The Top Ten WORST Lyrics of 2023 (Part 1)

[@RapCritic]

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[@keving6012]

“She showing feet in racial chat rooms” is a top 5 tweet all time, regardless of context 😂

[@karmas1772]

The opening to “No Enhancers” reminds me of an old 2 Chainz lyric: “RIP to all the soldiers that died in the service! I dive in her cervix!”

[@Numptaloid]

iconic line

[@therocketboost]

The other reason why the tea going cold is meaningful in the Dido song is extremely British. A cup of tea in Britain is seen as a form of comfort, especially when worrying about things. If the tea is cold, you have cold comfort, no comfort, for your worries.

[@The_One_In_Black]

Also the British can't re-heat it because they're microphobic.

[@seanford2478]

My lean gone warm I’m wondering why, I can’t get high at all. Now I got 12 up in my window, I’ve done nothing at all.

[@Kimura1313]

🤮👎

[@biggy0917]

Its that simple lol

[@gunchapred8933]

That’s actually a pretty cool line. I think I even have a way to follow it up. “Even if I did, this is all too much, you act like I got a bomb. So I ask myself when this got so bad, got so bad…”

[@Nicolas-rc9zi]

A big part of the Doja Cat stuff is also that her current boyfriend has like more than a couple of assault and grooming allegations and she has been vocal about defending him and deprecating the alleged victims which makes her "screw my fans who want to hold me accountable" behavior even more ugh. Maybe she's just not very smart and likes being manipulated

[@christopherbennett5858]

The crazy thing is that I initially heard about this from an X men podcast on the character of Nekra; a character who was originally a black supervillain (radiation in utero caused her skin to be chalk white) where she was dating a couple of awful men, including a white Supremacist known as Grim Reaper. I do help someone tells Doja how Nekra’s story originally ends because, well, let’s just say these flirtations with the white supremacy crowd are not going to end well.

[@idrk3707]

@@christopherbennett5858what are you talking about

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@idrk3707 Oh, right. Nekra is a minor marvel villain who emerged in the 70’s. A mutant who always hung around the wrong guys and kind of showed some of Marvel’s… not great writing back then. The podcast that talked about her was called Cerebro,

[@dudebroguy3357]

@@christopherbennett5858what does that have to do with doja? I mean sure she’s associated with white supremacists but I don’t get it

[@DRsLiPkNoT87]

The only one I have an issue with is the paint the town red criticism. The lyric is Bitch I said what I said, “I’d rather be famous instead” I let all that get to my head I don’t care I’ll paint the town red. I always thought it was pretty obvious the context of the next line made it clear she was referencing what she once said, and how she let that previous mentality get to her head.

[@Winabagel23]

My New Years resolution is to hope even harder that RC goes back to doing worst lyrics from the past month vid

[@jeremyusreevu237]

How do you get Eminem's government name wrong? Just about 90% of people know what his name is, he named 2 of his albums after it, and this dude is an OG rapper. And he STILL GOT IT WRONG?!

[@chiimerah4011]

Oh ye? Tell us more

[@Exvilness]

And Google is free...

[@bruceleeds7988]

You would never understand the science behind why he called him Matthew.

[@demiayan7779]

Matthew is his middle name fam 😂

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

@@demiayan7779 His middle name is Bruce

[@colevincent9570]

I used to watch your videos years ago when I was in junior high you helped me get an understanding on lyricism in rap and a lot of my taste in music came from your recommendations. I'm gonna be twenty next month and I just stumbled upon this and I'm so glad that you're still doing worst lyrics of the year

[@RJManette]

Same here! Bouta be 26 and still listening to Rap Critic

[@heavenly2k]

That bruh calling Eminem Matthew is hilarious. I think it could be intentional, like he disrespects him by not even getting his easily googled government right

[@sinfulbehaviors2004]

"My homeboy just beat cancer / I call my ex no answer / as in that's my nickname for her cuz when I call no answer" What, did Drake write this?

[@Jwoosle]

It’s crazy to hear Jack Harlow say that after acknowledging his place in hip hop in Hitchcock

[@solosolo8610]

Jack Harlow low-key makes white supremacy rap like it's funny af

[@andrewallstar2719]

OH🗣️MY‼️GOD⁉️I CAN’T❌believe🤔this☝️ I CAN’T❌BELIEVE🤔THIS☝️

[@selfdetonation]

4:49 I can't believe this. Yo, I cannot believe this.

[@VB-be6jj]

OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE THIS‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@EverTheAnnihilator]

This was rightfully anticipated, I'm loving your commentary and willingness to point out the inconsistencies in music!

