Trevor, Barry and Shamele are here to throw some disappointingly average similes at you in this archetype of hip-hop simile.
I think it’s time to discuss your philosophy of drug use as it relates to artistic endeavours: namely simile spotting.
An extra special and incredibly nerdy look back at our first 500 (and two) hip-hop similes.
Some disturbing, some gross and some strangely normal similes in this disquieting DJ Shadow and Danny Brown number.
Back to the UK and looking at the similes in the second part of Jehst’s Trilogy that’s not a trilogy.
Who sells sea shells on the sea shore? It’s Run-DMC, picking a peck of pickled similes in 80s classic Peter Piper.
Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month’s simile-analysing odyssey.
With Jeru the Damaja as our guide, we explore the very fabric of what is and isn’t hip-hop in this simile-laden track
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth let us explore their big basement in this classic posse cut.
Digable Planets exploit the law of the one-sided simile to get a potentially controversial top five spot.