Man1x wrote:Not trying to be a dick but why do you think "The City" is his best. Nearly everything on OD and most of Section.80 is better IMO. It's a good verse though, but what makes it stand out to you? (I don't want this to come off wrong, not being hostile at all. I'm just wondering.)
I probably used the wrong word. Its my favorite not his greatest. Well there are verses with emotion (The Heart part 2) or straight spitting thats crazy (Rigarmortis) or great social commentary (Ronald Regan era) but the FLOW on this record is absolutely banana. It reminds me of Eminem's verse in Haile's song- the track itself is good and everything is dope until he just GOES, on a tangent like he forgot the beat was there, like the artist is speaking to themselves, enjoying the complexity of their own wordplay. Its that other-worldly FEEL of the track that elevates it for me. Just look at the video with his hands moving and the intent in his eyes and the energy leaps of the page. Its the type of verse that makes you stand-up and make a fist pump when its just acapella!! lol
The lyrics dont hurt either. The boxing wordplay was dope. So was the intricacy of the Hook (which is also part of the verse). It address a topic which has been beat down to death yet in such a refreshingly great way that when you almost go "oh, another line about haters" he says words that make you confused and unsure anymore.
ridicule my fight, give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write,
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Plus, i love it when i hear kendrick and actually KNOW what he is saying without having to google every line. When i heard Power Circle i only understood a few of the lines but this part
Reminiscing when the LA Raiders
Was in my home, snapback fitted on my uncle's dome
And I don't condone dickriding, I'm addicted to
Westsiding, living in a city where the skinny niggas die
And the semi bullets fly, but it turn me to a lion
Trying
its CLEAR english but it makes you rewind again and again and again. Not because you want to know what he says but BECAUSE you know and you fucking love it. This verse is just
Like i said, even when Lose yourself or Stan might be eminem's greatest or fan favourite, its verses like the No Love or Haile's Song verse that make you wait for the verse WHILE the song is playing that i particularly enjoy.