Rappers That Rhyme With Art Big Pun Weight Problems
Girls, cars and jewelry are well-documented tropes of hip-hop, but anyone who listens to enough rap knows that eating is one of the genre's nearly pervasive obsessions. From the Sugarhill Gang to Drake, MCs have demonstrated a constant urge to document what's on their plate. Sometimes, food is used equally a cultural signifier to depict the rags-to-riches journey, which might get-go with Hamburger Helper merely end with filet mignon. At other times information technology plays into metaphors of consumption, with artists such as Lil Wayne (who calls himself "the rapper eater") describing the ravenous manner in which they gobble up the contest. And that's not to mention all of the food-related slang in rap: cheese for coin, beefiness for grudges and so on.
To survey the total breadth of culinary references in hip-hop, we've rounded up 50 of the lines that never neglect to hit us in the gut. Did nosotros miss any of your favorites? Exit a annotate here, or holler at us on Twitter (@thefeednyc) using the hashtag #foodrap.
50. Ghostface Killah, "Apollo Kids" (Supreme Clientele, 2000)
The lyric: "Ayo, this rap is like ziti, facin' me real Television receiver / Crash at high speeds, strawberry kiwi."
Ghost explained this enigmatic couplet in an interview with Entertainment Weekly: "The rap's good because it's like ziti, which was my best food back then. I threw 'strawberry kiwi' on because I'yard into experimenting. I was thinking of a mode to write without nobody knowing what I was saying except for me."
49. Large Daddy Kane, "Platinum Plus" (Big L'due south The Big Picture, 2000)
The lyric: "Come in the hood flippin' the chicken-and-broccoli Timbs."
Those would exist brown-and-green Timberland boots, a must-take manner accessory on the streets of late-'90s New York.
48. 50 Cent, "21 Questions" (Get Rich or Die Tryin', 2003)
The lyric: "I love yous similar a fat kid dear cake."
Though purists aghast at this corny line, Fiddyâ€"always the shrewd marketerâ€"knew exactly what he was doing: turning a nation of teen girls into gangster-rap fans. It's condom to say that the line dominated the demographic's AIM abroad messages for much of 2003.
47. Kanye West, "Niggas in Paris" (Watch the Throne, 2011)
The lyric: "That shit cray, ain't it Jay? / What she club? Fish filet?"
Nosotros're non certain if this insta-meme boosted McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sales or sent them into a slump. Fertile ground for an infographic, it would seem.
46. Young Jeezy, "Put On" (The Recession, 2008)
The lyric: "Big wheels, large straps, you know I similar it supersized / Passenger's a redbone, her weave look like some curly fries / Inside fish sticks, outside tartar sauce / Pocket full of celery, imagine what she telling me / Blowing on asparagus, the realest shit I always smoked."
...and so on and so along. Jeezy is a nutrient-rap legendâ€"this snippet is merely a taster.
45. E-40, "Gouda" (My Ghetto Report Menu, 2006)
The lyric: "Yep, I purchase the weed man / Hella turkey bags just to put my weed in / Oh, nosotros gettin' chalupa / Wrapped cheese in a rubber band and telephone call information technology gouda."
It's safe to say that no rapper in history has known the name of more than cheeses than Eastward-twoscore. If only he worked at Murray'southward.
44. The Notorious B.I.G., "Hypnotize" (Life After Decease, 1997)
The lyric: "I tin fill up you with real millionaire shit: escargot."
If Biggie had written this song today, he might take replaced escargot with "omakase dinners at Masa."
43. LL Cool J, "Milky Cereal" (Mama Said Knock Y'all Out, 1990)
The lyric: "Then at that place was Pebbles, times was rough / She was turning Trix, to become a Cocoa Puff."
LL sort of betrays the limits of his lyrical agility on this conceptual track, which is full of clunky puns on name-brand cereals. But there are a few choice lines, and we love the bizarre way in which he says "Cocoa Puff."
42. Kittenish Gambino, "That Power" (Military camp, 2011)
The lyric: "MM..Food? similar Rapp Snitch Knishes / Cuz it'southward Oreos, Twinkies, coconuts, delicious."
