It's really fun when you get the feeling of a group rappers "passing the mic" around, each bringing their own flavor to the beat.
"One Session" is not a "pass the mic" song, but some kind of cyborg does get a verse so it makes it in as an honoree.
"6 Minutes (Dungeon Family It's On)" From the crew that gave us Outkast, Goodie Mob, and CeeLo Green.
Have to link to Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "The Show," "Six minutes Doug E Fresh you're on..."
Big Rube passes to Big Boi passes to Big Gipp (hook) /
Witchdoctor passes to Cool Breeze (hook) /
Khujo passes to T-Mo (hook) /
Backbone passes to CeeLo (hook)
"Stay Fly" Now when I hear this hook I think of the hook on Ariana Grande's "Let Me Love You." That could be a fun mashup: "Gotta stay fly-yyy-yy-yy-y, let me lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-love you..."
Juicy J passes to DJ Paul (chorus) /
Young Buck passes to Crunchy Black (chorus) /
8Ball passes to MJG (chorus)
"Pass The Mic" Beastie Boys are one of the groups that popularized the pass the mic sound, and brought the phrase into popular use with this song. Lacking a chorus or a hook, the focus is on the MCs and the DJ, which is a stylistic choice I approve of.
MCA / Mike D / Adrock / MCA / All / Mike D / MCA / Adrock / Mike D / All
"Purple Pills" Eminem gets a little into the biography of D12 on "Stepping Stone," off his new album Kamikaze, which I like a lot. I've been sitting on this list but thought it was timely to drop it because of this.
Hook / Eminem > Kuniva / Hook / Proof > Swift / Hook / Bizarre / Hook
I close it out with "1Train" because it's such an epic song. Again, no hook, no chorus. Love it. Hit-Boy on the beat.
A$AP Rocky > Kendrick Lamar > Joey Bada$$ > Yelawolf > Danny Brown > Action Bronson > Big K.R.I.T.
I do love this track, but I think sometimes the beat drops out at less than opportune times, and ends up making the rapper sound weak.
It works great at 1:55 and 2:16 for Joey Bada$$' verse. When Yelawolf comes in at 2:31, the main theme of the track is cut out, and for a long time. He comes in with a syncopated cadence, but there's nothing in the instrumental to bounce it off of, so it sounds to me like he is having trouble with his syllables, even though he may be doing it on purpose. At 2:54, the theme comes in again and his syncopation sounds great. It also trips up Action Bronson at 4:26.
Love the cold ending, too -- like a mic drop.
- Matt
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