"Rap God" is the same fucking song he's been doing since the post-Recovery days. Actually, he was already headed in this direction on Recovery...the model structure for him on this was his "Here We Go" flow, and he was doing this same style on "Despicable."
Are we really going to pretend this isn't exactly what we all feared/suspected? This is the exact song I predicted for "Berzerk." I guess he waited until he'd done some old school rap homage before putting it out, however.
He's trying to show off how "bored" he is with rap and how talented he is by changing his delivery every several bars so that by the time the song is over, he basically had 14 different deliveries. No connection to anything he's saying, only concerned with making syllables land where he wants them to on the beat.
In reality, he's not bored with rap...he's out of ideas for things to rap about, and he's trying to cover it up with with an arrogant facade in his music so he can get the respect from today's hip hawp heads that is really the only thing motivating him at this point.
Here's more or less how every song goes for him these days:
Slowwww, ironic opening bar ending in deeeep voice
Slowwww, ironic opening bar ending in deeeep voice
Stay slow, don't you feel the claustrophobia?
Stay slow, don't you feel the claustrophobia?
Double time, double time, double time, double time
Double time, double time double time, double time
Soften voice but maintain the double time flow
Soften voice even lower and maintain double time flow, then on the last few words, YELL THEM AGAIN!
Yell a few bars in a medium speed
Yell a few bars in a medium speed
Mim-ic each-drum-beat with the syl-la-bles ma-king sure that they hit so the words them-selves sound awk-ward
Now end every line with the same word like "boy"
End every line with the same word like "boy"
End every line with the same word like "boy"
End every line with the same word like "boy"
Then remind everyone that you can rhyme more than just "boy" by completely changing the scheme
Now rap so fast that nobody can understand you, show off that speed
Show off that speed
Show off that speed
Emcees get so blah blah blah.
That they Blah blah blah.
Like a blah blah blah.
Like a blah blah blah.
Slowwwww bars in loud voice
Slow bars in loud voice
Slow bars in soft voice
Slow bars in soft voice
Fast bars in soft voice
Fast bars in soft voice
Fast bars in louuuuud voice
Fast bars in LOUD VOICE
...etc.
Oh yeah, and don't forget to split rhymes between lines regularly.
And the album is called MMLP2. The Alienem era is upon us.