who has the most complex rhyme schemes in rap ever

[blatalian]

Just off tha' top of my head I'm going...

Big Pun

Pharoahe Monch

 

[Roster Player #99]

Freeway.

Niggas said rhyme scheme, not rhymER

 

[iron man1]

Canibus

 

[Stew]

Canibus

My first thought.

 

[za'kiss]

Black Thought, Rakim, Mos Def, Ras Kass, AZ, 2Pac, Kool G. Rap, GZA, Redman, Talib Kweli, Inspectah Deck, Aesop Rock, Raekwon, Big L, Crooked I, Ab-Soul, Bun B, Lauryn Hill, Andre 3000, and early Nas

These rappers have real complexity in structure, manipulating expectation and using the off beat, experimenting with vocal inflection, assonance, alliteration, enclosed rhymes, and so on, not just a bunch of internal multi rhymes strung together (i.e. Twista and Pun)

 

[5 Grand]

Canibus

GZA

RZA

Big Pun

Pharaoh Monch

Eminem

Lauryn Hill

Nas

LL Cool J

 

[soulbrother]

Add on...AZ, Camron

 

[Negro_Caesar]

Freeway

 

[KamPushMe]

Rakim


By far

 

[juelz21]

Freeway

freeway ?

 

[juelz21]

There is no 1 person answer to this question. There is multiple ppl who know how to do this very well.

true but the greatest to me with complex rhyme schemes was rakim imo.

With all due respect to the God, ppl have took what he started and made it more complex.

ok lmao

U dont think so?

no

 

[juelz21]

Black Thought, Rakim, Mos Def, Ras Kass, AZ, 2Pac, Kool G. Rap, GZA, Redman, Talib Kweli, Inspectah Deck, Aesop Rock, Raekwon, Big L, Crooked I, Ab-Soul, Bun B, Lauryn Hill, Andre 3000, and early Nas

These rappers have real complexity in structure, manipulating expectation and using the off beat, experimenting with vocal inflection, assonance, alliteration, enclosed rhymes, and so on, not just a bunch of internal multi rhymes strung together (i.e. Twista and Pun)

u make it sound like twista and pun can't rhyme

i don't see what the underlined has anythin to do with rhyming.

 

[whoseworldisthis]

People always sleep on Kool Keith:

 

[LurkdogAchilles]

Posdnuos

 

[murdap]

Bone thugs

 

[Qiv_Owan]

Mystikal, Lupe, Eminem when he freestyles, Raekwon, Ghostface, Andre 3K

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

MF Doom comes to mind.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=herNYSdJd0o&spfreload=10

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okYZpiuvQi4

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSxlZQUqVPY

 

[ChillaDaGawd]

Masta Ace

ROYCE DA 5'9

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Killah Priest

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0crLnR8bjrE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRaLBLe9dY

 

[Kairo]

How does one accrue 2k+ posts just talking about rhyme schemes? I digress....

I'll go with Monch.