X Rapper's Overall Best Verses

**Frownland** · 09-05-2017, 08:10 PM

This thread is where you post the best verse out of a rapper's discography. You can define best by your own means, whether that's a definitive verse for their style or most lyrical or best delivered. One verse per artist.

Kick it off with some

Earl Sweatshirt on Danny Brown's Really Doe

He just kills it at the end of the track and saves us from Kendrick's cringy hook (Kdot's verse is good though). It's mostly in the delivery.

**Goofle** · 09-06-2017, 10:30 AM

Yeah that's his best verse, really good. Saves the track in my opinion, because it's one of the few I would consider skipping without it.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-06-2017, 12:49 PM

Can you tell us where the verse starts for the guys not familiar with these rappers.

lol at me thinking this thread was for a guy called X Rapper.

**Frownland** · 09-06-2017, 12:51 PM

It's the last verse, around 4 minutes in I think.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-06-2017, 02:32 PM

he definitely carried that song

i dunno if i can claim that as Earl's best, maybe it's cause i like just about every thing he's put out. there are a lot of contenders though...

either verse in this one tbh

first verse of Hive is still the ****

here's a track circa 2012 i believe where he goes off

LoathsomePete · 09-06-2017, 02:39 PM

I think Kno's best verse is on "Things I Dream" off Dirty Acres

Spoiler for Lyrics:

Lucem Ferre · 09-06-2017, 10:55 PM

This will be a bit too hard for me. I'll have to dive deep into a lot of lyrics.

Zhanteimi · 09-06-2017, 11:27 PM

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Lucem Ferre · 09-07-2017, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mord

As the great poet Aesop Rock puts it:

I love Aesop Rock because he always takes really boring and mundane subjects and somehow makes them extremely interesting I think that right there says a lot about his talent especially when there are so many artists that take exciting subjects and make them seem boring and redundant.

DwnWthVwls · 09-09-2017, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mord

As the great poet Aesop Rock puts it:

I've been loving his new album.. Blood Sandwich, Rings, and Shrunk in particular..

I can't decide between these 3 soo..

Shrunk - track about going to see a shrink

Quote:

She says, "I'm not your enemy."
I said, "That sounds like something that my enemy would say
Instead of playing off the chemistry."
She said, "You're being difficult."
I said, "I'm being guarded; you're a quarter mil in debt
I get more guidance from my barber
Look, I'm not good at this, I grew up in a noogie-fest
You built your walls up high
Or say goodbye to all your Cookie Puss
Here's one: every time my telephone buzzes
I see images of hooded riders setting fire to hundreds."
She said, "When you start getting all expressive and symbolic
It's impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic."
I said, "When you start getting all exact and algebraic
I'm reminded it's a racket, not a rehabilitation."
Okay, agree to disagree as grown-ups from opposing clans
Honoring the push and pull, I should have called the Scholomance
Oh well, preservation is a doozie
"Will you be needing another appointment?" – "Absolutely,"
I'm shrunk!

Rings - track about being an artist

Quote:

Used to paint
Hard to admit that I used to paint
Natural light on a human face
Stenciled fire on his roommate's bass
It was blooming addiction
Amiss in the pushing of pigment
Book like a tattooed pigskin, look
Pinhead kids of the minute
Drank Kool-Aid from a tube of acrylic
And it grew up into linseed oil over linen
Joy to the poison, voice of the resin
Capture a map of the gesture
Back up, add a little accurate fat to the figure
Redo that, move that inward
Zinc white lightning shoots from his fingers
Studio strewn with illusion and tinctures
Stay tuned for the spooky adventures
You can't imagine the stars that align
When a forearm starts foreshortening right
Or a torso hung on a warping spine
In proportion reads as warm and alive
Routine day with a dirt cheap brush
Then a week goes by and it goes untouched
Then two, then three, then a month
And the rest of your life, you beat yourself up
I left some seasons eager to fall
I left some work to bury alive
I let my means of being dissolve
I let my person curl up and die
Eating up his innards, an unfeasible anxiety
Has brutally committed to relinquishing his privacy
Aligning with the trials of the anti-Midas
Nap on the back lawn, look up in the sky, it's…

Blood Sandwich - track about stories from Aesop's childhood

Quote:

Yep
Not a part of the machine
Big brother, big idea, '90, 16
Neubaten tee, plaid flannel-laden adolescent art kid
Tony Hawk hair, Skinny Puppy denim
And a record player vomiting Alien Sex Fiend
Peel sessions in a Christian home for field testing
It's real youth in the palm of your hand
When your mom thinks Satan is involved in a band
We were buried in the Village Voice
Checking who was playing where
Pulled his head up out the paper, pushing out a single tear
Five words, like a beacon of light in the mist:
"Ministry live at the Ritz"
It was Christ has risen to Chris
3 loaves, 2 fish
Miracle of mechanized loops on 2-inch
Coming to a theater he would be there in the flesh
Moms didn't say "No," but she didn't say "Yes"
Cop tickets, ah the plot thickens
Countdown to ultimate concert experience
Ma still wary
"...and why are they called Ministry?! Are they a cult?!..."
Maybe she would properly investigate
Bought a mag with an Al Jourgensen interview
Read a couple sentences, glanced at a pic or two or three
That's all, no fair trial
Simply, "You will not be going to the show and that's final!"
What occurred next were the top of the lungs of a son who unjustly had lost what he loved
In a moment that would transcend anger to high art
Said, "This is something I am willing to die for!"
Can you even imagine a death in the fam from industrial fandom?
Anyway, no body count no concert and Chris kicked rocks in his mismatched Converse

09-05-2017, 08:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	X Rapper's Overall Best Verses This thread is where you post the best verse out of a rapper's discography. You can define best by your own means, whether that's a definitive verse for their style or most lyrical or best delivered. One verse per artist. Kick it off with some Earl Sweatshirt on Danny Brown's Really Doe He just kills it at the end of the track and saves us from Kendrick's cringy hook (Kdot's verse is good though). It's mostly in the delivery. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-06-2017, 12:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It's the last verse, around 4 minutes in I think. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-06-2017, 02:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I think Kno's best verse is on "Things I Dream" off Dirty Acres Spoiler for Lyrics: Fumblin' with sweat on my fingers, somethin' impetuous lingers Become infected with feelings so I'm electing this evil To end my life without reason cause I'm indicted for treason Closin' my eyes and I'm leakin', draggin' the knife till I'm bleedin' Cause it's the life that I'm seekin', feels only right that I'm meetin' With Jesus seeking redemption but he don't want my repentance For he who feels my intention sees that my deepest impression Is feeding me to these demons that lurk and feed on my essence The pain is deep in my chest and I keep repeatin' my blessings Ever since a meek adolescence that saw me beaten by freshmen Parents repeatedly sentenced, heroin needles on dressers They use to feed their infection, I can't repeat indescretions So I pause for reflection, long for honest affection And getting lost in the music is only soothing for stretches If you knew where my head is when I'm doing these records You'd never listen to my music again, I can't let you..... __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

09-06-2017, 11:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 02-07-2018 at 06:23 PM.

09-06-2017, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Can you tell us where the verse starts for the guys not familiar with these rappers. lol at me thinking this thread was for a guy called X Rapper.