The greatest verses in hip hop history

[Raksas]

I'm interested in what your choices would be. I'm gonna start with Bun B's verse in Murder:



He's the second rapper if you don't know. Probably in my top 3 hip hop albums too. Ridin Dirty is a classic

 

[Winter-John]

I think P E's Fight The Power is one of the best rap songs of all time

"Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Motherfuck him and John Wayne
Cause I'm Black and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
Sample a look back you look and find
Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Don't worry be happy
Was a number one jam
Damn if I say it you can slap me right here
Power to the people no delay"

This verse from Liquid Swords is another favorite

Fake s get flipped
In mic fights I swing swords and cut clowns
Shit is too swift to bite you record and write it down
I flow like the blood on a murder scene, like a syringe
On some wild out shit, to insert a fiend
But it was your op to shop stolen art
Catch a swollen heart from not rolling smart
I put mad pressure, on phony wack rhymes that get hurt
Shit's played like zodiac signs on sweatshirts
That's minimum, and feminine like sandals
My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt
With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts
That attack, the mic-fones like cyclones or typhoon
I represent from midnight to high noon
I don't waste ink, , I think
I drop megaton bombs more faster than you blink
Cause rhyme thoughts travel at a tremendous speed
Clouds of smoke, of natural blends of weed
Only under one circumstance that's if I'm blunted
Turn that shit up, my Clan in the front want it

 

[bootsy]

 

[BFoe]

 

[Suriname Muay Thai]

Pff tough one...I am big pac fan, and IMHO some of his verses read like poems.

But I think every hip-hop mogul at some point dropped golden bars, that's why they're on top. I mean damn, Biggie Em Jigga Redman, newer rappers like Big Sean Drake ...some many great verses been dropped ..Guru pops in my mind..

But if you put a gun to my head and force me to choose just one, then I'll have to go with lil Wayne on Family fued. He killed it . (this is my opinion on this particular moment, might change any given day)

Wayne's verse ( loooong read)

Spoiler

I could care less 'bout your squad
I don't connect when I'm flyin'
I'm on a jet and it's mine
I just hope the weather is fine
I took the jet to Dubai
I took the jet to Milan
I took the jet way to Africa, shout out my Akon
Your bitch sweatin' my squad
Please get the sweat out her eye
I put the dick in her spine
I fucked the bitch in her prime
Don't get my credit declined
Give all the credit to Moms
I flipped the bird at the Bird; hey, what's for dinner? Popeyes
These chickens got bird flu
And they chirp, chirp too
Always sung, never flew
These boys hot girls too
If money grow on trees, I climb and rest in that bitch
Build a treehouse and knock the bird nest out that bitch
Stuck my neck out and shit
Then got the heck out that shit
And when I did, I took the special effect out of that shit
Tunechi F 'round this bitch
The best thing left 'round this bitch
All you s some bitches, I feel like Hef 'round this bitch
You call her Stephanie, I call her Steph 'round this bitch
Now back to whippin' the baby on some step mama shit
I come direct with my shit
I come correct with my shit
A blank check on your face, put some respect on my shit
Branches startin' to shake
Here comes the leaves, get the rake
I want my piece of the cake
It should be sweeter than cake
Here come the leaves, get the rake
And we ain't leavin' the rake
We made the cleanest escape
Although I bleeped in your face
You playin' with the right one today
Your flag is a white one today
You wearin' them tight ones today
Check me a right one today
You playin' with fire today
The Angel and Lion are greats
Oh my God, lightning strikin' twice in this place
Should we make a wish or should we make it right in this place?
All this motherfuckin' beef, I need some rice on this plate
Talked to your wifey today
She feelin' triflin' she say
Talked to the sniper, he say
He aimin' at diapers today
Pick you off like pickin' peppers, Peter Piper today
So tell your squad I say "BLAOW" like Spice 1 would say
It's Mortal Kombat tonight, it's Street Fighter today
I'm Major Bison, Drizzy lit like Raiden light up the place
You see blue face hundreds 'til you white in the face
Oh my God, it feel like I done life in this place
But swear to God, I got money doin' life in my safe
Put on the gloves like MJ, go from OG to OJ
I make you pay attention then rip your receipt in your face
This for Cita and Nae
This for my people and bae
I got three sons of a gun, them s keep me on safe
Hol' up, I am the black god to the church
I am the fat boy to dessert
I am the landlord to the first
Got two bangers, one of them go "bada boom"
One of them go "bada bing"
I taught these hoes how to love, I taught these boys how to lean
I'm high in the sky and I twinkle
The eyes don't lie 'til you blink 'em
Keep the iron for the wrinkles
The mansion came with the sprinklers
I want Arabian wealth
You snakes come make me a belt
Yeah, you know life is a movie, you s playin' yourselves

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[Suriname Muay Thai]

Also wondering; do you guys think it would be possible to drop the "greatest" verse on the wackest beat??

