Best Verses in Rap History

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Name of the dopest rap verses in history...

You can judge a verse by its rhyming complexity, content matter, or story-telling ability, or if it's really dope, all three of them.

Nas's verse on Verbal Intercourse is just plain fire. Anyone else got some?

[slimsoxshady]

Em's first verse in Renegade
Tech N9ne's second verse in This Is Me

those two always stood out to me, can't think of anything else right now

[Noeezy]

should post the lyrics too just in case somebody hasn't heard it

Big Pun - Superlyrical

Ay-yo my murderous rap verbal attack is actual fact
Tactical tracks match perfectly with graphical stats
Half a you lack the magical dap of tragical rap
That tackles you back and shackles and laughs at you
That's...the mathematical madness I'm on, the savage, the strong
The marriage, a bond of havoc and song
This massacre's on as if Picasso laced you
There's lotsa hateful skeletons locked
in the closet of my castle of Grayskull
I'm possum at grade school, that's why I have to debate you
My raps are like Capel, slashin' your face, you
That's how a master degrades you
I'm battlin' Jesus (hay-soos) if he passes through my label
I'm snatchin' his halo
God I pray that you send my father back as an angel
Language is fatal and it's hypnotizin'
I'm only emphasizin', I'm still all about business and enterprisin'
I'm super lyrical, a brain boosts the chemicals
That's used contenicals inside of my mental projectable

Reality check by Binary Star

One.Be.Lo
This is how I represent I rock the mic 110 percent
it's intimate, I keeps the party moving like a imigrant
Binary Star, superstar its no coincidence
Every verse is intricate, this ain't a circus in a tent
We don't get down like them clowns and the kids
I'm use to being indegent, who said its all about the Benjamin's?
I wanna fortune, I wanna make music and hit the lottery
Fortunately my music is never watery
that's how its gotta be, as far as I can see
Maybe you should grab a telescope to see my veiw its like astronomy
It ain't all about economy
so the fact that these wack emcees is making G's don't bother me
Honestly, my number one policy is quality
never sell my soul is my philosophy
High velocity, lyrics like Nastradamus make a prophecy
I told you cats a long time a go it ain't no stoppin' me
I bomb your set that's not a threat its a promise
Got everybody ridin' on my wagon like the Amish
But still I never claim to be a big rap star
cauz no matter who you are its still Allah Hu Akbar
Better believe this, most rappers can't achieve this
I'm bad to the bone but x-rays can't even see this
See I'm strategic I letcha money talk bullshit walk
While I keep it rollin' like parapalegics
Whoever's on the microphone let it be known
You in danger, I got next(necks) like the Boston Strangler
You ain't never heard an emcee speak like this
And Rodney King ain't never felt a beat like this

[Noeezy]

Soulja Boy off in this oh
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat, Soulja Boy
Then Superman dat oh

I love females that like to wear their toes out
Call me a fire hydrant, I bring the hoes out

[Sleepy]

Shook ones Prodigy and Chief Kamachi The Deer hunter to name two really good ones

should post the lyrics too just in case somebody hasn't heard it

Big Pun - Superlyrical

Ay-yo my murderous rap verbal attack is actual fact
Tactical tracks match perfectly with graphical stats
Half a you lack the magical dap of tragical rap
That tackles you back and shackles and laughs at you
That's...the mathematical madness I'm on, the savage, the strong
The marriage, a bond of havoc and song
This massacre's on as if Picasso laced you
There's lotsa hateful skeletons locked
in the closet of my castle of Grayskull
I'm possum at grade school, that's why I have to debate you
My raps are like Capel, slashin' your face, you
That's how a master degrades you
I'm battlin' Jesus (hay-soos) if he passes through my label
I'm snatchin' his halo
God I pray that you send my father back as an angel
Language is fatal and it's hypnotizin'
I'm only emphasizin', I'm still all about business and enterprisin'
I'm super lyrical, a brain boosts the chemicals
That's used contenicals inside of my mental projectable

Reality check by Binary Star

One.Be.Lo
This is how I represent I rock the mic 110 percent
it's intimate, I keeps the party moving like a imigrant
Binary Star, superstar its no coincidence
Every verse is intricate, this ain't a circus in a tent
We don't get down like them clowns and the kids
I'm use to being indegent, who said its all about the Benjamin's?
I wanna fortune, I wanna make music and hit the lottery
Fortunately my music is never watery
that's how its gotta be, as far as I can see
Maybe you should grab a telescope to see my veiw its like astronomy
It ain't all about economy
so the fact that these wack emcees is making G's don't bother me
Honestly, my number one policy is quality
never sell my soul is my philosophy
High velocity, lyrics like Nastradamus make a prophecy
I told you cats a long time a go it ain't no stoppin' me
I bomb your set that's not a threat its a promise
Got everybody ridin' on my wagon like the Amish
But still I never claim to be a big rap star
cauz no matter who you are its still Allah Hu Akbar
Better believe this, most rappers can't achieve this
I'm bad to the bone but x-rays can't even see this
See I'm strategic I letcha money talk bullshit walk
While I keep it rollin' like parapalegics
Whoever's on the microphone let it be known
You in danger, I got next(necks) like the Boston Strangler
You ain't never heard an emcee speak like this
And Rodney King ain't never felt a beat like this

