“In a class that I’m only in, alien, horsepower like a Mongolian” is such a bar. The mongols conquered most of Asia/Russia on horseback.

I still can’t get over the instrumental of this I need an hour loop of that and RIP Daniel Dumile

Goddamn!! DOOM's rap sending chills down my spine #RIPDOOM

bro is throwing up flames

My bandwidth is a canvas cut from its frame, goddamn

Everything's burning down When I close my eyes again Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend We go from Lira to Libra From cold water to fever To World War 3 from the treaty signed in Geneva The biology teacher said we used to be amoebas The neighborhood preacher said we emerged from the ether We converge from urethra and struck gold, eureka The morning star Tariq, I was born to be a teacher Whether scorpion or the frog, the nature of the creature Is to evolve, though it's the savage beast we truly are My words should be studied up in Berkeley and Juilliard All my bars is hard as solid gold bouillon My name in the Quran, like the kingdom of Suleiman You done lost your mind trying to call me a mulignan 'Cause in 215 where folks fight depression And wives pack protection, lives lack direction I'm a king, I'm dipped in God's black complexion Survival of the fittest is the natural selection Now, bend down on the scene like I'm Saladin The stone courage esteem is aquamarine You mask how you really feel like it's Halloween Where they ask how you really feel about my machine In a class that I'm only in Alien, horsepower like a Mongolian Trying to find soul again But my thoughts corrupt the vials and contaminate the console again It's a shame, but I cannot complain though I am not the same My bandwidth is a canvas cut from His frame When I present ideas, naked and unashamed His hand written in Sanskrit on the seventh train Everything's burning down When I close my eyes again Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend I've been through hoodies and sneakers to beepers and record features Hustlin' nicks of reefer to tusslin' with the reaper Sensory deprivation to ultimate synesthesia Freein' our brothers' keeper from chief of another creature Breakin' and entering to the theater, the search and seizure Is the birth of genius, somewhere between Earth and Venus At her convenience even non-believers make prayers Haters and naysayers is buried in cake layers I take day as a blessing and see the night as a lesson Twilight is a message for me to write a confession The matrix, a dominatrix seeking to be served Ever patiently waiting with the demons we deserve Better be willing to pay with every dream that you deferred If the vehicle should swerve, learn to lean into the curve After workin' up the nerve almost equal in size I walked around with the iron for any wrinkle in time I pay the peace of my mind for every nickel and dime But never less than a five and never slept on the job A killer crept in your squad, yet never left the garage When your god was close enough to see the flesh of his eyes Get to the button and press is what the message advised What's the threat? Behind the vest is where the testament lies Everything's burning down When I close my eyes again Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend

I’m a bigger DOOM fan than you so I listened to this verse years ago on the original release. This is a remix.

REST IN PEACE MF DOOM

danger mouse is undefeated with these beats. too sick🔥🔥

Aquamarine is one of the greatest songs ever created .

This would be such a dope intro for a Boondocks remake!

Absolutely flawless ✊✊✊💯💯💯

Best hip hop joint to date..send something better

i love how danger mouse is behind black thought so he doesn’t feel left out

Appreciate President Barack Obama for showing me this

Hdjs hdnbe h

Aquamarine..officially the dooest hip hop track ever created

DOOM outshines blackthought on every track they on

Bluetooth could never do any good song justice. Sounds like one note. Idk how people listen to that

@1:52 shivers... really eerie but in a nice way when the silhouette goes through the light

U make me feeling like 16 again when all this wutang stuff swap over to Germany ... This is over 20 years ago

Damm what a thriller

The two hardest emcees of all time

Very good list. But masta ace, Kool G rap, pharoahe monch and kool keith deserve to be higer. And get kayne and em tf out of the top 10

top 5?

I cant remember how i found this song. But i thank my lucky stars that i did because my life wouldn't have been complete without black thought in it

This beat is dope

Been speechless since this project dropped.

Fook a thick skin I got me an exoskeleton

That was fire like I knew was 🔥🔥🔥

legendary

Black Thought embodies black thought, he is very educational.

