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Killer Mike
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
49
End
239
Internal
233
Multi
282
Slant
24
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
Body✦ Count - Body✦ Count
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1993
A Tribe Called✦ Quest - Midnight Marauders
Black Moon - Enta✦ Da Stage
Del The Funkee Homosapien✦ - No Need For Alarm
Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
The Roots - Organix
Wu-Tang✦ Clan - Enter✦ The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) -
1994
Illmatic - Nas
Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzick - Outkast✦
Super✦ Tight - UGK
Ready✦ To Die - Notorious✦ B.I.G
1995
2Pac - Me Against The World
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
GZA - Liquid✦ Swords
Mobb Deep - The Infamous✦
Raekwon - Only✦ Built 4 Cuban✦ Linx
The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
Three 6 Mafia✦ - Music✦ Stylez✦
1996
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
A Tribe Called✦ Quest - Beats, Rhymes✦ and Life
DJ Shadow✦ - Endtroducing...
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
N.W.A - Greatest Hits
Outkast✦ - ATLiens
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife✦
UGK - Ridin'✦ Dirty✦
1997
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime✦ Vol.1
Notorious✦ B.I.G - Life After✦ Death -
Wu-Tang✦ Clan - Wu-Tang✦ Forever
1998
A Book Of Human✦ Language - Aceyalone
Blackstar✦ - Mos Def & Talib Kweli✦ Are Blackstar✦
Goodie Mob - Still Standing
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision✦
Jay-Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life
Aquemini - Outkast✦
1999
Dr. Dre - 2001
Eminem✦ - The Slim Shady✦ LP
Jay-Z - Vol 3..Life And Times✦ of S.Carter
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides✦
MF Doom- Operation✦ Doomsday
Nas - I Am...
Nas - Nastradamus
The Roots - Things Fall Apart -
2000
Del The Funkee Homosapien✦ - Both Sides✦ Of The Brain
Deltron✦ 3030 - Deltron✦ 3030
Eminem✦ - The Marshall✦ Mathers✦ LP
Jay-Z - The Dynasty : Roc La Familia✦
Ghostface✦ Killah✦ - Supreme Clientele
Outkast✦ - Stankonia✦
2001
Gorillaz✦ - Gorillaz✦
Ludacris✦ - Word Of Mouf
Jay-Z - The Blueprint✦
N*E*R*D - In Search Of
Outkast✦ - Big Boi And Dre Present...Outkast✦
2002
EL-P - Fantastic Damage✦
Eminem✦ - The Eminem✦ Show
Jay-Z - The Blueprint✦ 2 : The Gift and The Curse
Nas - God's Son
Nas - The Lost Tapes✦
The Roots - Phrenology
2003
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
Jay - Z - The Black Album✦
Ludacris✦ - Chicken-n-Beer
Outkast✦ - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below✦
2004
Eminem✦ - Encore✦
Ghostface✦ Killah✦ - The Pretty✦ Toney✦ Album✦
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Madvillian - Madvillainy
MF Doom - MM...Food
The Roots - The Tipping✦ Point
2005
Common✦ - Be
Eminem✦ - Curtain Call
Gorillaz✦ - Demon✦ Days
Kanye West - Late Registration✦
Lil Wayne - The Carter✦ II
2006
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury✦
Ghostface✦ Killah✦ - Fishscale
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
J Dilla✦ - Donuts
Lupe Fiasco✦ - Food & Liquor✦
Outkast✦ - Idlewild
The Roots - Game Theory✦
2007
Blu & Exile✦ - Below✦ The Heavens
Kanye West - Graduation✦
Lupe Fiasco✦ - Lupe Fiasco's✦ The Cool
Jay-Z - American✦ Gansta✦
UGK - Underground Kingz
2008
Kanye West - 808'S &; Heartbreaks
Lil Wayne - The Carter✦ III
The Roots - Rising✦ Down
2009
Big Boi - Mixtape For Dummies
Eminem✦ - Relapse
Kid Cudi✦ - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
MF Doon - Born Like This
Tyler✦ The Creator - Bastard
2010
Big Boi - Sir Lucious✦ Left Foot
Drake - Thank Me Later✦
Eminem✦ - Recovery✦
Jay - Z - The Blueprint✦ 3
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kid Cudi✦ - Man On The Moon II: The Legend✦ Of Mr. Rager✦
The Roots - How I Got Over✦
2011
Danny✦ Brown - XXX
Death Grips - Ex-Military
Drake - Take Care
Kendrick✦ Lamar✦ - Section✦ 80
Killer✦ Mike - PLE3DGE
Logic✦ - Young Sinatra
Lupe Fiasco✦ - Lasers✦
Jay Rock - Follow✦ Me Home
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
The Roots - Undun✦
2012
Ab-Soul✦ - Control System✦
Big Boi - Vicious✦ Lies & Dangerous✦ Rumours
