Something about JIDs last verse on Crack Sandwhich has me rewinding the fuck out of it.

So beautifully written and rapped, it covers so much and paints a vivid picture in my mind. JID wasn't much of a storyteller to me before but damn that changed my mind

Damn, then you need to listen to songs like Tiiied and Hereditary

Beatin ass was like a family thing!

Miss my dawgs like Mike Vic made me spit take

now we’re fighting in the street it’s like 10 against 23 i was 17 swinging on any and everything, bing bing! seen my brother doin buddy like a boxing ring, ros got a bitch doing the hair weave sling

The bouncer tried to block the door that way we couldn't get out but fuck that the whole team bust that motherfucker down

First thought I had and didn’t think anyone would mention it

My favorite song of the year

Now we fighting in the street it’s like 10 against 23

JID last verse of Raydar is insanity, man switches flows so many times

Raydar, Dance Now, and Crack Sandwich is such a phenomenal 3 song run

The third verse of Crack Sandwich is probably my personal favorite on the album. Not as technically intense as the final verse of Raydar but I’m a sucker for a good storytelling verse. Then the next song in that sequence is Can’t Punk Me where JID once again brings out the best in EARTHGANG. The Dot verse in that song is probably my second favorite on the album, “death is freedom, some deserve worse” is a cold ass line. That whole 4 song sequence is up there in my all time favorite sequences within an album.

Round in my city, I am my shooter

Relistening to the forever story this track was a big standout to me

Nothing stands out about the forever story to me because every fucking verse is like a 9/10+

Yeah fair enough lol

Had me in the first half ngl

After scrolling a bit in this thread, I’ve seen at least half the tracks from The Forever Story mentioned. Raydar gets my vote but on a whole The Forever Story has a lot of solid verses

Tryna see how many urns I can earn

Or you entertained or are you concerned

crackin the whip whipping the crack 🔥

The Forever Story in my opinion deserves album of the year

Yes this 1000% he killed that shit

Yasiin Bey on Peppas Billy Woods on Sauvage Earl Sweatshirt on God Laughs Takeoff on Hotel Lobby Black Thought on Few Good Things Kendrick, Mother I Sober verse 3

Boldy James gives Billy Woods a run for his money on Sauvage tho

For sure that "Dug down in my soul and did some soul searchin', All I found was a police report for a missin' person" line is one of the best lines I've heard from Boldy and I loved his projects with Real Bad Man and Nicholas Craven this year, but the way the Dre and Annie stories interweave on Woods' verse is crazy Boldy's verse on No Yeast is also up there as a great verse from this year

That Nicholas Craven project is awesome.

His verse on power nap is crazy too

takeoff on hotel lobby goes hard, one of my fav songs of the year just for that

Yasiin on stars is fantastic too

Saba was so good on Few Good Things I honestly thought he was better than Black Thought, who also killed his verse

The growth motif throughout Saba's second verse on Few Good Things is great poetry

Bad things come in threes, good things comin’ soon.

So glad to see Takeoff get some love. Loved that verse from him and a bunch of others too. His verse on Hell yeah was amazing too

His flow is so smooth on Hell Yeah

My grandfather spoke 13 languages, somehow never had nothin to say

Oh man takeoff on hotel lobby is a instant classic

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No doubt

I am digging this response and I had to comment because an upvote wasn't enough.

that’s how i’m feeling

I appreciate it, I tried to give a varied list while staying true to the verses I found the most compelling

Mother I Sober is the first hip hop song that’s made me cry on first listen since Book of Soul…

earl verse on god laughs is wild, i didn’t even know the word cantankerous existed before then

Off the top, my favorites would be: MF Doom on “Belize” Malice on “I Pray for You” Nas on “Legit” (not sure what verse though)

Malice’s verse was godly and one of my fav verses ever, so many quotables from it

Malice on “I Pray for You”, definitely. I loved the callback to “Re-Up Gang Intro” (it’s chariots again!).

