A funny thing that happens sometimes is when words — especially slang terms — get overused to the point that they lose their meaning. One recent example of this phenomenon might be the word “woke,” which has been run into the ground by conservative talking heads who constantly reveal they have no clue what it even means.
Another one might be “GOAT.” An acronym meaning “greatest of all time,” the term’s been applied to athletes and entertainers so much that some of them have apparently begun taking on the title without even understanding the acronym. In a recent interview with Lil Baby and his artist Rylo Rodriguez, the latter rapper revealed this has been the case for him, despite his using the term in one of his album titles and even pairing it with a hilarious album cover that got him roasted on Twitter at the time.
Rylo Rodriguez told Lil Baby he never knew what GOAT meant until now
Funniest rapper of all time pic.twitter.com/ezf1ldl8PM
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod (@big_business_) July 12, 2023
Appearing on the “GOAT Talk” segment for Complex, the two rappers were supposed to debate the greatest things like restaurants and female rappers. After Rylo asks Baby about the latter and he ruminates on his answer, the younger rapper’s mind is blown when he realizes what the term means. ““Damn, I ain’t even know G.O.A.T. meant greatest of all time,” he admits. “How the hell you ain’t know what G.O.A.T. means?” replies Baby.
Rodriguez explains, “I just thought you the goat … I used to always think that like, ‘What the hell’s a goat?’ Nah, I get it now. One day I was like, ‘Man, why you wanna be a goat?’”
That puts this cover into perspective:
Rylo Rodriguez dropped his debut album so let’s take a moment to appreciate his original album cover pic.twitter.com/6o4Q5cKPXC
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Naturally, Rylo is once again catching funny flak on Twitter for his faux pas, but this could turn out to be a good thing for him. After all, he did just recently release his new project Been One, which will undoubtedly get more attention as a result. Maybe this is just the GOAT album promo. You can see some more responses to Rylo and Baby’s convo below.
You can’t make this shit up …. lmao pic.twitter.com/99UPoc3XBf
— . (@LLCoolJ_Hunt) July 12, 2023
— Gerald (@gg3timez) July 12, 2023
Man just wanted to be a farm animal lmaooo https://t.co/5HoUcwwWLm
— DMV (@dmvsnkrs) July 13, 2023
AINT NO WAY he called his last album G.I.H.F (Goat In Human Form) without knowing what GOAT stood for https://t.co/YyUv7WSlrx pic.twitter.com/lCLKWoyAN5
— The Hood Therapist (@OhhMar24) July 12, 2023
that makes this album cover 10 times more ridiculous in retrospect https://t.co/5ee4hyVvj4 pic.twitter.com/KEARifhRTD
— 1.2 ⁺₊ (@OnePtTwo) July 13, 2023
When you remember this is a man from Mobile, Alabama all of your questions and concerns will disappear. https://t.co/TH4xRczqxt
— sadi (@soursadi) July 12, 2023