Big Pun-You aint a killer

You made a grave mistake
Shouldn't of come here, you changed your fate
Your brains'll make the debut on the table when I raise the stakes
The pain is great but only for a second
It starts strong then lessens
Just when you restin the Armaggedon sets in
Left him with so much stress (T.S.) blessed him with no regrets (yes)
Welcome to Hell son, the threshold of death
Now face the serpent, I blaze your person you get laced for certain
Even Jakes don't trace the work so close the case to curtains
I'm hurtin, head severely really tryin to bring the pain
There's nuttin mo' satisfyin than when you cryin screamin my name
It's not a game, it's Purple Rain, floods and bloodstains
Big Pun's my thug's name, bustin my guns, that's my love thang
I split the jug' vein and snatch your Adam's Apple
John Madden tackle your corpse
then hoist it on the cross at the tabernacle
That'll have to hurt, I'll work your body 'til it burst
Then curse tu vida, like a Brujeria verse
I'm worse than anything you ever been through
Sick in the head and mental
Essentially meant to be the soul frentic mental
When you awaken, your manhood'll be taken
Fakin like you Satan, when I'm the rhymin abomination

[Sleepy]

A wack emcee is something I could never be,
that's like growing dreadlocks while you taking chemotherapy,
theoretically pen and paper is the recipe,
alphabetically i'm coming after you like the letter V

[Jay-19]

Slim Kid Tree's verse from The Pharcyde - Runnin'.
I love absolutely everything about this verse. The flow, the lyrics, the delivery.
Top notch!

There comes a time in every mans life when hes gotta
Handle shit, up on his own can't depend on friends to
Help you in a sqeeze, please they got problems of their
Own, down for the count on seven chickens shit's don't
Get to heaven til they faced these fears in these fear
Zones, used to get jacked back in high school I played
It cool just so some real shit won't get full blown being
Where I'm from they let the smoke come quicker than an
Evil red-neck could lynch a helpless colored figure and
As a victim I invented low-key til the keyhole itself got
Lower than me so I stood up and let my free form form
Free. Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me
I don't sweat it I let the bullshit blow in the breeze
In other words just freeze

Eminem's first verse from Renegade.
Do I need to say more?

Since I'm in a position to talk to these kids and they listen
I ain't no politician but I'll kick it with 'em a minute
Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it
But if it don't, then y'all'll swallow the truth grin and bear it
Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics
Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics
Usin' his music to steer it, sharin' his views and his merits
But there's a huge interference - they're sayin you shouldn't hear it
Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit
Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
But I'm debated disputed hated and viewed in America
As a motherfuckin' drug addict - like you didn't experiment?
Now now, that's when you start to stare at who's in the mirror
And see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrased
And I got nothin to do but make you look stupid as parents
You fuckin' do-gooders - too bad you couldn't do good at marriage!
And do you have any clue what I had to do to get here I don't
Think you do so stay tuned and keep your ears glued to the stereo
Cause here we go - he's {*Jigga joint Jigga-chk-Jigga*}
And I'm the sinister, Mr. Kiss-My-Ass, it's just the!

Immortal Technique's 4th verse from Dance With The Devil.
Holy shit... one of the saddest songs in rap history. And the 4th verse is so well written it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

Right before he pulled the trigger, and ended her life
he thought about the cocaine with the platinum and ice
and he felt strong standing along with his new brothers
cocked the gat to her head, and pulled back the shirt cover
but what he saw made him start to cringe and stutter
'cause he was staring into the eyes of his own mother
she looked back at him and cried, cause he had forsaken her
she cried more painfully, than when they were raping her
his whole world stopped, he couldn't even contemplate
his corruption had succesfully changed his fate
and he remembered how his mom used to come home late
working hard for nothing, cause now what was he worth
he turned away from the woman that had once given him birth
and crying out to the sky cause he was lonely and scared
but only the devil responded, cause God wasn't there
and right then he knew what it was to be empty and cold
and so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul
they say death take you to a better place but I doubt it
after that they killed his mother, and never spoke about it
and listen cause the story that I'm telling is true
'cause I was there when Billy Jacobs and I raped his mom too
and now the devil follows me everywhere that I go
in fact I'm sure he's standing among one of you at my shows
and every street cipher listening to little thugs flow
he could be standing right next to you, and you wouldn't know
the devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish and wicked
white, brown, yellow and black color is not restricted
you have a self destructive destiny when you're inflicted
and you'll be one of God's children that fell from the top
there's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot
so when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never
because a dance with the devil might last you forever

Those are just 3 of my favorites. I got a lot more favorites.

[DrRapid]

Immortal Technique's 4th verse from Dance With The Devil.
Holy shit... one of the saddest songs in rap history. And the 4th verse is so well written it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

God damn yeah, this song is incredible.

[KillahBee]

these are some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet

R.A's verse on uncomman valor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0KpWMNxnM

Percee p's verse on torture chamber http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q6jSP1dQ28

Both of G rap's verses on let the games begin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_iSTek4Abg

Vakill's verse on face down (this isn't on youtube, ill upload it if anyone wants it)

Both of pun's verses on dream shatterer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_5wfaIEW2Q

Decks verse on triumph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvMd7pyr2cw

Pharoahe monchs verse on bring it on (craziest flow ive ever heard!) ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUn1u9SYdCQ

And my peronal favorite,pharoahe monch's 2nd verse on prisoners of war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxvBlTCRuI