occupations Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/occupations/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:54:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 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 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 Swimming in beats like a dolphin https://ihhsdb.com/swimming-in-beats-like-a-dolphin/ https://ihhsdb.com/swimming-in-beats-like-a-dolphin/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:12:49 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1337 Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth let us explore their big basement in this classic posse cut.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/swimming-in-beats-like-a-dolphin/feed/ 2 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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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/feed/ 5 You need to can it like the Jolly Green Giant https://ihhsdb.com/you-need-to-can-it-like-the-jolly-green-giant/ https://ihhsdb.com/you-need-to-can-it-like-the-jolly-green-giant/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:37:20 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=410 What links Tonto, John Candy and Donna Summers? The clown prince of hip-hop, Biz Markie, slips them into similes in this characteristically weird track.

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