What makes a good verse? something thats memorable and makes you know that you have just to something special. Guests verses and lead verses are both included.
10. Bun-B on Purple Swag Remix by A$AP Rocky featuring Paul Wall, Bun-B & Killa Kyleon
The O.G. of rap has had a quiet year, but when he comes about he puts on his best work. One artist who I feel can stand the test of time, RIP PIMP C.
9. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares Intro
Never has one man changed the concept of a song so fast in one bar. The change at 1:38 to the middle verse truly makes you question your personal work ethic.
8. Scorcher on E.T. By Kano featuring Wiley, Wretch 32 & Scorcher
The north London MC, took to the beat and used all his abilities to deliver an amazing verse with the grime scenes other 3 heavy weights. Personally I still feel Scorcher is the most talented artist under used and over looked in the UK.
7. Joe Budden from Truth or Truth (Part 1) by Slaughterhouse
Joe Budden has had a lot of personal battle over the last year, we all know about them. Not through media or slight talk but through honesty in his music and the pain and struggles of relapsing and not being able to control his own life was brought to us in such detail you can picture it in this epic verse.
6. Andre 3000 on Sixteen by Rick Ross & Andre 3000
I think when we all saw a Rick Ross song was 8 minutes long we all let out a sigh, right? luckily 3 stacks blessed Ricky's album with a memorable verse as he glided smoothly over the beat and hit us with a nice hook, before we knew it we had finished the track and wanted more from Andre.
5. Diddy from Same Damn Time Remix by Future featuring Diddy & Ludacris
When a remix doesn't have Diddy on it, it seems wrong. He rarely blesses artists with his vocals anymore. With wetting our appetite on Wale's Slight Work Remix he then followed up with nothing but procrastination of the highest level, with such an ease "I can live your life and my life at the same damn time". He invented the remix, with verses like this we are glad he did.
4. Fabolous on Want You Back by Fabolous featuring Joe Budden & Teyana Taylor
Fab has been around for 11 years commercially and to be honest he isn't taken seriously enough as an artist. He sits comfortably in my Top 5 artists. On thanks giving he graced us with the Soul Tape 2, which featured a lot of fantastic word play, great songs and great verses. One stood out, speaking from the heart? maybe. He took to the microphone and delivered some fantastic wordplay more notably the Derrick Rose based 4 bars, by the time you have been able to decode his wording he has hit you with 4 more lines or equal magnitude.
3. Drake from Stay Schemin' by Rick Ross featuring Drake & French Montana
This verse came out in a time when Drake was at war with Common over the Serena Williams debacle. Rick Ross released the mixtape 'Rich Forever' but Drake stole the show with this verse on the projects closing track. The subliminal shots, numerous quotables, rapping to a beat, ad libs and memorable lines made for a perfect verse. The song came in January and there was talk of this being verse of the year already, it is not far off. We all still know Kobe Bryant's divorce was costing him on the strenght of this verse. "B*tch you wasn't with me shooting in the gym!"
2. Pusha T [Extended Verse] from I Don't Like by Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, Chief Keef & Jadakiss
This verse almost didn't see the light of day. Lost in the mastering process, the GOOD music camp wasn't happy so the Virginia native took to the internet and put it out for us, thank GOOD he did. at just under a minute long it was a perfect length for what he put in. address many things and questioning peoples movements. Delivered with such passion, the rest of the song is background in comparison to this, we've all rewound it more than once.
1. Jay-Z from 3 Kings by Rick Ross featuring Dr Dre & Jay-Z
What would a year be without Jay-Z letting us know he was the king of rap? a Successful year all round. He took this verse to cement his status as untouchable. No direct shots were taken, he just made sure that even though he's not in the studio ever 5 minutes we know he still there and can deliver the work upon request. The verse was written within half an hour, he was sent the beat, vocalled and was added. Rick Ross pushed his album back for this verse, what a verse it was too. To the point a '1 King' version is available with just Mr Carter on. "now look at me I can park at my own arena".
Honourable mention goes to Loaded Lux for his final verse in his freestyle on 'The Large Picture' with it being a live freestyle battle, I didn't feel I could include it. It was heavily memorable with some very quotable line, the world over was saying "You gonna get this work" for months.
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