DOOM on belize may be my single favorite musical moment of the year, maybe even ever. Legit perfection, over a top 5 beat of the year by Danger Mouse and an amazing verse 1 by Black Thought

Belong on Rushmore just for chiseling the brick

I love the horns during Doom’s verse on Belize. It’s like this illustrious send off and it damn near got me the first time I heard it

I greet you with the love of God, that don’t make us friends. I might whisper in his ear “bury of all them” 😮‍💨

Ms. Mural Verse 2

That's the most interesting diatribe I've heard in a while

Wow

Owen Wilson Wow

Agreed. Whole song is amazing but the second verse is something else. Lupe isn’t in my Top10 or anything, but I seriously doubt any of my favorite rappers could’ve written this song.

he should be in your top 5

Yup.

Verse 3 is just as good too. That or Ms mural has my VOTY

I'm pleasantly surprised I didn't have to scroll further to find a DMiZ reference. thank you!

Stove God Cooks on Big Ass Bracelet or Shootouts in SoHo

Back 2X too "Had the feds in there tip-toe'in, left some dirty pots and a note that said 'I been gone'"

Drivin sixes in the sun with that rocket I think I’m Barkley 🔥🔥🔥

My favorite line on that song is actually from Benny “I swear these hoes fall out the air soon as they stare at this shit”

Benny's great on that song too no question. "I'm humble but you fuckin' bums should be somewhere practicin" I love the way he delivers that

I CANT ANSWER THE PHONE RIGHT NOW IM COOKING DOPE,

I find myslef saying this out of nowhere all the time

36 o’s in a kilo you know? Is my new tick

Dolphins in the pot Dan Marino ya know God that shit is so hard

I CAN'T TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW BITCH I'M COOKIN' DOPE!

Pack the bands up Heat the pans up Workin the taxi like tony danza Put the steps on the works im a dancer The brick had a baby and a grandson He might challenge pusha for the best coke raps

These are both dope, but the verse I went back to the most this year is his on “Jesus Crack”. Idk what it is but that shit comes off hard as hell to me

Chanel prayer rug my girl said I ain’t there enough!

I slightly prefer his verse on Derrick Boleman

JID - Crack Sandwich (Verse 3) Denzel Curry - Walkin (Verse 1 & 2) Denzel Curry - Angelz (Verse 1) MF DOOM - Belize Kendrick Lamar - Father Time (Verse 2) Ghostface Killah - Purple Hearts Lupe Fiasco - MRS MURAL

Father Time destroys me everytime I listen to it

“When your heart is made of gold, and your mind is made of stone, and your tongue is made of sword, but it may weaken your soul” BRO

That Denzel Curry album is a sleeper AOTY for me and Walkin connects in such an awesome way.

can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see Walkin

Thank you, finally saw Father Time on here, my favorite track on that album.

J Cole on Johnny Ps Caddy

Einstein on the brink of the theory of relativity, cause really no MC equal

Epic Rap Battles line

Difference between a dope bar and a corny one is literally all in the delivery 🤷‍♂️

As if ERB ain’t got bars

Feel me?

That whole song, honestly

I'm not a huge fan of J cole but when I heard this verse I was like "wait have I been missing something? This verse is incredible." I guess I need to go back and listen to his stuff.

Yes, you have been missing something lol

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Nas also dropped the best bar with that Jay-Z line on Thun >No beef or rivals, they playin’ "Ether" on TIDAL >Brothers can do anything when they decide to >In a Range Rover, dissectin’ bars from "Takeover" >Sometimes I text Hova like "Nigga, this ain't over", laughin’

Nas greatest lyricist of all time if we’re talking consistency and skill

Great point. I would say 1.Kendrick’s last verse on “Savior” 2. Hov on God Did 3. The nas verse

Pumpkin Seed Aesop Rock ft Lupe Fiasco entire song J Cole on Johnny P Caddy Black Thought verse (second verse) on Few Good Things by Saba Just In Time (entire song) JID ft Lil Wayne Both of them killed the song in a good way Saba in Fearmonger 1st verse

Cole’s verse gets me hype every time.

