Good Morning POU! OK, we know lots of words…how fast can we SAY those words? Who’s the fastest rapper??
In 2001, Busta Rhymes released the song Break Ya Neck. It contained 768 words in 3 minutes and 51 seconds. That translates to spitting out 3.32 words per second. But that is not the only song where he has rapped at a fast pace. He peaked at 12.8 syllables per second in the lyric, Hello.
In the songs, 60 Seconds Assassins and Why Stop Now, he peaked at 11.8 syllables per second and 10.5 syllables per second respectively. Although this consistency does not make him the world’s fastest rapper, it only shows the speeds at which he is willing to go when rapping.
Twista held the Guinness World Record for Fastest Rap MC in 1992. He rapped 598 syllables in 55 seconds or 11.2 syllables per second. Although that is the Twista fastest rap of all time, the rapper released more songs over the years. He peaked at 12.8 syllables per second in the song Victory or Death. The rapper also spit words fast in the song Mita Tung Twista where he raps at a pace of 11.2 syllables per second. Other lyrics that have put him on the map as one of the world’s fastest rappers are Creep Fast and From Da Tip of My Tongue.
One can argue that Outsider is the fastest rapper in Korea and the world. Many people know him for his speed in many of his songs.
He can rap more than 22 syllables per second. He also spits out 721 syllables in 51 seconds, roughly translating to 14.13 syllables per second. Many publications have also indicated that he can rap at a rate of 16.25 syllables per second. Had there been a list of the fastest rap song in the world, Outsider would arguably take the prize because of his consistency and skill. The only thing that makes him unheard is because he mostly sings in Korean.
Eminem is one of the fastest rappers in the world. He holds the Guinness World Record for most words rapped in a hit single. The record came in 2013 when he released Rap God that packed 1,560 words in a song that is 6 minutes 4 seconds long. That also translates to an average of 4.28 words per second.
Is Eminem the fastest rapper in the world? Unlike many rappers, Eminem can connect many words at the same time and make them rhyme in a way that appears simple. Previously, he went at a pace of 7 words per second in the song, All She Wrote. In Rap God, the fastest verse had 9.6 syllables per second.
The fastest he has ever gone was in Speedom featuring Tech N9ne where he rapped 12.5 syllables per second. But in 2020, he released the song Godzilla, where he rapped 224 words in 31 seconds or 7.23 words per second.
Other speed rappers
Over the years, Tech N9ne has been switching his flow patterns every time he released a new song. In some cases, he begins slowly and then hits the listener with a rapid pace. An example is Kill Sh*t, where he raps at a rate of 11 syllables per second.
In Get Me Off, he spits words at 11.5 syllables per second. The artist also released Welcome To The Midwest, where he raps at 12.7 syllables per second. Since he has so many fast songs under his belt, arguably, Takin Online Orders might be his fastest at 912 words per minute or 15.2 words per second.
Twisted Insane is a rapper known for sticking to the chopper mantra of fast rapping. He is also one of the few artists in that category that maintains coherency in their songs. In some of his releases, he has gone for speed to a point where getting the perfect pronunciation becomes challenging to the untrained ear. One of his fastest songs is Dome Split, where he raps at 15.6 syllables per second. He also has other fast-paced songs, including 100 Rounds Clip at 14.1 syllables per second and Brainsick 1.0 at 15 syllables per second. In Chop Shop, the first verse alone averages ten syllables per second over 50 seconds.
Krayzie Bone rose to fame when he released the albums Thug Mentality (1999) and Thug on Da Line (2001). Over the years, his fans know him for his range of deliveries and displays in all his songs. Two of his fastest lyrics are Heated Heavy and Clash of the Titans.
Crucified is a rapper known for performing in the Underground Choppers series. He showcased how fast he can rap when he released the album Water To Wine. In the song Powered Up, the artist spits up to 28.9 syllables per second. That is fast because, in his previous songs, he rapped at 25.3 syllables per second. In 2013, he rapped 949 syllables in 49 seconds. That is an average of 19.3 syllables per second. The instance was to put him in the Guinness World Record as the fastest rap MC. Unluckily, he was a mainstream rapper at that time. He waited for a long time for a certificate only for the publication to remove the category.