[@misterdank941]

I can't believe this!

[@kid_fi3nd98]

The crashbox reference really threw me for a loop 😭

[@brandonwilliams18]

Hot damn, a Crashbox reference! If you know you know, eager for part 2!

[@deecee1853]

That no answer line sounds like a Drake bar lmao

[@thegreensy]

🗣🗣OH MY GOD!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!🗣🗣🗣

[@Velocijoey]

The CrashBox call back took me WAYYYYYY BACK lol. Loved it.

[@2KAJ824]

Word

[@makeurowndontbitemine]

Fax

[@Chuckles_The_Goat_Clown]

I love CrashBox

[@YaboiDeep]

Hey Rap Critic this is the first time in many years since I've clicked on one of your videos, I don't listen to much music these days. But its nice to see the same old Rap Critic doing his thing. much love bro

[@TheAnimalKing]

Eminem was in my top five but I moved him a few slots down when Music To Be Murdered By came out “cause I’m coming after you like the letter V”

[@SavageGreywolf]

Someone should build an ironic rap persona of an aging rapper who rhymes entirely in dad jokes

[@Broski-Brodski]

@@SavageGreywolfI mean, why have that when we already have modern day Eminem?

[@ReaperUnreal]

@@SavageGreywolf Let me introduce you to the world of Chap Hop, with Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, and Professor Elemental to a lesser extent.

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

Em is top 1 not because every lyric is GOATed, but because he simply can do things no other writer can. In terms of consistency he’s like a C tier rapper. but his highest heights are simply unbeatable, take the song “Right for Me” for example

[@nonofyourbeeswax6222]

@@user-fs1lc2cj5s you're naming that clutter of a song as a "best song"? That word vomit saying nothing at all? C'mon

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

I still can't believe Swae Lee drinks warm Lean.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I'm surprised that Melle Mel's awful Eminem diss is ranked really low. It's the worst Eminem diss since Nick Cannon's Slick Rick-esque diss to Eminem years ago.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

For the "my tea's gone cold" line, Dido from the Eminem sample is British who very famously drink hot tea. Jesus F'ing Christ, Americans 😅

[@lesterluis1426]

Aw man Rap Critic what’s going on? It seems that every year since around 2019 your trademark witty, snappy, clever observational humor gets phased out more in exchange for nonsensical, nitpicky, unfunny rants that often take the bars too literal. I still support cause I see flashes of your old brilliance to this day but I just gotta be honest

[@keyscored3710]

He always took bars too literally lmao

[@lesterluis1426]

@@keyscored3710 thinking bout it, yeah he did, but he was just funnier bout it back in the day.

[@keyscored3710]

@@lesterluis1426 yeah good point, the problem for me is that a lot of his current reviews are way too short and pointless (bad song bad, good song good, this makes me entertaining right guys? - rap critic) and have too little effort or improvement from his early days for me to care. You look at his old buddy Todd in the Shadows and it's clear why one retained a solid audience and the other remains a relic of the late 00's nostalgia critic format. Sometimes the format is messed with for an interesting idea (I actually liked the Let Me Clear My Throat concept of being some detective falling down an obscure rabbit hole) but it doesn't happen enough in his already scattershot video uploads to make me care enough to re-subscribe.

[@MistyDusker]

@@keyscored3710 I honestly think he peaked with the Birthday Song review. It was entertaining, funny, and analyzed the lyrics and the video. Since then there's fluctuation of audio quality and hit or miss jokes and criticisms. His old stuff still holds up well. But I think he gets too anal and it affects the entertainment value of his videos when it misses the point (portions of the Why? review) and goes into tangents. Even his music gets too verbose and over explains simple emotions and ideas so I guess that's just how his mind works. Comparing him to Todd is funny because Todd does so much research for his videos that they feel more well rounded and focused where jokes won't flop as bad. If Rap Critic misses the point he'll rant, fixate, and joke anyway and it's a lot less tolerable. Out of curiosity I'll check his videos once in a while but rarely remember much of them.

[@otaking3582]

I thought "lean" was something you ate, not something you drank. How else is Jack Sprat and his wife supposed to lick the plate clean?

[@Dreigonix]

Ha! Someone should make a bar out of that…

[@andrewollmann304]

No….in the Jack Sprat rhyme, he could eat no fat (i.e. fatty foods) and his wife couldn’t eat lean foods. In the hip-hop community, “lean” is a drink with codeine rich cough syrup in it.

