Comments on: More rhymes than is lines in ya database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Overdue like a library book - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-1297 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:00:15 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-1297 […] 580 similes, but I now have one about Timberlands, a hip-hop staple, logged in the database. Woo. We last (briefly) met Timberlands almost five years ago, but not in a simile. So I’m naturally delighted about this […]

]]> By: I get deep like fathoms in ocean water - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-49 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:09:40 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-49 […] wasn’t bluffin’ when I said this track was short. At only nine, this is the fewest number of similes we’ve seen in a single track. Madlib […]

]]> By: Like fudge and caramel, they're not the same - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-10 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:31:18 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-10 […] count and high simile rate put Just a Test in second place on the simile leader board, just behind Herbaliser and DOOM. Great stuff, even if half of it makes no sense at […]

]]> By: Pullin' out rhymes like books off the shelf - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-7 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:55:52 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-7 […] Like DOOM, Young MC was born in London (as Marvin Young, so his pseudonym might not be that daft after all), not far from my old stomping ground. Wimbledon Common crew represent! He moved to New York at a young age (as did DOOM) and the rest is history. […]

]]> By: Flippin' the intricate like Asian origami - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-6 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:21:37 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-6 […] here. Horshack is a character from some obscure 70s show called Welcome Back, Kotter. Along with DOOM’s reference to Mork and Mindy, that’s three US sitcoms in just five tunes. Are we unearthing a common hip-hop theme […]

]]> By: Rayner https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-4 Sat, 25 May 2019 11:47:59 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-4 In reply to DJ.

Me too, DJ, me too. I’m a bit worried I’ve peaked with the first two tunes to be honest. Stay tuned!

]]> By: DJ https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comment-3 Fri, 24 May 2019 21:25:56 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319#comment-3 I’m very much looking forward to watching the burgeoning similes per minute leader board as it fills up over the next few months!

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