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2972546, Post some great opening lines in the subject bar
Posted by Jon, Wed Sep-07-16 07:20 AM
i recently read some article or list about the top 25 best lines to begin a rap verse...i thought only a few belonged there.

let's do each line in the subject area, with the artist name in the body if there isn't enough room, to make it easy to skim. post as many in a row as you want.

2972547, She had the sweetest scent I ever smelt a woman have.
Posted by Jon, Wed Sep-07-16 07:21 AM
Action Bronson
2972548, I was a fiend before I became a teen
Posted by Mack, Wed Sep-07-16 07:23 AM
I melted microphones instead of cones of ice cream - Rakim
2972662, First one I thought of and I knew it would be here already
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:52 PM
So great. Rakim was probably the best at it.
2972549, i bomb atomically.
Posted by MISTA MONOTONE, Wed Sep-07-16 07:32 AM
2972620, this might be up there with my favorite verses
Posted by makaveli, Wed Sep-07-16 02:47 PM
2972550, streets disciple, my raps are trifle
Posted by Birdzeye, Wed Sep-07-16 08:20 AM
Nas
2972551, There's a war going on outside no man is safe from...
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Sep-07-16 08:24 AM
2972555, i write raps, and when @&$^%as bite, I clap...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 08:56 AM
...'cause they're shit sound better now.
2972558, yeah, boy...I was listening to Fear Itself for about a week run...
Posted by Dstl1, Wed Sep-07-16 09:11 AM
before De La dropped.
2972613, That sh*t right there my dude, nasty as hell
Posted by Nick Has a Problem...Seriously, Wed Sep-07-16 02:11 PM
Probably my favorite opening line of all-time
2972676, yep. easily one of the best opening lines ever
Posted by bearfield, Wed Sep-07-16 09:36 PM
i feel like i'm going to remember that one forever
2972556, Thinking of a master plan, ain't nothing but sweat inside my hand
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 08:57 AM
2972557, Look, if you shoot me, you're famous. But if I shoot you, I'm brainless
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 09:00 AM
2972565, One thing 'bout music -- when it hit you feel no pain
Posted by Hitokiri, Wed Sep-07-16 09:59 AM
2972566, Rappers I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
Posted by Hitokiri, Wed Sep-07-16 10:01 AM
2972831, yes... this was sort of the opening line to the whole album
Posted by spitfire, Fri Sep-09-16 07:55 AM
crazy
2972568, I-ight, stop what you're doing, because I'm about ruin the image...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 10:05 AM
...and the style that you're used to.
2972570, People always see me in jams and be thinking I'm high...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 10:07 AM
No, that just be my lazy eye.
2972580, They say a midget standin on the giant's shoulder can see much
Posted by soulfunk, Wed Sep-07-16 10:43 AM
further than the giant...
So I got the WHOLE rap world on my shoulder they tryin to see
further than I am...
2972582, I'm fascinated by the way your nipples peek at me thru ur blouse
Posted by Jon, Wed Sep-07-16 10:56 AM
A. Benjamin
2972849, this isn't an opening line tho...
Posted by spitfire, Fri Sep-09-16 09:42 AM
still great
2972597, It was all a dream, I used to read Wordup magazine
Posted by Cold Truth, Wed Sep-07-16 12:45 PM
2972599, That's why I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker
Posted by Cold Truth, Wed Sep-07-16 12:46 PM
I need a ruling on whether or not this counts lol
2972669, LOL!
Posted by Jon, Wed Sep-07-16 08:24 PM
2972670, we gotta count it for that one lol
Posted by Jon, Wed Sep-07-16 08:24 PM
2972601, On these 73 keys of ivory and ebony I swear solemnly that I'll forever rock steadily
Posted by kelvinmercerlookalike, Wed Sep-07-16 01:14 PM
On these 73 keys of ivory and ebony
I swear solemnly that I'll forever rock steadily...(c)Black Thought

*CROCKER*

word booty.

