Rhyme Asylum - Poison Penmanship

Taken from the debut album "State Of Lunacy"
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[@khwezimlandu]

Who's here in 2024?

[@straydogFPV]

4-24-2024...

[@divemind9091]

🏴‍☠️

[@DarkBlueHaze]

forever

[@SkoobzandiD]

💯

[@Penguin-wk7gq]

Of course

[@ZandaElwood]

2024 and I still know the fkn words to this classic 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nicosekano5942]

If You're Still Here In 2021 You're A True Rap Fiend.

[@mynona9020]

Yeah i am

[@mariokostner983]

2022

[@veritasaequitas1722]

Here baby.

[@43zzz63]

Les go

[@Slaikkarinaj]

It's a shame only Solitary Confinement is in Spotify and not this one too.

[@idk-vr3fs]

This one track has more quotables than some emcees have in their entire discography, Possessed easily one of the best lyricists.

[@kaninesenses]

Probably the best of all time 🔥

[@idk-vr3fs]

@@kaninesenses top 5 for me, along with psiklone as well

[@kLR_iNsTiNcT_]

@@idk-vr3fs most definitely in my top 5, but man I'm not sure who's better Possessed or Psiklone?

[@idk-vr3fs]

@@kLR_iNsTiNcT_ imo they're around the same level with the pen but I prefer Possessed tbh

[@kLR_iNsTiNcT_]

@@idk-vr3fs hahah yeah same his delivery just hits that right spot. But definitely both got amazing Pen.

[@ProfoundBeats]

This album is now 10 years old! A classic. It was a pleasure to make at least 1 track with them.

[@kendallgibson1900]

First hip hop album to make me realise my love for true lyrics, wordplay, multis and changed the way I listened to all rap. If you was part of it, then thank you!

[@ProfoundBeats]

Not this one bro. I did the 'Axe Of Violence' beat on their 2nd album 'Solitary Confinement'. Another classic album.

[@zachgrady352]

@@ProfoundBeats Do you know what they're doing now?

[@ProfoundBeats]

Nothing as a group but Possessed and Skirmish are both working on solo projects. How far these are coming along I don't know at the moment.

[@jaketimmins1817]

@@ProfoundBeats Love that song! Listened to that album today on my way to work

[@dannyhoughton7728]

"And I'm rubbing salt into bullet wounds just to make the slug dissolve" 💀 Ten years on this line still fries my brain

[@T.C.S123]

Incredible

[@four4four636]

I made this same comment five years and I got no love

[@ilfantasticobananajothesci3922]

@@four4four636 fu

[@GeraldGruenigMedia1]

@@four4four636 that's because you suck

[@everyneed3959]

I don’t get it

[@benlister4801]

2020 - "Master degree burns after a heatstroke of genius" and "Everyone in my field of vision is just crops for the harvest" are still as fire now and they were then.

[@jordankelly2562]

Fuuuuck feild of vision ffs how didn't I hear that. Listened to this song like 1000 times still learning his bars his fucked

[@user-fq3hl5fv6t]

❤🎉

[@jon-draco-cephus]

My boy Chris put me on these guys we was 15 he’s dead now thank you Chris and rip my good friend❤

[@HOLLOHAN]

RIP

[@fredericbourcier0]

"I got master degree burns / After a heatstroke of genius" Amazing.

[@kyotem]

Goddamn, 1M views. Our boys have finally reached it.

[@B355Y]

"Everyone in my FIELD of vision is just CROPS for the HARVEST"

[@AwokenGenius]

"I got master degree burns after a heat stroke of genius"

[@AwokenGenius]

GG

[@lewisrichardson4910]

+AwokenGenius awesome lyric

[@Ionita.Vlad.]

You can also read it as "Mass third degree burns..."

[@alfredevans215]

no because master(s) degree and genius are supposed to be linked

[@GFRyoutube]

so hard

[@akramibrahim1632]

Haven't started to rap yet this is just the sound of my breathing

[@unavaliableuser1600]

When you breath turn from the mic

[@Goldlung1]

this line was pretty cleaver

[@gregharp5448]

a mental plane like enola gay..im slashin open throats of back stabbers with my shoulder blades....a forge a sword from a thunder bolt, and im rubbin salt into bullet wounds just to make the slug dissolve!! fuckin ill

[@gregharp5448]

im the angel of death, out pacin olympic swimmers with the titanics anchor chained to my legs

[@fedelupus]

Booom

[@Fony_turgeson]

Almost every line is a "quote" worthy of mast rap careers

[@mrbuck8912]

Still here 2023

[@BrandonBuckingham]

been listening to this for a decade

[@akramibrahim1632]

Same🔥🔥

[@Toastskagen]

"My entourage plot on top of Scotland Yard, 'coz we above the law" Sickk

[@sebastianveseyholt8777]

Toastskagen you know bruv

[@SM0KEYY360]

CNt believe I still listen to this song after many years. Thank you.

