Best verse from your favorite rapper?

[WakeUpShow]

Come on come on
I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
is life worth living should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor & even worse I'm black
my stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal to brothers
give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin' changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that's the way it is

"Changes" by Tupac Shakur

I'll never understand why he couldn't rhyme like this his entire career.

[Satire]

Changes is the Lose Yourself of 2Pac

There, I said it. Obviously the rhyme scheme isn't anywhere NEAR Lose Yourself but you get what I mean. It's a great track. I don't listen to 2Pac alot but every time I listen to that song I get an awesome feeling in my tummy that needs to be softly rubbed.

Almost every single line in that song would make an awesome quotable.

[WakeUpShow]

Changes is the Lose Yourself of 2Pac

There, I said it. Obviously the rhyme scheme isn't anywhere NEAR Lose Yourself but you get what I mean. It's a great track. I don't listen to 2Pac alot but every time I listen to that song I get an awesome feeling in my tummy that needs to be softly rubbed.

Almost every single line in that song would make an awesome quotable.

nailed it. One of the greatest songs of all time. Not just Hip-Hop.

[_Steven_]

Minus Em I guess that'd be Nas. His verse on Verbal Intercourse is one of the most overrated verses ever.

It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
Cause in my physical, I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell

[dead prez]

Minus Em I guess that'd be Nas. His verse on Verbal Intercourse is one of the most overrated verses ever.

Agreed, I preferred Ghost's verse in that song, and though his best verse feature was on Eye 4 an eye.

[stillmatic]

"Changes" by Tupac Shakur

I'll never understand why he couldn't rhyme like this his entire career.

He did quite a bit. Listen to his early albums, and you'll see lyricism through the roof.

But he wasn't that type of rapper. He never wanted to be. He was in hip hop for the movement, rather than the art. That doesn't mean he didn't have love for the art of hip hop, he truly did and appreciated what the art allowed him to do in terms of the movement, look at songs like 'Old School' where you can just taste the genuineness of his respect for the pioneers. Ultimately though, he had greater aspirations. If there was one person who's message exceeded the entire art form of hip hop, it was Tupac, the same way that John Lennon and MJ exceeded the art of pop, the same way Hendrix exceeded the art of rock and the same way Marley exceeded the art of reggae. These guys did the impossible.

[RainMan44]

It's like that, you know it's like that
I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
When I attack, there ain't an army that could strike back
So I react never calmly on a hype track
I set it off with my own rhyme
Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
I'm max like cassettes, I flex like sex
in your stereo sets, Nas will catch wreck
I used to hustle, now all I do is relax and strive
When I was young, I was a fan of the Jackson 5
I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise
This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
Back in eighty-three I was an MC sparking
But I was too scared to grab the mic's in the park and
kick my little raps cause I thought niggaz wouldn't understand
And now in every jam I'm the fuckin man
I rap in front of more niggaz than in the slave ships
I used to watch C.H.I.P.S., now I load glock clips
I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic
Versatile, my style switches like a faggot
But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual
Of rap, I'm a professional and that's no question, yo
These are the lyrics of the man, you can't near it, understand
Cuz in the streets, I'm well known like the number man
In my place wit the bass and format
Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that
And next time I rhyme, I be foul
Whenever I freestyle I see trial niggaz say I'm wow
I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme
Stay tuned, Nas, soon the real rap comes at halftime

[RainMan44]

I got styles you can't copy bitch, it's the triple six
in the mix, straight from H-E-double-hockey sticks
Every Sunday, a nun lay from my gun spray
Fuck Carlito, we doin' shit the Devil Son's way
Every minute, my style switches up, they said a real man
won't hit a girl well I ain't real cause I beat bitches up
I use words that's ill, L got nerves of steel
I'm cool, but every now and then I get a urge to kill
I'm takin lives for a great price, I'm the type
to snap in heaven with a Mac-11 and rape Christ
And I'm fast to put a cap in a fag chest
The Big L smash stress, cause hell is my address
I'm on some satanic shit, strictly, little kids
be wakin up cryin, yellin, "Mommy Big L is comin to get me!"

[RainMan44]

Eminem first verse from "Rock Botton" and first verse from "Kill You"



and Tupac, first verse from "Young N166az"



I posted 4...because I can't pick over those 4 rappers. I'd post a Rakim and a Biggie one too, but fuck it.

[stillmatic]

Anyway, my picks. And everyone knows I can't do just my favourite rapper, because Nas, Tupac and Eminem are too close to each other, but I'll do 'Pac and Em later.

Nas.
Hand on heart, I think I experienced about 100 different type of emotions when I heard this song, and in particular this verse. No song has EVER gotten close to how much this got me emotionally. Half to do with personal shit, and how the song spoke to so many of us in so many different ways, but also because this marked the return of the king. Other than 'Ether', this was the first song released to the public for Stillmatic, and it knocked us out man. It was a first round KO.

All I need is one mic.. that's all I need, that's all I need
All I need is one mic.. there's nuttin else in the world
All I need is one mic.. that's all a nigga need to do his thing y'know
All I need is one mic..

[starting loud this time, getting quieter]
ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'M ONE MAN
WHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
Or wanna see me on top, too egotistical
Talkin all that slick shit, the same way these bitches do
Wonder what my secrets is, niggaz'll move on you
only if they know, what your weakness is I have none
Too late to grab guns I'm blastin cause I'm a cool nigga
Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you niggaz
What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin
War gets deep, some beef is everlastin
Complete with thick scars, brothers knifin each other
up in prison yards, drama, where does it start?
You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster
For real a hustler, purchased my Range, niggaz throwin dirt on my name
Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain
Bitches left me cause they thought I was finished
Shoulda knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence
Diamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakes
Movin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
Swellin my melon cause none of these niggaz real
Heard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found
You need some soul searchin, the time is now

All I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah
All I need is one mic.. that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
All I need is one mic.. fuck the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world

[dead prez]

If I die 2nite by Pac had some great alliteration.

[RainMan44]

If I die 2nite by Pac had some great alliteration.

One of my favorites from him, if not my favorite.

[stillmatic]

If I die 2nite by Pac had some great alliteration.

Get the FUCK outta here. I was just about to post that for Tupac.

The first ever Tupac song I heard in full in my life when I was a kid and to this day it's still not only my favourite Tupac song, but probably my favourite hip hop song ever.

His three verses on that song are perfect. As corny as it sounds, that song to me is the most genuine in hip hop ever because SOMEHOW he manages to truly make it in a way where it genuinely comes off as he's about to die and speaking to god and his fans just seconds before he goes to the grave. RIP.

Can't actually pick a verse from it though. All three are equally as perfect.

[dead prez]

That's the perfect song to show to people who like to write Pac off as not being lyrical and can only make songs that are relatable.

[Master Chief]

The 3rd verse on So Many Tears is one of the most emotional verses of all time.