André 3000's Opening Verse on "International Player's Anthem" by UGK (2007)

It's hard to stand out on such an awe inspiringly good song but it's even harder to follow up the best verse of that song that starts immediately by kicking down the door with an all timer Andre story. Twelve bars of searing hot fire that was almost instantaneously burned into the subconscious of everyone who listened for the first time. Brilliant wordplay, 3,000 different flows and some genuinely great advice shared by the time it's all over.

Verse begins at: 0:00
Choice bar: When I shoot the moon, high jump the broom
Like a preemie out the womb, my partner yellin', "Too soon!"

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Bonus: I'm putting together two member only playlists - what I think are the best, objectively, 210 songs of the 21st century so far and then 2100 of my favorites. Spoiler alert: this track skipped right past the favorites and onto the best. One of FOUR songs with Outkast's fingerprints on them out of 210.