The 25 Best Eight-Bar Verses in Rap History (Complex)

[Spyder]

guess id have to go back and listen to what verses are eight bars to compare em to this list

[eXceL]

What the fuck. I don't even know what else to say to describe it. I really don't agree with 98% of the "list" though.

Maybe, if I understood on what criteria they are basing it on.... I still don't think I'd agree at all, though.

I think a bar is not just 1 line or 2 lines, it's more than that. To me, a bar is just a musical duration of time and there are many ways to rate a bar : The rate at which they drop rhymes, the flow, the nature of their sentences, the nature of the rhymes, the rhythms (quadruplets, to quintuplets, to sextuplets and more),..

There's a difference on what looks good on paper and what's a good bar Imo, some songs have great rhymes, multisyllabic rhymes, other songs are made with an incredible rhythm

based on that, I thought they made a very good list but it's still their opinion

Oh.. I understand the technical side of it.

Regardless.. Some of them are just straight bizarre to me. Am I weird to think that Renegade should have definitely been on there.. That's a start.

renegade was 16 bar verses, this list is for 8 bar verses