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[supreme clientele]

1. Rakim “My Melody” 1988
“I take seven MCs put’em in a line/ And add seven more brothers who think they can rhyme/ Well, it’ll take seven more before I go for mine/ And that’s 21 MCs ate up at the same time…”

2. Big Daddy Kane “The Symphony” 1988
“And battlin’ me is hazardous to you health/ So put quarter in you’ ass, ‘cause ya played yo’self…”

3. Nas “NY State Of Mind” 1994
“It drops deep as it does in my breath/ I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death…”

4. Geto Boys (Scarface) “Mind Playing Tricks On Me” 1991
“At night I can’t sleep, I toss and turn/ Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein’ burned/ Four walls just starin’ at a nigga/ I’m paranoid, sleepin’ with my finger on the trigger…”

5. Notorious B.I.G. “One More Chance” (remix) 1994
“Lyrically, I’m supposed to represent/ I’m not only a client, I’m the player president…”

6. A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip) “Check the Rhime Y’all” 1991
“Industry rule #4080/ Record company people are shadt…”

7. Wu-Tang Clan (GZA) “Protect Ya Neck” 1993
“First of all, who’s your A&R?/ A mountain climber, who plays an electric guitar’/ But he don’t know the meaning of dope when he lookin’ for a suit and tie rap that’s cleaner than a bar of soap…”

8. 2pac “Hail Mary” 1996
“I ain’t a killer but don’t push me/ Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy…”

9. AZ “Life’s A Bitch” 1994
“Visualizing the realism of life in actuality/ Fuck who’s the baddest/ a person’s status depends on salary…”

10. Jay-Z “Dead Presidents II” 1996
“I dabbled in crazy weight/ Without rap I was crazy straight/ Partner, I’m still spendin’ money from ’88…What?…”

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[braggin’ writes]

1. Slick Rick “La-Di-Da-Di” 1986
“Mirror, mirror on the wall/ Who is the top choice of them all?/ There was a rubble dubble/ Five minutes it lasted/ Finally the mirror said, “You are you conceited bastard”…”

2. Big Daddy Kane “Set It Off” 1988
“I could sneeze, sniffle or cough/ Eeeeeven if I stutter, I’ma still come of…”

3. Run-DMC “King Of Rock” 1985
“I’m the king of rock, there is none higher/ Sucker MCs should call me sire/ To burn my kingdom you must use fire/ I won’t stop rappin’ til I retire…”

4. LL Cool J “Ill Bomb” 2000
“Ask Russel Simmons who put him up those skyscrapers/ Ask my dog up at FUBU who mad’em major/ LL nigga, now who’s next to need a favor…”

5. KRS-One “Step Into A World” 1997
“Did I say I’m number one?/ No, I’m sorry, I lied/ I’m number one, two, three, four and five…”

6. Fugees (Lauryn Hill) “Zealots” 1996
“And even after all my logic and theory/ I add a muthafucka so you ig’nant niggas hear me..”

7. Jay-Z “I Love Yhe Dough” 1997
“And the watches be all types of shapes and stones/ Being broke is childish and I’m quite grown…”

8. Big L “MVP” 1995
“In a street brawl I strike men quicker than lightning/ You seen what happen in my last fight friend, aiight then…”

9. Eminem “Without Me” 2002
“No I’m not the first king of controversy/ I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley/ to do Black music so selfishly/ And use it to get myself wealthy (hey!)…”

10. Benzino “Who Is Benzino?” 2001
“Despite the facts, still here, of course/ Fuck “Five Mivs”, muthafucka, I am the Source…”

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[ve rbal intercourse]

1. Lil’ Kim “Big Momma Thang” 1996
“I used to be scared of the dick/ Now I put lips to the shit/ Handle it like a real bitch/ Heather Hunter/ Janet Jackme/ Take it in the butt/ yes, yes, what…”

2. A Tribe Called Quest (Phife) “Electric Relaxation” 1993
“Let me hit it from the back, girl you won’t catch a hernia/ Bust off on your couch and now you got Seamen’s furniture…”

3. Grand Puba “Who Can Get Busy Like this Man” 1990
“See I’m the type of brother/ And I like to have fun/ Hon’ said 69/ I said 68 and I owe you one…”

4. Big Pun “I’m Not A Player”. 1998
“Split it in half, watch the gas, baby take a bath/ Be good, I might put away the wood and give you the mustache…”

