SX80 Best Verse : Kanye West

Started by Big Dangerous, Apr 24, 2018, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Big Dangerous
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    Apr 24, 2018
    So this is a series that's been done on r/HipHopHeads for awhile and I thought it would be fun to start one here on sxn80. Basically every week (or every few days), I'll post an artist w/ a short writeup.

    Everyone will post what they believe that artists' best verse is. It can be on their own song, a feature, a leak or unreleased cut. Does not matter. If the artist has more than one verse on the song, specify WHICH VERSE (verse 1, 2, 3, etc). Please try and make your vote your FIRST POST in the thread and don't change your mind so I can accurately keep track of your vote. The thread will also serve as discussion for that artist and their verse where one can critique and debate the opinion of others.

    EXPLICTLY SAY "SONG TITLE - VERSE #"

    I will then tally up the votes and announce it in my next thread-- which will introduce a new artist and start another discussion-- and so on and so forth.

    The artists will be varied and usually random but may be topical. I will incorporate old and new artists. PM me who you would like to see added to the pool of artists for the future.

    first up...

    Kanye West
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    Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/;[3] born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur.

    Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West briefly attended art school before becoming known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing hit singles for artists such as Jay-Zand Alicia Keys. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label GOOD Music. He went on to pursue a variety of styles on subsequent albums Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and 808s & Heartbreak (2008). In 2010, he released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to rave reviews from critics, and the following year he released the collaborative album Watch the Throne with Jay-Z. West released his abrasive sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. His seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016.

    West's outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media, and in other public settings. His more scrutinized comments include his off-script denunciation of President George W. Bush during a live 2005 television broadcast for Hurricane Katrina relief and his interruption of singer Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. West's ventures as a fashion designer include collaborations with Nike, Louis Vuitton, and A.P.C. on both clothing and footwear, and have most prominently resulted in the YEEZY collaboration with Adidas beginning in 2013. He is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. His 2014 marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian has also been subject to widespread media coverage.

    West is among the most acclaimed rappers of the 21st century,[4][5][6] and is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide.[7][8] He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time and the most Grammy-awarded artist to have debuted in the 21st century.[9] Three of his albums have been included and ranked on Rolling Stone's 2012 update of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. He has also been included in a number of Forbes annual lists.[10] Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015.



    What's his best verse?
     
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  2. Big Dangerous
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  3. TimmyT
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    TimmyT The Bride

    Apr 24, 2018
    I get down for my grandfather who took my momma
    Made her sit that seat where white folks ain't want us to eat
    At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit in
    With that in my blood I was born to be different
    Now n----s can't make it to ballots to choose leadership
    But we can make it to Jacob and to the dealership
    That's why I hear new music
    And I just don't be feeling it
    Racism still alive they just be concealing it
    But I know they don't want me in the d--- club
    They even made me show I.D. to get inside of Sam's club
    I did dirt and went to church to get my hands scrubbed
    Swear I've been baptised at least 3 or 4 times
    But in the land where n----s praise
    Yukons and getting paid
    It gon' take a lot more than coupons to get us saved
    Like it take a lot more than do-rags to get your waves
    Nothing sadder than that day my girl father passed away
    So I promised to Mr Rany I'm gonna marry your daughter
    And you know I gotta thank you for they way that she was brought up
    And I know that you were smiling when you see that car I bought her
    And you sent tears from heaven when you seen my car get balled up
    But I can't complain what the accident did to my Left Eye
    'cause look what an accident did to Left Eye
    First Aaliyah and now Romeo must die
    I know I got angels watching me from the other side

    Never Let Me Down :emoji_heart:
     
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    One of the most underrated Kanye songs imo
     
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  5. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Apr 24, 2018
    3rd verse of Everything I Am is up there
     
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  6. Krabby Patty
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    Kanye West- Gorgeous *Verse 3*
    Kanye West- No More Parties In L.A *Verse*
    Rihanna- Diamonds Remix *Feature Verse*
    Kanye West- Never Let Me Down *Verse*
    Kanye West- Roses *Verse 1*

