soul Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/soul/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:10:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 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 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 More vice and gambling than Las Vegas, Nevada https://ihhsdb.com/more-vice-and-gambling-than-las-vegas-nevada/ https://ihhsdb.com/more-vice-and-gambling-than-las-vegas-nevada/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:24:50 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=714 Handsome Boy Modeling School take centre stage as we introduce a new law set to revolutionise the taxonomy of hip-hop similes.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/more-vice-and-gambling-than-las-vegas-nevada/feed/ 4 It all stays the same like the love doctor, Strange https://ihhsdb.com/it-all-stays-the-same-like-the-love-doctor-strange/ https://ihhsdb.com/it-all-stays-the-same-like-the-love-doctor-strange/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:16:31 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=448 How many mics do the Fugees hit on the daily? Don't expect an answer from this evasive bunch, but do expect a plethora of similes covering a range of themes.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/it-all-stays-the-same-like-the-love-doctor-strange/feed/ 2 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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