[@jondoe6275]

I honestly think this may be my favourite song ever. Even after listening to this song for years it still gives me goosebumps.

[@jackarmstrong8370]

2023 and it’s still FIRE 🔥 Big up all you who are still here 🐐

[@ampedsixstring]

"I live in a glass house throwing meteorites" "I got master degree burns after a heatstroke of genius" "I'm slashing open throats of backstabbers with my shoulder blades" "I'm rubbing salt into bullet wounds just to make the slug dissolve" How does someone even come up with this stuff?!

[@garyoak4175]

HELL BORN SERAPHIM FOUR FACES WITH TORNED FEATHER WINGS SPAWNING FOUR DEFORMED NEPHILIMS

[@kaya9293]

"Stepped off the planet; yall just float away. Tormented by the growin pains of my ever evolvin brain."- *A CENOBYTE*

[@lungsworld9566]

With a lot of hard thought.

[@cosmo9238]

@@lungsworld9566 really ???

[@boundtoflesh1796]

One of my favorites from Possessed is "Yo I'm Satan's son in the essence, smugglin' weapons, statues of the virgin mary cry blood in my presence"

[@dy9amo127]

“I severed ties with heaven skies, and wage wars that make Armageddon resemble a training exercise”

[@garethjones3227]

This guy is a Master Wordsmith

[@geofforycopplebottom9798]

"Master degree burns after a heat stroke of genius" 👏🖤✨️

[@AdamBrowne-eg1eb]

Is simply the best bar ever written

[@lovestains5905]

Id bite my own finger off for just another song by these lyrical masterminds.

[@MikeNolan59]

Surely I ain't the only 1 blasting this in 2016 🤔

[@Tobie223]

Imagine if they had progressed together into 2016 what kind of genius/out of this world shit we'd be listening to. even now in 2016 this track goes in hard.

[@christospheonix1567]

nah man, I be pumping this shit all the way from oz... this is beastly all the way from the depths of the ego type shit and I loooove it!

[@MikeNolan59]

+troy waddington yes boys I'm currently in Oz in Brissy, from UK but over here for a year, living the dream hey

[@jurgen6362]

also in AUS here

[@MaddieisMayhem]

Play this song every day 👌 pure perfection

[@EnduroJSSwe]

"I'm a hell born seraphim, four faces with torn feathered wings, spawning forth the four deformed nehphilim."

[@mikeking7684]

Crazy scheme

[@Abracastabya]

"Outpacing the Olympic swimmers with the titanic's anchor strapped to my legs"

[@antisocialsquadsa6304]

2023 and this is still the hardest dungeon rap verse

[@chrishodgson4687]

So ahead of their time

[@DanSoloPlastering]

STILL banging in 2022 💯 🔥

[@e3np]

Surely I ain't the only one still blasting this in 2017?

[@NeitDzn]

no man, i also keep this in my music library, it never gets borin'

[@e3np]

never does. best fucking lyricists on the globe.

[@SupremeSolTv]

Who’s blasting this in 2018!?

[@christaylor1270]

SupremeSolTv I am all day love it

[@KDoubleUMusic]

Without a doubt this shit is timeless Possessed is phenomenal

[@hayden69istheman]

SupremeSolTv waiting on that album 😭

[@8JFJK8]

I remember bumping this shit in grade 9 on the bus to school. I was an angry little fuck. Im almost 23 now and its amazing looking back at how much things can change in 7 years. Only thing missing in my life is some new Rhyme Asylum.

[@KDoubleUMusic]

Jay James Still looking forward to that Possessed album 😎

[@SevenRayedGod]

Still the greatest bars ive ever heard on a track all time an im from NY grew up on biggie n nas

[@westong6819]

SevenRayedGod check out Canibus -Rip The Jacker (album) insane lyrical shit on there

[@brandonl8545]

These guys take heavy inspiration from Ny it makes sense, they've sampled jay Z, Nas, and probably more I missed

[@lukea8215]

Couldn't agree more. This shit is unbelievable

[@radarinfinite1032]

@ThePark 627 I have to disagree

[@alfyt3385]

ThePark 627 clearly haven’t heard old school jay Z

[@happylarry274]

I have listened to both their albums literally hundreds of times over the years, and still their genius wordplay catches me off guard, it suddenly clicks and I can make the link between certain words. It's as if I had never even heard the bars before, you've got to think deep to even make the connection. They were definitely the most intelligent rappers to walk the earth.

[@eloelo6944]

In UK yes but definitely not in the whole world. 10+ American rappers surpass them, and there are insane lyricists rapping in languages you don't even speak so you can't understand it.

[@happylarry274]

@@eloelo6944 nice could you recommend me a few please mate?

