MVN  The 50 best rap lyrics of all time: Complete list NOAH HUBBELL | MARCH 14, 2013 | 7:00AM Facebook  MVN  The 50 best rap lyrics of all time: Complete list NOAH HUBBELL | MARCH 14, 2013 | 7:00AM Facebook 633   Twitter   6   email   Print Article AA Last week, we took a look at the fifty worst rap lyrics of all time. Going through all the dreck and drivel to get to the crème de la crème of crappiness was tedious and rather exhausting. This week, we even things out by taking a look at the other end of the spectrum and examining rap lyrics to find cleverness and wordplay worthy of being praised. Selecting the very best lyrics from a library of oh so many is a tough task. Is technical skill the prime consideration? Poetic quality? Historical significance? Keep reading for the full countdown to see which rhymes struck as some of the best of all time. See also: - The 50 worst rap lyrics: The complete list - The 50 worst rock/pop lyrics of all time: The complete list - The ten best storytellers in hip-hop 50. Mos Def - "Mathematics" RELATED STORIES The Black Keys and Modest Mouse Announce Tour and Denver Concert Insane Clown Posse Will Baptize Colorado Springs in Faygo Westword Music Showcase Adds CHVRCHES, Jai Wolf and More Raz-B Almost Quit B2K's Tour Just Before Denver Concert Announcement "Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients/Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation." Mos Def raises the stakes of this rhyme in the first line by presenting the challenges humanity faces in this day in age. He then pairs this with a commentary on the priorities of the day's youth, who are more concerned with video games than practical knowledge. When combined, the gap between what we need and what he have is clear and startling. 49. Wale - "Is There Any Love?" "You niggas so-so like a seamstress." Wale is a cool cat, and his wordplay here is seamless. The image of a seamstress sitting at her machine, running through mundane line after line, just seems to fit with a mediocre rapper, so the simile is so apt. And he makes it sound easy and fluent -- like a finger roll in basketball. It's tough to make it look so simple. Face