Death Grips - The Money✦ Store
Chance The Rapper✦ - 10 Day
Chief Keef - Finally Rich
EL-P - Cancer✦ 4 Cure
G.O.O.D Music✦ - Cruel Summer✦
Joey Badas$$✦ - 1999
Kendrick✦ Lamar✦ - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City✦
Killer✦ Mike - R.A.P Music✦
Lupe Fiasco✦ - Lupe Fiasco's✦ Food & Liquor✦ II: The Great American✦ Rap Album✦ Pt.1
Macklemore✦ - The Heist
ScHoolboy✦ Q - Habits✦ & Contradictions
2013
A$AP Rocky✦ - LONG.LIVE.A$AP
Chance The Rapper✦ - Acid✦ Rap
Childish Gambino - Because The Internet
Clipping.✦ - Midcity✦
Danny✦ Brown - Old
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
Eminem✦ - The Marshall✦ Mathers✦ LP 2
Jay - Z - Magna✦ Carta✦ Holy✦ Grail
J.Cole - Born Sinner✦
Kanye West - Yeezus✦
Pusha✦ T - My Name Is My Name
Run The Jewels✦ - Run The Jewels✦
Travis✦ Scott - Owl Pharaoh
2014
Ab Soul - These Days
Clipping.✦ - CLPPNG
Future✦ - Monster
Isaiah✦ Rashad✦ - Cilvia✦ Demo✦
J. Cole - 2014 Forest✦ Hills Drive
Logic✦ - Under✦ Pressure
Mick Jenkins✦ - The Water[s]✦
Nicki✦ Minaj - The Pinkprint
Pharrell Williams - G I R L
Run The Jewels✦ - Run The Jewels✦ 2
The Roots - And Then Shoot Your Cousin...✦
Travis✦ Scott - Days Before✦ Rodeo✦
ScHoolboy✦ Q - Oxymoron
2015
Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise
Drake - If Your Reading This It's Too Late
Drake & Future✦ - What A Time To Be Alive✦
Dr Dre - Compton
Earl Sweatshirt - I Dont Like Shit And I Dont Go Outside
Future✦ - DS2
Injury✦ Reserve - Live From The Dentist's Office✦
Jay Rock - 90059
Joey Bada$$✦ - B4.Da.$$
Logic✦ - The Incredible True Story✦
Lupe Fiasco✦ - Tetsuo✦ & Youth
Kendrick✦ Lamar✦ - To Pimp A Butterfly
Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money✦
Pusha✦ T - King Push- Darkest Before✦ Dawn: The Prelude
Travis✦ Scott - Rodeo✦
Vince Staples✦ - Summertime✦ '06
Young Thug - Barter✦ 6
2016
Anderson .Paak - Malibu✦
Danny✦ Brown - Atrocity✦ Exhibition✦
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
De La Soul - And The Anonymous✦ Nobody✦
Drake - Views
DJ Khaled✦ - Major✦ Key
Future✦ - Evol✦
Gucci✦ Mane - Everybody Looking
Isaiah✦ Rashad✦ - The Suns Tirade✦
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo✦
Kendrick✦ Lamar✦ - untitled unmastered
Macklemore✦ - This Unruly✦ Mess I've Made
Mac Miller✦ - The Divine✦ Feminine
Mick Jenkins✦ - The Healing Component
Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife✦ 2
ScHoolboy✦ Q - Blank Face LP
Skepta✦ - Konnichiwa
Travis✦ Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing Mcknight
Vince Staples✦ - Primma✦ Donna✦
YG - Still Brazy✦
Young Thug - Slime Season✦ 3
Young Thug - Jeffery✦
Total
80s - 6
90s - 53
00s - 52
10s - 94
Overall : 205
Technical Breakdown
9.0
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes7.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm9.8
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.5
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.2
Performance and control
Computed Score8.96
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Killer Mike demonstrates a masterful command of Southern aggressive cadences, balancing high-density multis with a rhythmic pocket that remains immovable despite the high complexity of the internal rhyme structures.
A+
8.5
Multisyllabic
7.5
Internal Rhymes
9.8
Cadence / Flow
8.5
Vocabulary
8
Wordplay
9.2
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsDynamic shift in vocal intensitySyncopated triplet phrasingPercussive consonant stacking
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes a complex AABB/ABAB hybrid structure that frequently breaks into interior couplets, allowing Mike to maintain flow momentum while transitioning between thematic shifts.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I'm the truth in the booth"
① His lyrical content is authentic and reflective of reality.② His technical performance and presence within the recording environment are undeniable and peerless.
Unmatched command of rhythmic pocket
Exceptional use of percussive phonetics to drive the flow
High level of thematic cohesion
Occasional reliance on genre-standard bravado tropes
The density of the word choice sometimes obscures the wider narrative scope for the casual listener