"What metaphor/similes should be retired for good in rap."
Let's identified all the most overused rap metaphors/similes. I will kick it off with the following worst offenders:
1. Set It Off like 2. Life is a Bitch....
As an ancillary topic. Anyone else get the feeling that metaphors in general are overused in hip-hop these days? I mean it has become the dominate literary device used by MCs, when back in the day it was one tool in an MCs arsenal.
I say metaphors are overuse because the repeat value of a metaphoric punchline is pretty low. See Lil' Wayne's last few CDs.
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