this morning listened to the whats the 411 remix and admired Mary's delivery on her verse. she handled that.

https://youtu.be/dl14cm125bw?t=100

then i thought about Rhianna on Lemon (she rode that beat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Al3QwSNVY <--- side note: whoever transcribed those lyrics needs to have a 2nd pass

then Beyonce on Top Off (not sure this is actually rappin cuz shes still *kinda* singing....hrmmmm)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl9VbOKEdQY

then i felt like there are more that i'm forgetting (didn't jody watley rap on occasion?)

so...

what do YOU think are standout verses by people who are normally known for their singing? note: standout can be best or worst (like anytime prince tried to rap *yeesh*)

i'm not talking about song with a rap verse by a rapper ("I feel for you" type stuff)

what say ye?

post em if you can (that'll help for those unfamiliar)

(don't leave me hangin' y'all... lol)

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
https://youtu.be/gX4fSa4MN_0?t=5


not sure if King Tim II (Personality Jock) counts as a feature or not...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQqAnlrW_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRbTJWCrf-s

its bad and amazing at the same time

it sounds like that one fruit pebbles commercial where fred and barney rapped

https://youtu.be/sRbTJWCrf-s?t=103

i ain't mad at him

i don't want to choke off the post either

have at it

https://youtu.be/kt_T7fg4VjI?t=103

https://youtu.be/o9wotiDai5U?t=220

Rated R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7kBWff6MIs

*His part with Bobby Brown was nice on this one!
Word to the Mutha (remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52zkNe_bP_8

Still one of my favorite rap tracks, period.

I've been a fool before
Wouldn't like to get my love
Caught in the slammin' door
Are you more than hot for me
Or am I a page in your history book?
I don't mean to make demands
But the word and the deed go hand in hand
How about some information, please?

BARZ!!!!

Real talk, I just though about this song and how thick those thighs were in on videos.

".....how thick those thighs were in on videos"


https://youtu.be/El1kgCqD7Xk?t=99

the tapdance at the beginning of the straight up video was the best part

watching it now I'm remembering how EVERY video (it seemed) looked *exactly* like that

Don't Be Cruel



Hey yo' Kimmy what's up with this attitude
I thought I was bein' real good to you
I treat you sweet, take you out at night
But you never say thanks girl that ain't right
I bought you diamonds even gave you pearls
I took you for a cruise all around the world
I treat you high post but you play me close
If I want to drink up you won't even toast




From fancy cars to diamond rings
I've just about given you everything
There's really not much I won't do for you
I bought you 12 yellow roses and candy, too
I like be up front and never play the back
But the way you treat me girl is like a heart attack
I'm real troop trooper and with all the times
That you were by my side diggin' dollars outta crock



We used to hang out tough just kickin' around
We discovered a love that had never been found
You gave me your heart I gave you my mind
But a true love affair we could never find
Although I want you bad I could let you go
'Cause there's a lot of girls out there that won't say no
But due to fact that I want you, Jackie
I want you more than human eyes can see
But you had to start givin', tryin' to make a killin'
Thought about the dollars I make and you were willin'
To be with me Bobby B., but with a bad attitude I can't compete
Now you know my name, now I know your game
You want to be with me you got to be the same way
That another girl would be and if you want to be with me

https://youtu.be/pd7dCbEfTs4?t=73

back when he 1st went solo (when he was touring for king of stage) he did an interlude kinda thing where he rapped and beatboxed "make the music with you mouth" and i knew then

yo, this dude REALLY DID need to go solo

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIZvCDWAcQ

Too hot to handle, too cold to hold
They're called the Ghostbusters and they're in control
Had 'em throwin' a party for a bunch of children
While all the while the slime was under the building
So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped
Grabbed their proton packs off their back and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal

the flow is good, but that *content wise* is horrible

just corny beyond corny

in this case, in my opinion, this was one of those times.

because, tbh, almost every 'theme' song from a movie is corny and this is no exception but i also love it because it's well-produced, well-sung, etc.

funny that Trump is in that video tho. fuck him.

just for the fact that that movie songs are corny and he reapped that $hit in earnest.

he really put it down...and the song was dope. LOL


the nxgga rapped Vigo with LEGAL.

lmaoooooooooooooooooooo

"So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped
Grabbed their proton packs off their back and they split"

*that* is gold spun out of corn silk

the rest?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8th2J3c88mU

shit's fire.

