Verse of the year nominees, agree-disagree ?

[Rattle1]

These verses are often the most talked about verses right now when talking about the best rap verse of the year.

Lupe Fiasco - Poor decisions
Joe Budden - Control
Kendrick Lamar - Nosetalgia
Pusha-T - Nosetalgia
Big Krit - 1train
Nas - Let Nas down
J. Cole - Lit


Honorable Mentions:
Common - Swith Up
Yelawolf - 1Train
Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe Remix (2nd verse)
Black Thought - Birds Eye View
Tyler - Rusty
Drake - Versace
Action Bronson - Red Dot Music


Lupe Fiasco - Poor decisions: We’ve all watched the transformation of Lupe Fiasco‘s career over the years and I’m sure we can all agree that one thing is still intact. His lyrics !
Double Entendres, wordplays, rhymes,.. Lupe catches two bodies on "Poor Decisions" and delivers what is in my opinion the best rap verse of 2013. Every single word means something and his flow is absolutely nuts in the middle of his verse.

Joe Budden - Control: Joey didn’t just send shots to Kendrick. Trinidad Jame$, A$AP Rocky, Jay Electronica and Meek Mill also caught some of that ether Joe was spitting. I'm not big on Joe but I'd say that it was the best response to Kendrick - Control pt 1

Kendrick Lamar & Pusha T - Nosetalgia: From what I have seen on different hip hop forums & blogs, most people give Kendrick the edge for Nostalgia because of his bars but I value delivery very high and Pusha came hard, I feel like you can't argue the merits of Kendrick without bringing up Pusha-T, and vice-versa. Storytelling, wordplays, double entendres, Kendrick's lyrics are on some illmatic level and oh lawwd, does Pusha-T have the best delivery in Hip hop ?

Big Krit - 1train: 1 Train featured seven of the best rappers in the game right now and Krit managed to stand out, from his verse to the energy on the track. Everybody else was acting like it was a practice run. He surely impressed anyone who was sleeping on him with that vicious verse on A$AP Rocky's song.

Nas - Let Nas down: In case you forgot, Nas is still one of the dopest MCs around and he flexes his muscle here to remind you. How can it not be a contender for best verse of the year ? Nas at this point can do it at will. I like the kinda-subliminal at Jay that he clears up a few bars later

J. Cole - Lit: J. Cole literally paints pictures of success and pain with his lyrics. If this verse doesn’t touch you in some way, shape, or form, you should’ve been an extra in World War Z.

I ain't big on rappers like Tech N9ne, Watsky or Earl and I haven't listened to Yela's recent songs so feel free to contribute

[Solace]

I'm really never going to understand the hype behind Drake's Versace verse.

[Notalius]

I'm really never going to understand the hype behind Drake's Versace verse.

the one were he featured the migos ?

[King Lance]

I expected a struggle thread but this is actually a pretty good post

we can easily mention other verses but the list is solid imo

[SliK]

Kendrick's control verse obviously.

[Snakebeast]

Kendrick's control verse obviously.

This and Kendrick's verse on Fragile. Seriously, that shit is pretty fucking awesome.

And at least one of Em's Survival verses. I thought they were pretty fucking awesome. I'm probably the only one with that opinion, doe.

[King Lance]

Also Lupe Fiasco on animal pharm... that shit looks beautiful on the paper

[Elision]

i'm going to assume op's list is trollin and move along.

[FixIt]

I don't see the hype behind versace but all the other verses are

And fuck the honorable mention contenders, all of them could end up being #1

[slimshadylappin]

I think Kendrick's control verse is overrated but it is still dope as fuck and the best verse of the year.

Lupe's on Poor Decisions is a distant second.

[HonestFan]

Most of those verses are very average. The best verse on that list is Joe Budden Control verse. Nothing but quotables that casual hip hop fans won't understand.

[fifflaren]

List is solid but Rhyme Room is missing

As far as I'm concerned, the list goes like this..

1. Lupe - Poor Decisions
2. Kendrick - Nosetalgia
3. Big Krit - 1 Train
4. Yelawolf - Rhyme Room (missing)
5. Los - Control (missing)
6. Kendrick - BDKMV remix
7. Earl Sweatshirt - Sasquatch (missing)
8. Ab-Soul - Smoke Again (missing)
9. Budden - Control
10. Black Thought - Birds Eye View

versace < 5 am and 2. & 3. are about even

Nas was dope on Let Nas Down but A lot of his lines were filled with random words tbh

[Snakebeast]

^I wouldn't put Big KRIT's 1 Train verse above Yela's or above his Rhyme Room verse, but good list.

[Eedee]

I ain't big on rappers like Watsky

Shame. He's dope as hell.

[Elision]

fuckin, every rittz verse this year has been better than almost everything listed above. are we judging by skill or how big of an impact said verse had? because you people can't be serious.

edit: and why no mention of tech and snow's verses on so dope?