I did a search and didn't see a thread like this, so if there is one my bad, but it's probably been a while anyhow. What are your favorite verses, ever? For me, Inspectah Deck owns my top two. It might be kind of cliche, but his opening verse on Triumph is STILL the best verse I've ever heard in my entire life. He fucking murders it right from the start. The whole song is absolutely epic, and also features every member of the Wu and Cappa. The video is classic Wu, and this is pretty much the best song (rap) I've ever heard, too. It's flawless. Can't find the dirty version of the video though, fuck. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqrvUqp7Ok]YouTube - Wu Tang Clan - Triumph- Killer Bees[/ame] Another one of my my favorites is Deck's verse on A Better Tomorrow. Just like with Triumph, he opens the song up, and goes in immediately. There's really not much to say about this verse, it speaks for itself, and finishes so strongly... the man simply has a way with words. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1953cEcPLs]YouTube - Wu-tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow[/ame] Fucking Godly. So what are some of your favorite verses? I'll post up a few more of mine later on, but I'm curious what others have to say...
Attackin like a slick Apache lyrics are trigger happy Pullin back your wig piece just for the way your lookin at me Talk back, blaow! I hit you up right now I don't know why so many of y'all wanna be thugs anyhow Face the consequence, of your childish nonsense I could make your head explode just by my lyrical content Get you in my scope and metaphorically snipe ya I never liked ya, I gas that ass and then ignite ya The flame thrower, make your peops afraid to know ya How many times I told ya, "play your position" small soldier My heart is colder, makes me wanna resort to violence Stop beatin me in the head son, nah, I'm not buyin it I'm ready to blast, ready to surpass and harass I'm ready to flip, yeah I'm ready to get with all that cash I hold my chrome steady, with a tight grip So watch your dome already cause this one might hit Guru's 3rd verse in "Full Clip"
Yeah, he did, I almost said both but I didn't feel like saying the whole song as far as verse goes. Another amazing one... Macklemore - Otherside (2nd verse) Now he just wanted to act like them He just wanted to rap like him Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived Surprise, you know the drill Trapped in a box, declined record sales Follow the formula violence, drugs, and, sex sells So we try to sound like someone else This is not Californication There's no way to glorify this pavement Syrup, percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant Despite how Lil Wayne lives It's not conducive to being creative And I know 'cause he's my favorite And I know 'cause I was off that same mix Rationalize the shit that I'd try after I listen to dedication But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation Months later I'm in the same place No music made, feeling like a failure And trust me it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parent's basement I've seen my people's dreams die I've seen what they can be denied And "weeds not a drug" - that's denial Groundhog Day life repeat each time I've seen oxycontin take three lives I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside Cheatin' and lyin' Friendship cease, no peace in the mind Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that roach Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug and growing up nobody ever does Until your stuck, lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become Swore I was goin' to be someone And growing up everyone always does We sell our dreams and our potential To escape through that buzz Just keep me up, keep me up Hollywood here we come
AWESOME fucking choice. +rep for that. Boutta listen to it now, sadly I haven't listened to much Gang Starr lately.