[@ICT_raps]

​@@eloelo6944good point, from all I've heard in the UK, RA got the best idiom and metaphor use in their bars

[@turul44]

@@eloelo6944 Who are they? I can think of some on parr like K-Rino, Canibus and Passionate MC. But I've never really heard anyone with their unique abstract concepts and technical writing style. Its hard to really compare because they're in their own kinda niche sub-genre. I cant think of anyone that you could class as 'surpassing' them but theres definitely a fair few i'd class in the same league. You're right about the rappers in different languages though, some of their bars are insane!

[@Twisterhere]

@@eloelo6944 Name one and give me a track

[@skinnydubai3168]

Got master degree burns after a heat stroke of genius... 🤯 Best lyric I have ever heard, period.

[@liamcadger5545]

2023 stillllllll the greats

[@sickthoughtz]

I'm listening to this album for 12 years and it gets even better with time :D

[@changmangg2369]

Ages like fine wine

[@BioticsGaming]

"Third eye is blessed with second sight, a Cenobite, I survived the New Mexico desert testing sights"

[@xSoloSam]

"I don't bite the hand that feeds me I chew it off at the wrist"

[@royalgeezer]

2022, still the best rap out

[@hazedup.3443]

this is surely THE hardest verse ever

[@NACYKABLYAT]

4 years later, yep.

[@destroyingboundaries8247]

Rhyme Asylum the best to ever do it. Microphone gods. Literally every single song from start to finish.

[@Lol-op9ms]

Destroying Boundaries very true, one of the few artists I can say I don't hate any of their songs

[@benlister4801]

Masterclass by possessed. Still come back to this regularly. Lyricism redefined

[@sabreTF]

The only downside listening to rhyme asylum tracks is the fact that you will never hear anything like them again.

[@independantUKbeats]

"I'm a hell born seraphim, four faces with torn feathered wings, spawning four deformed nehphilim." This is beyond sick.

[@shukadevmanu3018]

Spawning forth the four nephilim

[@shukadevmanu3018]

Definitely

[@shukadevmanu3018]

@Detriment Hip Hop lol naw

[@shukadevmanu3018]

More lyric sources will agree with me and spawning forth the four nephilim sounds tighter

[@danielcoates1103]

@@shukadevmanu3018 what "the four nephilim" tho? Deformed nephilim makes more sense lyrically

[@kevthegoat8774]

This has now become my favourite song, this is the absolute peak of Hip-Hop.

[@samjebadurai192]

Lets take it to 1M this masterpiece deserves that and more...#resurrectrhymeasylum

[@OffaRunco]

Lyricism slept on. Rhyme asylum are top tier.

[@lukedurbano4064]

still bangs - 2022 - untouchable lyricism

[@trippydrew8492]

That last bar still gets me just as hyped as it did when I first heard it.

[@JaxMcAdams]

This whole album is insane but this song takes the damn cake...

[@LucidGhost3]

2021, still bumping Rhyme Asylum 💎💎

[@uzedabeast9521]

2024 we outheaaaa all the way back since 2015 ive been listening my Gzz lessshgo miss these vibes frfr

[@CopiousAmountss]

Such intence word play, Possessed, Skirmish and Psiklone by far some of the best mc's london has every produced

[@hashimiqbal237]

2017 and still blasting this shit. who else is

[@mynameischef2218]

Thanks KZbin recommendations

[@dansmith1662]

Whos still blasting this 2020?!!👌💯

[@Electronaunt]

I'm american and this shit goes hard af. there lyrical game is on point

[@VividMediaGaming]

and i rub in salt into bullet wounds to make the slug dissolve, sickest line

[@foxyguy13]

Ryan Collins They stole that from an old Eminem song.

[@iobeson2908]

you could write every single bar in this song and say the exact same thing! best rap song ive ever heard

[@Sayntzkilla1]

***** damn thats the best line, raw af bruh

[@travinnor]

lol read this as his spat it. banging song

[@theblacklotusgaming3767]

One of the hardest tracks in hard core rap

[@charlesmorales5737]

After all these years this still hits

[@nellieugdangiii3920]

This will forever be the greatest track to have ever been created.

[@undergroundwatchman5058]

In America this would have shook the rap world up💯 some of u guys across the pond have serious lyrical ability and raw talent in so many facets of music.. respect

[@dariusmiller4694]

@@NathansWargames MF DOOM is from the UK

[@samuelhorsford439]

@@dariusmiller4694 but he lived in the U.S for most of his life until the U.S government didn't approve his visa request and banned him from coming here

[@jacobdykes8827]

@@dariusmiller4694 it doesn’t matter where you were born it matters where you were raised J Cole was born in Germany and nobody considers him German rapper also Tupac was born in New York and everyone considers him a West Coast rapper

[@ericbrum8655]

Agreed

[@ericbrum8655]

