Best Line Of ODB's "Brooklyn Zoo"

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Line-for-line, the best hip-hop single of all time. There's very little here that I can even rule out of contention...

I had to combine them all as couplet-things to get past the maximum poll items..it doesn't scan as well this way, oh well.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
In your face like a can of mace, baby, is it burnin? Well fuck it, now you're learnin 4
Shame on you, when you step through to the Ol' Dirty Bastard, Brooklyn Zoo 3
Introducin, yo FUCK that nigga's name! My hip-hop drops on your head like ra-a-ain 3
Ason, I keep planets in orbit; wile I be comin with teeth, bitin more shit 3
Enough to make ya break and shake ya ass, cause I create, rhymes good as a Tasty Cake 3
Talent that I got will riz-ock the spot; MC's I'll be bur-r-rnin, bur-r-rnin hot 1
A lot of MC's came to my showdown to watch me put your fuckin ass lo-o-ow down 1
I said, "Get the fuck outta here!" 1
Mix, this style, I'm mastered in - niggas catchin headaches, what? What? You need aspirin? 1
If you wanna step to my motherfuckin rep'...CH-CH-BLAOW! BLAOW! BLAOW! Blown to death 0
I'm homicidal when you enter the target, nigga get up, act like a pig tryin to hog shit! 0
Whoa-hoa-hoa! Let me like slow up with the flow, if I move too quick, oh, you just won't know 0
You got shot cause you knock knock knock, "Who's there?" Another motherfuckin hardrock 0
And when it rains it pours, cause my rhymes hardcore, that's why I give you more of the raw 0
Slackin on your mackin 'cause raw's what you lack - you wanna react? Bring it on back... 0
So I take yo ass out quick, the mics, I've had it my nigga, you can suck my diiick 0
Nigga wanna get too close, to the utmost but I got stacks that'll attack any wack host 0
By a nigga, who couldn't figure...how to pull a fuckin gun trigger 0
I drop science like girls be droppin babies, Enough to make a nigga go cra-a-azy 0
Energy buildin, takin all types of medicines, your ass thought you were better than 0
This type of pain, you couldn't even kill with Midol, fuck around get sprayed with Lysol 0
how, I don't even like your motherfuckin profile, give me my fuckin shit, CH-CH-BLAOW! 0
Not seen and heard, no one knows, you forget, niggaz be quiet as kept 0
Now you know nothin; before you knew a whole fuckin lot - your ass don't wanna get shot! 0
As you can go, below zero without a doubt I've never been tooken out 0
by a nigga, who couldn't figure - Yo by a nigga, who couldn't figure 0
I'm the one-man army, Ason, I've never been tooken out, I keep MC's lookin out 0


Doctor Casino, Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

Brooklyyyyyyyn ZUH

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

Given that you didn't include an "All of the above" option.

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

"I drop science like girls be droppin babies"

Are we sure it's not "Cosby droppin' babies"?

Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

Lyrics come from OHHLA, but I also have some questions - like, I always thought it was "comin' with deeper and more shit."

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Sure it's "deeper and more shit", also the Cosby line, also thought the last line was "stepped up to" not "through to".

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 17:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

LOVE the way he delivers "before you knew a whole fuckin' lot".

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 17:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

"ra-a-ain"

skinny jeans + tight plaid shirt (internet person), Saturday, 4 October 2008 17:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol internet lyrics sites. "I'm the one man army Ason?!??!?!?!?"

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

thats what dude says. ason unique is his name.

and what, Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

it's not cosby. dudes from bk don't pronounce the r in girls.

and what, Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

I thought it was "It's on". I always heard the other Ason as "Hey son". Oh well.

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

In February 1998, Jones witnessed a car accident from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend ran to the accident scene and organized about a dozen onlookers who assisted in lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital with second and third degree burns. Using a false name, Jones visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.

and what, Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/17/050117ta_talk_agger

^^^despite the occasional "dude who doesn't know anything about rap writes about rap" error, this is one of my favourite pieces (obliquely) on ODB

Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 4 October 2008 18:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol internet lyrics sites. "I'm the one man army Ason?!??!?!?!?"

― Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats what dude says. ason unique is his name.

― and what, Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

baby, is it burnin? Well fuck it, now you're learnin

jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 4 October 2008 21:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

I KEEP PLANETS IN ORBIT.

ian, Saturday, 4 October 2008 21:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

^^^ i am leaning in this direction.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 4 October 2008 23:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

rappin-in is what's happenin'

tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 4 October 2008 23:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

Rhymes good as a Tastycake!

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 4 October 2008 23:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'll always wonder if he was referring specifically to Tastykakes, my favorite line of junk food cookies...that he says "a tasty cake mix" sort of seems to work against that though.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

gotta be the chorus line. the delivery on "shame" and the delivery of "when * you * stepped * up * to" is beautiful music.