5. Trina “Nann Nigga” 1999
“Nigga you don’t know nann hoe uh-uh/ That don’t tried all types of shit/ Who quick to deep-throat the dick/ And let another bitch straight lick the clit…”

6. Kool G Rap “Talk Like Sex” 1990
“I bust a nut and get up and wipe my dick on your curtain…”

7. Akinyele “Put It In Your mouth” 1996
“I’m givin bitches permanent beards/ Put your lips here and catch these damn facial hairs in your mouth…”

8. Snoop Dogg “Gin And Juice” 1993
“I got bitches in the living room getting it on/ And they ain’t leavin’ till six in the morning/ So what you wanna do/ Shit I got a pocketful of rubbers, and my homeboys do too…”

9. Luke “DooDoo Brown” 1992
“Face down/ Ass up/ That’s the way we like to fuck…”

10. Notorios B.I.G. “Nasty Boy” 1997
“Then I, whipped it out, rubber no doubt/ Step out, show me what you all about/ Dick is in your mouth, open up your blouse/ Pull your G-String down South, ow….”

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[life lines]

1. Treach “Ghetto Bastard” 1992
“I was one who never had and alway mad/ Never knew my dad/ Muthafucka the fag…”

2. Ghostface “All That I Got Is You” 1996
“Fifteen of us in a three-bedroom apartment/ roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there/ Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head/ I didn’t like to sleep with John-John, he peed the bed…”

3. 2pac “Dear Mama”
“Even as a crack fiend, mama/ You always was a black queen, mama…”

4. Jay-Z “This Can’t be Life” 2000
“It gets worse, baby-mama water burst/ Baby came out still-born/ Still, I gotta move on…”

5. Foxy Brown “The letter” 2001
“You was there when this fame almost got me killed/ When I was in the hospital, could not be still/ Only you knew the reasons why I popped these pills…”

6. Beanie Sigel “The Truth” 1999
“Go home, my wife fussin’ and bitchin’/ ”Muthafucka, won’t you change your life?”/
I’m thinkin’, “Muthafucka why don’t I Change my wife?”…”

7. Ice Cube “Today Was A Good Day” 1992
“Drunk as hell but no throwin’ up/ Halfway home and my pager still blowin’ up/ Today i didn’t even have to use my A.K. / I got to say it was a good day…”

8. Eminem “The Way I Am” 2000
“I’m so sick and tired of being admired/ that I wish that I would die or get fired/ And dropped from my label/ And stop with the fables/ I’m gonna be able to top what “My Name Is”…”

9. Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon) “C.R.E.A.M.” 19995
“I grew up on the crime side/ The New York Times side/ Stayin’ alive was no jive…”

10. Snoop Dogg “Murder Was the Case” 1994
“Dear God, I wonder can ya save me/ I can’t die/ My Boo-Boo’s ‘bout to have my baby…”

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[war of words]

1. Canibus “2nd Round KO” 1998
“Now watch me rip tat from your arm/ Kick you in the groin, stick for Vanguard award/ In front of your mom. Your first, second and third born/ Get your wife on the horn and call Minister Farrakhan…”

2. KRS-One “The bridge Is Over” 1987
“I finally figured it out, Magic’s mouth is used for suckin’/ Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady fuckin’/ MC Shan and Marley Marl is really only bluffin’…”

3. Roxanne Shanté “Roxanne’s Revenge” 1984
“I said, “You call yourself a doctor”/ he said, “Yeah that’s true”/ I said “Explain to me really what doctors do?”…”

4. MC Lyte “10% Dis” 1988
“Hot damn ho here we go again/ Suckers steal a beat, when you know they can’t win…”

5. Nas “Ether” 2001
“You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan/ I still whip your ass, you 36 in a karate class/ You Tae-bo ho…”

6. Jay-Z “The Takeover” 2001
“I got money stacks bigger than you when I was pushin’ wight back in ‘88/ You was a ballerina/ I got the pictures I seent ya…”

7. Kool Moe Dee “Let’s Go” 1989
“Now LL stands for Lower Lever, Lackluster, Last Least, Limp Lover….”

8. LL Cool J “The Ripper Strikes Back” 1998
“Ask Canibus/ He ain’t understandin’ this/ ‘Cause 99 percent of his fans don’t exist..”

