10 Best Guest Verses In Rap History

Control isn’t a great rap song and as a whole it doesn’t compare well with the others on this list so far, but for the two minutes (the whole song is over seven minutes long for some reason) that Kendrick Lamar has possession of the microphone it’s easy to forget that.

However when it comes to the true significance of Control, it’s more than just a featuring verse it’s an announcement. A proclamation that Kendrick Lamar was ready to play in the big leagues and even more than that, he was coming for anyone and everyone. The verse sparked a debate about the best rapper alive and specifically in New York City after Lamar’s claim to be “The King of New York” and a couple years later it looks like that’s a debate that he came out on top of.

Kendrick's verse:

You plan on stumpin' me? I've been jumped before you put a gun on me
I put one on yours I'm Sean Connery
James Bond, wasn't none of you n****s climbing 100 mil in front of me
And I'm gonna get it even if you're in the way
And if you're in it, better run for pete's sake
I heard the barbershops be in great debates all the time
Who's the best MC? Kendrick, Jigga and Nas
Eminem, Andre 3000, the rest of ya'll
New n****s just new n****s, don't get involved
I'm usually homeboys with the same n****s I'm rhymin with
But this is hip hop and them n****s should know what time it is
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay electron', Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you n****s
Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you n****s
They don't wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you n***s
What is competition? I'm tryna raise the bar high
Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive