Comments on: Pullin’ out rhymes like books off the shelf https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Sat, 03 Jul 2021 16:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: You lying like a politician - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/#comment-76 Sat, 03 Jul 2021 16:17:00 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=530#comment-76 […] Young MC was our last rapper to compare something to thunder, way back in track six. But it’s a debut for the crocodile, our 27th beast. Animal similes are an easy win: a lot of English idioms use them, and they offer simple mental leaps to imagery. […]

]]> By: More vice and gambling than Las Vegas, Nevada - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/#comment-13 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:25:09 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=530#comment-13 […] hang on. There is precedent here. I once refused to let Young MC get away with ‘I kick it just like this’. This was on the grounds that Young MC wasn’t making a direct comparison between two things. The […]

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