clothing Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/clothing/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:52:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 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 Overdue like a library book https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/ https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:45:52 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1784 We return after a year off to a pretty bog-standard track with only 10 similes. Don't say I never treat you well.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/feed/ 1 Ya fallin’ off like Paul Daniels’ wiggy hair https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/ https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:29:52 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1512 Back to the UK and looking at the similes in the second part of Jehst's Trilogy that's not a trilogy.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/feed/ 4 You lying like a politician https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/ https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 14:31:37 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1436 Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month's simile-analysing odyssey.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/feed/ 0 The flow’s mad jazzy like Dizzy Gillespie https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/ https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:14:48 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1384 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

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/feed/ 1 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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