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- “I start to think, and then I sink. Into the paper like I was ink. When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between the lines. I escape when I finish the rhyme.” Rakim – ‘I Know You Got Soul’
- “Brain cells are lit. Ideas start to hit. Next the formation of words that fit. At the table I sit, making it legit. And when my pen hits the paper.” Big Daddy Kane – ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’‘
- “If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?” Kendrick Lamar – ‘Poetic Justice’
- “If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be. Lyrically, Talib Kweli. Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense. But I did 5 mill’ – I ain’t been rhyming like Common since.”
- Nas - "N.Y. State of Mind" "I never sleep ’cause sleep is the cousin of death" To be fair, Nas wasn't the originator of this idea. Sleep as Death's brother dates back to Homer's Iliad, but Nas recontextualized the idea in such a menacing, streetwise manner, it has become a mainstay in the hip-hop canon.
- Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul" "I start to think, and then I sink / Into the paper like I was ink / When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines / I escape when I finish the rhyme."
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Message" "Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head / It's like a jungle.
- 2Pac - "Dear Mama" "And even as a crack fiend, mama / You always was a black queen, mama." When "Dear Mama" was inducted into the Library of Congress, Tupac's mother reacted by saying this: "It is a song that spoke not just to me, but every mother that has been in that situation, and there have been millions of us.
Mar 25, 2024 · All the way through to Slick Rick’s classic stories, Nas and Raekwon spittin’ gems, and don’t forget Inspectah Deck kicking off Wu-Tang’s “Triumph” with a bang. This countdown is where hip hop legends live, here are the 100 best rap verses of all time. 1. Inspectah Deck on “Triumph” (Verse 1)
- Artist: Lauryn Hill.
- From: Fugees' "Ready or Not" (Verse 2) Lauryn Hill might be the most underrated rap artist of all time for the simple fact that she belongs in your top 10 and the only reason she isn't there is because she's a woman.
- Artist: Jay-Z.
- From: DJ Khaled's "I Got Keys" (Verse 2) There really isn't much to add here. If you thought Jay-Z could never top his Beyonce-centric line "Got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain," you were be wrong.
- Twitter: @harryallen. Allen is a hip-hop activist and “media assassin” who publishes the blog Media Assassin at harryallen.info. He writes about race, politics and culture, and has been doing so for more than 25 years.
- ARTIST: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. SONG: “Superappin’” (1979) LYRICS: “Italian, Caucasian, Japanese, Spanish, Indian, Negro, Vietnamese. MCs, disc jockeys,
- ARTIST Brother J, X Clan. SONG: “Heed the Word of the Brother” (1990) LYRIC: “Funk is a force I exert …"
- ARTIST: Chuck D, Public Enemy. SONG: “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” (1990) LYRICS: “In 1995, you'll twist to this. As you raise your fist to the music. United we stand, yes, divided we fall.
Feb 21, 2013 · "Have you ever met a girl that you tried to date?/But a year to make love she wanted you to wait?" - Biz Markie. Image via Complex Original. Song: "Just a Friend" (1989) Album: The Biz Never Sleeps...
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Apr 22, 2013 · These are The 30 Most Lyrical Rap Songs of the Past 5 Years. Listen to Complex's Most Lyrical Rap Songs playlists here: YouTube / Spotify / Rdio. RELATED: 25 Rap Albums From the Past Decade That ...