**most emotionally relatable lyrics and vibes in this. Friends pretended to know about them when I'd play it. I know all the lyrics

[@thekomoxile5053]

Nevermind the punchlines . . . . the imagery on this track bleeds the blood of a real poet. Real fucking hip-hop

[@joshuaradford913]

thekomoxile "swear by the whites of my eyes that imagery I'm bringing is so vivid it gives sight to the blind"

[@ebenmaiopue4253]

These niggas describe shit that you can never think of doing

[@samuelhorsford439]

@@ebenmaiopue4253 so eloquent

[@TheMerkzzz]

as soon as i heard ''i live in a glass house throwing meteorites'' i knew this was gona be one of the greatest rap songs ever written

[@elspookso8414]

You guys are head & shoulders above literally everyone. For the love of the gods, please, please, please brainstorm at least one more song for us. We're all waiting for it.

[@four4four636]

''and i rub in salt into bullets just to make the slug dissolve'' some of the sickest shit i have ever heard

[@kryanex2715]

MASTER DEGREE BURNS AFTER A HEATSTROKE OF GENIUS !!!!

[@z.u2905]

There it is; the greatest rap song anyone can ever make.

[@gamehot0]

"I'm slashin open throats of back stabbers with my shoulder blades." Damn that part gets me every time this song is one of the illest and sickest I've heard Rhyme Asylum kills

[@SkarM_x]

"A mental plane like Enola Gay." The plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb in WW2. Every line of every song off State of Lunacy is sick

[@chrisshiherlis95]

It's amazing how the best track is a solo. Possessed is on another level, hope he never loses this talent. Deeply missed in the underground.

[@andrewedge9717]

Still here December 2023

[@frankflannigan598]

2023

[@danielwest8171]

Yeah but if you're still here in 2023 you actually one of the all powerful beings

[@rooted9287]

And every time I come back this song still blows my mind crazy

[@haz-dog4411]

Man still smashing the R.A in 2022 🔥🔥🔥

[@lexvtd]

10 years later, still listening.

[@Kedasin]

Still bangin this shit in 2018 boys

[@judahmalcolm7894]

2023 still bumps

[@politicallycorrectindividu2867]

i've repped these dudes for years in germany!

[@Kalikiano07]

who bumpin this in 2017

[@GraffitiMute1]

Conflict where are they now?

[@bossslimedude0199]

Conflict me bruh

[@nimrodroman624]

I am.you not alone

[@elspookso8414]

So glad I grabbed both their albums while they were available. I'll be bumping this shit at 60.

[@annihilationss8598]

2018 still bumpin this

[@DaleGreenAngler]

About time this got a million 👌👌👌 been on this shit from day 12 years and still a banger 💯💯

[@NileValleyMade]

2023 it’s still alive

[@SkillzAdam]

Frequently come back to this since it isn't on Spotify

[@hatdownlowofficial]

2021 no one is touching this still

[@SebMcl]

"I got master degree burns after a heat stroke of genius" Possesed is an absolute beast!

[@bryceashleybaxter7435]

2022 lyrical commision will never die

[@Tom-gf8gv]

2018 and still jammin

[@joshuahellsing8971]

2017 still unmatched

[@ManneFanofOldschool]

I can honestly say that I've contributed with probably 600 of this songs hits, a masterpiece in lack of better words

[@jakobhunt6175]

2022 and still so underrated 11 letters never get it confused 💚

[@garyjacksonii7863]

Still banging this 2024

[@Blazingmarinee]

Whos here in 2022 ?

[@DisobeyZOG]

2024

[@boundtoflesh1796]

"The mere thought of facing possesed will freeze the fluid in both knees"

[@rhymeasylum2969]

Mr. BathroomSir This bar is even more complex then I thought. Think about the phrase “facing possessed” and how it relates to the bar. And also think about “mere thought.”

[@nihaoshamamingzhu5884]

2022 and we want ARRRRRRR AYYYYYYYY

[@ButtPlugMafia]

I’ve been bumping this for years here in Arizona

[@jaketimmins1817]

I need this album on spotify

[@iobeson2908]

this is the best lyrical song in the world..

[@westong6819]

hadesleftbicep bruh nah but it’s really good

[@westong6819]

Detriment Hip Hop arguable

[@westong6819]

Detriment Hip Hop I think Immortal Technique “Obnoxious” and “Just don’t give a fuck” have better punchlines than this, also pretty much any Company Flow song has incredible punchlines

[@westong6819]

Detriment Hip Hop I don’t think even that punchline, which is a very good one, beats “I’ll bite your motherfucking style, just to make it fresher” My favorite punchline of all time however is “And every word I utter for hip hop lovers will reflect forever like two mirrors facing each other”

[@westong6819]

Detriment Hip Hop also the El-P line: “Even when I say nothing it’s a beautiful use of negative space” possibly the greatest line ever said