Unlike Jay-Z, who moved way from speed-rap, Twista embraced it as an integral component of his sound - even to this day. “I be makin' 'em jump and then sit up and lift the style, I be kicking and popping the rhythm I'm rocking and pumping.” Though the substance is somewhat surface-level, the sheer defiance of physiology is enough to astound even today. “Flowing the lyrical magic of mine I be mopping and sweeping, and breakin' 'em up and then makin' 'em break in a sweat,” he spits, after pledging to take a deep breath. Over some breakbeat production from DJ Rhythm, Twista let fly syllables at an insane rate, notably quicker than The Originators and other aspiring double-time spitters. The titular track ultimately earned him the Guinness World Record for fastest rap, a title he held for a decade. On April 7th, 1992, Twista dropped his debut album Runnin’ Off At Da Mouth. Meanwhile in Chicago, a young emcee by the name of Tung Twista was on the verge of making history. Even the Jigga Man gets in on the action, following the leader with the most dexterous and alliterative verse of his career he even riffs the oft-memed “lyrical miracle” scheme. A groundbreaking development, one Jaz picked up from studying blues and jazz. In his opening bars Jaz is spitting straight up tongue-twisters: “My rhyming and singing technique is applaudable, living in luxury, and it's affordable / no other brother is better than me, the J, the A, the Z.” That’s twenty-six words and forty-one syllables in five seconds. That style was on full display on 1990 single “The Originator,” which featured his young protege Jay-Z long before Reasonable Doubt.
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