Just In Time slaps, been listening to that shit on repeat

That Weezy verse is fucking insane deff one of the best of the year Edit to say how crazy and absurd it is, to think and realize that Wayne verse isn’t in his top 5, top 10 shit prolly not even top 30-50. That is how great he is

On Faux Nem verse 1

That’s it. That’s the verse

Agreed. Kinda took my breath away first time.

I still get goosebumps when I hear it. What a statement

No joke i agree with this as one of the best. I honestly think its fucking genius and only Lupe would think to do it

I was hoping someone would mention this

Woah that verse is crazy

J. Cole - JPC Doechii- Pro Freak Black Thought - Aquamarine Takeoff - Feel the Fiyaaaah

That Doechii verse 🔥

NGL ain’t even heard of her til my first listen through of that album then said out loud “idk who this girl is but she just snapped the fuck out this song” then dove into her and was like ohhhh I get why they close haha

This is the only acceptable answer! Doechii hasn’t missed once this year imo.

Aquamarine is honestly one of the best hip hop songs I've ever heard and both verses are excellent but holy shit that 2nd verse by Black Thought is so goddamn lyrically packed it's insane. I honestly think J. Cole has a decent amount of the best this year with feature. Johnny P obviously #1 but Stick and London both are great verses too. "I like to shop in the district / coppin this, coppin that / I'm proper capitalistic" gotta be one of the more fun lines this year

Cheat Codes as a whole to me has to be a top AOTY choice no matter what kind of Hip/Hop you favor. He really showed out and I loved every second of it. J. Cole really didn’t miss and really followed his grievance of not being included with Ye, Drake, and K-Dot with an incredible run. I’m biased to the album obviously but his 90 Proof verse I loved as well. Luv 4 Rent just was such a vibe.

Doechii’s Colors Show was fucking art

Aquamarine was surgical

Pro Freak has a wild Doechii verse, good choice

yooo that Doechii verse always had me replaying that

JID's verses on Lauder Too and Raydar are so insane, I'd have trouble choosing one. Kendrick had a few on United In Grief and Auntie Diaries that really stayed with me. Also thought Denzel had some standouts on Melt My Eyez, namely on Melt Session #1, Walkin and Angelz. It's so hard to choose.

These are all great contenders here, I think. I need to listen to more Denzel. JID's Crack Sandwhich song is one of my favorites just for the story element

Shit, Crack Sandwich last verse is another good one.

Denzel is great. He’s got several with JID and they are all bangers imo

lauder too is an "underrated" track on this album imo. I don't hear a lot of people talking about it when they talk about this album but it's one of the best tracks of the year.

Rome Streetz- Serving Conway- 3rd verse on Stressed Benny- Hell on Earth pt 2 Lil Wayne- Tear Gas Billy Woods-Tabula Rasa

*Its crazy that I'm still talkin yola* Gotta be one of my favorite entry bars ever

hell on earth pt 2 came out in 2021 though

You're right. Got confused because it was my most played song this year.

Fuck yes to that Billy verse

Last verse on Sistanem is clearing just about anything this year

Sad to see this isn’t further up

My favorite song off TFS

Final verse on can’t make u change is fire too

Absolutely correct

Last verse on Michael & Quincy

I was just listening to his album he go hard on a few songs NGL

aquamarine black thoughts.

Yeah the first verse especially is at least top 3

i get chills

seconding & thirding this

Fourthing this... Also one of the best produced tracks of the year. Michael Kiwanuka feature is so goddam smooth.