vigo...evil...(other stuff)...then BACK with legal

he tried to duplicate the smae kid of repeated vowel pattern that he just did with the "got a grip, came equipped..(other stuff)..then they split" bit

*shrug*

Horrible rap...but classic nonetheless....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbDGkAOxSDc&feature=youtu.be&t=154

https://youtu.be/sb2np1HGqxg?t=151

Poison, deadly, movin' in slow
Lookin for a mellow fellow like DeVoe
Gettin paid, laid, so better lay low
Schemin on house, money, and the whole show
The low pro ho she'll be cut like an aaa-FRO
See what you're sayin', huh, she's a winner to you
But I know she's a loser (How do you know?)




"Get ready....for your blessing....."

lol

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

if there is a song where he is actually singing

a few folks said there is...
I never revisited it

I always hated Ronnie the most because all the girls liked him and I swore he didn't do nothin lol ... Mike didn't either but he was cool to me lol

i'll give him the nod for being 'a rapper' in the group

A: be yella

(she hood...and that is sessy)

https://youtu.be/x5DkCdkThh0?t=22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLdf-XNCts

can't name examples off top, but i remember ?uest even tweeting about one of em

my boy wrote half his raps for that but he killed it.

(..note: y'all making me work way too hard for this mayne)

https://youtu.be/8gyLR4NfMiI?t=73

years later though, i'm still torn which of busta or wayne's verses were better

prolly the best so far of the ones posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-rNtSeVC4


I’m coming back, I gotta handle business
Vanish to my sleeper seat, left you at terminal three
I’ll meet you down at baggage claim in a couple weeks, a fortnight
And you parade my homecoming, don’t cry
You know I can’t live in any place I visit
To live and die in LA
I got my Fleetwood Mac, I could get high every day
But I’d be sleepy, OCD and paranoid, so
Give me Bali beach, no molly, please
Palm, no marijuana, trees
Your hickies on my aorta, and tattoos you could only see
When I’m playing surfboarder, put whisky in that salt water
I emptied every canteen just to wear that straight edge varsity you think’s cool
They thought me soft in High School, thank God I’m jagged
Forgot you don’t like it rough, I mean he called me a faggot
I was just calling his bluff
I mean how anal am I gon' be when I’m aiming my gun
And why’s his mug all bloody, that was a three on one?
Standing ovation at Staples I got my Grammy’s and gold
Polka dots on my Brit, I’m not supposed to be stunting
It’s all melodic this song, I catch this vibe in my sleep
But I’m just jet-lagged is all, and restless

here: https://youtu.be/BJ-rNtSeVC4?t=80

https://youtu.be/vLQ5m_AujLk?t=165

brandy (1:38) - https://youtu.be/E5svXAZ9-Qk?t=98

brown (2:32) - https://youtu.be/E5svXAZ9-Qk?t=152

https://youtu.be/tEddixS-UoU?t=312

this song flew under the radar last year but frank kills it. one of my favorite verses of 2017

https://youtu.be/oF_Z-1gxHF8?t=2m21s

https://genius.com/A-ap-mob-raf-lyrics

Sterling silver lasers (yessir)
Rubies red, my skin too black to blush
This bitch too rare to bust
Seen her in the iPhone pages
This ain't on the Gram, Wizard of OZ
Parka pockets full of med leaf
Guap is smelling like it brush teeth
Say, "Cheese", see the porcelain
Sand and water, see swordfish
Backwoods all forestry
Raf draggin' on the... floor, bitch
Flame thrower in it, in it
I'm torchin' the road in these Gucci flames
Stuck to the pavement, they glued
I'm two-point-five million a venue
And twenty-five hundred a tooth
I'm coatin' my lungs in the muddy
I'm cold like I'm sick with the flu
I cover my face and I'm bloody
That Spring/Summer 2002
Two, two, two, two, yeah
Please, don't touch my Raf
Sleep in the grass, Teddy
Sleep with the Teddy
Quick with the hands, ready
Please, don't touch my bag
Please, don't touch my Raf
Shirt off, I'm cam ready
Deadstock in memory
Please, don't pop my tag

between Sunday and Raf, he's arguably as good if not better than everyone else on those tracks.
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https://youtu.be/kt5HqnOxOyc

She's pretty much gonna spit bars whenever she and Missy link up.

https://youtu.be/hv44srAsAo4