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Every Verse on Noreaga’s Classic Posse Cut ‘Banned From T.V.,’ Ranked
There’s really no wrong order here
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5. Noreaga
“Y’all niggas like extra skin — on my dick.” That’s it. That’s the tweet.
4. Cam’ron
When a stellar verse like Cam’s lands toward the bottom of the stack, you know you’re dealing with some dangerous MCs. There are few standout punchlines, just a tightly-coiled flow that spins the same rhyme pattern nearly all the way through. Fun game: Take a shot for every time Killa says “places.”
3. Jadakiss and Styles P
Lovey-dovey couples often finish each other’s sentences — but they probably never trade wordplay about warm pistols, kilos of coke, and heavy fed time. Jadakiss and Styles P of The Lox share a verse, rhyming back and forth in their now-legendary in-and-out flow. It’s poetic, seamless, and street. Name a more iconic duo. We’ll wait.
2. Big Pun
Pun was just rapping things that nobody else was saying in 1998. Shooting up your hearse to “leave you double…