Or is this somehow always related ?

 

[TribalDrumz]

RA the Rugged Mans verse

 

[Raksas]

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

RA the Rugged Mans verse

Hands down. The GOAT verse.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

one of my favorites, and about as deep as a drug selling verse can be:

It shames me to no end,
To feed poison to those who could very well be my kin
But where there's demand, someone will supply
So I feed them their needs at the same time cry
Yes it pains me to see them need this
All of them lost souls and I'm their Jesus
Deepest regret and sympathy to the street
I see them pay for they fix when they kids couldn't eat (so sorry)
And with this in mind, I still didn't quit
And that's how I know, that I aint shit (I aint shit)
My heart bleed but that's aside from the fact,
I live from my kids and theirs and them youngins after that

Malice from the Clipse, I'm Not You

 

[Satanical Eve]

Inspectah Deck on Wu-Tang Clan’s “Triumph”
"I bomb atomically Socrates' philosophies/And hypothesis can't define how I be dropping these/Mockeries lyrically perform armed robbery"

 

[INTERL0PER]

RA the Rugged Mans verse

Well... That was dope as fuck.

 

[INTERL0PER]

<{monica}>

I'm gonna leave this here, like I do in every hip hop thread, because its still one of the greatest things I've ever heard. Its not really in the spirit of the thread, but you could argue it is one ten minute verse.

 

[Simian Raticus]

Timestamped.

 

[TribalDrumz]

Not sure how this wasn't posted. Cappadonnas verse Easily top 5 verses ever. the guy just keeps going with bars it's insane.I've known every single word since high school.

 

[TribalDrumz]

RIP BIG PUN

I rub your face off the Earth and curse your family children
Like Amityville drill the nerves in your cavity filling
Insanity’s building a pavilion in my civilian
The cannon be the anarchy that humanity’s dealing
A villain without remorse, who’s willing to out your boss
Forever and take all the cheddar like child support

Kool G Rap was the father that inspired Pun... So fucking sick

 

[XNYHCX]

one of my favorites, and about as deep as a drug selling verse can be:

It shames me to no end,
To feed poison to those who could very well be my kin
But where there's demand, someone will supply
So I feed them their needs at the same time cry
Yes it pains me to see them need this
All of them lost souls and I'm their Jesus
Deepest regret and sympathy to the street
I see them pay for they fix when they kids couldn't eat (so sorry)
And with this in mind, I still didn't quit
And that's how I know, that I aint shit (I aint shit)
My heart bleed but that's aside from the fact,
I live from my kids and theirs and them youngins after that

Malice from the Clipse, I'm Not You

Makes me think of

 

[puppybird]

The verse that started it all

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I think P E's Fight The Power is one of the best rap songs of all time

"Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Motherfuck him and John Wayne
Cause I'm Black and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
Sample a look back you look and find
Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Don't worry be happy
Was a number one jam
Damn if I say it you can slap me right here
Power to the people no delay"

This verse from Liquid Swords is another favorite

Fake s get flipped
In mic fights I swing swords and cut clowns
Shit is too swift to bite you record and write it down
I flow like the blood on a murder scene, like a syringe
On some wild out shit, to insert a fiend
But it was your op to shop stolen art
Catch a swollen heart from not rolling smart
I put mad pressure, on phony wack rhymes that get hurt
Shit's played like zodiac signs on sweatshirts
That's minimum, and feminine like sandals
My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt
With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts
That attack, the mic-fones like cyclones or typhoon
I represent from midnight to high noon
I don't waste ink, , I think
I drop megaton bombs more faster than you blink
Cause rhyme thoughts travel at a tremendous speed
Clouds of smoke, of natural blends of weed
Only under one circumstance that's if I'm blunted
Turn that shit up, my Clan in the front want it

Represent.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

I'll chill like Pacino, kill like DeNiro
Black Gambino, die like a hero