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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.
Dec 13, 2021 · Our picks for the best rap songs of the year are listed alphabetically and include several tracks that also appear in our Best Songs of 2021 list. Listen to selections from this list on our...
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Apr 29, 2018 · Making a great hip hop song is one thing. But sometimes putting together one sharp verse is all you need to earn you legendary status. Not surprisingly, our list of the 100 greatest rap verses...
- 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.
- 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.
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Aug 28, 2023 · Explore the realm of lyrical hip hop music with our curated list of the 35 best lyrical rap songs, featuring our hand-picked playlist.
