Lots of people with tell you that Andre 3000 is one of the greatest rappers of all time, despite never having released a full solo album. It's songs like Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 1) that place him comfortably in this bracket.
Big Boi opens up the song (that some of you may recognise from the J. Cole song that sampled it and slapped it in the face) with a decent enough storytelling verse about a girl that is... let's say "well known" around town that calls him up for a bit of fun. Big Boi clearly has very little respect for this woman, Suzy Screw, but that's not gonna stop him from meeting up with her. She gives him head in the parking lot and he goes about his ways. So far, pretty good song right?
Turns out that Big Boi was just laying the groundwork for what was about to happen as 3 Stacks delivers one of the best verses in the whole of Hip Hop, telling the story of Suzy's friend, Sasha Thumper. It's one of the only verses that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it thanks to a mixture of the lyrics and the intense delivery. It's incredible and you really just have to hear it for yourself but I'm just gonna leave you with THE standout timeless line that any self respecting hip hop fan should recognise immediately:
Talkin' bout what we gonna be when we grow up
I said "What you wanna be?" She said "Alive"
Chills.
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