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[[File:rapcritic_8721.jpg|frame|He analyzes the rhymes, 'cause no one else does.]]
 
{{quote|"You don't have to like my opinion, but I don't have to like your song."}}
{{quote|"Oh, if only [[Todd in The Shadows|Todd]] were here to not unfunny-ify and stomp all over what few jokes I do have."<br />
"Well, I'm '''[[Embarrassing Nickname|Not Todd!!]]''' ...Crap, now I'm doing it."|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]''' and '''Rap Critic'''}}
 
Let's talk about the[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3wRHKYmH4vJreoTw28jZQ Rap Critic] (real name: Daren Jackson, AKA Masta Artisan).
 
He [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|critiques rap]] forin thea pants-shittinglyvideo hugeformat, [[Thatformerly Guy Withon the Glasses (Website)|[[That Guy With theThe Glasses]] reviewer-topiawebsite. Along with [[Todd in Thethe Shadows]] and [[Paw Dugan]], he's a music critic. He is also found on [[Reviewtopia]]. He raps a little as well, butsee not in[https://themastaartisan.bandcamp.com/music his reviews; well, not much anywayBandcamp.]
 
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His work can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic here].
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: He got a chuckle from the "left nut" line of the otherwise execrable "[[Eminem|Just Lose It" by [[Eminem]]".▼
 
* [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms]]▼
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* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Said by Animetalchick in the review of "[[Black Eyed Peas|Just Can't Get Enough" by [[Black Eyed Peas]]".▼
=== This reviewer provides examples of: ===
 
