Next Exit Observations: 05/23/17

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

When was the last time you saw a clean, unmolested 240SX on the road? Are there any left? Did they ever exist at all? Who can say.

Lego Porsche Crash Test Reminds Us Why We Don't Build Cars Out Of Lego

How The Dodge Challenger Demon Stacks Up In Dollars-Per-Horsepower

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$2600 / 83 Pizzas (pictured) = $31 each.

The 20 Best Hip-Hop Guest Verses of All Time

1. Snoop Dogg on Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)

Could it have been anything else? No guest verse in rap history is more iconic than Snoop Doggy Dogg's star-making turn on Dre's chart-topping classic. Even casual rap fans can bust out Snoop's easy-rolling cadences with a, "One, two, three and to the four/Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door." It's the song that introduced both Snoop and G-funk to the world, put Long Beach on the map, and made "It's like this and like that and like this," part of hip-hop holy writ. If you haven't listened to it lately, Snoop's verse is still straight fire from beginning to end. — A.H.

5. Busta Rhymes on A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario” (1992)

When Busta Rhymes roared like a dungeon dragon, it was the closest hip-hop heads got to wailing like punk kids. Every rapper on here bodied their verse, with Busta closing out the record with easily the most memorable part. After this track, getting paid for roaring features became the vibrant rapper’s calling card. He was the last member in Leaders of the New School, all of whom were featured on "Scenario," anyone expected to have a successful solo career — but his debut album, 1996's The Coming, made people respect his pen game as much as his flow. — T.J.

17. Andre 3000 on UGK’s “Int’l Players Anthem” (2007)

Three Stacks has murdered many a guest verse, so it's difficult to pick just one. But no one ever used his charismatic vocals more cleverly than Bun B and Pimp C, who cast him as a reformed player stepping to the altar as the ironic intro to their ode to pimp life. "I apologize if this message gets you down," he texts to an ex-girlfriend, breaking the news that he's off the market. "Then I CC'ed every girl that I'd see-see 'round town." Only Andre could make exchanging vows sound like the most pimpin' move of all. — A.H.