Here's some meta food rap for you lot: Gambino (besides known as comedian Donald Glover) references the MF Doom anthology MM..Food? and its runway "Rapp Snitch Knishes," then meditates on biracial identity via some gastronomic allusions of his own (Oreo, Twinkie and coconut are slurs for people who are said to be "white" inside despite the color of their pare).
41. Ludacris, "Southern Hospitality" (Back for the First Time, 2000)
The lyric: "Dirty S mind-blowing Dirty South bread / Catfish fried up, Muddied South fed."
Luda would after release an album called Chicken-n-Beer, merely it was here that he established his love for Southern-fried delicacies.
twoscore. Edan, "Beautiful Nutrient" (Sprain Your Tapedeck, 2001)
The lyric: "I'm talking almost Chicken la Male monarch / Mango and garbanzo / Tabouli / Grilled potatoes and vegetables / With roasted garlic and basil / Zucchini ziti / Granola fruit bar..."
This grocery-list--way joint from the Boston-based emcee is comprised solely of the names of different foods. To our noesis, information technology is likewise the only rap song to ever feature a shout-out to tabouli.
39. Das Racist, "Rainbow in the Night" (Shut Up, Dude; 2010)
The lyric: "I'm at White Castle, tiny-ass hamburgers, tiny-ass cheeseburgers, tiny-ass chicken sandwichesâ€"it's outlandish child."
The duo behind the oddball hit "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" gloat their fast-food fetish once once again on this runway. But don't pigeonhole them every bit lowbrow eatersâ€"later on in the vocal, they hint at their refined tastes with the line, "Nosotros could eat the flyest cave-aged cheese for sheez, ma."
38. Rick Ross, "I Love My Bitches" (God Forgives, I Don't; 2012)
The lyric: "Am I actually just a narcissist / 'Cause I wake up to a bowl of lobster bisque?"
Narcissist? Perchance. Fatso? Most definitely.
37. Cee Lo Green, "Soul Nutrient" (Goodie Mob'due south Soul Food, 1995)
The lyric: "A heapin' helpin' of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and collard greens / Too big for my jeans."
Before he became a global megastar with hits like "Crazy" and "Fuck Yous," Cee Lo rapped about getting fatty on delicious food in Atlanta.
36. Kelis, "Milk shake" (Tasty, 2003)
The lyric: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard / And they're like, 'It's meliorate than yours.'"
Honey it or hate information technology, Kelis's euphemistic chorus has successfully cemented its spot in the pop lexicon.
35. Young Dro, "Grand Hustle Mafia" (Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streetz Volume iv; 2006)
The lyric: "What yous know 'tour shark meat, perch and tilapia?"
That sounds similar some big-dominate pescatarian eatin' correct there, Dro. But nosotros're concerned nearly the rest of your diet: "Alligator, dog meat, caviarâ€"we mafia."
34. Lil' Bow Wow, "Accept Ya Home" (Doggy Bag, 2001)
The lyric: "I got 'em scattered, covered, smothered similar hash browns / Meet I'm the best just ask effectually."
Dorsum when Bow Wow was still li'l, he paid homage to the famous hash browns at Waffle House, which you lot tin can become "scattered" (spread on the grill), "smothered" (with onions) and "covered" (with cheese).
33. The Streets, "Don't Mug Yourself" (Original Pirate Cloth, 2002)
The lyric: "Chatting shit, sitting at the wall table, telling jokes, playing with the salt, lookin' out the window / Girl brings two plates of total English over, with enough of scrambled eggs and plenty of fried lycopersicon esculentum."
Mike Skinner, the original don of geezer rap, refers here to a full English breakfast, which traditionally includes some combination of eggs, tomato, toast, sausage, mushrooms, bacon and baked beans.
32. Activity Bronson, "Tapas" (Peter Rosenberg's What's Poppin Volume 1 Mixtape, 2011)
The lyric: "I'm on the fine art and the food scene / Fuck rap, laying back eatin' poutine."
After giving up cooking for music, Queens rapper Action Bronson has quickly become one of the nearly fecund practitioners of food rap, lacing songs like "Brunch" and "Jerk Chicken" with culinary references. He even dropped a mixtape chosen Bon Appetit...Bitch!!!!!
