Hey guys, CDTVProductions here, and today in Best Verses we will be looking at Lil Dicky,
the man with the most advertised friendly name in the rap game. Thanks for that one
Dicky. Now recently he has released Freaky Friday, and even though it was fun, and I
do like the song, it had a kinda weak and poorly structured verse from Dicky. I mean
the rhymes weren’t even there, but it made me think, what are Dicky’s best verses?
Well today I’ll be sharing with you what I think the best ones are. Remember you can
subscribe to my second channel, CDTVThaG where I do music reactions, and this is CDTVProductions,
and let’s get right into this video.
Clip: Lil Dicky "Bruh..."
Now a decent amount of the focus on Professional Rapper was the comedy tracks, but here is
one of the straight up displays of rapping talent on that album. Dicky always likes to
display that he actually can rap, and isn’t a joke, and this is one of the best tracks
to show this. It has a completely ridiculous rhyme scheme at parts of it, and the wordplay
is really nice here too. I especially thought the “I take chickpea and smash, I call it
hummus” line was really creative. Also, “your X coming next like a W do” was cool
as well. This whole thing is rapped over a beat that is entirely percussion, so all the
focus is really on what Dicky is saying, and he does lay down some dope bars here.
Clip: Lil Dicky "White Crime"
I think all 3 verses on this song are pretty good, so I had to listen to this song a couple
times before I could really choose my favorite. The idea of certain crimes being classified
as White Crimes is pretty hilarious, and the fact that Dicky is so straight faced with
his delivery makes it all the better. I chose the initial verse, simply because this is
mainly intended as a comedy song, and this verse had the most lines that made me laugh.
I can also say, I can kinda relate as I’ve taken part in these *despicable* crimes such
as stuffing snacks into your pockets to sneak them into a cinema and I have joined some
WiFi without permission before. Absolutely reckless, I know.
Clip: Lil Dicky "We Made It Freestyle"
I think this song is a good mix between comedic Dicky and lyrical Dicky. He raps this over
the beat for We Made It, which is a song by Drake, but who cares about him because the
other person originally on this song was the one, the only, Big Soulja. That’s instantly
scores it points. Dicky hits some great flows here, and often goes for the triplet flow
here, whilst referencing the fact he’s using it in his lyrics. It’s also pretty entertaining
when you listen to what he’s saying in his ad libs, it’s pretty damn funny. Like I
said, this one is just a nice middle ground between Dicky spitting and having fun with
his bars.
Clip: Lil Dicky "Attached At the Hip"
Now you might be saying, why is this here, this song is just a d**k joke in the most
literal sense. And you’d be right in saying that, but I still think it’s a really amusing
verse, and I do enjoy it. The concept of this song is Dicky arguing with his actual d**k
about who is responsible for his premature ejaculation. I think this was executed as
well as it could have been, and I like how Dicky managed to write a conversation between
himself and his Lil Dicky into this verse, with Dicky rapping in his normal voice and
using auto tune to personify his d***s voice. I think it’s just fun, and somewhat creative,
and on top of it’s hilarious that he managed to make this sound so emotional. I think it’s
pretty damn good.
Clip: Lil Dicky "Really Scared"
And after that, we’re gonna move onto something that was actually emotional lyrically as well
as sonically. It’s not too often that you really get to see Dicky’s deeper side, so
it makes it pretty special when you do see it. In this track he covers his worries with
blowing up in the rap game. He’s so competitive that he’s happy to be achieving his dreams,
but he’s also worried that this is making him more distant from family and friends.
This message is delivered so well in this second verse, where he also questions what
will happen if he doesn’t make it. He’s invested so much time into it that it won’t
be worth it if he doesn’t succeed. It’s pretty touching and it’s delivered with
some great rhymes and flows to top it off.
Clip: Lil Dicky "Russell Westbrook On A Farm"
I think I can comfortably say, this is THE best Lil Dicky verse that he’s rapped to
this date. My god, is it good. Here Dicky raps a single verse over 6 minutes of the
instrumental for Pound Cake by Drake, and he spins a pretty cool story. He uses the
analogy of Russell Westbrook on a farm as a metaphor for Dicky’s own career. The general
idea of the story is that Russell has a farm, and he’s a really great farmer. He continues
with the farm for a long time, but eventually stumbles across a basketball court when he’s
out for a ride on his horse. He starts playing and finds out he’s pretty good, and keeps
going and going with it, until he eventually makes it into the big leagues. He’s ecstatic
when he gets there, but still reminisces about where he came from and his past. It’s pretty
easy to see how this story parallels Lil Dicky’s beginnings and rise in the rap game, and it’s
told so incredibly well. It’s got some absolutely excellent rhyming and the fact that almost
each line makes sense and contributes to the story makes it ten times better. If you haven’t
heard this, listen to it now. I hadn’t heard it until recently, and I’d be lying if I
said this wasn’t Dicky’s best verse so far in his career.
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