Lyrical Miracle

A pejorative for rap lyrics that are super lame and corny but delivered with a sense of extreme confidence. Rappers who practice Lyrical Miracle songwriting often try to rap really fast and jump from topic to topic in their songs. As a result, many Lyrical Miracle artists often use a lot of words without actually saying anything.

Lyrical Miracle-style music is often associated with rappers and rap fans who are mentally stuck in the 90s or early 2000s and decry contemporary genre styles (such as trap, "mumble" rap or emo rap) as being "meaningless mainstream garbage" and not "real hip-hop". The irony of this is that the music they hold up as the genre's eternal gold-standard is usually jam packed with self-masterbation, complaints about "critics who just don't understand" the rapper's discography, and lame attempts at wordplay.

The term originates from the 2014 video "Bad Internet Rappers" by YouTuber Filthy Frank, in which comedian/musician George Miller/Joji makes fun of amateur rappers who create this type of song.

person 1: Hey did you hear the new Eminem single?

person 2: Lol nah, Eminem's been making Lyrical Miracle shit for what seems like forever. All his recent songs are just him angrily saying really lame puns without even a hint of self-awareness and complaining about people not liking the other albums where he's done this shit

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