31. Fat Boys, "All You Can Eat" (Krush Groove Original Soundtrack, 1985)
The lyric: "$iii.99 for all y'all tin eat / Well, I'm a stuff my face to a funky vanquish."
If this video is whatever indication, Sbarro used to exist the greatest restaurant in New York.
30. Fabolous, "You lot Ain't Got Nothin' " (Lil Wayne's Tha Carter 3, 2008)
The lyric: "My lil' human is on ya, Marlon and Shawn ya / Lay the beef on his noodle / Brand some luger lasagna / 40-cal fettuccine, trey-pound pasta / You reach for this medallion, you must similar Italian."
Guns fabricated out of pasta sound like a gangster Giuseppe Arcimboldo painting. Side note: On the same track, Juelz Santana reminds united states to never invite him to a cocktail party with the line, "Oasis't you all heard? / Y'all all herbs (yep) / I stick toothpicks (where?) / In y'all hors d'oeuvres." Cheeky bounder!
29. MF Doom, "Beef Rapp" (Mm.. Nutrient, 2004)
The lyric: "Beef rap could atomic number 82 to getting teeth capped / Or even a wreath for ma dukes on some grief crap / I suggest you change your diet / It tin can lead to high claret pressure if yous fry it."
The masked indie rapper crafted this entire indie albumâ€"an anagram of the name MF Doomâ€"around food-inspired samples (including "Would You Like a Snack?" by Frank Zappa) and lyrical references. Other tracks include "Hoe Cakes," "Fillet-O-Rapper" and "Kon Queso."
28. Puff Daddy, "It'southward All About the Benjamins" (No Way Out, 1997)
The lyric: "Yeah, living the raw deal, three-course meal / Spaghetti, fettuccini and veal."
Half-dozen years after, Diddy would put all that carbo-loading to skillful apply by running the New York City Marathon.
27. Jay-Z, "Go Crazy" (Young Jeezy's Allow's Get Information technology: Thug Motivation 101, 2005)
The lyric: "More than than a hustler, I'm the definition of information technology / Master chef, lord of the kitchen closet."
Sure, Jigga'southward talking nearly cooking crack, non duck confit. Nevertheless, nosotros appreciate his Gordon Ramsay-like vigor behind the burner. If only he would lay downward a verse over some "buttery biscuit base."
26. Method Man, "Ice Foam" (Raekwon's Only Built iv Cuban Linx, 1995)
The lyric: "Spotter these rap niggas go all upward in your guts / French vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate deluxe / Even caramel sundaes is getting touched / And scooped in my ice cream truckâ€"Wu tears it upwards."
Fun fact: That guy in the groundwork yelling, "The ice cream man is coming!" is Eddie Murphy.
25. Talib Kweli, "Dorsum Upwardly Offa Me" (The Beautiful Struggle, 2004)
The lyric: "Tried to tell y'all not to fuck with these debutantes / That's more than Kobe beef than Japanese restaurants."
In the wake of Kobe Bryant's 2003 sexual assault example, Talib reiterates some oldie-simply-goodie communication.
24. Ice Cube, "It Was a Bye" (The Predator, 1992)
The lyric: "No barkin' from the canis familiaris, no smogâ€"and momma cooked upwardly breakfast with no pig / I got my chow on but didn't hog out, finally got a call from this girl I want to dig out."
Best. Solar day. Ever.
23. Lil Wayne, "vi Foot seven Foot" (Tha Carter 4, 2011)
The lyric: "Paper chasin', tell that newspaper, 'Look I'g correct behind ya' / Bitch, real Gs move in silence similar lasagna."
Is Lil Wayne employing metonymy here, using lasagnaâ€"a dish associated with Italian gangstersâ€"to correspond the mob every bit a whole? Or does he just not realize that the 1000 in lasagna isn't actually silent? (Or peradventure information technology is silent?) These are the questions that go on us awake at night.
22. Large Pun, "Banned from TV" (Endangered Species, 2001)
The lyric: "Champagne on the rocks, rockin' a Fort Knox Lazarus / Shark salad with carrots, pork chops and applesauce."
Further testify that Big Pun would swallow absolutely anything.
