musicians Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/musicians/ 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 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 I fliggity-fits the mould like the gold that’s on my teeth-es https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:17:21 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1740 Das EFX's excellent simile use is slightly marred by their love of irritating nonsense words in our latest trip down simile lane.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/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 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 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 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 I get deep like fathoms in ocean water https://ihhsdb.com/i-get-deep-like-fathoms-in-ocean-water/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-get-deep-like-fathoms-in-ocean-water/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:09:20 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1283 Imagine a yellow ALF smoking and holding a brick. Now you're in the right mind state to enjoy the similes in Madlib's Bluffin'.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-get-deep-like-fathoms-in-ocean-water/feed/ 0 Inventing new ways just like a scientist https://ihhsdb.com/inventing-new-ways-just-like-a-scientist/ https://ihhsdb.com/inventing-new-ways-just-like-a-scientist/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:49:51 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1055 Lock up your daughters: Kool G Rap's in town and he's about to unleash some pretty obscene similes.

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