transport Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/transport/ 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 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 I got lungs like a vacuum https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:28:28 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1135 Ugly Duckling take centre stage and show us why they are the beautiful swan of the hip-hop simile world.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/feed/ 5 Surround your sound like a Spandex pant leg https://ihhsdb.com/surround-your-sound-like-a-spandex-pant-leg/ https://ihhsdb.com/surround-your-sound-like-a-spandex-pant-leg/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:44:01 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=684 Find out why Spandex is so called as we put the similes in Roots Manuva's Join the Dots under the microscope.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/surround-your-sound-like-a-spandex-pant-leg/feed/ 0 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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