J0hn D., Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

Doctor, thanks for answering my idle curiosity about the spelling -- I thought there were two K's, but I couldn't remember. We don't have them out here on the West Coast.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

Used to eat them when I was in Virginia, though.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

I only know them from cases my Uncle Rudy of Atlantic City would periodically send down south. Every variety a treat! As good as ODB's rhymes, maybe.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

Introducin, yo FUCK that nigga's name!

dreamsonvhs, Sunday, 5 October 2008 00:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

such an amazing song.

i always had a soft spot for "what what? you need asp-i-rin"

M@tt He1ges0n, Sunday, 5 October 2008 01:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

Wow, the "clean" version is actually like a whole different vocal recording!

"before you knew a whole BLOOD CLOTTIN' LOT!"

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 October 2008 01:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

Brilliant and sad all at once to watch that video now.

Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 October 2008 01:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

god why the fuck don't i own this record.

ian, Sunday, 5 October 2008 03:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

this has to be the most impossible poll ever

Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 03:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol i always thought it was in your buildin takin all types of medicines

joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

heard it as "in the G Building"

© 2008 (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

Talent that I got will riz-ock the spot; MC's I'll be bur-r-rnin, bur-r-rnin hot

im partial to this one

a passion for posting (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

xpost: common misconception!

(seriously though, I think I remember reading on urbandictionary or something where people had made up some bullshit explanation of what "the G building" was and why ODB was referring to it)

Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

actually yes i think i thought it was the G building too too - i cant remember

joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

xpost to self: wait I think maybe that seemed meaner or snobbier or something than I meant it to

basically I just think it is cool that, within the group of people who mishear a certain lyric and become confused as a result, there will almost always be a subset of people who decide to just make something up and then pretend to be authorities on the subject

Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

anyway

Introducing.....YO FUCK THAT NIGGA'S NAME!

© 2008 (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

I think that's gonna win, 'cause it also has the "ra-a-ain."

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 October 2008 12:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

I like that line, but I also like Ghostface, and I always wonder if he was kind of annoyed about it

Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 13:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

yeah i always figured that was a subliminal.

rio (r1o natsume), Sunday, 5 October 2008 15:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

when do we do a poll of the intro the album?

ian, Sunday, 5 October 2008 17:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

ha I never connected that to "Introducing the Ghost! Face! KILLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

© 2008 (The Reverend), Monday, 6 October 2008 02:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

always figured it to be aimed at some random chump whose name no one cares about

© 2008 (The Reverend), Monday, 6 October 2008 02:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

That's pretty funny too - like some dude thinks he's about to get his big break from ODB but he just gets completely blown off, on record.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 6 October 2008 02:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

hahaha, awesome

I'm picturing ODB giving a shoutout to this dude, then getting into a big fight with him, immediately rushing back to the studio before he has a chance to calm down, and recording over the original with a genuinely pissed-off "FUCK that nigga's name!"

a few days later, the dude shows up at ODB's place to apologize; they have a good talk, and decide to bury the hatchet. only after the dude leaves does ODB realize with horror that the record has just been sent off to the mastering engineer that morning.

Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Monday, 6 October 2008 03:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

stop the fanfic right now

© 2008 (The Reverend), Monday, 6 October 2008 03:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

hahahah, I liked the fanfic.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 6 October 2008 04:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

Note how the last chapter is totally unnecessary to explain the song, but it's in there to make ODB a nice guy in the end.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 6 October 2008 04:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

"I don't even like your motherfuckin' profile" is the sleeper hit here for me.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 30 October 2008 03:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 1 November 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Everything that didn't get any votes was ROBBED.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 1 November 2008 00:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

ason, i keep PLANets in orbit

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 January 2010 01:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

Give the year ('95), I think it's Crosby's droppin' babies.

hardly a giant f-off pickup (Eazy), Saturday, 9 January 2010 16:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

OH SHIT I THINK I WOKE UP MY DAD WHYLIN OUT TO THIS SHIT

dark side of the goon (The Reverend), Sunday, 14 November 2010 10:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

CH-CH-BLAOW! BLAOW! BLAOW! Blown to death

Insane in our current record-selling climate (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 November 2010 10:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Man, I love how he pronounces "below zero."

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 13 October 2012 20:12 (7 months ago) Permalink

lol i always thought it was in your buildin takin all types of medicines

― joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

heard it as "in the G Building"

― © 2008 (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

common misconception!

(seriously though, I think I remember reading on urbandictionary or something where people had made up some bullshit explanation of what "the G building" was and why ODB was referring to it)

― Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

actually yes i think i thought it was the G building too too - i cant remember

― joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

so did doctor dre and... maybe odb himself:

flopson, Saturday, 13 October 2012 21:12 (7 months ago) Permalink

@ 1:55

flopson, Saturday, 13 October 2012 21:13 (7 months ago) Permalink

You got shot cause you knock knock knock, "Who's there?" Another motherfuckin hardrock

this line is so expertly constructed

Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Saturday, 13 October 2012 21:21 (7 months ago) Permalink


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