Favourite Hip Hop Verse

There's no more than ten rappers who've come close to Biggie really.

errrr...
chuck d
krs 1
mos def
ll cool j
nas
mad skillz
melle mel
eric sermon
rakim
jeru
method man
aesop rock

in no particular order of course

lyricism, imagery, reference, structure, rhyme, metaphor, flow...

it's a thinker..

exuthe my lithp.

errrr...
chuck d
krs 1
mos def
ll cool j
nas
mad skillz
melle mel
eric sermon
rakim
jeru
method man
aesop rock

in no particular order of course

+10. You forgot Kool Keith.

Big L - put it on - all the verses are good but my favourite of the three...

[big l]
Aiyyo, you betta flee hobbes, or get your head flown three blocks
L keep rappers hearts pumpin like reeboks
And every year I gain clout and my name sprouts
Some brothersd still be large if the crack never came out
I got the wild style, always been a foul child
My guns go poom-poom, and yo guns go pow-pow
Im known to have a hottie open, I keep the shottie smokin
Front and get half the bones in your body broken
And when it comes to gettin nookie Im not a rookie
I got girls that make that chick toni braxton look like whoopie
I run with sturdy clicks Im never hittin dirty chicks
Got thirty-five bodies, buddy dont make it thirty-six
Step to this youre good as gone, word is bond
I leave mics torn when I put it on

with the dj soul dilla remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlJUjiaD04&eurl=http://skeetskeetmotherfucker.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded

+10. You forgot Kool Keith.

i know... but nutters don't count

lyricism, imagery, reference, structure, rhyme, metaphor, flow...

it's a thinker..

exuthe my lithp.

i like biggie but i always had a problem with his freestyling, every time i heard him freestyle it was always "first things first, big poppa freak all the honeys..."

so i thought i would google that and found this http://www.bizbag.com/Misc%20articles/Rap%20Lyrics%20Translated.htm

midnight chillin' in am pm
coolin' drinkin' apple juice is evil's B M
sounds up loud to attract attention
amour-alled tyres on a lowered suspension

It's stuck in my head.

So is..

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
What I use in the battle for the mind
I hit it hard
Like it supposed
Pullin no blows to the nose
Like Uncle L said I'm rippin up shows

and bits of this..

YouTube - Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics & Chemical Calisthenics

Alphabet Aerobics - Blackalicious

Artificial amateurs, [snip] overzealous rhyme ZEA-LOTS!....

Yup. Nice.

A link, I'm not cutting and pasting from lyric sites fuck them and their spyware.

YouTube - Souls Of Mischief - From 93 Till Infinity (Best Quality)

J5 Concrete Schoolyard for an honourable mention also.

There's some very good verse on Cut Chemists Sick Experiment... Check it out here: http://www.pearsontowers.com/mixes/cut-chemist-sick-experiment-side-a

midnight chillin' in am pm

For me, this line and how Ice T delivers it really underscores the difference between US and UK rap. If it were British it would have to be something like " It's quite late and we are realxing at Circle K"

I don't know any UK stuff. I stopped listening to Ice T, Cube, NWA kinda stuff about 15 years ago.
Some stuff sticks in my head though. That 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 verse for example is sample by a few techno tracks which is why I know that one. The Blackalicious stuff I got into more recently when I heard it on a JJJ (Aus youth radio station) compilation.

i know... but nutters don't count

What the hell you talkin' 'bout Willis?

YouTube - Dr. Octagon - Earth People

For me, this line and how Ice T delivers it really underscores the difference between US and UK rap. If it were British it would have to be something like " It's quite late and we are realxing at Circle K"

Really?

YouTube - Lowkey VS Papoose (Alphabet Assassin VS Alphabetical Slaughter)

Public Enemy - Fight the power

I used to love P.E. - when I was working in L.A once - lowly paid animator doing an even lower paid PSA (public service announcement) encouraging young black kids to read - I saw Flavor Flav literally leave the ground in his car as he came over the crest of a hill towards us (he was instantly recognisable) - some of the locals I was working with said this was not a rare thing, they had seen him steaming through the streets in his car numerous times - often with police screaming after him (no joke). I think he was involved in all sorts of drug problems back then.

+1

Yeah boooooooeeeeeeeeeey.

I don't know any UK stuff. I stopped listening to Ice T, Cube, NWA kinda stuff about 15 years ago.
Some stuff sticks in my head though. That 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 verse for example is sample by a few techno tracks which is why I know that one. The Blackalicious stuff I got into more recently when I heard it on a JJJ (Aus youth radio station) compilation.

When I lived up Kentish Town Road and NWA where around, I started one of my numerous failed bands, we were called NW5, we were very very bad.

Straight outa Kentish..

Doesn't quite have the same ring. Bit like this?

YouTube - NWA Explicit lyrics- Help da police

Straight outa Kentish..

Doesn't quite have the same ring. Bit like this?

Brilliant ! :D

searching my car, looking for the biscuit, thinking every chap is selling bits of chocolate! haha!

searching my car, looking for the biscuit, thinking every chap is selling bits of chocolate! haha!

racist, not every one into chocolate is Indian you know, you need to grow up man.

racist, not every one into chocolate is Indian you know, you need to grow up man.

Check the facts white boy.

YouTube - Bollywood LOOOVES Chocolate ^^

'and president bush is so hated, he went to iraq and got... ashoesanated'

YouTube - Skillz Wrap Up 2008

Check the facts white boy.

The Indians just say they like chocolate to keep the Pakistanis from invading, you need to brush up on your geo-politics you racialismist.

Probably the fucking deepest Hip Hop verse ever:

Glad that you're bound to return
There's something I could have learned
You're indestructible, always believe in
After the rush has gone
I hope you find a little more time
Remember we were partners in crime.

Dark, fucking dark.

Gold!

Always believe in your soul.

You want dark? Here's some pakistani dark sh*t:

YouTube - Ep irtiqa @ apnachill.com - pakistani music - songs

"You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer. That's like Malcolm X, catchin' the Jungle Fever."

YouTube - Nas - Halftime