    Those are my top 5 favorite Ye verses
     
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  7. Big Dangerous
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    Okay guys but I need your vote for best verse for the sake of counting
     
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  8. Krabby Patty
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    My vote is for Gorgeous Verse 3
     
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  9. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Apr 24, 2018
    New slaves last verse
     
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  10. Boos
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    Apr 24, 2018
    Run This Town
     
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  11. Boos
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    Apr 24, 2018
    Bonus: that alternative verse on Power he performed on SNL instead of being a savage and doing the f--- SNL verse
     
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  12. Pgill2016
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    Apr 24, 2018
    Gorgeous verse 3
     
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  13. Loyalty
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Apr 24, 2018
    Gone, last verse (I was going to say Kanye's second verse but I guess this is considered verse 3 according to Genius, and verse 5 overall)

    [Verse 5: Kanye West]
    Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh uh uh onnn, uh uh-uh onnn
    Uh-uh onnn, uh uh-uh

    I'm ahead of my time, sometimes years out
    So the powers that be won't let me get my ideas out
    And that make me wanna get my advance out
    And move to Oklahoma and just live at my aunt's house

    Yeah, I romance the thought of leaving it all behind
    Kanye step away from the lime
    Light like when I was on the grind
    In the 1-9-9-9

    Before model chicks was bending over
    Or dealerships asked me "Benz or Rover?"
    Man, if I could just get one beat on Hova
    We could get up off this cheap-a--- sofa

    What the summer of the Chi got to offer an eighteen-year-old?
    Sell drugs or get a job, you gotta play your role
    My dog worked at Taco Bell, hooked us up plural
    Fired a week later, the manager count the churros
    Sometimes I can't believe it when I look up in the mirro'
    How we out in Europe, spending Euros
    They claim you never know what you got 'til it's gone
    I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on

    I'ma open up a store for aspiring MCs
    Won't sell 'em no dream, but the inspiration is free

    But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
    You'll sell everything including the mannequin
    They got a new b----, now you Jennifer Aniston
    Hold on I'll handle it, don't start panickin', stay calm
    Shorties at the door cause they need more
    Inspiration for they life, they souls, and they songs
    They said, "Sorry, Mr. West is gone"
     
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  14. Groovy Tony
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    Apr 24, 2018
    3rd verse of Everything I Am
     
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  15. Johnny Guitar
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    Apr 24, 2018
    I really love his verse on New God Flow tbh.
     
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  16. Vahn
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    Vahn butterfly jewels beauty

    Apr 24, 2018
     
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  17. Lil Squeed
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    Apr 24, 2018
    Diamonds from Sierra Leone - Verse 1
     
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  18. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Apr 24, 2018
    b---- IM BACK OUT MY COMA
     
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  19. Evad
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    Evad Balls

    Apr 24, 2018
     
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  20. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Apr 24, 2018
    My vote is Power - Verse #2

    Everyone mentioned great ones but I always loved his feature on Keri Hilson's Knock Me Down
    Tell me now can you make it past your Caspers?
    So we can finally fly off into NASA
    You was always the cheerleader of my dreams
    And seemed to only take the head of football teams
    And I was the class clown that always kept you laughin'
    We were never meant to be baby, we just happened
    So please don't mess up the trick
    Hey young world I'm the new Slick Rick
    They say I move to quick but we can't let this moment pass us
    Let the hour glass pass right into ashes
    Let the wind blow the ash right before my glasses
    So I wrote this love letter right before my classes
    How could a goddess ask someone that's only average for advice
    OMG you listen to that b----? Whoa it's me, baby, this is tragic
    'Cause we had it we was magic, I was flyin', now I'm crashin'
    This is bad, real bad Michael Jackson
    Now I'm mad, real mad Joe Jackson
    You should leave your boyfriend now, I'ma ask 'em
     
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