21. Roots Manuva, "Witness (i Hope)" (Run Come up Save Me, 2011)
The lyric: "Right now, I see clearer than most / I sit here contented with this cheese on toast."
Other rappers obsess over caviar dreams and how many bottles of Ciroc are at the tabular array. But Roots Manuva is happy with the simplest of English comfort foods: some melted cheddar, a piece of toast and a splash of Worcestershire sauce. Lovey jubbly.
xx. Snoop Dogg, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" (Dr. Dre'southward The Chronic, 1992)
The lyric: "Falling dorsum on that ass, with a hellafied gangsta lean / Getting funky on the mike, like a sometime batch of collard greens."
File next to kombucha, Dr. Dre beats and fermented pork sausage at Zabb Elee on the list of stuff that's funky.
19. Guerilla Blackness, "Compton" (Guerilla City, 2004)
The lyric: "Continue my enemies on IV, once I toast them / But like my bagels / Have 'em similar Christians over they head, smoking halo."
We could never figure out if this was some sort of subversive commentary on Jewish-Christian relations. Unfortunately, Guerilla Black's wink-in-the-pan career didn't provide farther opportunity to dig into his religious views.
eighteen. Necro, "Food for Thought" (The Pre-Gear up for Death, 2004)
The lyric: "Y'all're lost in the sauce as it clogs your vessels / I'll undo the blouse of your spouse and give her my house special / My raps are hot and sour, they choke you lot / You make no moves like a vegetable, y'all're fake similar tofu."
Horrorcore fable Necro reimagines the local Chinese articulation every bit a hellish torture chamber, where fortune cookies read: "Very shortly in the future you'll vomit green."
17. Jay-Z, "Maybach Music 2 (Lost Verse)"
The lyric: "Half dozen-deuce every time, I never had the Heinz / Fifty-seven can't ketchup [catch upwardly] to mines."
This clever double entendre requires some unpacking: The Maybach 57 and 62 are models of Mercedes-Benz's most luxurious line of cars. Jay-Z calls the 57 "the Heinz," referring to the Heinz 57 slogan found on ketchup bottles. The 62, which he prefers, is referred to here as the "six-deuce."
16. Dead Prez, "Exist Healthy" (Permit'southward Go Gratuitous, 2000)
The lyric: "I'chiliad from the former school, my household aroma like soul nutrient, bruh / Curried falafel, barbecued tofu."
Ignore the role well-nigh smoking ganja, and this ode to healthy eating provides a great rebuttal to critics who say rap music is a bad influence.
15. The Sugarhill Gang, "Rappers Delight" (Sugarhill Gang, 1980)
The lyric: "Accept you lot ever went over a friend'due south house to eat and the food just own't no proficient? / I hateful the macaroni'southward soggy, the peas are mushed, and the chicken tastes similar wood."
In his poesy from hip-hop'south foundational posse cutting, Wonder Mike describes that awkward experience of going to someone's house and trying to weasel out of eating a crappy meal.
xiv. Drake, "The Ride" (Take Intendance, 2011)
The lyric: "And you do dinners at French Laundry in Napa Valley / Scallops and spectacles of Dolce, that shit'south right up your alley."
While most new-money rappers are still talking about surf and turf and bottle service, Drizzy separates himself from the pack with this knowing nod to Thomas Keller's haute-cuisine temple. We'd love to know if the French Laundry sommelier really recommended that Dolce for the scallops.
thirteen. Fat Tony, "U Ain't Fat" (RABDARGAB, 2010)
The lyric: "I was once a chubby brat / Chillin' with my mom, buying jeans off the husky rack / Skipping collard greens and beans for a Kit Kat."
If you've got food problems, here's your theme song. Houston-based rapper Fat Tony raps frankly about his body-image struggles, and in the video finds himself hallucinating well-nigh a waiter with a face made of pizza and a store clerk with Kit Kats for hands.
12. Kanye W, "Last Phone call" (The College Dropout, 2004)
The lyric: "Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I button Miracle Whips."
While plenty of hip-hop heads have questioned Kanye's lyrical dexterity, this witty bit of wordplay had everyone pressing rewind on his debut album. Whips refers to cars, while phenomenon may exist a reference to the about-fatal crash that 'Ye survived in 2002.
