Best Opening Lyrics: No. 22
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--50 Cent's 'In Da Club'
These words have spread way beyond da club: Uncles now shout them out at da bar mitzvah.
Listen to the line!
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Joseyat 2-12-2008
While your bitching rappers are laughing all the way to the bank. 50 has homes he hasn't even been to yet. 75 percent of those who purchase rap music don't look anything like the artist by the way so lets leave race out of it.
~ Arronat 2-11-2008
~ luma is right: in rap music often times artists make music that borrows from something that already came before, in this case Luther Campbell. I don't know if it's a case of 50 Cent stealing here, but when "Planet Rock" came out years ago Tommy Boy never asked Kraftwerk if they could use "Trans Europe Express" ... who was it that coined the phrase 'pop will eat itself'?
Danielleat 2-14-2008
I have to agree with Kate. This is not about whether you like or don't like rap. If you like rap, then listen to it and if you don't like rap, then don't listen to it. However, let's stay on topic people! this discussion is about the opening line in the song. It has a good beat, and it's a catchy phrast that during hte first few months the song came i out, i must have hear more than a thousand times. Why? Because, it's a good opening lyric.It has nothing to do with my feelings about rap music or my feelings about 50. It's just a good opening line!
YYCat 7-01-2008
50 Cent is a joke.
tplucas523at 8-22-2008
I like it
BananaNugg3tsat 9-06-2008
Ok. most of you idiotic people say rap is crap. You people are morons. SOME rap is crap, not all. Take Eminem for instance, if you listen to some of his more serious songs they are great & the lyrics are fantastic. God stop hating on rap! -_-
Tejur Jeturat 9-19-2008
majority rules in this space & time. It seems that sex drugs rock & roll still sells well. I like music & some music just does not turn me on. In other words, some music I am uncomfortable with or it makes me uncomfortable or uneasy & some I comfortable with. Sometimes it's a matter of morals & sometimes it's just appreciation of art & other times it's the message or point that I listen for. Different strokes for different folks.
MidniteMoon333at 12-26-2008
"Got out of town on a boat going Southern Islands. Sailing a reach before a following sea." Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross.
stoop421at 4-09-2009
This is ridiculous...it has nothing to do with the genre; this has no business being here, especially right before "Hello darkness my old friend.."
Noelleat 6-18-2009
rap is not crap. you may not like it but thats your own preference. I enjoy alot of different kinds of music. listen to a good 90's rap song by nas or 2pac, you may not like it, but it's far from crap. it's abrasive and hard honest poetry to beats that flow. With people, REAL artist expressing themselves. Real rap is serious and has a message. But every once and a while,(and now more frequently) someone will come out with a club song that everyone loves to dance to; sometimes they're songs that dont make any sense at all. people are just having fun when they're listening to them. These are different TYPES of rap music and you shouldn't judge an entire catagory of MUSIC off of 'In da club', 'lookin boy', 'in my white T' or any other song that has no real message.
kemmieat 6-29-2009
i likey diz kid amed jason
Jasonat 8-06-2007
Yeah, we don't have enough ghetto music as it is without people like this. What an 'excellent' choice by the writers...brilliant.
Jamesat 8-06-2007
You can't spell CRAP without RAP
Jacob Thallat 10-25-2008
iget wat ur saying ur totally rite
Rogerat 8-06-2007
GARBAGE!
chiliat 8-06-2007
Define "best"... something that is prolific, original, unique or maybe something that has permeated society across cultures with it's simplicity? Come on? Who hasn't chanted this? Geez... most of the people who don't even know who Patti Smith is...
lbbontat 12-26-2008
Who hasn`t chanted this? i`m gonna guess white people that don`t wear their pants hanging off their ass or the sideways hat crap.
Davidat 8-07-2007
Hey James, you also can't spell CROCK without ROCK.
I only say that because you diss rap but I actually like rock because I'm open-minded to music unlike your ignorant ass.
harold rissellat 8-07-2007
Rap music..20 second songs..bout the same amount of time the "writers" spent in english class
Steveat 8-07-2007
My Dearest David,
James was just expressing an opinion. Any OPEN-MINDED person would be accepting of that. Then you go on to call him an "ignorant ass" which means you think his donkey or his anus is not knowledgeable of rap... or more than likely you mean he is ignorant or rap. Since he has come to a conclusion that he does not like rap it appears he is NOT ignorant of the form. Now I am not a rap aficionado and I'm not making fun of your ignorance or closed-mindedness but to the contrary, I believe you should have a voice. Everybody has a place and it just seems like yours is yelling "fries are done" or "would you like to super size that"? Oh, and no, you won't get to spit in my food since I don't eat fast food:)
Steve