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** Hell, he He can even sing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-5xX2pdcJM opera!]]opera]].



--> "There's no creativity, there's no focus, and there's no...focus."

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--> "There's no creativity, there's no focus, and there's no... focus."



* NostalgiaFilter: From giving poor grades to "[[LimpBizkit Rollin']]" and "Hey Ma"--both of which he liked as a kid--to pointing out the lyrical deficiencies in G-funk classics, it's safe to say it's averted.
** He also admits Petey Pablo's "Raise Up", a North Carolina anthem isn't really as good as he liked it ten years ago.



-->'''Rap Critic:''' What the fuck is wrong with you?"

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-->'''Rap Critic:''' What the fuck ''fuck'' is wrong with you?"



-->'''Rap Critic:''' What do you mean 'who am I'? We're both on the same site! I've been on Channel Awesome long than ''you'' have! I'm the Rap Critic!\\

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-->'''Rap Critic:''' What do you mean 'who am I'? We're both on the same site! I've been on Channel Awesome long longer than ''you'' have! I'm the Rap Critic!\\



** Most of his TGWTG {{crossover}} reviews start with the other reviewer either totally failing to recognise him as a fellow contributor, or trying to weasel out of doing the review with him, or both.

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** Most of his TGWTG {{crossover}} reviews start with the other reviewer either totally failing to recognise recognize him as a fellow contributor, or trying to weasel out of doing the review with him, or both.



** After hearing Mack Maine's "I exchange V-Cards (virginity) with the retards" lyrics in "Every Girl" he's so grossed out he abruptly ends the review [[SarcasmFailure and doesn't attempt to snark at it]].
** Some of the lyrics found in GhostfaceKillah's songs in his Top 9 Strangest GhostfaceKillah Lyrics video involve this, especially when they go further down the line.

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** After hearing Mack Maine's "I exchange V-Cards (virginity) with the retards" lyrics lyric in "Every Girl" he's so grossed out he abruptly ends the review [[SarcasmFailure and doesn't attempt to snark at it]].
** Some of the lyrics found in GhostfaceKillah's Ghostface Killah's songs in his Top 9 Strangest GhostfaceKillah Ghostface Killah Lyrics video involve this, especially when they go further down the line.
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** It's the much deeper voice that does it.
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** He provided an explanation of Vanilla Ice's career for [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's review]] of Ice's biographical comic. He notably did this ''after'' going on break to work on his album.
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* BoomerangBigot: He accused Petey Pablo of being this in "Raise Up", regarding a line claiming that the artist spent jail time with half of the black men in North Carolina.
--> "Way to stereotype your own people. ...Ya jerk."
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** After hearing Drake's line quoted under TooMuchInformation below, he decides to end the review by [[TemptingFate watching TV...]]
-->AAAAAAAAAAAH! TURNITOFFTURNITOFF!


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** In the "No Love" review, he at one point compares his position on TGWTG to the TokenMinority in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms

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* ADateWithRosiePalmsADateWithRosiePalms: When a song makes a reference to NickiMinaj naked.

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[[caption-width-right:200:He analyzes the rhymes, cause no one else does.]]

->[[CatchPhrase "You don't have to like my opinion, but I don't have to like your song."]]

Let's talk about the Rap Critic.

He [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin critiques rap]] for the pants-shittingly huge Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses reviewer-topia. Along with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/PawDugan, he's a music critic. He is also found on {{Reviewtopia}}. He raps a little as well, but not in his reviews; well, not much anyway.

