basketball Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/basketball/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:47:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 It’s like bedtime without your PJs https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/ https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:41:51 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1819 Image: Annie Spratt via Unsplash If I’m going to catalogue every hip-hop simile ever, I’m going to have to get a wriggle on. In 2024,…

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/feed/ 0 Writing like Shakespeare on the top tier https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/ https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:24:18 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1549 Some disturbing, some gross and some strangely normal similes in this disquieting DJ Shadow and Danny Brown number.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/feed/ 2 I stick around like hockey https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:12:29 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1205 A corking collection of sporting similes sees Pharoahe Monch's Official go straight to the top of the simile league table.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/feed/ 2 She talk so big like she could fit Godzilla in her mouth https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/ https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/#comments Sun, 10 May 2020 14:04:34 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1024 Serial-killing gynaecologist Dr. Octagon is on the road and driving recklessly. Another good reason to stay at home.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/feed/ 5 MCs be hooked like addicts https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/ https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:37:34 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=873 I risk the ire of the farmer-butcher mafia by putting Bahamadia's 1996 track Three Tha Hard Way under my simile microscope.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/feed/ 2 Begin like a violin end like Leviathan https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/ https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:36:16 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=800 Nas is like...well, all sorts of things. Find out what as we look at his 1994 classic It Ain't Hard To Tell.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/feed/ 9 I’m spraying like a fountain https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/ https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2019 18:51:08 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=633 Things get a little heavy (literally) as we look at the similes in porky NY rapper Action Bronson's White Silk.

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