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.
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.