Fumbling over words that rhymeMad rap user, game made under pressureExpose the jewel teeth, school at my leisureFumble over words that rhyme with a verse divineI backtrack and think of the greatest of all-timeClass is in session, master this lessonTeacher was a student, studied like a BuddhistBut few went on the best to do itSo let’s do thisNothin’ to itConsidered the first emcee to blow the spotand do what was Coke La Rock spittin’ for Kool HercFollowin’ the influence and heard from more partiesBrothas like Cowboy made you move your bodyCowboy would toast for the G and FlashAnd his skills elevated as crews started to clashFlash and Bam, they both saw clienteleSo Flash formed the Four with the father Melle MelFour became Five, more became liveRoutines on the breaks, crew kings motivateAfter L the brothers became FantasticWith Theodore they battled the Cold Crush FourFew had the confidence of G. MCWithout the CCB’s [Cold Crush Brothers] there’d be no Run-DMCThe Funky and the Fearless Four forced emcees to small Spoonie GAnd I can’t forget the Treacherous Three MC’sProps to the Kool Moe Dee, he elevatedand changed the r-records like the new rap languageBefore the first four length LP’sThere was abstract brothas like the one from LZRun DMC broke crew in ’83Outta Queens, started rapping hard over drum machines808’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 JT La Rock’s futurism must’ve been respectable’Cuz Tragedy from Queens was young but very technicalSham was eloquent, Chris was intelligentThe ‘R’ was all of the above with added elementsSlick Rick the Ruler was a street-made producerUltramagnetic had the vision for the futureBig Daddy Kane getting raw at The Appolo andKool G Rap was probably the sickest of all of themJaz from the BK, Mercy and Finesse from the BXPrince Paul and Pharoe came nextWu with the G-Z-A, C-F-KN-A-S one of the best out to dateAny MC that’s added on to the listPump your fist, but first give praise to the true scientists