▲* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: He got a chuckle from the "left nut" line of the otherwise execrable "[[Eminem|Just Lose It]]".
▲* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]
▲* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Said by Animetalchick in the review of "[[Black Eyed Peas|Just Can't Get Enough]]".
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Averted so hard that even he is surprised at how calm he stays.
** JustifiedHe aggressively bemoans the horrible state mainstream music has become in his "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... This Year (2011)" video, as he bemoans the horrible state mainstream music has become.
* [[Black and Nerdy]]: Self-admitted.
* [[Brick Joke]]: [[Snoop Dogg]] [[Mind Screw|leading an army of gummy bears]] in a [[Katy Perry]] music video.
* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: He's used both kinds of Type 1. He's given several 0 out of 5 ratings, and one 6 out of 5.
* [[The Cameo]]:
** He appeared in Sad Panda's Q and A Episode 1, [[Paw Dugan]]'s list of Top 9 [[Marx Brothers]] Music Moments, [[Todd in Thethe Shadows]]' review of "Whip My Hair" and [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'s review of "Eminem/The Punisher #1".
** In return the [http://www.youtube.com/user/Animetalchick Animetalchick] appears in [[Black Eyed Peas|"Just Can't Get Enough" by [[Black Eyed Peas]] (though she only calls herself "the camera guy's sister", with her name appearing in her next appearance). She also returns in a Worst Lyrics of September 2011 to comment on two ("tokyoTokyo diamonds!" and "I like them black, white, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Like [[You Fail Geography Forever|Japanese, Chinese, or even Asian!]]") and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" as a "[[Distaff Counterpart|Female Rap Critic]]".
** [[That Guy With theThe Glasses (Website)|Bhargav]], [[Irreverent Edutainment|Demoversi]], [[Todd in Thethe Shadows]], [[What We Had to Watch (Web Video)|Il Neige]], and [[Diamanda Hagan]] all have cameos in his crossover with [[Marc Mues]].
** As [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] had reviewed ''[[Kazaam]]'', the Rap Critic tried to get him for a ''Shaq Diesel'' crossover. It doesn't work.
** He offers [[Marc Mues]] a rhyme in his ''Worst 6 Pop Songs of 2011'' video.
** Long cameo in the ''[[Brows Held High]]'' episode for ''[[Ghost Dog]]'', explaining to Oancitizen who RZA is, and {{spoiler|at the end, giving a 2/5 to Kyle's rap.}}
** Provides a voice-over cameo in [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]]'s review of ''[[The Marine]]'' as a sitcom narrator.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]:
** Rapped a little in his Fat Joe review; it was pretty cool.
** He recently posted one of his songs, "L-Literation". It was also pretty cool.
** Hell, he can even sing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-5xX2pdcJM opera!]
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
{{quote| "Let's talk about (Artist Du Jour)"<br />
"I'm the Rap Critic. I analyze the rhymes, cause no one else does."<br />
"You don't have to like my opinion, but I don't have to like your song." }}
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Does this in "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011.
{{quote| '''Young Dro''': Tokyo Diamonds, CHOI-OI-OI-OING<br />
'''Animetalchick''': This is ridiculous.<br />
'''Rap Critic''': Yeah, diamonds don't come from Japan. {*Animetalchick glares at him*} What...? }}
* [[CowboyMedia BebopResearch At His ComputerFailure]]: In "Worst Lyrics I've Ever Heard... this Month" for September 2011, he confuses rapper "Young Dro" with "Young Joc".
* [[Cluster F -Bomb]]: Complained about the one which kicks off "Hustlin'".
* [[Crossover]]:
** With [[Todd in Thethe Shadows]] for "It Wasn't Me", and the Animetalchick in a "Worst Lyrics" battle between rap and metal.
*** And again to review [[Kanye West|Runaway]]
** With [[Marc Mues]] for "Raise Up" and ''[[Soulja Boy]]: [[The Movie]]''.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: From his very first review, of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Nothin' But a G Thang":
{{quote| "There's no creativity, there's no focus, and there's no...focus."}}
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In his review for Young Jeezy's "My President" he is under the impression that Young Jeezy didn't write the song. He misinterpreted the introduction of the song, when Jeezy said he didn't write the song, he was saying he didn't write down on paper and did it from the top of head similar to rappers such as [[Jay- Z]] or [[Kanye West]]. While the mistake is understandable, he could've checked the liner notes or just looked it up to have avoided it.
** His reaction to the beginning of the "Moment for Life" video shows he's unfamilliar with the [[She Is the King]] trope and its real life examples.
* [[Ending Fatigue]]: Says Mack Maine's verse (or outro) on Young Money's "Every Girl" qualifies as this because it broke the three verse structure and didn't add to the song.
* [[Enforced Plug]]: His album ''Polarity Switch'' at the end of the "Death of Autotune" review.
* [[Face Palm]]: His reaction to "Ass (Remix)" by Big Sean. He needs a moment before he can make any comments.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: Plenty in the songs he reviews.
* [[Fun Withwith Subtitles]]: Whenever the lyrics are overtly stupid, the caption reads something along the line of *lyrics are too insulting to my intellect to type*...
** [[Even the Subtitler Is Stumped]]: ...and when they are unintelligible, they read "?".
*** [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: In ''Shaq Diesel'', a particularly garbled song is interrupted with "*you don't pay me enough to do this...*"
*** Also, during Tech N9NE's [[Motor Mouth]] lyrics, it says "what do you expect me to do here?", explaining that it's hard to type and the editing software can't paste text.
** In the Worst Lyrics of September 2011, the "Owned by [Record Label]" gets this twice: "Rubberband Banks" is "owned by label that's owned by [[Music Is Politics|one of the Big Four REAL record companies that own all the music you listen to]]" and "Balla Baby" is "[[Take That|...well, I'm not sure if ANYONE wants to take credit for this...]]".
* [[Girl -On -Girl Is Hot]]: [[In-Universe|Todd and the Critic]] argued that the cheated girlfriend on "It Wasn't Me" was following the action so closely that she probably wanted a part of it. And said the cheater would be a lucky guy for this!
