sport Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/sport/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:47:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 It’s like bedtime without your PJs https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/ https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:41:51 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1819 Image: Annie Spratt via Unsplash If I’m going to catalogue every hip-hop simile ever, I’m going to have to get a wriggle on. In 2024,…

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/feed/ 0 Writing like Shakespeare on the top tier https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/ https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:24:18 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1549 Some disturbing, some gross and some strangely normal similes in this disquieting DJ Shadow and Danny Brown number.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/writing-like-shakespeare-on-the-top-tier/feed/ 2 Inventing new ways just like a scientist https://ihhsdb.com/inventing-new-ways-just-like-a-scientist/ https://ihhsdb.com/inventing-new-ways-just-like-a-scientist/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:49:51 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1055 Lock up your daughters: Kool G Rap's in town and he's about to unleash some pretty obscene similes.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/inventing-new-ways-just-like-a-scientist/feed/ 3 She talk so big like she could fit Godzilla in her mouth https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/ https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/#comments Sun, 10 May 2020 14:04:34 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1024 Serial-killing gynaecologist Dr. Octagon is on the road and driving recklessly. Another good reason to stay at home.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/feed/ 5 I’m spraying like a fountain https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/ https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2019 18:51:08 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=633 Things get a little heavy (literally) as we look at the similes in porky NY rapper Action Bronson's White Silk.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/feed/ 3 Pullin’ out rhymes like books off the shelf https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/ https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:55:31 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=530 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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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/feed/ 2 Swingin’ through your town like your neighbourhood Spider-Man https://ihhsdb.com/swingin-through-your-town-like-your-neighbourhood-spider-man/ https://ihhsdb.com/swingin-through-your-town-like-your-neighbourhood-spider-man/#comments Sun, 12 May 2019 10:00:33 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=85 It had to start here really. Wu-Tang's debut single kicks off with a solid simile and never stops throwing them at you.

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