9. Common “The Bitch In You” 1996
“Hypocrite, I’m filling our your death certificate/ Slanging bean pies and St. Ide’s in the same sentence…”

10. Tim Dog “Fuck Compton” 1991
“Fighting over colors?/ All that gang shit is for dumb muthafuckas/ But you go on thinking you’re hard/ Come to New York and we’ll see who gets robbed…”

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[ev eryday struggle]

1. Public Enemy (Chuck D) “Fight The Power” 1989
“Elvis was a hero to most/ But he never meant shit to me, you see/ Straight-up racist that sucker was simple and plain/ Muthafucka him and John Wayne…”

2. Melle Mel “The Message” 1983
“A child is born with no state of mind/ Blind to the ways of mankind…”

3. Kool Moe Dee “Self Destruction” 1989
“I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan/ And I shouldn’t have to run from a Black man…”

4. 2pac “Brenda’s Got A Baby” 1992
“I hear Brenda’s got a baby/ Well, Brenda’s barely got a brain, a damn shame/ The girl can hardly spell her name…”

5. Organized Konfusion (Pharoahe Monch) “Stress” 1994
“When I’m in the back of your midtown taxi, don’t even ask me for the cash, G/ The four cabs before didn’t pick me up/ So ask yourself who the fuck’s gonna stick me up…”

6. Dead Prez “Hip-Hop” 2000
“Would you rather have a lexus or justice?/ A dream or some substance?/ A Beamer, a necklace or freedom…”

7. 3rd Bass (MC Search) “The Gas Face” 1989
“Black cat is bad luck, bad guys wear black/ Musta been a white guy wo started all that…”

8. KRS-One “Sound Of Da Police” 1993
“Overseer, overseer, overseer/ Officer, officer, officer, officer/ Officer from overseer/ You need a little clarity?/ Check the similarity…”

9. Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.” 1993
“You say I’m nothing without ya, but I’m nothing with ya/ A don’t really love you if he hits ya…”

10. O.C. “Time’s Up” 1994
“Of course we gotta pay rent so money connect/ But, uh, I’d rather be broke and have a whole lotta respect…”

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1. Notorius B.I.G. “Victory” 1997“
“Real sick, all nights, I perform like Mike/ Anyone – Tyson, Jordan, Jackson/ Action…”

2. A Tribe Called Quest (Phife) “Scenario” 1991
Ayo, Bo knows this (what!)/ And Bo knows that/ But Bo don’t know jack, ‘cause Bo can’t rap…”

3. Nature “Banned From TV” 1998
“Regardless of rain or snow, sleet or hail/ I kick street tales choking niggas like I’m Sprewell…”

4. Jadakiss “Put Your Hands Up” 2001
“And ya’ll scared I can tell/ And I’ma get bucks like Milwaukee ‘cause like Sam I “Can Sell”…”

5. Pharoahe Monch “Official” 1999
“Not Allen Iverson, forget crosin’ over shake men/ Similar to Troy, I bring pain destined to Aik-man…”

6. Kurtis Blow “Basketball” 1984
“Basketball is my favourite sport/ I like the way they dribble up and down the court/ Just like I’m the king on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone…”

7. Jay-Z “Can’t Knock The Hustle” 1996
“Got the US open/ Advantage Jigga/ Serve like Sampras…”

8. Ice Cube “It Was A Good Day” 1992
“Get me on the court and I’m trouble/ Lastweek messed around and got a triple double…”

9. Def Squad (Erick Sermon) “Countdown” 1998
“On the mic, I’m wizard, call me Chris Webber…”

10. Q-Tip “Check The Rhime” 1991
“Got the scrawny legs but I move just like Lou Brock…”

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[wri ter’s block]

1. Big Daddy Kane “Ain’t No Half Steppin’ ” 1988
“At the table I sit, making it legit/ And when my pen hits the paper, ahhh shit….”

2. Eric B. & Rakim (Rakim) “I Got Soul” 1987
“I start to think and then I sink into the paper/ Like I was ink, when I’m writin’ I’m trapped in between the lines/ And I escape when I finish the rhyme…”

3. Nas “The World Is Yours” 1994
“I sip the Dom P, watchin’ Gandhi till I’m charged/ Then writin’ in my book of rhymes/ All the words pass ther margin…”

4. Mobb Deep (Prodigy) “Quiet Storm” 1999
“I put my lifetime in between the paper’s lines/ I’m the “Quiet Storm” nigga who fight rhyme…”