Stickin with the AZ/Nas collabo: "Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide" [AZ] Now you're forced to listen I got the mind of a grad from Princeton Play your position, or soon you'll be lost and missin It's far from fiction My presence is like that of a christian With ammunition puttin states under submission Street addiction, got me tied in thorough with buroughs Still in the ghetto, but in the cut where it's mellow Incognito, on the lee-low, like Carlito Cause we know, *****z don't really want us to see doe You never know it might just be yo' time you take yo' ride to them pearly white gates, watch that suicide [Nas] Yo, in a mahogany, black scenery that was lightning and rain drops I'm tied up in the basement cocaine spot like Bangkok I'm blindfold, Vietnam type mind control this torture His accent sounds like the rarest culture Askin me, my atrophy stabbin me gradually Says his attribute, was satanic, masonic, ironic I felt reminded of my fast life ventures and winters, blinded til the flashlight enters [Nas] Scent of a rose on the graveyard for real now The stakes is up a half a mil now I tried to grab him with his shield down Four walked in, they're crazy paid up Sharp but straight up Gators from Barbados, never seen nobody play those Lay-Low's what they called him, his head baldin Sippin cappucino, spilled on his silk suits, was scaldin Laugh was vulgar, canvas paintings of the Isatollah And on his arm he wore a priceless vulture Tobacco pipe smoker, Escobar your life is over Justify the righteous nova Bullets flew out his right shoulder Corpse leavin a foul odor, The Firm Volume 1 adjourned Bring it to a closure [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwtCEtnm6g]YouTube - AZ feat. Nas Mo Money Mo Murder[/ame]
One Be Lo has a fair few of my favourites, this is Rocketship: Yo, I'm flowin now to blow the microphone out I spit the flows out, rinse the Scope mouth, no doubt Tickets sold out, black and white kids, Diff'rent Strokes house Transform you pessimists to optimists and roll out Decepticons style, Megatron, bloaw! Check the rhyme files, 007 stretch beyond bounds of the earth, moon, universe, soon to burst through Three sixty-five, prepare live, you April 1st, Fool These wannabe best rappers hold the wet bladders Need a step ladder, still couldn't reach my best status Inspector Gadget, extra baggage, I was blessed to have it (skills) You must be still guessin at it, still testin average I'm never slippin even if you peeled a fresh banana The moves I make are checks and balance like a chess fanatic You less advantage, manic depressin, impress the panic Lyrics hot enough to melt your plastic, burn your flesh to ashes (ouch) That's what you earn when you not well rehearsed Somebody gotta help preserve this art form, myself preferred Check the verse, it's like a Magic spell with words These wack emcees prolly felt it worse than a Celtic Bird
Aye cream cheese and a bagel Have a glass of milk and an ego I'm rockin pjs and no shirt I smoke weed eat yogurt Haha Enjoy the best things in your life Cuz you aint gonna get to live it twice They say you waste time asleep But I'm just tryna dream
Whole song, can't just take a couple of lines. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJ5m5Mt9JE]YouTube - Mos Def Mathematics[/ame] This one isn't as self explanatory at first, people seem to think it's about that new world order shit but i don't think so. IMO it's about american greed, world water crisis, how governments are just not doing enough in the right places, i'll post some facts pretty sickening facts too. It's also about greedy companies and lifestyles, how it's almost impossible to not take everything for granted nowadays, lots of songs by conscious artists and Mos Def make references to that in other songs, but he put that thought to something that's vital and everyone overlooks and this song really makes you think. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvQKZPb6Wo[/ame] My favorite Nas verse, so lyrical and metaphorical. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UfAzKSEFSg[/ame]
Everybody says that but i dont see it, nas has one of my favorite verses on that song. AZ gets a 9.5, Nas gets a perfect 10
Well I don't know if this qualifies since it's "rap-rock", but I always loved this line from "Settle for Nothing" - RATM: "If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face" [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuGwk0VDYYQ]YouTube - Rage Against The Machine: Settle For Nothing[/ame] Also from "How I could just kill a man" - Cypress Hill: "Say some punk try to get you for your auto, Would you call the one-time, play the role model? No, I think you play like a thug Next hear the shot of a magnum slug Hummin', comin' at cha yeah ya know I'm gonna gat ya How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been, understand where I'm coming from. When you're up on the hill, in your big home I'm out here, risking my dome. Just for a bucket, or a fast ducat just to stay alive, aiyyo I gotta say 'Fuck it'." Not that I'm "from the street" or anything but I love how it points out the hypocrisy of people and how idiotically judgmental they are. People just need to learn to have compassion on those who are in a completely different life situation. (not that I'm sanctioning murder lol) Really though, both RATM and Cypress Hill's lyrics are basically always amazing.