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By Oliviero Zanalda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 has seen some incredible verses, both guest features and artist’s verses that stood out on their own song. I’ve compiled a list of 10 verses (and a few honorable mentions) that, in my opinion, were the best of the year. This could include lyrics, flow, effectiveness, and whether the verse makes you rewind it to listen to it again. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I’ve included time stamps for each verse, but I recommend listening to each song as a whole to fully experience the verses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“Freestyle 3” – Ken Carson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken can’t miss with his freestyle series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Almighty Gnar” – Lil Gnar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lil Gnar one-ups Chief Keef on a song that’s named after one of Sosa’s legendary mixtapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Big 3” – Babytron<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wockiana turned my cream soda into Hennessy<\/em><\/p>

Pull up from wherever, I got demigod tendencies<\/em><\/p>

Unky fucking up the rope from West V to Tennessee<\/em><\/p>

Hunnid dollar eighthy, heard you smoking shit that’s ten a G”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Intro” – Dbt Tha General\/Seiji Oda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verse is originally from 2007, but Seiji remixed it using City Pop-inspired production to do this Dbt’s verse justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“XXL Freshman Cypher” – Kentheman <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stand-out verse on a male-dominated cypher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“MDMA” – Destroy Lonely<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2022 has been a monumental year for Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson, and the rest of Playboi Carti’s Opium label as all of the members (except for Carti) have dropped their own studio albums. Although this verse isn’t from Lonely’s solo album, it makes you question whether this song should’ve been on it. Ken Carson delivers a decent verse but keeps the same flow throughout most of it. Lonely doesn’t do anything new in this verse, but his calm yet enthusiastic delivery matches the production of this song. When Lonely punches in, he builds upon Ken’s flow, but then switches it up in a satisfying way by rapping:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Big bro still serving rocks, yeah, but please keep that on the low<\/em><\/p>

Yeah, shawty, I’m a rockstar, my guitar got a scope<\/em><\/p>

I’m rockin’ all black and my cross upside down, I’m not the Pope”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This song is one of the best off of X<\/em>, and it’s made even better with Lonely’s flow switch and passive delivery. This song is a definitive introduction to the Opium-style that has been taking Hip-Hop by storm, and Lonely’s verse solidifies it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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