***Best Rap Verse of All Time: Nominations***

[D104]

Saw the Kweli + Mos verses from Thieves in the Night - bizarre coincidence - I was listening to that song as I opened this thread. Great selctions from Biggie, Wu and Nas in this thread too. I was always partial to Shook Ones:

I got you stuck off the realness, we be the infamous
You heard of us
Official queensbridge murderers
The mobb comes equipped with warfare, beware
Of my crime family who got nuff shots to share
For all of those who wanna profile and pose
Rock you in your face, stab your brain wit’ your nosebone
You all alone in these streets, cousin
Every man for theirself in this land we be gunnin’
And keep them shook crews runnin’
Like they supposed to
They come around but they never come close to
I can see it inside your face
You’re in the wrong place
Cowards like you just get they’re whole body laced up
With bullet holes and such
Speak the wrong words man and you will get touched
You can put your whole army against my team and
I guarantee you it’ll be your very last time breathin’
Your simple words just don’t move me
You’re minor, we’re major
You all up in the game and don’t deserve to be a player
Don’t make me have to call your name out
Your crew is featherweight
My gunshots’ll make you levitate
I’m only nineteen but my mind is old
And when the things get for real my warm heart turns cold
Another nigga deceased, another story gets told
It ain’t nothin’ really
Hey, yo dun spark the phillie
So I can get my mind off these yellowbacked niggas
Why they still alive I don’t know, go figure
Meanwhile back in queens the realness is foundation
If I die I couldn’t choose a better location
When the slugs penetrate you feel a burning sensation
Getting closer to God in a tight situation
Now, take these words home and think it through
Or the next rhyme I write might be about you

The fact that this verse has been sampled about a 1000 times pretty much solidifies it among the best of all time.

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[JoeC]

A lot of Biggie verses have been posted but I haven't seen this one yet.

Flava In Ya Ear by Craig Mack (Remix)

Niggas is mad I get more butt than ash trays,
[censored] a fair one I get mines the fast way,
The ski mask way, nigga ransom notes,
Far from handsome, but damn a nigga tote,
[What ya' tote]
more guns than roses,
Foes is shaking in their boots, invisible bullies
Like The Gooch, Disappear...vamoose...you're wack to me,
Take them rhymes back to the factory,
I see, The gimmicks...the wack lyrics,
The [censored] is depressing...pathetic...please forget it,
You're mad cause my style you're admiring,
Don't be mad...UPS is hiring,
You shoulda been a cop...[censored] hip-hop,
With that freestyle you're bound to get shot,
Not from Houston but I rap-a-lot,
Pack the gat a lot,
The flav's bout to drop

[Georgia Avenue]

One Verse=The whole song

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All for the cash man, niggaz'll be ready to blast man...
Mad hoes 'll be quick, to give up the ass man...
Traitors, they'll be robbing your stash man...
Don't wanna end up like the last man.

If the price is right, niggaz can get trife a'ight.
They plot and they scheme, all day and all night.
And they might even get elaborate enough
to plan the illest kind of crime, f--k the average stuff.

Like this chick who was kickin it, with this baller...
Pretendin that she loved him, only really loved dollars.
Holla'd at his man so they could rendezvous...
Said to his man, "Forget him, I'm fond of you."
So after the screw, she put him down with her plan
The utmost betrayal, this nigga's down with her man.
But the sex changed everything, they conspired to snake him
Talked about the best time, and best way, they could take him.
While in bed, she told him just where her man kept his dough
She said, "Yo, tonight he's bout to cop some blow
And I know, there's at least 50 grand to show,
Bring a gat, wear a mask, and come through the window.
I'll leave it open for you, he won't never know
So run in, grab the money, later on, you and I can flow.
If we do this s--t right, he won't fight
Break out with the cash and stay your ass out of sight."

So the nigga sat back, but little did he know,
he was about to ruin his life over a silly ho.
And really though, the whole s--t went wrong--
Cause when he came through the window and pulled out it was on!
Money they was gon' rob was high on some s--t.
Dukes with the mask told him, "Run your s--t!"
He said, "f--k that s--t!" So they tussled n s--t...
Then BLAOW, the burner spit, and the chick's man got hit.
He died, his man had no loyalty, she's locked up as an accessory
His man's doin life, what a tragedy...

All for the cash man..

