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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.”
- Best Hip Hop Verse of 2021 Nominations
- “Life of The Party” – Andre 3000
- “Nobody” – Lauryn Hill
- “Off The Grid” – Fivio Foreign
- “Trips” – Maxo Kream
- “Wants & Needs” – Lil Baby
Andre 3000 is rap’s white whale, ever sought and rarely sighted. When he does grace us with a verse, it is invariably awe inspiring. In his most philosophically dense verse of the last decade, 3 Stacks pleads with the deceased Miss Donda to ask his own passed parents questions that have troubled him for quite some time. It’s a heartbreaking ruminat...
If you’re willing to slog through almost three full minutes of Nas being aggressively lame (he mansplains baguettes and calls his own song “rather esoteric”), you’ll be rewarded with a top notch verse by a war ready Ms. Lauryn Hill. Filled with quotables and latent rage, her verse proves that not all goats are equal, and that the fire that burns wi...
A Kanye West song featuring Fivio Foreign and Playboi Carti feels like a fever dream sprung from the deranged mind of a bape-wearing 12 year old Carti stan. The fact that this track even exists is a testament to the limitless malleability of the rap genre, and the fact it absolutely bangs is a testament to Fivio Foreign, who brings down a sledgeham...
As a lyricist, Maxo Kream is a stark realist. But never has he stayed closer to the action (and farther away from flowery language) than on the formidable “TRIPS.” In one long verse, Maxo recounts, in excruciating detail, the murder of his brother, Money Du. The pain in Maxo’s voice comes through in crystal clear render, grabbing the listener and p...
On March 5th, shortly following the release of Scary Hours 2, Toronto police confirmed that Drake had been brutally murdered on his own shit. In what has become the Drake haters’ favorite Drake song, Lil Baby unleashes a nuclear bomb of a verse. The first half of his verse plays like a warm up. And then on the 14th bar, we see sir Baby breathe for ...
I’m making you pay. Sippin’ Bombay when I bomb bays, Like Pearl Harbor, It’ll be a long day once I get these bombs laid. Shots sprayed at ya hombres, you getting skinned like a cat. It’s a hot day in hell so tell these pussies it’s a wrap. Get zapped, left slipping into a coma, chest twitchin’.
Sep 8, 2002 · Eminem. Track 10 on 8 Mile (Battles, Cyphers & Freestyles) Producers. DJ Head & Havoc. This final rap battle is the climactic point of the film. Papa Doc wins the coin toss and elects to “let ...
Sep 8, 2002 · This song is the first of the three rap battles that take place toward the end of 8 Mile. The battle is between Em’s character B-Rabbit, and local Detroit rapper Strike’s character,...
Dec 8, 2023 · Review all of our Hip Hop Award categories and nominees and check out our nominations for Best Rap Verse of 2023 below.
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Jun 18, 2024 · But even as if their battle was the highlight, there was a ton of great rapping across the board, featuring a vast selection of styles. From Drake to Kendrick Lamar to Chief Keef to Tierra Whack ...