HSUBAKCITS




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2972602, I was a fiend before I became a teen. I melted microphones instead..
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 01:20 PM
...of cones of ice cream.
2972603, I'm rated R, this is a warning, ya better void
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 01:21 PM
Poets are paranoid, DJ's D-stroyed
2972605, How could I keep my composure...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 01:22 PM
When all sorts of thoughts fought for exposure?
2972606, Planet Earth, it was my place of birth. Born to be the soul controller...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 01:23 PM
...of the universe.
2972612, Maaaaan... Rakim is the King of opening lines!!
Posted by Birdzeye, Wed Sep-07-16 02:08 PM
I've always loved them! Pure dopeness!
2972830, Sip the Juice / Cause I've got enough to go around...
Posted by spitfire, Fri Sep-09-16 07:53 AM
2972607, Life's ill, sometimes life might kill (c) Vordhul Mega
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 01:24 PM
2972609, YO! Microphone check, one two what is this?
Posted by blueeclipse, Wed Sep-07-16 01:50 PM
C'mon. That's the fuckin gold standard.....
2972615, RE: YO! Microphone check, one two what is this?
Posted by Birdzeye, Wed Sep-07-16 02:17 PM
Yeah that's great... It served as the first time I noticed Phife in his own right.
2972618, OJ Simpson, pimpin'. I'm like Pippen. I left the Bull shit to rock it
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 02:39 PM
(Rocket)
2972619, God damn, I'm glad y'all set it off. Used to be hard...
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 02:40 PM
...now you're just wet & soft
2972621, Poisonous paragraphs smash your phonograph in half
Posted by makaveli, Wed Sep-07-16 02:51 PM
2972624, This is how i represent, i rock the mic 110%
Posted by Playa_Politician, Wed Sep-07-16 02:59 PM
It's intimate, I keeps the party movin' like an immigrant
Binary Star, superstar, it's no coincidence
Every verse is intricate, this ain't a circus in a tent - (c) Binary Star (OneManArmy/OneBeLo/DoubleLo7)
2972625, Tommy ain't my motherfuckin' boy
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Sep-07-16 03:02 PM
2972643, The implorer, the universe explorer. Treat MCs like the cities
Posted by fatboybrandon, Wed Sep-07-16 06:02 PM
of Sodom and Gomorrah. (c)Black Thought

Concerto of The Desperado by The Roots = one of my favorite Black Thought performances.
2972644, Flow tracks go back like the hair line of Kojak, I'm a no slack..
Posted by fatboybrandon, Wed Sep-07-16 06:04 PM
nigga that's pro black! (C)Treach who slayed lyrically on D-Nice's Time To Flow.
2972646, Y'all ready for this.....YEAAAAAAAHH, Ha Ha Ha! (c)The D.O.C.
Posted by fatboybrandon, Wed Sep-07-16 06:06 PM
You know an opening line is good when is been sampled mad times on other Hip Hop classics.
2972647, I Just Want the Summer to End
Posted by Adwhizz, Wed Sep-07-16 06:10 PM
Weezer- Endless Bummer.

Not a rap song but the minute you hear that, you know some bad shit is about to go down
2972649, ay yo yo yo you can't stand right there
Posted by The3rdOne, Wed Sep-07-16 06:46 PM
2972652, with so much drama in the LBC, it's kinda hard being Snoop D-O- double G
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 06:54 PM
2972653, Just waking up in the morning, gotta thank God....
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 06:56 PM
2972654, Don't call it a comeback! I've been here for years...
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:01 PM
2972657, "Picture bloodbaths in elevator shafts like these murderous rhymes
Posted by melmag, Wed Sep-07-16 07:14 PM
tight from genuine craft" (C) GZA


^^ that right there is a film trailer!
2972659, East New York, '82, first Pumas navy blue
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:41 PM
AZ - Wanna Be There
2972660, Ayo Bo Knows this and Bo Knows that,but Bo don't know jack...
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:46 PM
cuz Bo can't rap.

Phife had so many great lines.
2972661, "You lack the minerals and vitamins, irons and the niacin..
Posted by melmag, Wed Sep-07-16 07:50 PM
fuck who that I offend, rappers sit back, I'm 'bout to begin" (c) Omar Cradle


^^If wack rappers was being taken to court, this would be the prosecuter's opening statement
2972663, I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:54 PM
Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke.
2972664, Ay Carumba! Starang, gun clappa numba...one on the set, man I'll cut ya
Posted by DJR, Wed Sep-07-16 07:58 PM
like lumber! Starang Wondah - Lefleur Leflah Eshkoshka

The delivery on that was so hype. I love that whole short verse. Kicks the whole song off perfectly.
2972665, On these 73 keys of ivory and ebony, I swear solemnly that I'll forever rock steadily"
Posted by melmag, Wed Sep-07-16 08:15 PM