11. Inspectah Deck, "Firm of Flight Daggers" (Raekwon's Only Built four Cuban Linx... Part Ii, 2009)
The lyric: "I pop off like a mobster boss / Affections hair with the lobster sauce."
We might go with linguine when enjoying a prissy lobster sauce, but we know meliorate than to mess with the Wu-Tang Clan.
10. Run-D.M.C., "Christmas in Hollis" (A Very Special Christmas, 1987)
The lyric: "It'southward Christmas time in Hollis, Queens / Mom'south cooking chicken and collard greens."
Hip-hop's finest contribution to the Christmas vocal canon includes a rundown of Run-D.M.C.'s preferred holiday spread.
9. De La Soul, "Bitties in the BK Lounge" (De La Soul Is Dead, 1991)
The lyric: "Well, information technology was a Wednesday, me and Boss Sus scrofa was kinda hungry / Like two eggs, and a slop beefiness slice of lettuce / And a drinking glass of milk and some cookies."
This fine example of storytelling rap recounts the perils of hollering at women in a Burger King.
8. Jay-Z, "Success" (American Gangster, 2007)
The lyric: "How many times can I go to Mr. Grub's, Tao's, Nobu? / Hold upwardly, let me move my bowels."
In chronicling the nihilism of fame and wealth, Mr. Carter wonders how much fine dining ane man tin can stomach. #rapperproblems
7. Cam'ron, "Moisture Wipes" (Killa Season, 2006)
The lyric: "Had a drunken listen, club wobbled out / Next stop: Start trouble inside the Waffle House."
It'south tough to choose just 1 foodie reference from the man who in one case referred to himself as "the sushi king," but this instance remains an all-time favorite. Taken in the context of "Killa Cam," on which he calls himself "the hooligan at Houlihan's," it's clear that Cam'ron is a restaurant manager's worst nightmare.
6. Juelz Santana, "Due south.AN.T.A.Northward.A" (The Diplomats's Diplomatic Immunity ii, 2004)
The lyric: "I ain't here to wine ya / I ain't here to dine ya / I came here to pop ya / And I came hither for lobster / The whole damn shebang, and they ain't bring the pasta."
This video ever makes us feel a niggling deplorable for Juelz: Even in the trattoria of his wildest dreams, he tin't go good service. Get this guy to a Danny Meyer restaurant, stat.
five. Nas, "Fried Chicken" (Untitled, 2008)
The lyric: "Mmm, fried chicken, fly vixen / Give me center disease but need yous in my kitchen."
This love alphabetic character to deep-fried fowl is perhaps the best loftier-concept food rap of all time. Nas and Busta Rhymes both deliver well-crafted verses nigh how the food they dearest the near is killing them.
four. Slick Rick, "Mona Lisa" (The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, 1988)
The lyric: "I went into a store, to buy a slice of pizza / And bumped into a daughter, her name was Mona (what?) Mona Lisa."
Eminem gives Slick Rick's old-fashioned courtship a more sinister spin on "As the Earth Turns," when he raps, "I met a slut and said, 'What up, it's nice to encounter ya / I'd similar to treat ya to a Faygo and a slice of pizza.'"
3. Beastie Boys, "3 the Difficult Way" (To the 5 Boroughs, 2004)
The lyric: "Oops, gotcha, clutch like Piazza / Sneak between the sheets and then hide the matzo / Holler back challah bread...next."
Cheers to the Beastie Boys, Jewish foodstuffs like matzo and challah found their way into the rap vocabulary.
ii. A Tribe Chosen Quest, "Ham 'N' Eggs" (People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, 1990)
The lyric: "I don't eat no ham and eggs, 'cause they're high in cholesterol / Ayo, Phife do you swallow 'em? No, Tip do you eat 'em? / Uh-uh, not at all."
If you yearn for the days when a rapper could say, "asparagus tips look yummy, yummy, yummy" and still audio dope, this is the rails for you.
one. Rakim, "Eric B. Is President" (Eric B. and Rakim's Paid in Total, 1987)
The lyric: "You scream I'yard lazy, you must be crazy / Thought I was a donut, y'all tried to glaze me."
Rakim is likely the most oft-quoted MC in hip-hop history, and this line ranks among his most memorable.
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