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]:
** In the "Hustlin'" review, after Rick Ross rhymes "twenty-two" with "twenty-two" ''twice''.
** And after the [[Truck DriversDriver's Gear Change]] in "Just Can't Get Enough".
* [[Got Me Doing It]]: Butting heads with Oancitizen over the themes of ''Ghost Dog''.
{{quote| '''Rap Critic:''' Don't you even ''care'' that this movie -- the first the feature a score by a major rap artist -- created a major step toward solidifying the hip-hop aesthetic as a cultural, viable expression to an artistic crowd?! ''(beat)'' Damn, started to sound like you for a second."<br />
'''Oan:''' It happens. }}
* [[Hell -Bent for Leather]]: His jacket.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After listening to Rick Ross' "Hustlin'".
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In the It Was a Good Day review, when he tells [[Ice Cube]] that he should cook his own breakfast since he's like 24 at the time of the video - and then yelling "Hey Mom, where's my breakfast?!"
** In the "Just Can't Get Enough" review, Animetalchick cameos to mention that she was offended by the song quoting [[Me Love You Long Time|a certain stereotypical line]] from ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', then claims that [[All Asians Are Alike]].
* [[Let's See You Do Better]]:
** Addressed in his "Death of Autotune" review, where he notes he DOES rap.
** One of the songs from his album also is basically about how much better he is than the people he criticizes.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: He calls this on Drake's "Best I Ever Had", which goes from love song to [[Intercourse Withwith You|sex song]].
* [[Monkeys Onon a Typewriter]]: On "Just Can't Get Enough", he says that the monkeys need to be hired, as they could write a line better than "Love lovey, yeah you know you are my demon".
* [[Narm]]:
** [[In-Universe|He breaks out into hysterics]] after hearing Rick Ross' verse "[[Devo|Whip it, whip it real hard]]"... both times.
** Also, when he hears [[Master P]]'s "I Miss My Homies" (specially because he expected a somber theme... and got a [[Lyrical Dissonance|kinda cheery tune]] with a "[[FrankensteinsFrankenstein's Monster]] moan") he laughs so much he stops talking about it.
** Has a similar reaction to [[T-Pain]]'s "Rap Song" after hearing him say "And I'mma do you like [[Kanye West|Kanye]] and [[Never Live It Down|I'mma let you finish]]".
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: He gives this expression several times, including:
** When choosing a [[Lil Wayne]] song and coming across "A Milli".
** At the line in "The Jump Off" where [[Lil' Kim]] [[Sophisticated As Hell|tells listeners of his race to pollute their britches by the mere presence of her and Timbaland.]]
** Topping off his review of "Hustlin'".
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: From giving poor grades to "[[Limp Bizkit|Rollin']]" and "Hey Ma"--both of which he liked as a kid--to pointing out the lyrical deficiencies in G-funk classics, it's safe to say it's averted.
** He also admits Petey Pablo's "Raise Up", a North Carolina anthem isn't really as good as he liked it ten years ago.
* [[Parody Failure]]: He calls this on the supposed [[Stealth Parody]] of [[KeshaKe$ha]].
* [[Pet Peeve Trope]]: [[In-Universe|He has a few]]
** [[Product Placement]]: Once he reacts with a plug of his own record.
** [[Rhyming Withwith Itself]]
* [[Running Gag]]: No one else from TGWTG knowing who he is, or mistaking him for [[Todd in Thethe Shadows]], or kicking him out of their reviews.
{{quote| '''Rap Critic:''' What do you mean 'who am I'? We're both on the same site! I've been on Channel Awesome long than ''you'' have! I'm the Rap Critic!<br />
'''Oan:''' ''([[Beat]])'' OH, yes, yes, yes. ...So, uh, what do you do?<br />
'''Rap Critic:''' ''([[Death Glare]])'' }}
* [[Scare Chord]]: Used whenever he gives a grade of 5 out of 5 [[Broke the Rating Scale|or higher]]. When he gave a 6 out of 5 (for "No Love" by [[Eminem]] and [[Lil Wayne]]), he even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] the [[Scare Chord]] by telling it to shut up.
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** He often makes fun of his show's low production values.
** Most of his TGWTG [[Crossover]] reviews start with the other reviewer either totally failing to recognise him as a fellow contributor, or trying to weasel out of doing the review with him, or both.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Recommends [[Tech N 9 neN9ne]] in a few videos.
* [[Squick]]:
{{quote| '''Lil Wayne''': She wanna be Weezy F. babysitter/ Say she wish she cut off my dick and take it with her.<br />
Rap Critic: [["No. Just... No" Reaction|Ahhhh....]] }}
** After hearing Mack Maine's "I exchange V-Cards (virginity) with the retards" lyrics in "Every Girl" he's so grossed out he abruptly ends the review [[Sarcasm Failure|and doesn't attempt to snark at it]].
* [[Take That]]: "Oh Really" is an entire song dedicated to criticizing rappers that are "gangsta" and their over-saturation.
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: After "Hey Soul Sister"'s "So gangsta, I'm so thug", he says "Next, there's gonna be an Asian pop group who says they're gangsta too". Cut to a similar line of "Like a G6"...
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Commented on in his [[Soulja Boy]] review.
{{quote| ''All up in my face/I'm startin' to get mad''<br />
'''Rap Critic:''' ''(monotone)'' And you can really tell by how angry I sound. }}
* [[Too Much Information]]: His reaction to Drake saying "My shirt ain't got no stripes but I can make your pussy whistle, like [[The Andy Griffith Show|the Andy Griffith theme song]]!"
* [[Top Ten List]]: He does a "Top 9 Worst Rhymes of 2010". And explaining the number, he does a reverse of [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]'s explanation/[[Up to Eleven|number]].
{{quote| Why Top 9? Because I like to take it one step below, in honor to the subpar, underachieving lyrics we're about to face.}}
* [[When He Smiles]]: Has a brilliantly white smile.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Believe it or not, he's a whole two years younger than [[Film Brain]], making The Rap Critic TGWTG's youngest main contributor. The guy can easily pass for mid-twenties, early thirties.
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