Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month’s simile-analysing odyssey.
I risk the ire of the farmer-butcher mafia by putting Bahamadia’s 1996 track Three Tha Hard Way under my simile microscope.
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.
Nas is like…well, all sorts of things. Find out what as we look at his 1994 classic It Ain’t Hard To Tell.
It’s the turn of Apani B Fly to flex her simile muscle and help us all act a little more mindfully. Relax and take in…
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…
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,…
A notable entry in that it not only opens with a simile, but a negative simile. Oooh. We also discuss a particularly contentious comparative.
It had to start here really. Wu-Tang’s debut single kicks off with a solid simile and never stops throwing them at you.