Best examples of wordplay in Hip Hop?

Alexandria Popik: Wordplay Examples

Keven Woodington: Failure- Lupe Fiasco. shat on eminem.

Marco Stolarz: Cunninglynguist Ft. Tonedeff - love aint

Chauncey Williama: I would definitely put Eminem in there. No one has a better understanding of word play in hip hop than him. Off the top of my head I'd say:Listen to Renegade by Eminem"But maybe one day we can make some progress Food for thought - see how long it takes to digest""And it's such a pleasure, every button that I touch I treasure every glutton that I punish in my lust"or Stimulate by Eminem (with Jay Z)"See it's as easy as cake, simple as whistling Dixiewhile I'm wavin the pistol at sixty Christians against meGo to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholicsin holy water no wonder they try to hold me under longer"They are just two songs I thought of but every single song apart from the ones on Relapse, which was a terrible album, are full of lyrical genius. How many people listen to Em! inem and just think "Wow"? The Way I Am? so many great lines in that song. Stan? Amazing story telling, witty concept. Mosh? Politically challenging and impactful. Could go on for a long time....Show more

Bethanie Menden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBxYn1ighoU

Vida Miss: That's not even wordplay you idiots...go listen to KOTD battle rap..

Vernita Robberson: "I Gave You Power" by Nas-"I'm always on some ****. My abdomen is the click, the barrel's my dick, uncircumsized, pull my skin back and cock me, i bust off when they unlock me." "Real Recognize Real" by Lupe Fiasco- "They say the game has the belly of a beastBlunts for fingers and hollow tips for teethWire taps for ears, Nike Airs for feetBlasphemy for prayers, a system for a heartRap music for beats, heroin for a son and its married to the streetsCrack pipes for lungs, and he never sleepsJust spies, wit dice in his eyesLoves life cuz he likes when it diesWith a baking soda soul, he cough up p! leasureClothes made out of dollar bills that he sewed together! He knows, he's clever, jealous his houseAll the liquor that's poured out, goes right in his mouthRides around on a stray bullet;Wit prostitutes, pimps, dope dealers and killers tied to it to pull itA TV in his head, stripper slides down his legsAnd he's known to ride around wit the feds, and he's OUT THERE" I think Lupe's verse is one of the most creative I've seen. Has crazy metaphors, parrelism, juxtapositions, aphorisms, and basically stuff that would impress my English teacher. =PI also think that, in addition to Failure, Twilight Zone had some nice wordplay in it as well....Show more

Ruby Martis: RE:Best examples of wordplay in Hip Hop?My favorites are: It's simple as the ABC's, skip over the D's and rock the mic with ease.-eminemthis s**t is enternal, I rock the Heavens well, even if they won't let me in Heaven, I raise Hell untill it's Heaven-Jay ZYour a** forgot, just in cause you don't remember me,......Show more

Darcie Peraha: "Monch is a monarch on! ly minus the A&R.""She was voted most likely to succeed/They was right... All she do now is suck seed.""Sadomasochist MC, I bite myself.""Slave to a label, but I own my masters."Pharoahe Monch got the best wordplay in hip-hop, IMO....Show more

Nicolas Cooley: BIG PUN :Enter my world of doom, consume fear and feel the panic.I ram a lightning bolt between the earth and the moon and curl the planets.I'm bell Atlantic with lyrics expanding for galaxies.Battle me mathematically, I'm giving your wisdom a cavity.Rapidly flowing, controlling the time, jump over the line.I'm blowing your mind, with just a flow of the rhyme.I'm Hogan in his prime, too strong and fast, ******' could bomb and blast.C'mon, you still beyond your wrath.I'm satisfaction guaranteed, you fiction like Quentin Tarantine,Kick you in your baddest dream, **** you haven't seen.I have to be perfectly honest,We should have an anniversary to acknowledge, the way I work the Ebonics.I verbally vomit on novice ***! ***' that try to kid us with garbage lyrics.My style delivers, outside ! the outer limits.I'm like the pyramids cuz every point is precise, now you know me for life.3 pound Cuban studded with ice.....Show more