[@Dreigonix]

@@andrewollmann304 That’s the joke. Yes. You figured it out.

[@andrewollmann304]

@@Dreigonix I thought OP was being serious, you never can really tell on the Internet.

[@boomsoundfactory]

So glad you spoke on that “I Rather Be Famous” line‼️‼️‼️

[@pleasedonotwatchmychannel]

I can’t begin to comprehend how that “i call my ex no answer” line was made into a hook. How. Who. What. Why.

[@beansfebreeze]

I see a lot of videos talking about ✨️controversial rappers✨️ and they'll be like "yeah so doja got canceled for wearing a shirt! People are so sensitive!" but nah you're just telling it like it is. And bringing up the facts of systemic racism?? You're absolutely killing it

[@Dreigonix]

I love how bigots always boil down bad behavior like that. “He got canceled just for having an opinion!” while conveniently not saying what that opinion is… And they also always say “controversial” like that and not “white ethnostate, genocide of non-whites”. That ain’t controversial- everyone who’s not already a Nazi knows that’s bad. >.>

[@insertnamehere3363]

Sam Hyde isn’t a Nazi.

[@simoneidson21]

@@insertnamehere3363He is. Accept it and move on. There are better, less morally awful comedians

[@kiwikarp9509]

I was disapointed that the ki-di-ney line didn't make the list, but you made a really good point for the lines that did.

[@MrandMrsBullock]

Same... that line is so cringey for so many reasons... But I appreciate RC elaborating on some of the other garbage in there

[@uglyaniimals]

what song is this from ?

[@kiwikarp9509]

@@uglyaniimals paint the town red

[@heavenly2k]

That Rae sremmurd song is wildly ass. Bruh couldve said "pint watered down, I wonder why" but the sample doesn't even make sense to begin with. They just wanted the melody - the original song is about being depressed because yore poor and unvalued at work but you're happy that you have that special someone still. Melancholic af. The Rae Sremmurd song is about... I don't know. It's a bunch of non-sequiturs.

[@Delixutu]

OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS

[@aaronhurst4379]

Harlow also rhymed 'no answer' with 'no answer'. Why do supposed top rappers do this?

[@URN-it]

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!

[@ZadnoleyaEdits]

I heard the crash box into music in the opening and smiled so hard. Love these year end rap ups you do!

[@MeeplandHeights]

Honestly I think doja doesn't like Sam, just follows him ironically cause he's a "lolcow". Aka, someone people follow not cause they're a fan but because the person is silly or ridiculous in some way. Ethan Ralph for example is an absolute trainwreck right wing terror who has less fans than people watching him as a lolcow to be made fun of. Chris Chan is one of the oldest "lolcows" followed and doja being a 4channer would know what they are. I figured Sam was one of her favourite lolcows, especially since he had a bit of a crazy year this year. I don't follow him as he's not a cow I'm particularly interested in but I know a lot follow him not out of any love and kept bringing him up for one reason or another. The "moo" song always read to me as having heavy references to lolcows and "farmers", doja being self hating probably sees herself as more of a cow than a celebrity too. Might be a cope but I really think she just forgot the rest of the world doesn't know wtf a lolcow is considering the attempts to say she ironically followed him which is true of lolcows but sounds strange without that context because who watches a comedian ironically?

[@creakyboards8517]

literally the last thing i was expecting to see when i clicked on this video was a Crashbox reference, but I'm here for it.

[@thel-iteralone4592]

That's a pretty cool number transition for this year's worst lyrics video.

[@justsomeguywholikesmangoes1363]

oh my god i cant believe this

[@tylerhackner9731]

Thank you for always telling it like it is. I was also willing to give Doja the benefit of the doubt until wire that shirt.

[@nelumboandrews6762]

Amazing crashbox format thanks for all you do rap critic

[@Nova_Skunk]

I'll admit maybe I'm totally wrong here, but I feel like you fundamentally misunderstood the point of Paint the Town Red's hook. She's saying that she admits she tried to sell out, but she let that "get to [her] head", and now she doesn't care anymore and she's going to do what she wants to do. Which is why she made a straight up rap track instead of making pop music even though "pop make money". The whole song is addressing her cutesy pop phase and saying it was a play.

[@Nova_Skunk]

Seriously though I REALLY don't think Doja Cat wants to be famous. But she's also addicted to the attention and can't stop playing the game, so she's trying to get herself cancelled. I think she genuinely hates her fanbase lmao

[@twistedgambit9084]

@@Nova_Skunk PERFECTLY ASTUTE shes an insecure and volatile person that doesnt like herself.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Crashbox was the shit back in the day

[@speedpants8915]

Wasn't expecting the transitions and intro to be a Crashbox reference, rap critic you sir have taste.