His work can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here]].
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!!This reviewer provides examples of:

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He got a chuckle from the "left nut" line of the otherwise execrable "[[{{Eminem}} Just Lose It]]".
* ADateWithRosiePalms
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Said by Animetalchick in the review of "[[BlackEyedPeas Just Can't Get Enough]]".
* AngryBlackMan: Averted so hard that even he is surprised at how calm he stays.
** Justified in his "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2011) video, as he bemoans the horrible state mainstream music has become.
* BlackAndNerdy: Self-admitted.
* BrickJoke: SnoopDogg [[MindScrew leading an army of gummy bears]] in a KatyPerry music video.
* BrokeTheRatingScale: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and one 6 out of 5.
* TheCameo:
** He appeared in Sad Panda's Q and A Episode 1, WebVideo/PawDugan's list of Top 9 MarxBrothers Music Moments, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows' review of "Whip My Hair" and WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall's review of "Eminem/The Punisher #1".
** In return the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Animetalchick Animetalchick]] appears in [[BlackEyedPeas "Just Can't Get Enough"]] (though she only calls herself "the camera guy's sister", with her name appearing in her next appearance). She also returns in a Worst Lyrics of September 2011 to comment on two ("tokyo diamonds!" and "I like them black, white, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Like [[YouFailGeographyForever Japanese, Chinese, or even Asian!]]") and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" as a "[[DistaffCounterpart Female Rap Critic]]".
** [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Bhargav]], [[IrreverentEdutainment Demoversi]], WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, [[WebVideo/WhatWeHadToWatch Il Neige]], and WebVideo/DiamandaHagan all have cameos in his crossover with MarcMues.
** As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic had reviewed ''{{Kazaam}}'', the Rap Critic tried to get him for a ''Shaq Diesel'' crossover. It doesn't work.
** He offers MarcMues a rhyme in his ''Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011'' video.
** Long cameo in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' episode for ''GhostDog'', explaining to Oancitizen who RZA is, and [[spoiler: at the end, giving a 2/5 to Kyle's rap.]]
** Provides a voice-over cameo in [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]'s review of ''TheMarine'' as a sitcom narrator.
* TheCastShowoff:
** Rapped a little in his Fat Joe review; it was pretty cool.
** He recently posted one of his songs, "L-Literation". It was also pretty cool.
** Hell, he can even sing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-5xX2pdcJM opera!]]
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Let's talk about (Artist Du Jour)"
--> "I'm the Rap Critic. I analyze the rhymes, cause no one else does."
--> "You don't have to like my opinion, but I don't have to like your song."
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Does this in "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011.
--->'''Young Dro''': Tokyo Diamonds, CHOI-OI-OI-OING
--->'''Animetalchick''': This is ridiculous.
--->'''Rap Critic''': Yeah, diamonds don't come from Japan. {*Animetalchick glares at him*} What...?
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011, he confuses rapper "Young Dro" with "Young Joc".
* ClusterFBomb: Complained about the one which kicks off "Hustlin'".
* {{Crossover}}:
** With WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows for "It Wasn't Me", and the Animetalchick in a "Worst Lyrics" battle between rap and metal.
*** And again to review [[KanyeWest Runaway]]
** With MarcMues for "Raise Up" and ''SouljaBoy: TheMovie''.
** Pops up frequently enough in the ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' given the films context and score by The RZA to be more than just a cameo. Especially as he winds up [[spoiler:reviewing Oancitizen's Rap-Analysis of the film and director Jim Jarmusch's style, Oan gets a 2 out of 5.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: From his very first review, of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Nothin' But a G Thang":
--> "There's no creativity, there's no focus, and there's no...focus."