^^that right there is an oath of office, folks!
2972684, A few from Public Enemy
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Thu Sep-08-16 02:13 AM
I got so much trouble on my mind / Refuse to lose / Get your ticket / Hear the drummer get wicked - Welcome to the Terrordome

I got a letter from the government the other day, I opened it and read it. It said they were suckas - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

Hear come the drums - Can't Truss It

1989, the number, the summer / Get down / Sound of the funky drummer - Fight the Power

Burn Hollywood burn, I hear a riot / Going on / First they're guilty, now their gone / Yeah, I'll check out a movie / But it'll take a Black one to move me - Burn Hollywood Burn
2972820, I got so much trouble on my mind / Refuse to lose / Get your ticket
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:16 AM
Hear the drummer get wicked - Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome
2972821, I got a letter from the government the other day, I opened it and read it.
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:16 AM
It said they were suckas - Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
2972822, Hear come the drums
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:17 AM
Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
2972823, 1989, the number, the summer / Get down / Sound of the funky drummer
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:18 AM
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
2972824, Burn Hollywood burn, I hear a riot / Going on / First they're guilty, now their gone
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:19 AM
Yeah, I'll check out a movie / But it'll take a Black one to move me - Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn
2972815, I break bread, ribs, hunnid dolla bills
Posted by High Society, Thu Sep-08-16 09:49 PM
2972817, It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
Posted by cchrono, Thu Sep-08-16 10:48 PM
2972825, Allow me to reintroduce myself / My name is Hov
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Sep-09-16 12:22 AM
Jay-Z - Public Service Announcement (Interlude)
2972829, I came into this world / high as a bird / From.....
Posted by spitfire, Fri Sep-09-16 07:48 AM
second hand cocaine powder / I know it sounds absurd / I never tooted but its in my veins

outkast - babylon
2972833, 'Ay yo, the brother's stillmatic / I crawled up out of that grave / wipin the dirt / cleanin my shirt....
Posted by spitfire, Fri Sep-09-16 08:01 AM
aye the brother's stigmatic
I crawled up out of that grave,
wipin the dirt, cleanin my shirt
They thought I'd make another "Illmatic"
But it's always forward I'm movin
Never backwards stupid
here's another classic




shit is like a mantra
2972834, Picture bloodbaths in elevator shafts
Posted by j., Fri Sep-09-16 08:07 AM
2972841, I've seen some cold nights, bloody days, they grab me...
Posted by RaphaelSoulLee, Fri Sep-09-16 08:59 AM
...bu**ets spray/they use me wrong so I'll sing this song to this day/
2972851, All right, Stop! Collaborate and listen...
Posted by Mack, Fri Sep-09-16 11:00 AM
.
2972852, lmao
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:18 AM
2972853, Creep wit me as I roll thru da hood maniac lunatic call 'im Snoop Eastwood
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:22 AM
2972854, 1, 2, 3 and to tha foe, Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dr Dre is at yo doe
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:23 AM
2972855, Wit so much drama in the l-b-c it's kinda hard bein Snoop d-o double g
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:26 AM
2972856, I be tossin and flossin my style is awesome
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:27 AM
I consider that the beginning anyway
2972857, I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies, and prisoners...
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Sep-09-16 11:31 AM
2972858, I grew up a fuckin' screw up!
Posted by redbaron, Fri Sep-09-16 11:42 AM

Got introduced to the game got an ounce and fuckin blew up


--BIG
2972862, I'm mainly known for the rough raps, while cats steal my lyrics...
Posted by Dstl1, Fri Sep-09-16 12:13 PM
like hubcaps and eat em like stacks of flapjacks like rugrats.
2972877, Fuck where you at kid it's where you from nm.
Posted by RaFromQueens, Fri Sep-09-16 02:45 PM
2972882, For all you MC's perpetrating a fraud
Posted by rdhull, Fri Sep-09-16 03:55 PM
2972883, You ain't never met a nigga like Pimp C, hoe.
Posted by JFrost1117, Fri Sep-09-16 03:56 PM
2972884, It's Pimp C, bitch. So what the fuck is up?
Posted by JFrost1117, Fri Sep-09-16 03:57 PM
2972893, Rugged like Rwanda (c) Bigg Jus (Company Flow)
Posted by Ishwip, Fri Sep-09-16 07:11 PM

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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

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