[@drucifer3185]

Man i love this series and you deserve so many more views

[@Ryda124]

Not this whole video being Crashbox themed! Never would have expected that but it’s amazing

[@qb2626]

OH MY GOD?!??!? I CANT BELIEVE THIS.

[@BigWorld251]

I can never believe this‼️‼️‼️

[@cappingbeara3212]

OH MY GOD

[@tsartomato]

when you live long enough to become the man screaming at cloud

[@EvoBeDevo]

Bro you had me hit like in the first 5 seconds, I always appreciate a good Crashbox reference~

[@cinesamproductions]

Good video as always man. Also, I love the CrashBox reference.😂

[@Delixutu]

I CANT BELIEVE THIS

[@takun87]

In defense of Paint the town red: I am pretty sure the chorus is meant to be a quotation of what her “fans” expect her to think. “I’d rather be famous instead” is a nod at the conspiracy that she cut all her hair and and went “demonic” due to her “fans” saying she is now apart of the illuminati. This a Juxtaposition is Followed by her verses being an explanation from her point of view of her giving insight to her side and always trolling by playing in heavily to her critics. Her boyfriend, her hair cut, her change in style. Furthermore the lyic “Fame ain’t something that I need no more.” Is a triple entendre potentially: hinting at two things, The song “Bitch I’m a Cow” where she famously created this song with about 60 of her core fans and was a caricature of the cat girl meta on the internet and an intentionally bad song that was only supposed to resonate with those core fans but unexpectedly blew up despite her label never pushing her at the time: second one being that even despite her fans missing the “old doja” she is still more popular than ever in her career despite these cries from her fan base: lastly it’s a critique of saying why would she even need to join the illuminati when she is already much more famous than she ever thought she’d be and potentially more than she ever wanted showing how she hates the feels that fans are much too para social with her and expect her to champion these ideas they have. Though if you aren’t up to date with all the Doja lore, it is understandable that this lyric can come off as really bad.

[@james8302]

OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE THIS

[@mwhitcher]

Nice how Jack in the lyrics video changed "worldwide" to "Nonstop" because "Worldwide hometown pride" doesn't make any sense

[@ival]

Oh my GOD! I cant believe this!

[@frado9194]

OH MY GOD! This man shouldn’t be allowed to criticize music i can’t believe this

[@comfyghost]

you ever just hear a sentence go in the direction of talking about why someone is a bad person, and because you already know their a bad person you expect it to be something you've heard before only to get completely blindsided by something way worse than you ever expected? yeah well, i knew sam hyde was a bad person, and amongst other things, i knew he was racist, but i didn't know he was that racist, and that revelation hit me like an out of control lorry.

[@elchomper.1063]

Kinkstergram? That sounds too real for you to make up. Well I'll be damned you did

[@jayclyde4292]

1:34 he could be meaning it in a way of how wen u wake up from that sleep your still gonna be drowsy" playIn off the cold lean he drunk and how potent said syrup is

[@christopherambrose931]

It's so hard for me to call the Melle Mel track trash cos it has made me laugh every single time I listened to it... nothing that brings so much joy to me, I can't consider trash!!!!

[@VoidableRabbit]

Always a happy day when RC uploads 🙏

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Regardless of the list I love your Crashbox inbetweens. What a great show

[@imakewavs]

Ur trending on twitter rn ma boy

[@tetsuwanatomuu]

OH MY G O D I CANT BELIEVE THIS‼️‼️🥶🥶🔥🔥🔥🔥💔💔

[@CoolTrixs]

Honestly glad Rap Critic is still going. I'm curious on his take on the rising Canadian KZbin rapstar Connor Price and his Spin The Globe material. Video?

[@Painocus]

Man, makes me wonder about that colab Melle Mel did with Macklemore a while back. Also going after Eminem is such a weird choice, like there are so many shitty white rappers out there that would have made his point better than Em.

[@matthewmontes9036]

Listen 2014 was a weird year for every genre. I still love you, rap critic.

[@infamous.s.679]

Unless you've got a time machine that can erase Em's prime his spot will NEVER be in jeopardy.