* DidNotDoTheResearch: In his review for Young Jeezy's "My President" he is under the impression that Young Jeezy didn't write the song. He misinterpreted the introduction of the song, when Jeezy said he didn't write the song, he was saying he didn't write down on paper and did it from the top of head similar to rappers such as {{Jay-Z}} or KanyeWest. While the mistake is understandable, he could've checked the liner notes or just looked it up to have avoided it.
** His reaction to the beginning of the "Moment for Life" video shows he's unfamiliar with the SheIsTheKing trope and its real life examples.
* EndingFatigue: Says Mack Maine's verse (or outro) on Young Money's "Every Girl" qualifies as this because it broke the three verse structure and didn't add to the song. [[invoked]]
* EnforcedPlug: His album ''Polarity Switch'' at the end of the "Death of Autotune" review.
* {{Facepalm}}: His reaction to "Ass (Remix)" by Big Sean. He needs a moment before he can make any comments.
* FridgeLogic: Plenty in the songs he reviews. [[invoked]]
* FunWithSubtitles: Whenever the lyrics are overtly stupid, the caption reads something along the line of *lyrics are too insulting to my intellect to type*...
** EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: ...and when they are unintelligible, they read "?".
*** ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In ''Shaq Diesel'', a particularly garbled song is interrupted with "*you don't pay me enough to do this...*"
*** Also, during Tech [=N9NE=]'s MotorMouth lyrics, it says "what do you expect me to do here?", explaining that it's hard to type and the editing software can't paste text.
** In the Worst Lyrics of September 2011, the "Owned by [Record Label]" gets this twice: "Rubberband Banks" is "owned by label that's owned by [[MusicIsPolitics one of the Big Four REAL record companies that own all the music you listen to]]" and "Balla Baby" is "[[TakeThat ...well, I'm not sure if ANYONE wants to take credit for this...]]".
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[{{In-universe}} Todd and the Critic]] argued that the cheated girlfriend on "It Wasn't Me" was following the action so closely that she probably wanted a part of it. And said the cheater would be a lucky guy for this!
* GoMadFromTheRevelation:
** In the "Hustlin'" review, after Rick Ross rhymes "twenty-two" with "twenty-two" ''twice''.
** And after the TruckDriversGearChange in "Just Can't Get Enough".
* GotMeDoingIt: Butting heads with Oancitizen over the themes of ''Ghost Dog''.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' Don't you even ''care'' that this movie -- the first the feature a score by a major rap artist -- created a major step toward solidifying the hip-hop aesthetic as a cultural, viable expression to an artistic crowd?! ''(beat)'' Damn, started to sound like you for a second."\\
'''Oan:''' It happens.
* HellBentForLeather: His jacket.
* HeroicBSOD: After listening to Rick Ross' "Hustlin'".
* HypocriticalHumor: In the It Was a Good Day review, when he tells IceCube that he should cook his own breakfast since he's like 24 at the time of the video - and then yelling "Hey Mom, where's my breakfast?!"
** In the "Just Can't Get Enough" review, Animetalchick cameos to mention that she was offended by the song quoting [[MeLoveYouLongTime a certain stereotypical line]] from ''FullMetalJacket'', then claims that AllAsiansAreAlike.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter:
** Addressed in his "Death of Autotune" review, where he notes he DOES rap.
** One of the songs from his album also is basically about how much better he is than the people he criticizes.
* MoodWhiplash: He calls this on Drake's "Best I Ever Had", which goes from love song to [[IntercourseWithYou sex song]]. He illustrates by juxtaposing a clip from The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" with a clip from Music/NineInchNails' "Closer".
** He also calls this on LilWayne's lyrics in "Every Girl", similarly illustrating it by combining a clip from Music/{{Prince}}'s "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" with Music/SnoopDogg and Music/LilJon's "Step Ya Game Up".
* MonkeysOnATypewriter: On "Just Can't Get Enough", he says that the monkeys need to be hired, as they could write a line better than "Love lovey, yeah you know you are my demon".
* {{Narm}}:
** [[{{in-universe}} He breaks out into hysterics]] after hearing Rick Ross' verse "[[{{Devo}} Whip it, whip it real hard]]"... both times.
** Also, when he hears MasterP's "I Miss My Homies" (specially because he expected a somber theme... and got a [[LyricalDissonance kinda cheery tune]] with a "FrankensteinsMonster moan") he laughs so much he stops talking about it.
** Has a similar reaction to {{T-Pain}}'s "Rap Song" after hearing him say "And I'mma do you like [[KanyeWest Kanye]] and [[NeverLiveItDown I'mma let you finish]]".
* NiceHat
* NoJustNoReaction: He gives this expression several times, including:
