So after a long ass time, and a whole lot of requests, a video on Denzel Curry is finally
here, and today we’re gonna be covering his fastest verses. Real quick, I do wanna
give a huge shoutout to the Denzel Curry subreddit, who helped me find a large amount of the verses
in this video.
As a way of thanking them, their community will be linked in the description.
So let’s get right into this, this is CDTVProductions, you can join my Amino also linked below to
discuss hip hop with me and other music lovers like yourself, and let’s look at the 10
Fastest Denzel Curry Verses.
12 - Narcotics (Verse 1) - 6.9 SPS
This is the one that surprised me the most, because when I first heard it I thought it
was an 8 SPS verse for sure.
I’m not sure what makes it slower than it sounds, but I’ve counted it repeatedly and
over 10 seconds this is the speed it hits.
Amazing verse though.
11 - Parents (Verse 1) - 7 SPS
A lot of Denzel’s Nostalgic 64 project has a very gritty sound to it, and don’t get
me wrong that sound is still present here especially with the story Denzel is telling,
but Denzel’s lyrics sound kinda tongue in cheek and it adds a nice humorous layer to
the track which helps make it slightly less dark.
Not to mention, he’s laying down some facts on this one.
10 - Dark Tournament (Verse 2) - 7 SPS
This track is still pretty damn nice, but you can tell Denzel has came a hell of a long
way since this released.
The fast rapping part is nice, but you can tell it’s a little bit more shaky here than
it is nowadays.
There’s still great wordplay on it though, and it apparently samples it’s instrumental
from an Anime show theme.
I really don’t like anime so I have no clue, but if you are a fan of Yu Yu Hakusho, then
I’m sure this track will grab your interest.
9 - The Federation (Verse 2) - 7.1 SPS
I hadn’t heard this song until I did research for this video, but I honestly think it contains
one of my favourite Denzel verses.
Every single flow he uses on this track is entertaining and all are somewhat rapid whilst
switching it really often.
I actually had to count like 5 different sections of this song because he keeps the pace up
on almost every section of it, it’s just great.
It’s cool to hear Denzel on such a laid back track as well, as most of his catalogue
is fairly dark in terms of tone.
8 - Lord Vader Kush II (Verse 1) - 7.1 SPS
And here we have the only track on this list from 32 Zel, a project which definitely showcases
Denzel taking on more of a trap influence.
I really love the sound on this project, and this song really encapsulates it’s sound.
Spacy melodies, forceful drums and Denzel jumping all over it with his cadences, it’s
a combo that I really do love.
Interestingly, I didn’t think this track would be faster than songs like Envy Me or
Ultimate, which came from the same project, but by my measurements, this is the fastest
one from the EP.
7 - Flying Nimbus (Verse 3) - 7.2 SPS
The transition from the second verse, which is performed by Lofty305, into the third verse
which you just heard is so good on this track.
We shift gears insanely quickly from Lofty’s confident mid tempo flow, to Denzel’s rapid
and turbulent flow in the drop of a hat, and the way it shifts is so great.
He absolutely kills it here, and brings a hell of a lot of energy and excitement into
the song.
He does say the word *thot* (whisper) here though, so we might have to copystrike Denzel
for that one.
6 - Always With Me (Verse 2) - 7.2 SPS
Now as you can imagine, Ronny J’s production is always a bit hit and miss for me, with
me being the old distortion hating Boi that I am, but when he doesn’t use distorted
bass he can make some beats that I absolutely love.
And that is the case with this song.
If there’s one thing I can say, it’s that he programs his 808s like a master.
On top of this, Aaron Rose comes through with a really great verse on here, and you already
know Curry came through and slaughtered it.
Check this one out if you haven’t heard it, it’s worth it.
5 - Bloodshed (Verse 1) - 7.2 SPS
This is pretty much the song I can credit with getting me back into Denzel’s music,
one day I just decided to listen to the 13 EP, absolutely loved it and then went through
every single other project Denzel has made.
And this song was at the very start of that EP.
It pulled me in right away, that dark, booming bass produced by Eric Dingus (which is a great
name) and Denzel’s rapid fire rapping with his frenetic flow really got me intrigued
in what he was gonna do, and he didn’t disappoint.
The whole 13 EP is pretty amazing from start to finish in my opinion, but Bloodshed remains
as my top track from the short project.
4 - Unmask (Verse 1) - 7.6 SPS
Here we have a great collab between Denzel Curry, Craig Xen and Ski Mask the Slump God,
who I have also done 2 Fastest verses videos on, and those will be linked in the description
below.
I can definitely see why this one is faster than a lot of the other tracks on here.
On pretty much every bar, Denzel crams as many syllables in as he can, and it makes
sure his verse here always has this kinda velocity to it, it just keeps moving forward.
Everyone on here kills it, brings their own style to the song, and it makes for a brilliant
track.
(Although I won’t lie.
Craig Xen kinda terrified me the first time I heard this song.)
3 - Talk That Shit (Verse 1) - 7.7 SPS
Here we have what is probably the most trap flavoured track on the N64 album, with a brash
sound to the instrumental and Curry matches this with his lyrics and vocals.
Interestingly, the hook on this track is actually Denzel quoting and essentially sampling one
of his earlier songs titled Strictly For My Raiderz, which is a song I can recommend if
you haven’t heard some of Denzel’s really early material.
Lyrically this is a pretty interesting track too, with some of the earlier bars having
a somewhat spiritual vibe to them, and there’s also a couple references to other rap songs
thrown in there too.
It’s a nice track, and probably one of the hardest ones on N64.
2 - Drogas (Verse 1) - 7.8 SPS
I thought this one would’ve been number 1 for sure, but it did miss out on that spot
by a small margin.
But goddamn does he come right out with the pace at the very start of his verse.
It’s seriously impressive.
This is also probably the most unique track that we have on this list, the beat has a
pretty strange sound to it, and Denzel’s vocals are mixed pretty deep into the beat.
It creates a very cool sound.
I’m not gonna lie though, I laughed my ass off when Lofty305 was singing about pussy,
that part of the song was hilarious.
There’s like 3 or 4 different rappers on this track that aren’t Denzel as well, so
I’d recommend checking this out if you wanna be introduced to some artists you might not
have heard before.
1 - Gettin’ Rich (Verse 2) - 8.1 SPS
Here we have yet another track that features both Denzel Curry and Mike Dece (pronounced
Mike Dee-Cee), and I think I’ve decided I love it whenever these guys collaborate.
The other collab they did was also on this list, that being our number 9 song The Federation,
and I loved that too.
Not to mention, they both were on the previous song Drogas as well.
I think it’s just cool hearing Denzel over these more light hearted and airy beats.
He absolutely breezes through it with his flow, and raps fast enough to get him his
first verse that peaks at over 8 syllables per second.
And there you have it, Gettin Rich contains the fastest Denzel Curry verse that he has
laid down
so far.
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