[@mariquitopapi]

W for the crashbox references😭🔥that show was my childhood

[@meganmartin9305]

I MISS CRASHBOX AND THAT REFERENCE WAS AMAZING LOVE THE VIDS RAP CROTIC❤

[@ackee39]

one of my contenders would be "OH MY GOD I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS"

[@superbad8008]

I was wondering why some of the transitions reminded me of Crashbox, then I took my phone out my pocket to see the video.

[@thissatori]

Love you RC, happy new year!

[@pionosphere]

Jack Harlow was much better when he was called Macklemore.

[@extrahourinthepit]

I actually thought #6 was kinda funny. It's like "My friend won this battle, so I called my girl about it but she didn't answer. Haha, pranked! That didn't happen, I actually just nicknamed my girl "No Answer"! Haha, pranked again! I nicknamed her that because that *does* happen!" It subverts expectations twice in a row, and that's why it does what it does. Bad choice for a hook, of course, because it doesn't work the second time, and not the absolute cleverest of jokes to begin with, but still.

[@sydrah2]

I gotta show some love to the crashbox reference! That’s a deep memory unlocked right there

[@QUHerald]

Nice Crashbox reference

[@LatrellHassell]

Shout out to the crashbox intro

[@BigBones187]

agree with what you're saying but Every person who got big in music and is now a popular artist and super rich, got a lucky break in fact they got a bunch of them

[@thismonkeyjustworks1255]

Oh my god! I can’t believe this!

[@TortoiseMaximus]

Always appreciate these lists

[@cl0utless]

has RC been on a crashbox kick recently? based, honestly

[@meshari1792]

Oh my gad!! I couldn’t believe this

[@mgofficial5470]

Views might have gone down but his content is still amazing sad he fell off I remembered when he would get a tons of views

[@Kimura1313]

He refuses to put more effort into his content and doesn’t post often .

[@mgofficial5470]

@@Kimura1313 good point he’s been doing the same thing for years don’t know how he can change it up I mean he’s a guy that reviews music and maybe movies

[@Kimura1313]

@@mgofficial5470 better set up for one. He’s sitting on the end of his bed in a room with terrible lighting. More consistency and more content.

[@mgofficial5470]

@@Kimura1313 yeah good point I remembered back then his set up was better and he used to film standing and better lighting

[@DodgaOfficial]

If wonder if Mel did some "hood research" and someone told him that eminems real name was Matthew lol.

[@delusi0n]

the crashbox throwback was very cool!

[@Caernath]

If I remember correctly, RC talked about that strange Jack Harlow cancer lyric in an earlier video.

[@tobe1207]

I used to love samples...now they make me sad. And why would you even want fame in this era

[@davidpineda9160]

I can't believe this

[@heihogreenzx4704]

Chalice of lean in one hand and phone in the other. This is how I end 2023. Great video! Can’t wait for part 2!

[@nativewarmask9861]

So about the white guy who did not want to acknowledge that he might've had opportunities because of his skin, you make the statement that it's summon insecurity, that if he acknowledges any opportunities because of his skin, it means he didn't work hard, but he's probably thinking like that, because that's what he's been told, too many people will say that very thing, everything you got is because you're white, everything you accomplished is because you're white, You didn't work hard at all, so of course, he's gonna push against that to prove that he did actually work, you're the only person who has said anything remotely like, we can still acknowledge that you worked hard, even though you got opportunities, but again, people want to perpetuate this Idea but they don't want to deal with them verifications of what happens when people stand oppositional to it, and Eminem once did acknowledge exactly what you're talking about in the song white America, he was on the first ones to do so, but I can also understand people who truly believe that it was their work ethic that got them to where they are, and suggesting anything to the contrary, they see, is extremely disrespectful, and a slight against what they have accomplished.

[@isiahalston1210]

Never ever ever ever. Try to rap again. Saw ya lil rap video and it ruined my Sunday mornin

[@Decenium]

12:00 see, I would be completely done with that guy instantly with lyrics this crappy, if I knew who he was to begin with.

[@leoprince691]

Man, Jack Harlow had a lot of promise when he first came out and released What's Poppin. But since then, it's been disappointment after disappointment. And if he thinks that he's not as big as he is because of his skin color, he is delusional. Yes, he's talented, but let's not act like that's the only reason he is huge. Also, other than Say So, I've pretty much distanced myself from Doja Cat and her music (despite none of her hits really being all that bad, they're all either mid or good, Paint The Town Red being the former). Her being a racist who doesn't know the meaning of the word "humble" is really too off putting to enjoy her as an artist. I wouldn't shed a tear if she went away. Great list so far, RC. Can't wait for Part 2.

[@itz_richard]

It’s that time of the year again! 🥳