To be a good rapper you must have great writing skills meaning you must make use of literary devices like Rhymes, Metaphor, Synonyms, wordplay, etc.. When writing a Good Rap Verse Or better still just tell an interesting Story with simple Rhymes.
Also, each time a rapper uses one of this literary device in one of the lines in his rap verse, it is termed a punchline while Wordplay is a clever use of words to get double meaning in one sentence.
Meaning you have to be intelligent to be a good rapper contrary to what people think.
However, one of the Languages leading Cameroon Hip Hop is Pidgin English (Mboko)and it can be very interesting if you know how to listen and even more interesting when you are listening to a dope Rappers like Jovi.
Jovi has proved himself to be one of the country’s finest rappers based on his ability
to spit bars and the way he plays with words on a beat as all his verses are filled with numerous wordplay and punchline.
Most importantly he has been very consistent at it.
On this episode Of Star focus, we bring you his top 25 punchlines which proves why he is called Mboko god.
1) Vous me compares a qui ou a quoi? Le game du mboa n’est pas fait pour moi,tu said pourqoui?? Car moi meme je suis jouer et en meme temp je suis arbitre.
2) Bang for your ears, (hein?) Ma rap don turn be na slap,Only bolo all time, man no even get time for frap, When I go sef for sleep I di take only nap
3) Ever since I drop H.I.V no man dey wey e want fuck with me
4) I get my accord, you always getting booed, ya nga don tight for ma skin, superglue!
5) Yeah my chap di wear na kaba ,we di lock room sweat for dey like say we play na ndamba
6) If life wa a tree she will be like the branches to me
7) I no cam for di life for be na nyier man ,I di chop esprit like say i be na ngess man
8) God’s will, will be done even if it’s done through sin
9) I no go shake like na buea mountain, I dey for sans kaleson spraying like na fountain
10) I puke on the beat, morning sickness
11) I finish school,I no be fool,no jobs, massa chap dem deh for kwat,blow jobs
12) Genocide on my mind ,if genocide is a crime, I swear they shouldn’t let me rhyme
13) Dont wanna be the nail, I rather be the hammer and as a father I wish my daughter has a brother
14) I got body bags and they are never empty,u shouldn’t tempt me ,zip it up and see the corpse of ur favorite mc
15) Only sun for douala,e dey like say ma skin go boil,if rain fall ,dey cut light,know say da damé go spoil
16) If water tanap one place know say dutty deh for gutter
17) I will lie if I said I didn’t do this shit for my daughter,I space walk on the beat like Jupiter is my mother.
18) I don di rap a l’epoque for da time way 3 pan pepper soup be bi na kolo fap
19) Cameroon is in my pocket ,my broda no bi swag flag deh ma back pocket
20) Christmas flow ,Ramadan wing, my breath on the beat,harmattan wind
21) Anyday na die wey man di miss Water wey e commot tap e dey like piss For ngoumba house we di gather all the gist Three stone fire side, chopping burning fish
22) A new era, don’t kill the messenger this is God’s plan bro I’m just the news bearer
23) Papermaking raps, waterproof am with rappen paper
24) Life for this ground bro nahelele Jonglé ball like Claude Makélélé,I di flop feel like Stade mbapelepe.
25) Here we go, skelewu Davido Ma chap don be na savage, I di call her Eminado
Most of his lines were gotten from some of his songs below:
– Jengu
– Et p8 Koi
– Bastard
Jovi ft Shey – Jungle Book
Achombo House (Jovi Ft. Krotal)
– No peace