

Released: Febru“And even as a crack fiend, Mama, you always was a black queen, Mama” Released: Novem“I got you stuck off the realness, we be the infamous” Released: Octo“I smash mics like cornbread, you can’t kill me, I was born dead” Released: Septem“E-I-H-T, now should I continue? Yeah, you left out the G ’cause the G ain’t in you” Released: Aug“I met this girl when I was ten years old, and what I loved most, she had so much soul” Released: Septem“Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip Champagne when we thirsty” Released: Ap“Either you’re slingin’ crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot” Released: Ap“I’m out for presidents to represent me” Released: Ap“Visualizin’ the realism of life in actuality, fuck who’s the baddest, a person’s status depends on salary” Released: Novem“I never sleep, ’cause sleep is the cousin of death” Released: Novem“I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times side” Song: Wu-Tang Clan – “Da Mystery of Chessboxin’” Released: Novem“Homicide’s illegal and death is the penalty, what justifies the homicide, when he dies, in his own iniquity?” Released: Novem“Ghostface catch the blast of a hype verse, my Glock burst, leave in a hearse, I did worse” Song: A Tribe Called Quest – “Electric Relaxation” Released: Decem“I like ‘em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian, name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation”

Released: Septem“One, two, three and to the four, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Released: Septem“Rawr! Rawr! Like a dungeon dragon” Song: A Tribe Called Quest – “Buggin’ Out” Released: Septem“Yo, microphone check one, two, what is this? The five foot assassin with the roughneck business” Song: A Tribe Called Quest – “Excursions” Released: J“Back in the days when I was a teenager, before I had status and before I had a pager” Nas, Joe Fatal & Akinyele – “Live at the Barbeque” Released: J“Verbal assassin, my architect pleases, when I was 12, I went to Hell for snuffin’ Jesus” Song: Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” Released: Septem“I sit alone in my four-cornered room, starin’ at candles” Song: LL Cool J – “Mama Said Knock You Out” Released: Aug“Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years” Released: J“One, and here comes the two to the three and four” Released: Janu“Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me” Song: The Stop the Violence Movement – “Self Destruction” Released: Aug“I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn’t have to run from a black man” Released: J“Fuck the police comin’ straight from the underground” Released: 1988 “Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube, from the gang called Niggas Wit Attitudes” Kool G Rap, Craig G, Masta Ace & Big Daddy Kane – “The Symphony” Released: J“Put a quarter in your ass ’cause ya played yourself” Released: J“I take seven emcees put ’em in a line” Released: Ma“It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you, without a strong rhyme to step to” Released: “Cruisin’ down the street in my ’64” Released: “My Adidas walk through concert doors, and roam all over coliseum floors” Released: 1986 “Now Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes” Released: 1986 “I came in the door, I said it before, I never let the mic magnetize me no more” Released: Aug“6 in the morning, police at my door, fresh Adidas squeak across the bathroom floor” Released: J“La-di-da-di, we like to party, we don’t cause trouble, we don’t bother nobody” Song: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – “The Message” “Broken glass everywhere, people pissing on the stairs, you know they just don’t care” And then there are those rap bars that, with their wit and infectious energy, command attention and linger in our minds, much like the memorable verses of 2 Chainz or Lil Wayne.įrom Slick Rick’s timeless opening lines on “La Di Da Di” to Chief Keef’s menacing threats on “I Don’t Like,” we present to you: the top 100 greatest rap bars in hip hop history. Other times, it’s the dazzling display of a rapper’s lyrical dexterity, like Big L’s mind-bending punchlines that leave fans in awe. Sometimes, it’s the sheer genius of a rapper who artfully weaves layers of meaning into just a few words, reminiscent of Jay-Z’s poetic prowess, or Eminem’s dazzling multisyllabic rhyme schemes, demonstrating the boundless potential of language. What distinguishes a good rap bar from a great one? What elements elevate a rap bar to become one of the most memorable in hip hop’s rich history?Īs we travel through the annals of hip hop, we find that several factors contribute to the making of an unforgettable rap bar.