UP

Amazing track, amazing music video. RIP to the illest.

Killer Mike is closely entering top 5 status. Mfkrs beware.

R.I.P MF DOOM

Black Thought is like the hidden boss in your favourite streetfighter / mortalkombat type game

Immortal technique flow

“Had no data for a herb who chat chatter!” The Super Villain

борони тебе господь бог денжен маус і шоб тебе ніяка зараза не чіпалась роби гамно дальше це реальне гамно божественний вітер подих

MARVELOUSSSSSSSSSS DANGER MOUSSSSSSSSEEEEEEE

so cool that first Danger Mouse does the Video and appears as Shadow. Another genius move...love him. And then DOOM get's the spot, great.

Aquamarine from Black Thought, Mural from Lupe, Dance with the Devil from Immortal Technique these songs pop in my mind when I'm thinking of artist with 1 dope track that gets deep lyrically or story telling wise. I know there's others, but like these be unmatched by many many other artist. Some artist don't really do story telling at all or they do it very novice like and some artist cannot make a Mural or an Aquamarine to save their life.

Anyone from FIFA 23?

[Verse 1: Black Thought] Yeah, while y'all was sufferin' from future shock Hurtin' and hatin', waitin' for that other shoe to drop I was relocatin' this whole operation to the top For you to copy and paste, in case you forgot I'm super hot and beyond your range It's kind of strange how the change in climate ain't because of climate change I acquired this affinity for finer things Like big folds, Range, and Rolls from gold chains And danger's when niggas get high, then die fameless Slugs spark loud in the chamber and fly aimless I was too wise to the game to try candy from strangers And speak anything but my language Oud from the Indian trees is my fragrance Food, I consider these thieves that's not gangsters So many fuck boys actin' like they tough guys I'ma call your bluff, guys, let me see you uprise [Interlude] Bark, bark, bark Tough guy, ah? You can tell me, you can tell me what? [Verse 2: A$AP Rocky] I keep the four-five close, get your lo-fi smoke Like the Wi-Fi broke, forget the wise guy jokes Got mob ties, bro, financial status and I'm ho tied Get ya from India, smoke on both sides though Oh my, now reach into your pockets, pay homage Pay me hundreds or pay me no mind, bro And my screen don't work, got an iPhone 4 Like, the Wi-Fi broke, it's still a smartphone though Okay, like, que paso, maricón, cabrón 'Kay, tough guy, don't take me for no fungi See you with my third eye, peep you just with one eye closed Um, one time when I was duckin' from the one time This one time, weapon on my left side, I'm gun shy Swimmin' in my new Benz, doors open up like two fins New whips on Dr. Seuss', one fish, two fish, red whip, blue whip [Interlude] This motherfucker does not give a fuck about you He is in his mansion, playing his Xbox (You never listen, you never listen) And look at you, look at where you are (No one ever says anything worth listenin' to) Ayy, yeah [Verse 3: El-P] Straight out the flames of this city of mine Since double planes hit the rises, pain of rap been on rise With cyclops eye strays, stay shatterin' lives Out where the poltergeists of history haunt the alive Monster of art, don't start You little drop, die dark, put you in long-term park Hardly a mark, play your spiderweb like a harp Sharp with a bodega cat claw, slash at a rat's heart Relax, let it happen, it's automatic, I'm tapped in Scrap like I'm facin' the mouth of a starved kraken Facts, man, I actually made the cash they imagined The kid who never compromised, out-racked you bastards Slid into the vacuum they left, stabbin' at random Abracadabra, got these maggots trackin' the magic It's vapid how you speak, not deep, you lackin' the fathoms While tough guy dreamin' of smashin' thots, I smash atoms [Interlude: Killer Mike] Are you serious with this? Is this, is this, this is what it's come to? We're gonna have to walk around outside like we're fuckin' gangsters? (Ayy) I am, and it is (Yeah, yeah) [Verse 4: Killer Mike] The bar killer, I stole a Demon from Dodge dealer (Yeah) A godbody with temperament of a Godzilla (Yeah, yeah) And you ain't shit, you fucker, barely a fart, fella (Yeah, yeah, yeah) A dictator with hard heart, I starve niggas (Woo) I'm out with Lenin and writin' in red ink again (Ooh) And I'm on linen with women pleasurin' pink again (Ooh) Edge of destruction, the world seems on the brink again (Ooh) You think you got me? Ayy, papi, you better think again (Damn) I'll leave you shot in the seat that they sat Lincoln in (Damn) I'll pop you with the same pistol they popped Reagan with (Damn) I'm audacious, so fuck with me on a cash basis (Yeah) I'm outrageous, slap faces to tongue tasters (Yeah, yeah) I rock stages, rappin' raw for all races (Yeah) No patience for racists, send 'em to damn Satan (Yeah, yeah) Cold rages, I stay in God's divine graces (Yeah, yeah) And all my chains on when I rap, bitch, I'm Ghostfacin' (Woo)

