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Overdue like a library book

Rayner — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:45:52 +0000

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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Writing like Shakespeare on the top tier

Rayner — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:24:18 +0000

Some disturbing, some gross and some strangely normal similes in this disquieting DJ Shadow and Danny Brown number.

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If I lie my nose will grow like a little wooden boy named Pinocchio

Rayner — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 19:28:55 +0000

Who sells sea shells on the sea shore? It's Run-DMC, picking a peck of pickled similes in 80s classic Peter Piper.

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Catch more wreck on your dome than a deranged fucking barber

Rayner — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:21:36 +0000

Guru and Krumb Snatcha get all het up about fake MCs in this classic Gang Starr track.

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I’m picking words like the best crops

Rayner — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:44:49 +0000

Put down that mouse burger, it's time to look at the similes in The Four Owls' 2015 track Rice Torture.

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Burning them like charcoal

Rayner — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:15:13 +0000

Want to find out which historical character ruined a hedge while drunk in a wheelbarrow? Then don your tuxedo, prime your toxic masculinity and read this.

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It’s just like Cowboy riding on a saddle

Rayner — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:02:10 +0000

The Furious Five, probably the biggest misnomer in hip-hop, take us on a simile-laden journey via exploding killer sharks and a greased up bodybuilder.

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Pullin’ out rhymes like books off the shelf

Rayner — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:55:31 +0000

Bones are really hard. Discover this, and other underwhelming facts, as we dive into Young MC's 1989 hit Know How to hunt for the juiciest similes.

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