phrases Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/phrases/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:55:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 I make a move like chess https://ihhsdb.com/i-make-a-move-like-chess/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-make-a-move-like-chess/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:14:29 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=972 Do you know what 'protagging' and 'copacetic' mean? I'm not sure EPDM do, but they both feature in this simile-laden track that's two minutes too long.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-make-a-move-like-chess/feed/ 0 Flippin’ the intricate like Asian origami https://ihhsdb.com/flippin-the-intricate-like-asian-origami/ https://ihhsdb.com/flippin-the-intricate-like-asian-origami/#comments Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:21:22 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=492 A track that features a simile so long you need to listen to it twice to fully appreciate it (unless you're a Luther Vandross fan, in which case you won't appreciate it).

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/flippin-the-intricate-like-asian-origami/feed/ 4 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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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/you-need-to-can-it-like-the-jolly-green-giant/feed/ 3 More rhymes than is lines in ya database https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/ https://ihhsdb.com/more-rhymes-than-is-lines-in-ya-database/#comments Fri, 24 May 2019 12:58:21 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=319 A notable entry in that it not only opens with a simile, but a negative simile. Oooh. We also discuss a particularly contentious comparative.

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