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Comparative Adjectives with Dead Prez

May 20, 2013 by Stephen Mayeux Leave a Comment

Dead Prez is a hip-hop duo from New York City, and its members are stic.man and M-1. They are known for their aggressive and confrontational style, and their lyrics focus on socialism, social justice and Pan-Africanism, which is an ideology that encourages unity of all Africans worldwide. Dead Prez is particularly critical of corporate-controlled media, and they especially despise commercialized and mainstream rap music. In “Hip-Hop” Dead Prez criticizes the music industry and the materialism of popular rap entertainers.

It’s bigger than hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip
It’s bigger than hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop

Grammar: Making Comparative Adjectives

Use comparative adjectives when you want to compare two people, places or things. Comparative adjectives describe the differences between nouns.

For most adjectives with one syllable, simply add r or er. 

  • old – older
  • fast – faster
  • late – later
  • nice – nicer
  • big – bigger
    • If the adjective ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant, then double the final consonant.

If the adjective has two syllables AND ends with ~y, then omit ‘y’ and add ~ier.

  • pretty – prettier
  • happy – happier
  • busy – busier

For most adjectives with two or more syllables, add ‘more‘ and do not add ~er.

  • modern – more modern
  • expensive – more expensive
  • beautiful – more beautiful

Some adjectives are irregular and have special comparative forms. You must memorize these special irregular adjectives.

  • good – better
  • bad – worse
  • far – farther
  • has/have + more

Using Comparative Adjectives

If you want to compare two people, places or things, use the comparative adjective and than. 

Subject + Verb + Comparative Adjective + Than + Noun

  • East coast hip-hop is better than west coast hip-hop. I enjoy east coast hip-hop more than the west coast. 
  • Lil Wayne is older than  Drake. Lil Wayne was born in 1982, and Drake was born in 1986.
  • The Notorious B.I.G. was fatter than 2Pac. 2Pac was very athletic and  fit, and the Notorious B.I.G. always wore size XL. 
  • Twista is faster than Snopp Dogg. It’s true. Snopp Dogg is a slow and chill rapper, but Twista is very fast! 
  • N.W.A. was more violent than De La Soul. N.W.A. often rapped about the violence of inner city life in Los Angeles. De La Soul did not rap about the violence of inner city life. 

 Writing Task

Below are 2Pac (left) and Biggie Smalls (right). Describe the artists using comparative adjectives. Write 3-5 sentences in the comments below! 

2pacbiggiesmalls

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