Good Cop : Listen, of course Lil Peep is not a better rapper than DMX, or even close to being on the same level as DMX, or even close to being anywhere even in the same solar system as DMX. Surely you’re not about to compare Lil Peep, whose new album is mostly him just droning on aimlessly, to DMX, who was legit the honest-to-goodness best rapper on planet Earth in 1998. Surely you’re not about to compare Lil Peep, who rhymes words like sad and mad together, with DMX, who wrote “Crime Story,” a grade-A, 100 percent classic, expert master class in rapping. Surely you’re not about to compare Lil Peep, whose name is Lil Peep and who has a “Crybaby” tattoo on his face, to DMX, who one time after he’d had his jaw wired shut because it got broken when some guys jumped him, rapped with so much ferocity for Lyor Cohen in hopes of securing a record contract that he literally broke some of the wires open. Good Cop : You know what I’m reminded of? I’m reminded of when I was, I think, 17 years old and DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot had just come out. It just means closing my fingers in a car door is a sucky thing. That doesn’t mean closing my fingers in a car door is secretly good. You don’t understand him.īad Cop : I’m also not used to closing my fingers in a car door. Good Cop : Lil Peep is absolutely good, though maybe not for any of the reas-īad Cop : Let me stop you right there, because he’s absolutely terrible. Good Cop is arguing in favor of Lil Peep’s legitimacy. This is a Good Cop/Bad Cop argument for whether or not he’s a good rapper (or if he’s even a rapper at all). Lil Peep, a person who mushes together emo rock and rap as fully as anyone ever has, recently released his first proper album, Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt.
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