5. Jay-Z “Ride Or Die” 1998
“S. Carter, ghostwriter, and for the right price/ I can even make yo’ shit tighter…”

6. KRS-One “My Philosophy” 1988
“I’ll get a pen, a pencil, a marker mainly what I write is for the average New Yorker…”

7. Public Enemy (Chuck D) “Welcome To The Terrordome” 1990
“When I get mad I put it down on a pad/ Give ya somethin’ that cha never had…”

8. Lord Finesse “Funky Technician” 1990
“Using bad words, pronouns and adverbs/ Putting English together just like a mad nerd…”

9. De La Soul “Declaration” 2000
“Salute these “Supa MC’s” for bein’ clever/ And never usin’ weed as a ghostwriter…”

10. Black Moon (Buckshot) “Who Got Da Props” 1993
“Spitting my verbs like an automatic weapon/ Suckas keep stepping so I’ma let you know…”

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[paid in full]

1. Slick Rick “La-Di-Da-Di” 1985
“Fresh, dressed, like a million bucks/ Put on the Bally shoes and fly green sock/ Stepped out the house stopped short, oh no/ Went back in forgot my Kangol…”

2. Special Ed “I Got It Made” 1989
“Even got an island of my very own/ I got a frog, a dog with a solid gold bone/ An accountant to account the amount I spent/ Got a treaty with Tahiti ‘cause I own a percent…”

3. Jay-Z “Money Ain’t A Thang” 1998
“Said she love my necklace/ She started relaxing/ Now that’s what the fuck I call a chain reaction…”

4. Mase “Feel So Good” 1997
“It’s like y’all be talin’ funny/ I don’t understand the language of people with short money…”

5. Lil Wayne “Bling, Bling” 1999
“I’ll do your main lady, in a blue navigaty/ That’s game baby/ You can call me a game shooter/ But since I drive a bubble, people call me Lex Luger…”

6. P. Diddy “Bad Boy For Life” 2001
“Don’t worry if I write rhymes, I write checks..”

7. Prodigy “Keep It Thoro” 2000
“My Chain hang down to my dick/ My shit bang glass tables…”

8. Big Tymers (Baby) “Still Fly” 2000
“Have you ever seen a crocodile seats in the truck?/ Turn around sit it down and let’em bite ya butt…”

9. Notorius B.I.G. “Juicy” 1994
“50-inch screen, money green leather sofa/ got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur/ Phone bill about two G’s flat/ No need to worry, my accountant handles that…”

10. Busta Rhymes “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” 1997
“Various chickens they wanna marry us/ Yo it’s Flipmode my nigga you know we ‘bout tu bust/ Seven-figure money the label preparing us..”

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[gangsta boogie]

1. Kool G Rap “Ill Street Blues” 1992
“We snatched him by his hands and feet and threw him out the window/ Up, up, up and away cause I don’t play, clown/ Buck, buck, buck, take that with you on the way down…”

2. Big Pun “Twinz (Deep Cover ’98)” 1998
“Dead in the middle of Little Italy/ Little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn’t do diddily…”

3. Notorious B.I.G. “Who Shot Ya” 1995
“I could hear sweat trickling down your cheek/ Your heartbeat sound like Sasquatch feet, thunderin’, shakin’ the concrete…”

4. M.O.P. (Lil’ Fame) “Calm Down” 2000
“Ya’ll niggas act like you came to shoot/ I kick ya’ll in the ass with the same pair of boots…”

5. Freddy Foxxx “The Militia” 1998
“My was is so thight, my drama so ill/ Beef with me hangs around like a unpaid bill…”

6. Mobb Deep (Prodigy) “Shook Ones Pt. II” 1995
“Take these words home and think it through/ Or the next rhymes I write may be about you…”

7. Lil’ Kim “It’s All About The Benjamins” 1997
“If it’s murder/ You know she wrote it/ German Ruger for yo’ ass bitch/ Deep throat it…”

8. Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre “Deep Cover” 1992
“Yeah, and it don’t stop, ‘cause it’s 1-8-7 on a undercover cop…”

9. Jadakiss And Styles “We Gonna Make It” 2001
“You might find your man dead in the ocean/ He be aiight though (Styles) / You know dead rappers get better promotion…”

10. A Tribe Called Quest (Kid Hood) “Scenario” (Remix) 1992
“Sick-ass brotha, nasty-ass nigga/ Pump slugs in your face and dump that ass in the river/ Two tears in a bucket, fuck it, kick the can (Say What, Say What!!!)/ I’m a bad, bad man…”




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