My Favorite Verses: Slick Rick's Verse on Mos Def's "Auditorium"

I had a conversation with my good friend ChrisConsin of Milwaukee Hoopers about Hip-Hop veterans and we came to the agreement that there some rappers like Kool G. Rap for example, who can still rap without a pause. After watching the BET Awards cypher with KRS-One I realized that although Hip-Hop isn't age discriminatory, I felt like some of the old-school rappers are still old-school and never really move with the currents of time. When I heard that Slick Rick would be appearing on Mos Def's The Ecstatic album, I had a notion that he would deliver a standout verse.


Slick Rick has always been an outstanding story teller and hasn't lost a step in his ability to deliver a cohesive narrative. In "Auditorium", he places himself in the shoes of a soldier stationed over in Iraq while using humor and wit and that's exactly what I'd expect from Slick Rick The Ruler.

Slick Rick's Verse from "Auditorium"

Sit and come relax riddle of the mac
It's the patch I'm a soldier in the middle of iraq
We'll say about noonish comin out the whip and
Lookin at me curious
A young iraqi kid
Carryin laundry
What's wrong g, hungry?
No, give me my oil get *$#@ out of my country!
And in arabian barkin other stuff til his mom's come grab him
And they walk off in a rush
Distrust
Feelin like I pissed on a wound
I'm like surely hope that we can fix our differences soon, bye!
Buyin apples I'm breakin on
Brook you take everything why not just take it down... black master
I don't understand it
On another planet?
50 month of this stuff
How I'm gonna manage?
And increasing the sentiment
Gentleman getting down on their middle eastern instruments!
Realize trap in this crowd, uh huh
Walk over peeped one of my fabulous raps
Lodi dodi
Arab pure drop it well which they glad wrap
Now they can consider like an Elvis of Baghdad
What it is?