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,…
It’s time to see how the West Midlands’ diss track whizz kid likes to throw down similes.
Lizzo whips her sword out and delivers a nice slice of simile action in her 2013 track Be Still
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.
Some disturbing, some gross and some strangely normal similes in this disquieting DJ Shadow and Danny Brown number.
Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month’s simile-analysing odyssey.
Digable Planets exploit the law of the one-sided simile to get a potentially controversial top five spot.
Guru and Krumb Snatcha get all het up about fake MCs in this classic Gang Starr track.
Ugly Duckling take centre stage and show us why they are the beautiful swan of the hip-hop simile world.