Eminem
“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy / There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti.”
Forged in the Hip-Hop Shop battles of Detroit and the 1997 Rap Olympics and Scribble Jam circuits, Eminem bends pronunciation so that entire five-word clauses rhyme syllable-for-syllable with the next five-word clause.
RHYME DENSITY
100
MULTIES
100
STORYTELLING
98
PUNCHLINES
98
FLOW POCKET
97
VERIFIED FREESTYLES & CLASSIC 16s (1)
Radio Freestyle • BBC Radio 1 Tim Westwood Rap Show (2009)
Tim Westwood TV Freestyle (with D12 & Proof)
“Bending every vowel inside the London booth until the whole four-bar sentence rhymes.”