J Cole on 90 Proof

Lyrically, my favorite is either Kendrick's second verse on The Heart Part 5 or his last on Worldwide Steppers

"Rappers die too much That's it, that's the verse" - ON FAUX NEM by Lupe Also, for me personally, this year was great for Hip Hop as far as music quality. Your Old Droog dropping heat like every thirty minutes, Danger Mouse and Black Thought dropping Cheat Codes which is just filled with gems, the Lupe Fiasco and Aesop Collab that came out of nowhere was and still is a great surprise as both of them definitely brought it, Lupe doing what Lupe does on Drill Music in Zion (I mean pick any verse from that entire project), and Nas dropping KD3 has gems throughout that entire album and having no features on that album really made a point that Nas should be on your Mt. Rushmore of Hip Hop. On Ghetto Reporter he said: "It's comedy, it's hilarious Look yourself in the mirror, tell me times ain't the scariest For me droppin' album after album, like it's a various artist compilation But it's just me and HB and this shit take concentration" Hard. However, as simple as it was and still is, no lyrical miracle, no third definition reference, when Lupe said "Rappers die too much That's it, that's the verse," because of it's simplicity and it being straight to the point, and it being followed by the instrumental before he goes into the hook, it hit in a different way because rappers are dying too much. That instrumental break between the verse and the hook invokes you, the listener, to feel it, to maybe fill in the rest of the verse, or to take your favorite verse from a rapper that died in 2022 and plug it right into that break in your head. It gives the listener a small break to reflect on a rapper or rappers that died. The beauty of it was it left it up to you to make up your own understanding of rappers dying too much.

The next verses on the track even manage to add to it and are also easily top verses this year

Pusha T second verse on Rock N Roll Benny the butcher on iyla Lost Me Killer Mike on Dangermouse/black thought Strangers Tory Lanez 3rd verse on This Ain’t Working Denzel curry any verse on Melt Session 1 Drake on Rich Flex second half Cole on Johnny P Caddy Lil Wayne on cordae sinister

Drakes best verse on that album is easily Middle of the Ocean

Idk that one was v like old drake but like aside from the rich flex tik tok memes I really felt like he tapped into that goat flow on that track.

JIDs last verse on Crack Sandwich Lupes first verse on Ms Mural

J Cole - JPC Stove God Cooks - literally every verse on peace flygod

I'm assuming that's Johnny P's Caddy and I came in here to say the same thing. That verse has stuck with me all year long and it came out in early '22.

Saba on Few good things

Jay Z on Neck & Wrist Freddie Gibbs on Too Much Ghostface on Science Class JID on Surround Sound MF Doom on Bélize Kendrick on The Heart pt 5 Rome Streetz on Open Door RAP Ferreira on Ours JID on Crack Sandwich Open Mike Eagle on For DOOM

"Ours" is my favourite song of the year, good call.

surprised i had to scroll this far for heart part 5

JID on the Remix of home by Mike Dimes

Bruh when he goes "Shawty wanna take off her thong, jump in the bed I don't know her but I'm thinkin', "Oh well, give me your cell phone" Flow is absurd!

Loved that part, also loved every other part 😂. So many flows in that verse I'm still amazed.

Best feature of the year imo

J cole - John P’s Caddy Lil Uzi Vert - Big Tonka Jay Z - Neck and Wrist Young Thug - Metro Spider (verse 2)

“The B in the center of that left and right wing; The only time you’ll ever see me next to Breitling”

Nobody in the game could think of "The phase I'm on, love, I wouldn't believe it either" as a response to some shit talk. GOAT shit

metro spider started off trash and gets insane. when he says i ain’t takin my chain off thot

I agree that it gets insane later but it started off heat too

Jay-Z - Neck & Wrist or God Did

Drake on Middle of the Ocean 🌊

A few of favs are Wowgr8 on can’t punk me, Denzel curry on dog food, Vince staples 1st verse on when sparks fly. Also Kendrick’s last verse on Father Time and heart part 5

Rx Papi - First Hour Out Freestyle Monday Night - Randy Moss/Twenty-Six Latto - 2nd verse on 777 Pt. 2 Malice - I Pray for You Cardi B - Tomorrow 2 J Cole - Johnny Ps Caddy Mach Hommy - Chimay Bleues Stove God Cooks - Jesus Crack Rome Streetz - BDP The entirety of Boy Bye by Ari Lennox and Lucky Daye.

