The Best Rap Verse of the Month

T.L.O.P. is honest, incoherent, contradictory, and spiritual all in the same breath—much like the artist that created it. Kanye West has given us better bars on every single one of his past albums, which made it easier to dive into the sonic waves Pablo provides instead of the lyrics. 'Ye is getting scary good at being able to make an album by committee further blurring the lines between rapper and artist, a conversation spearheaded by Drake's ghostwriting controversy. That's a debate for another day, though.

"Ultralight Beam" sets the tone for Kanye's first gospel album; after Kelly Price floats down from heaven's gates with her angelic voice, Chance the Rapperfollows up with opening lines that sounds more like a bible passage than rap verse. Chano referenced religion, science, and Martin before getting into his spiritual awakening.

We said his feature was our favorite after the album finally hit the streets, and it still is. I tried my hardest to find another 16 this month that could compete with this, but it was a chore, to say the least. Hit play on the Pablo title track and let the beams enter your soul.

And: "Foot on the Devil's neck 'til it drifted Pangaea/I'm moving all my family from Chatham to Zambia/Treat the demons just like Pam/I mean I fuck with your friends, but damn, Gina/I been this way since Arthur was anteater"

One more: "I'm just having fun with it/You know that a nigga was lost/I laugh in my head/Cause I bet that my ex looking back like a pillar of salt/Ugh/Cause they'll flip the script on your ass like Wesley and Spike/You cannot mess with the light/Look at lil Chano from 79th"

Please stop sleeping on lil Chano from 79th. Acid Rap and Surf are so dramatically different from most of the rap that's been released in the last five years. His "Ultralight Beam" verse is just a taste of what Chance is capable of, and hopefully, with Kanye's cosign, people will stop frontin' and give his music a true listen because we don't want no devils in the house tonight.