Mad rap user, game made under pressure Expose the jewel teeth, school at my leisure Fumble over words that rhyme with a verse divine I backtrack and think of the greatest of all-time Class is in session, master this lesson Teacher was a student, studied like a Buddhist But few went on the best to do it So let's do this
Nothin' to it Considered the first emcee to blow the spot and do what was Coke La Rock spittin' for Kool Herc Followin' the influence and heard from more parties Brothas like Cowboy made you move your body Cowboy would toast for the G and Flash And his skills elevated as crews started to clash Flash and Bam, they both saw clientele So Flash formed the Four with the father Melle Mel Four became Five, more became live Routines on the breaks, crew kings motivate After L the brothers became Fantastic With Theodore they battled the Cold Crush Four Few had the confidence of G. MC Without the CCB's [Cold Crush Brothers] there'd be no Run-DMC The Funky and the Fearless Four forced emcees to small Spoonie G And I can't forget the Treacherous Three MC's
Props to the Kool Moe Dee, he elevated and changed the r-records like the new rap language Before the first four length LP's There was abstract brothas like the one from LZ Run DMC broke crew in '83 Outta Queens, started rapping hard over drum machines 808's started shakin' up floors ["The World is Yours" Sample] We takin' rock's complex metaphors ["T La Rock" Sample] A primary influence on L.L. Cool J T La Rock's futurism must've been respectable 'Cuz Tragedy from Queens was young but very technical Sham was eloquent, Chris was intelligent The 'R' was all of the above with added elements Slick Rick the Ruler was a street-made producer Ultramagnetic had the vision for the future Big Daddy Kane getting raw at The Appolo and Kool G Rap was probably the sickest of all of them Jaz from the BK, Mercy and Finesse from the BX Prince Paul and Pharoe came next Wu with the G-Z-A, C-F-K N-A-S one of the best out to date Any MC that's added on to the list Pump your fist, but first give praise to the true scientists