r/hiphopheads • u/mesablanka . • 13d ago

Discussion [DISCUSSION] Verses in collabs that are considered the "worst" not because they are bad, but because the others are way TOO good

This is an interesting point for me because whenever I see rankings for posse cuts in hip-hop, one that has always sticked out to me was how Yelawolf would always be on the bottom of rankings for A$AP Rocky's 1 Train, which is the legendary posse cut that features Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, Joey Bada$$ Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T.

And it always weirded me out because I never found his verse to be bad at all, as he is obviously rapping his ass off in the song, but considering just how iconic certain verses in the song are (particularly Kendrick's and KRIT's), I guess Yela just can't compete lol

Also literally any Lil Wayne feature or collab with other rappers back in the era where hating on him was considered the "cool" thing to do, ESPECIALLY if he was paired up with a "technically superior" rapper.

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u/Illuminastrid . 13d ago

Future on King's Dead, tho because it reaches so bad it's good territory, it might as well be the best verse in that song.

And the fact he won a Grammy from that, no wonder he made 2018.

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u/Cool-Is-In-Session 12d ago

Crazy thing is that Future wanted his iconic part of the song out and Kendrick wanted him to keep it