but now she violated/Hip Hop Holocaust and camps, old champs are concentrated/They outdated and incarcerated/Love and appreciated and very debated/Forever career created was eliminated/And that’s the way the balance of yin and related.”)īoth MCs spit two verses each, and Common’s final verse played clean-up on the track, but Black Thought crossed the figurative finish line faster than his fellow Soulquarian. (“The turn of the century, the planet’s like a penitentiary/Exaggerated, niggas is living highly medicated/I used to love H.E.R. Black Thought doubled down on Common’s rhetoric from his 1995 classic single “I Used To Love H.E.R.” and bodied the track in his second verse with a prescient rhetoric like a sage regarding the discourse of the rap industry’s direction with drug-induced raps going into the new millennium. Over Questlove’s echoing snares and a chunky bassline, Common and Black Thought engaged in friendly competition so that “UNIverse At War” could live up to the song’s title. “UNIverse At War” from The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife (1996) To review (and introduce to some) his status as a rap titan, here are our picks for Black Thought’s Top 5 greatest verses throughout his 25-year career. His intense energy onstage, flammable rhyme style, battle-ready prowess, and intelligent lyrics have always garnered the praise of high-profile fans like Diddy and his main inspiration Rakim. When Black Thought broke the internet with his astounding 10-minute freestyle on Funk Flex’s Hot 97 show, it reminded critics and rap fans why he deserves a spot on their Greatest MCs of All-Time list selections.īut if you’ve followed Tariq Trotter’s career since The Roots released their debut album Organix in 1993, his epic freestyle shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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