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Top 100 Rap Verses of All-Time?

Started by King Tadpole, Sep 3, 2017, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. King Tadpole
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    Sep 3, 2017
    I'm trying to compile a massive list of the top 100 rap verses of all time and I want your feedback.

    Criteria:
    1. Flow, lyrics, delivery, message, storytelling, personality and voice are the main factors.
    2. The artist needs to have had at least some kind of mainstream success or familiarity.
    3. No one artist can have more than 5 verses on the list (even more than 3 is a point of reluctance).
    Candidates: (There are not necessarily going to be the top picks of the list, but rather just ones that may make it to the list)
    • Victory (v1) - Notorious BIG
    • B.O.B. - Andre 3000
    • Hellrazor (v2) - Tupac Shakur
    • 99 Problems (v2) - Jay-Z
    • Winter Warz - Cappadonna
    • Fast Money - Big Pun
    • 5AM in Toronto - Drake
    • Lose Yourself (v3) - Eminem
    • One Mic (v2) - Nas
    • Triumph - Inspectah Deck
    • Juicy - Notorious BIG
    • Capital Punishment (v2) - Big Pun
    • Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix) - Jay-z
    • C.R.E.A.M. - Inspectah Deck
    • Dream Shatterer (v1) - Big Pun
     
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    came to say Andre on BOB, op made me proud
     
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    Jay Z - Grammy Family Freestyle
     
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    Rakim on The Watcher 2
     
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    "Imma die with my eyes open"
     
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    rabbit run
     
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    Nas Verbal Intercourse
     
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    Nas - NY State of Mind V1
    AZ - Life's A b----
    MF DOOM - Beef Rap V3
     
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    joey bad's second verse on hardknock

     
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    - Lil Waynes Verse on No Love
    - Kanye Wests 5th Verse on Gone
    - Chances Verse on Ultralight Beams
    - Kendricks 4th Verse on m.A.A.d. City
     
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    MF DOOM Figaro V1
    MF DOOM That's That V1
     
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    Andre 3000 Aquemini V4
     
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    Verses are hard to say because seeing single verses as standalone pieces can take the essence out of them. Third verse of Till I Collapse and third verse of The Blacker The Berry are some of the greatest to me, but I can't think of a rank.
     
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    Lets not forget Kon Karne
     
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