But while his 2013 single “Ex-Boyfriend” went viral with its profane yet charmingly self-deprecating commentary about his sexual inadequacies, Dicky’s flow couldn’t be denied: Combining rapid-fire rhymes with a unique nasal rasp, he sounded like Eminem with a three-packs-a-day habit. As a well-to-do kid growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Burd (born in 1988) knew he didn’t have the natural street cred to pass himself off as a genuine rapper he initially picked up the mic as a gimmick to break into the world of film and television as a comedic actor. But his version of what it means to be a middle-class white guy isn't that music, it's just one that's good for business.Depending on your vantage point, Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky, is either America’s funniest rapper or its most rap-savvy comedian, thanks to a persona that’s part Compton, part Catskills.
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Dicky's allowed the same poetic license as everyone and he very well may have real stories to tell we've heard hints of that "realness" on songs like " Really Scared." I'm certainly not stopping him from becoming a "real" rapper suburban white kids making music about suburban white life and earning respect from hip-hop in the process is nothing new-cough*Mac Miller*cough. To boil down hip-hop to the same old and tired stereotype is great for the satire business, but it hurts real rappers with real stories. To quote poet-lauret Meek Mill, "There's levels to this shit." There are so many sub-genres, so many classifications, endless stories and complex arcs in hip-hop. I think I did have something to lose."Īctually, directly measuring his rap skills against artists like those previously mentioned seems too serious Dicky might be able to rap well for a comedian who only just started rapping, but I find it hard to believe even the most devoted Dickheads think if it came down to making a song not about boners, and that his flows, his bars, and his lyrics could possibly hold up to the other emcees in that best rapper alive categories-the Nas' and Kendricks and Coles and Eminems and Tech N9nes and Black Thoughts of the hip-hop world. I think there was risk, is all I’m saying. I’m not sure I could’ve gotten my job back. Could you not see that? By putting this music out I think I genuinely eliminated 80 percent of the previous jobs I was qualified for. If I put “Ex-Boyfriend” out on the internet and nobody liked it, then there’s evidence of me saying the word “Kike” and it not being well-received, if I’m trying to get a job in law that could bite me in the ass. My parents were begging me not to put anything online because it would completely damn my possibility of having another job. Lil Dicky: "I would say that’s very false. If you failed you could just go back to your job." I don’t think that should be ignored in my opinion, I think that’s a brave thing."ĭrew Millard: "That’s not true at all. I had a very safe route that would make me relatively content for the rest of my life. But let’s be realistic, sometimes people have nothing to lose and it’s very easy to go for their dreams. Obviously it’s very impressive when you go from nothing to something. There’s a line in one my songs that comes out in the future that says, “This wasn’t rappin’ or trappin / This was rappin’ or a big ol’ fucking house with a family.” I had everything to lose, if that makes sense. Lil Dicky: "I think I’ve overcome a lifestyle. That kind of comment comes far too close to the kind of remark we've heard from Fox News anchors about hip-hop that the entire genre is based on materialism and violence, while those of us who actually love the music know what a simplistic and reductionist view that is. "Unless you’re an extremely stupid person that began life as a poor, violent man, only to see your fortunes turn once you started rapping, you won’t be able to relate to 99 percent of today’s rap music.” -Lil Dicky's Blog Despite doing entire songs about his white privilege, Lil Dicky also seems to view himself as an underdog an outsider who seems himself as overcoming barriers in a genre he believes is 99% violent and poor.
And the contradictions, the complications, the intricacies don't stop there. Comedians are allowed a certain leeway when it comes to off-color jokes, but as he's insisted himself, there's more to his music than simply being a comedian. If he was just a comedian, this conversation wouldn't be nearly so complicated. I think it’s misguided if you think it’s comedy, I think I’m a rapper who’s funny." - Noisey Interview "I wouldn't say it’s comedy, I’d say it’s rap music.
Somewhere along the way, it stopped being a joke.
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