that half white beard do be fire 🔥

[Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka] Everything's burning down When I close my eyes and pretend Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend [Verse 1: Black Thought] We go from Lira to Libra, from cold water to fever To World War III from the treaty signed in Geneva The biology teacher said we used to be amoebas The neighborhood preacher said we emerged from the ether We converged from urethra and struck gold, eureka The morning star Tariq, I was born to be a teacher Whether scorpion or the frog, the nature of the creature Is to evolve, though it's the savage beast we truly are My words should be studied up in Berklee and Juilliard All my bars is hard as solid gold bullion My name in the Quran like the kingdom of Suleiman You done lost your mind trying to call me a moulinyan 'Cause in 2-1-5 where folks fight depression And wives pack protection, lives lack direction I'm a king, I'm dipped in God's Black complexion Survival of the fittest is the natural selection Now, bear down on the scene like I'm Saladin The stone courage esteem is aquamarine You mask how you really feel like it's Halloween Where they ask how you really feel about my machine In a class that I'm only in Alien, horsepower like a Mongolian Tryna find soul again But my thoughts corrupt the files and contaminate the console again It's a shame, but I cannot complain, though I am not the same My bandwidth is a canvas cut from His frame When I present ideas, naked and unashamed It's handwritten in Sanskrit on a 7 Train [Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka] Everything's burning down When I close my eyes and pretend Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend [Verse 2: Black Thought] I've been through hoodies and sneakers to beepers and record features Hustlin' nicks of reefer to tusslin' with the reaper Sensory deprivation to ultimate synesthesia Freein' our brothers' keeper from teeth of another creature Breakin' and enterin' to the theater, the search and seizure Is the birth of genius, somewhere between Earth and Venus At her convenience, even non-believers make prayers Haters and naysayers is buried in cake layers I take day as a blessing and see the night as a lesson Twilight is a message for me to write a confession The matrix, a dominatrix seeking to be served Ever patiently waiting with the demons we deserve Better be willing to pay with every dream that you deferred If the vehicle should swerve, learn to lean into the curve After workin' up the nerve almost equal in size I walked around with the iron for any wrinkle in time I pay the piece of my mind for every nickel and dime But never less than a five and never slept on the job A killer crept on your squad, yet never left the garage When your God was close enough to see the flesh of his eyes Get to the button and press, it's what the message advised What's a threat? Behind the mess is where the testament lies [Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka] Everything's burning down When I close my eyes and pretend Enemies all around I don't understand, my friend, my friend

Special

One thing I noticed about this video is that everything is circle centered. The fast paced cutawats in the intro of different images of round objects. In the verses and hooks, the editor is tracking their eyes. If you put your finger on the screen around one of their eyes, it looks like the rest of the video frames are moving around your finger. So simple but executed incerdibly. Also, every transition from verse to hook also leads with a slow zoom into the eyes and then slowly zooms out once transition has been completed.

Masterpiece