Best Lyricists of all time ?

King Diamond of course.Nevlim

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Gotta love some ol' King Diamond. Not sure about the lyrics mind you...

Kid Cudi

Lupe Fiasco

K-Os

I like Tom Delonge a lot, but that's primarily because his lyrics remind me of my brother.

I also like Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain a lot.

Lennon and McCartney are always good too.

Ronnie James Dio

McCartney/Lennon and Steven Tyler.

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Definitely Elliott Smith

Kurt Cobain, he communicated his ideas in a really good way, and poured his heart into everything he wrote

Kanye West is a lyrical wordsmith.

Michael Stipe from R.E.M. because of his extremely abstract artistic lyrics that can be interpreted in many ways.

Roger Waters from Pink Floyd and Joe Strummer from The Clash for expressing their ideas without being painfully obvious.

Bob Dylan for obvious reasons.

The best lyricist of all time is Maynard James Keenam. Anyone who says otherwise has the intellect of 4 year old..

Kanye West is a lyrical wordsmith.

EVOLV3

True, but he's also an egomaniac.

Tupac Amaru Shakur

This is tough, there are so many good choices.

1. Frank zappa- I love how bizzare yet oddly compelling his lyrics are,

2. Leonard Cohen

3. Ray Davies

4. Nick Cave

5. Lou reed

6. Cat stevens

7. Richy Edwards

8. Tom Waits

9. Peter Gabriel

10. John Darnielle

11. Roger waters

12. Neil hannon

13. Aesop rock

14. Saul Williams

15. Paul Simon

16. Neil young

17. Stuart murdoch

18. Ian Anderson

19. Warren zevon

20. Bob dylan

21. Jarvis cocker

22. Pete townshend

23. Ian curtis

24. Peter hammill

25. Nick Drake