food and drink Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/food-and-drink/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:55:24 +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 Their lips look like crispy bacon https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/ https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:05:17 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1709 It's time to see how the West Midlands’ diss track whizz kid likes to throw down similes.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/feed/ 2 I whip my sword out like Uma in Kill Bill https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 12:58:53 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1684 Lizzo whips her sword out and delivers a nice slice of simile action in her 2013 track Be Still

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/feed/ 0 I blow like a missile https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:31:44 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1652 Trevor, Barry and Shamele are here to throw some disappointingly average similes at you in this archetype of hip-hop simile.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/feed/ 1 I got more flavour than the packet in macaroni https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/#respond Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:55:01 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1631 I think it's time to discuss your philosophy of drug use as it relates to artistic endeavours: namely simile spotting.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/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 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 Our funk zooms like you hit the Mary Jane https://ihhsdb.com/our-funk-zooms-like-you-hit-the-mary-jane/ https://ihhsdb.com/our-funk-zooms-like-you-hit-the-mary-jane/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:20:02 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1309 Digable Planets exploit the law of the one-sided simile to get a potentially controversial top five spot.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/our-funk-zooms-like-you-hit-the-mary-jane/feed/ 4 Catch more wreck on your dome than a deranged fucking barber https://ihhsdb.com/catch-more-wreck-on-your-dome-than-a-deranged-fucking-barber/ https://ihhsdb.com/catch-more-wreck-on-your-dome-than-a-deranged-fucking-barber/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:21:36 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1246 Guru and Krumb Snatcha get all het up about fake MCs in this classic Gang Starr track.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/catch-more-wreck-on-your-dome-than-a-deranged-fucking-barber/feed/ 0 I got lungs like a vacuum https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:28:28 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1135 Ugly Duckling take centre stage and show us why they are the beautiful swan of the hip-hop simile world.

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