The Dopest Verses of the Year

What makes a verse dope? Is it the lyric? The delivery? The impact? As part of our survey of the year in pop culture, we’ve decided to single out the years dopest rap verses, and in doing so we’ve come to the conclusion that all of the aforementioned criteria make up a dope verse. It has to be on point lyrically, of course, but the flow and delivery are equally important. Check out the verses we think best summed up Hip-Hop in 2010.

Artist: Nicki Minaj

Verse: Kanye West ‘Monster’ 

Pull up in the monster

Automobile gangster

With a bad b-tch that came from Sri Lanka

Yeah I’m in that Tonka, colour of Willy Wonka

You could be the King but watch the Queen conquer

Ok first things first I’ll eat your brains

Then I’mma start rocking gold teeth and fangs

Casue that’s what a muthaf-cking monster do

Hairdresser from Milan, thats the monster ‘do

Monster Giuseppe heel that’s the monster shoe

Young money is the roster and the monster crew

And I’m all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face

And if I’m fake I aint notice cause my money aint

So let me get this straight wait I’m the rookie?

But my features and my shows ten times your pay

50k for a verse no album out!

Yeah my money’s so tall that my barbie’s gotta climb it

Hotter than a middle eastern climate

Find it, Tony Matterhorn dutty whine it

While it, Nicki on dem titties when I sign it

How these n-ggas so one-track minded

But really really I don’t give a F-U-C-K

Forget barbie f-ck nicki she’s fake

She’s on a diet but my pockets eating cheese cake

And I’ll say bride of Chucky, it’s Child’s play

Just killed another career it’s a mild day

Besides ‘Ye they can’t stand besides me

I think me, you and Amb should menage friday

Pink wig thick ass give em whip lash

I think big get cash make em blink fast

Now look at what you just saw I think this is what you live for

Aaahhhh, I’m a muthaf-cking monster!

Artist: Lil’ Wayne

Verse: ‘6’7′

I’m going back in

okay, I lost my mind, it’s somewhere out there stranded

I think you stand under me if you don’t understand me

had my heart broken by this woman named Tammy

but hoes gon’ be hoes, so I couldn’t blame Tammy

just talked to moms, told her she the sweetest

I beat the beat up, call it self defense

swear man, I be seeing through these n-ggas like sequins

n-ggas think they He-Men, pow, pow, the end

talking to myself because I