‘Ex-Boyfriend’ found a place in his mixtape titled ‘So Hard,’ which released in 2013. Following the success of ‘Ex-Boyfriend,’ there was no looking back for this hip-hop enthusiast. He excelled in studies, graduating as a topper in his class from ‘Richmond Robins School of Business.’ Thereafter, he relocated to San Francisco, penned down rhymes, made storyboarding videos, and cut demos in the next couple of years.
Dicky was born into an upper-middle class Jewish family from Pennsylvania. He came into prominence following the release of the music video of his track ‘Ex-Boyfriend.’ The video garnered over a million views on YouTube within 24 hours of its release. “Professional Rapper” may not be one of the year’s best rap albums, but it’s arguably one of 2015’s most important.David Andrew Burd, popularly known by his stage name Lil Dicky or LD, is an American rapper and comedian. Lil Dicky, and all of his out-rap, comedy cohorts, are vital and necessary for hip-hop. That’s refreshing, and it’s something hip-hop needs more of. This guy thinks keeping it real is saving as much money as possible and having great pillow talk. It’s a perfectly palatable hip-hop album.Įven so, there’s a unique quality to Burd’s suburbanite, Jewish outsider identity that promises to build bridges: perspective. The punchlines hit more often than not, and the production work is adequate. Dicky’s flow is surprisingly nimble, and his lyrics are surprisingly clever. Don’t take this the wrong way, though Lil Dicky’s debut may be a bloated mess, but it’s an exciting, entertaining mess.Ĭritics and listeners alike have condemned Lil Dicky as “rap for people who hate rap.” I don’t doubt that David Burd appeals to this audience, but I’m not convinced of that statement’s essentialist truth. These tracks sound like B-sides that have been sequenced with the A-sides through some tragic accident. “The Antagonist” and its sequel track do absolutely nothing but pad-out the runtime. Angling as a professional rapper makes for some good comedy, but there’s nothing funny about wasting the listener’s time with unsalvageable slogs like Molly – a complete waste of Panic! At the Disco’s Brendan Urie’s guest spot doesn’t help, either. At 90 minutes, there’s just too many songs with too little quality control. The most glaring flaw in Lil Dicky’s gem is his album’s length. Even so, “Professional Rapper” doesn’t quite reach the level of the fabled “classic” rap debut due to a myriad of issues. Spitting lines as ridiculous as “only thing I got left is find a good ass wife, but yo, I gotta hit these hoes first, don’t tell mom, but in a year I’m ’a bend over Michelle Obama” may have turned off a multitude of listeners if not for the blazing, crack-shot delivery. It’s a smart tactic – likely to earn much-needed goodwill with a skeptical audience.Įlsewhere, tracks like “Bruh…” work well to showcase Burd’s flow. Here, Lil Dicky wields self-deprecation with lethal force. Choruses like “I am rap game Walter White, you might get killed thinkin’ he all polite / Get up off my dick, ho / that’s an unassuming dick, though” permeate the record. Numerous songs throughout the album are liable to split sides with clever or shocking lyrical turns. It’s clear from the first few tracks that Lil Dicky’s greatest strength comes from his punchlines. But is Burd’s transition from comedian to “professional” rapper any good? Surpassingly, it’s not bad. With “Professional Rapper,” Lil Dicky lays down his credentials with off-kilter swagger and a chart position only white privilege could explain (Lil B could never reach this level of commercial viability). Mileage may vary per person, but there’s no denying that Lil Dicky is a breath of fresh air. Basically, this is an inversion of everything we’ve come to expect from hip-hop: irreverent towards rap’s irreverence and polite in the face of scathing slams. smuggling excessive amounts of Twix and Snapple into the theater) and pillow talking. This is a guy who’s rapping about white crimes (i.e. This doesn’t seem like a genre that would provide an opening for a suburbanite Jew, but Lil Dicky isn’t here to play by the rules. “Straight Outta Compton” and “Fear of a Black Planet” probably come to mind – maybe even “Rhyme Pays.” Think of the most hardcore rap record you’ve ever heard.
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