** When choosing a LilWayne song and coming across "A Milli".
** At the line in "The Jump Off" where LilKim [[SophisticatedAsHell tells listeners of his race to pollute their britches by the mere presence of her and Timbaland.]]
** Topping off his review of "Hustlin'".
* NostalgiaFilter: From giving poor grades to "[[LimpBizkit Rollin']]" and "Hey Ma"--both of which he liked as a kid--to pointing out the lyrical deficiencies in G-funk classics, it's safe to say it's averted.
** He also admits Petey Pablo's "Raise Up", a North Carolina anthem isn't really as good as he liked it ten years ago.
* ParodyFailure: He calls this on the supposed StealthParody of {{Kesha}}.
* PetPeeveTrope: [[{{in-universe}} He has a few]]
* PrecisionFStrike: His reaction to a line in Waka Flocka Flame's "O Let's Do It" referencing lynching and shooting a guy for talking bad about him. The other times he swears in the series could be counted on one hand.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' What the fuck is wrong with you?"
* ProductPlacement: Once he reacts with a plug of his own record.
* RhymingWithItself: One of his pet peeves.
* ReplacementScrappy: InUniverse example. Rap Critic is this for WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick calls him "Not Todd" in their crossover review of WillSmith's rap career.
* RunningGag: No one else from TGWTG knowing who he is, or mistaking him for ToddInTheShadows, or kicking him out of their reviews.
-->'''Rap Critic:''' What do you mean 'who am I'? We're both on the same site! I've been on Channel Awesome long than ''you'' have! I'm the Rap Critic!\\
'''Oan:''' ''({{beat}})'' OH, yes, yes, yes. ...So, uh, what do you do?\\
'''Rap Critic:''' ''(DeathGlare)''
** Also his use of the "How romantic!" clip from ''Disney/TheAristocats'' as a reaction to something decidedly ''un''romantic in an alleged love song.
* ScareChord: Used whenever he gives a grade of 5 out of 5 [[BrokeTheRatingScale or higher]]. When he gave a 6 out of 5 (for "No Love" by {{Eminem}} and LilWayne), he even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] the ScareChord by telling it to shut up.
* SelfDeprecatingHumor / HypocriticalHumor:
** He often makes fun of his show's low production values.
** Most of his TGWTG {{crossover}} reviews start with the other reviewer either totally failing to recognise him as a fellow contributor, or trying to weasel out of doing the review with him, or both.
* ShoutOut: Recommends TechN9ne in a few videos.
* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]]
--> '''Lil Wayne''': She wanna be Weezy F. babysitter/ Say she wish she cut off my dick and take it with her.
--> Rap Critic: [[NoJustNoReaction Ahhhh....]]
** After hearing Mack Maine's "I exchange V-Cards (virginity) with the retards" lyrics in "Every Girl" he's so grossed out he abruptly ends the review [[SarcasmFailure and doesn't attempt to snark at it]].
** Some of the lyrics found in GhostfaceKillah's songs in his Top 9 Strangest GhostfaceKillah Lyrics video involve this, especially when they go further down the line.
* TakeThat: "Oh Really" is an entire song dedicated to criticizing rappers that are "gangsta" and their over-saturation.
* TalkingToHimself: His RunningGag of "Hey, Guy #1!" "Yeah, Guy #2?"...
* TemptingFate: After "Hey Soul Sister"'s "So gangsta, I'm so thug", he says "Next, there's gonna be an Asian pop group who says they're gangsta too". Cut to a similar line of "Like a G6"...
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Commented on in his SouljaBoy review.
-->''All up in my face/I'm startin' to get mad''
-->'''Rap Critic:''' ''(monotone)'' And you can really tell by how angry I sound.
* TokenMinority: According to a commentary, he used the clip from ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' to lampshade his own status on the site.
* TooMuchInformation: His reaction to Drake saying "My shirt ain't got no stripes but I can make your pussy whistle, like [[TheAndyGriffithShow the Andy Griffith theme song]]!"
* TopTenList: He does a "Top 9 Worst Rhymes of 2010". And explaining the number, he does a reverse of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's explanation/[[UpToEleven number]].
-->Why Top 9? Because I like to take it one step below, in honor to the subpar, underachieving lyrics we're about to face.
* WhenHeSmiles: Has a brilliantly white smile.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Believe it or not, he's a whole two years younger than [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], making The Rap Critic TGWTG's youngest main contributor. The guy can easily pass for mid-twenties, early thirties.
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