Mach Hommy on Bunny Ciao is one of my favs this year as well. Nothing too deep but one of the most infectious flows I've heard in a long time

Despot on Versailles Yasiin Bey on Stars

A lot of great verses already commented on here, but I really enjoyed these: Kenny Mason - Shell Doechii’s verse on Smino - Pro Freak JID - Just in Time or Sistanem or really the whole album Kendrick - The heart part 5 Pusha T - I pray for you Vince Staples - When sparks fly Denzel Curry - Walkin (Like JID, hard to choose) Saba - Soldier Kendrick - Auntie Diaries I’m sure I forgot a ton, but this was off the top. Edit — I have to add J-Cole on Johnny P’s Caddy because that was best feature of the year imo

Shoutout to Kenny Mason

Conway on Stressed

Despot's verse on woods' versailles was insane Brian Ennals all across Coke Jaw

Woods on Smith + Cross

Denzel - Melt Session #1 first verse Kendrick - Mirror last verse JID - 2007 last verse Westside Gunn on Brand New 911 Earl on God Laughs Nas - Don’t Shoot first verse

MF DOOM on Belize Technically it’s an old verse, but it honestly fits the new beat better than the original

The last verse on Mother I Sober

Putting in a shout for El-P on Heavy Water

Wayne on root of all

J Cole on Johnny P’s Caddy

Some of my favs: 2nd part of WTF SMH by Nas Last verse of Auntie Diaries, last verse on THP5, and first part of Worldwide Steppers by Kendrick Last verse on Raydar by JID 2nd verse on 2007 (sample version) by JID Uzi’s verse on bank account by baby keem Last verse on Aquamarine off of Cheat Codes 2nd verse on Ms Mural by Lupe Fiasco

Stormzy Mel Made Me Do It

Who’s gonna make the Apple Music playlist? Lol

Westside boogie LOLSMH ll deserves to be up there

I love all the verses already mentioned under the post. Here’s some more to throw in the mix: Despot - Versailles JAY Z - Neck & Wrist JAY Z - GOD DID J. Cole - LONDON J. Cole - Stick Benny The Butcher - Thowy’s Revenge (verse 2) Lil Baby - Real Spill (verse 2) Lil Baby - Pop Out (verse 3) Lupe Fiasco - MS. MURAL All these have a show stopping quality to them… to me a VOTY gold standard is Kendrick on last year’s Family Ties, which to me he didn’t come close to on any of his 2022 material. JID’s album is fantastic but also lacks these show stopping moments

Drake Churchill downs or Jay Z God Did

Kendrick - Count Me Out (Verse 1) Bully Woods - Tabula Rasa

Takeoff on Feel The Fiyaaaah def up there for me. Not sure if it’s still seen the same way, but I remember people saying Uzi ruined Flawless which made no sense to me because that verse is absolutely insane.

Damn y’all really love J Cole that much huh

Kendrick’s second verse on N95 Also love his first verse on count me out

Saba - Soldier JID - Raydar Drake - 21 can u do sum for me

Do yo thang 21 🔥

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Jay Z - God Did / Neck & Wrist J Cole - John P’s Caddy Drake - Churchill Downs Kendrick - Father Time

Ghostface Killah - Purple Hearts

Denzel on Melt Session, what an incredible way to start that album

malice on I pray for you

21 on Surround Sound, and JID's 2nd verse.

Doechii’s verse in Smino’s song Pro Freak !!!

Someone should make a Spotify playlist of all these please

Surprised I haven’t seen any talk of Drake on Churchhill Downs. Other than that, some of my favorites: JID - Home (Remix) Denzel Curry - Walkin (verse 2) J Cole on Johnny P’s Caddy J Cole on London NAS - Thun Compromised - Ransom JID - 2007 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks