USA Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tracks/country/usa/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:52:46 +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 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 I fliggity-fits the mould like the gold that’s on my teeth-es https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:17:21 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1740 Das EFX's excellent simile use is slightly marred by their love of irritating nonsense words in our latest trip down simile lane.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/feed/ 0 I whip my sword out like Uma in Kill Bill https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 12:58:53 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1684 Lizzo whips her sword out and delivers a nice slice of simile action in her 2013 track Be Still

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/feed/ 1 I got more flavour than the packet in macaroni https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/#respond Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:55:01 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1631 I think it's time to discuss your philosophy of drug use as it relates to artistic endeavours: namely simile spotting.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/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 If I lie my nose will grow like a little wooden boy named Pinocchio https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/ https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2021 19:28:55 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1480 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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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/feed/ 2 You lying like a politician https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/ https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 14:31:37 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1436 Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month's simile-analysing odyssey.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/feed/ 0 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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