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[hanimal]

Eh-yo, you baby MCs drink pedialyte
While underground doesn't like you the media might
But we the elite will change that as we bridge gaps in this lyrical grudgematch, brothers we slug back

--Chali 2na

[Requin]

Biggie, One more chance off of ready to die, first verse:


When it comes to sex, I'm similar to the thriller in Manila
Honeys call me Bigga the condom filler
Whether it's stiff tongue or stiff dick
Biggie squeeze it to make shiit fit, now check this shiit
I got the pack of Rough Riders in the back of the Pathfinder
You know the ep along by James Todd Smith
I get swift with the lyrical gift
Hit you with the dick, make your kidneys shift
Here we go, here we go, but I'm not Domino
I got the funk flow to make your drawers drop slow
So recognize the dick size in these Karl Kani jeans
I'm in thirteens, know what I mean
I fuuck around and hit you with the Hennessey dick
Mess around and go blind, don't get to see shiit
The next batter, here to shatter your bladder, it doesn't matter
Skinny or fat or white-skinned or black, baby I drop
These boricua mommies screamin "Aiy papi!"
I love it when they call me Big Poppa
I only smoke blunts if they roll propa
Look, I gotcha caught up in the drunk flow
Fuuck tae kwon do, I tote da fo'-fo'
For niggaz gettin mad cause they bitch chose me
A big black motherfuucker with g ya see
All I do is separate the game from the truth
Big bang boots from the Bronx to Bolivia
Gettin Physical like Olivia Newt
Tricks suck my clique dick all day with no trivia
So gimme a hoe, a bankroll and a bag of weed
I'm guaranteed to fuuck her till her nose bleed
Even if your new man's a certified mack
You'll get that H-town in ya, you'll want that old thing back

[Low Limit Loser]

"Tha Crossroads"

[Bone]
Bone Bone Bone Bone.. Bone.. Bone.. Bone.. Bone.. Bone
Now tell me whatcha gonna do
when there ain't no where to run (tell me what)
(When judgment comes for you, when judgment comes for you)
And whatcha gonna do
when there aint no where to hide (tell me what)
When judgment comes for you (Cause it's gonna come for you)

[Bizzy]
Head south let's all bring it in for Wally, Eazy sees uncle Charlie
Little Boo, God's got him and I'm gonna miss everybody
I only roll with Bone my gang look to where they lay
When playing with destiny, plays too deep for me to say
Lil' Layzie came to me, told me if he should decease well then please
Bury me by my grand-grand and when you can, come follow me

[Layzie]
God bless you working on a plan to Heaven
Follow the Lord all 24/7 days, GOD is who we praise
even though the devil's all up in my face
But he keeping me safe and in my place, say grace
For the case to race with a chance to face the judge
And I'm guessing my soul won't budge
Grudge because there's no mercy for thugs
Oh what can I do it's all about our family and how we roll
Can I get a witness let it unfold
We living our lives to eternal our soul aye-oh-aye-oh

[Krayzie]
Prayyyyyyy, and we pray and we pray, and we pray, and we pray
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
and we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray
Still we laced, now follow me roll stroll
Whether is tell of his Heaven
Come let's go take a visit of people that's long gone
Darris, Wally, Eazy, Terry, Boo
It's steadily creeping up on the family
Exactly how many days we got lasting
While you laughin we're passing, passing away
So y'all go rest y'all souls
Cause I know I'ma meet you up at the crossroads
Y'all know y'all forever got love from them Bone Thugs baby

[Madtown]

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You hear this finger? Oh it's upside down
Here, let me turn this [censored] up right now

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Eminem, easily one of the best rap 'lyric' writers ever.

Shake That Ass

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I started to agree with you, because Eminem NAILS some of his [censored] so perfectly. Then you picked "Shake That Ass" as your example, and I wanted to punch myself in the balls.

Wait. No. I wanted to punch you in YOUR balls. Yeah, that was it.

[Dan R]

Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole
Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold
now they droppin and yellin
it's a tad bit late
Nate Dogg and Warren G had to regulate

[piiop]

ODB's two parts from Shame

Ol' Dirty Bastard, live and uncut!
Styles unbreakable, shatterproof
To the young youth, ya wanna get gun? Shoot!
BLAOW! How you like me now? Don't [censored] the style
Ruthless wild!
Do ya wanna getcha teeth knocked the [censored] out?
Wanna get on it like that, well then shout!

Yo...!
I come with that ol' loco
Style from my vocal
Couldn't peep it with a pair of bi-focals
I'm no joker! Play me as a joker
Be on you like a house on fire! Smoke ya!
Crews be actin like they gangs, anyway
Be like, "Warriors! Come out and playiyay!"
Burn me, I get into [censored], I let it out like diarrhea
Got burnt once, but that was only gonorrhea
Dirty, I keep [censored] stinks in my drawers
So I can get fzza-funky for yah
Murder, taste the flame of the Wu-Tang RAHH!
Here comes the Tiger verse Crane!
Ow, be like wild with my style
Punk! You playing me, chump, you get DUMPED
WU! Is comin THROUGH! At a theatre near YOU!
And get funk like a SHOE!
What?!

[mistermuni]

No man alive has ever witnessed struggles I've survived