Fresh off dropping his highly anticipated third album, The Forever Story , JID is on a mission to prove to rap fans that he’s the best rapper alive in the game right now .
The Dreamville MC has been on his grind since the early 2010s, and has steadily made improvements with each release. From opening up for Ab-Soul on the These Days Tour to dropping The Never Story to his scene-stealing performances on Revenge of the Dreamers III , JID’s journey to become one of rap’s elite has been a long one but now he’s finally here and there’s no denying him.
In addition to his stellar solo albums, the Atlanta rapper has built up an enviable catalogue of dope feature appearances for a wide variety of artists, ranging from Imagine Dragons and Anderson Paak to Rapsody and Joey Bada$$. We’re going to take a look at the dopest ones here on this list.
So let’s get into it. From his incredible vocal performance on Conway’s “Scatter Brain” to tag-teaming with Denzel Curry on “SIRENS,” here are the top 10 best JID guest verses of all time.
10. Spillage Village ft. EarthGang, JID, J. Cole & Bas – “Can’t Call It”
Released: November 8, 2016
Album: Bears Like This Too Much
Producer: Hollywood JB
Uh, so far I done, uh, yeah, so far I done Okay, so far I done managed to take advantage I set a goal and of course it ain't take off like how I planned it Granted, I want the globe and the planet where my hands is Granted, I'm on my toes and I'm sick of standing Sick of the bicker back and forth The lifted pitch inside your voice Cause I can't afford a picket fence and a porch If I get in a pickle, I pull the pistol out my shorts Payback on a pussy boy, so give me mines and give me yours Give me time and let me finish to design the method Enemy, the line, I stepped it Point me in the wrong direction Digging in the mind connecting Everything I ever seen, ever done Never was trying to set the gas to the fire I prepped it, walking in shit that I stepped in
9. Michael Aristotle ft. JID – “Vices”
Released: April 7, 2016
Album: The Michael Aristotle Collection
Producer: Wili Hendrixs
Yeah, uh-huh, oh my god, oh my god Pull your card, I've got time I'll pull your broad I know your type I know your thoughts she'll go hard but chill chill don’t go so hard I Beauregard without no regard I know the part, knee green like Bulbasaur Feed the team with no reward Four by one, no baton, fourth and one I ain't really looking for a shoulder to lean on, got weed to lean on Bouldercrest I swear the swag is like Morgan freeman call the weed man tell him go to detention I cop and smoke the most expensive dope Bitch I am a player and a coach Swarm and swung I did a rope of dope and knocked them out the ropes all in one motion L.A court side kickin' it with Kobe Kicked out of college I couldn't fuck with Adobe Tell a motherfucker for school I'ma make a graduation anyways watch everybody know me Let me stop tooting my horn when she's blowin' me Y'all ready to leave cause shits annoyin' me Later, fuck, shit, okay
8. Rapsody ft. SiR & JID – “Iman”
Released: August 23, 2019
Album: Eve
Producer: 9th Wonder
Uh, yeah My cherie amor this door awaits for you and I valet for you I'll fry, barbecue, and fillet for you Brown shea butter baby Why you so unavailable to the bullshit? It's your world, I'm a tourist, I'm foolish though I know that since the days they treated us like property for trade It was times where they could come inside and take your soul away But I'm here for your protection, like a servant Like an agent or a secret service, some CIA shit See I ain't okay with the way they tryna portray over the media Alexandria, Egypt in Africa Nefertiti was probably black as Roberta Flack back with the 'fro Checkin' all my facts 'cause I be wrong but I'm passionate though (Ebony) When I go to X-Videos I'm always searchin' up the (Ebony) amateur Look at me bein' managed I'm from Atlanta where ghetto ballerina exotic dancers be so talented Get that cash and shawty set up an establishment (Ebony) You balancin', fuck it, you don't need no management Behind every great man is a bad bitch, handlin' shit
7. Sy Ari da Kid ft. JID & EARTHGANG – “New Malcolm X”
Released: January 25, 2018
Album: Better Safe Than Sy Ari
Producer: BuddahSPK
By any means, yaddadimean? In the coupe, my Miss Coretta Scott thing And I swear I had a dream, I had a dream But it went out like Dr. King I know that life is pie, I'm a tiger, I'm pissin' on you clowns Swim in the piscine, drunk, pray to God I don't drown I'm Mister One Dollar, ain't got a dollar in my pocket Pick a coin out the rubble, long travel roads, I suppose I expose myself through the music, talkin' execution Moves I do, kick dumb flips, sommersault Mastermind, winter killed spring then summer 'sault Summer assault, mash words, mumble talk I don't fumble y'all, look at me ramblin' as usual You don't know what sixteen gunshots will do to you Two handguns, shotgun user like Blucka, blucka, blucka, wasn't none I could do I was focused on the movement, wan' kill me then do it like We can be the start and the spark of the revolution Televised through some rebel eyes, hella uncivilized Dangerous capable individuals and odds, uh Man, just bring in the pallbearers All y'all thought we stole from y'all eras Love them people you call home, equip 'em with long feathers And make sure they stalk my steps wherever I walk, yeah I'm Malcolm X on the X pill Dr. King on the jet going to Russia to go see Svetla Hope they don't check us at the customs and the connectors Or whatever, hope they don't check us at the customs
6. Bas ft. JID – “Fried Rice”
Released: June 5, 2019
Album: Spilled Milk 1
Producer: KQuick
You got the gas, but it's not like mine She got that ass, but she not that fine Don't make a nigga laugh I need the cash in the bag in advance Before I grab any mic' and a stand Don't make a nigga mad Spazz the fuck out, all bad, I'm all Madden I'm on a go route now, but I do all patterns I'm with your ho right now, and she's a tall glass I'm a can full of whoop-yo-ass A little .40 in the booking bag I put a bullet in your lookin' ass Aw, baby, what is you doin'? Been lookin', askin' for something you can work your ass off for My nigga, grab it, go after it I'm p-p-passionate, d-d-damagin' my anatomy Don't get mad at me if I pass out while I'm ramblin' I'm an animal, an anomaly Mari-mari-marijuana, it's the God in me, gotta be A better way just to get away, takin' the backstreet roads A couple days, maybe, give or take (Yeah) Baby, I'm gon' get home Uh, when I'm in the zone I'm in, I'm ignoring your phone call again The phone, off the dome talk, your phone block, block You're on, switch off The long lost lil' nigga gettin' it how he live, hol' up
5. Free Nationals ft. MIKNNA, Kadhja Bonet & JID – “On Sight”
Released: September 20, 2019
Album: Free Nationals
Producer: Free Nationals
Yeah, ah, look Well, I get nervous every time I see you, baby It really hurts me every time you go I think you're perfect But you won't believe me If I said it to the world Would you let everybody know? Or would you get worried That maybe you feel the way I do? Maybe you don't, lately I’ve been on the move And it feel like an episode from a show where I don’t really know who's the leading role But rolling with a leader isn’t easy, just believe me On God, I can see it Hope you send me your peace to exorcise my demon Maybe a shrink will probably Get a blink of what I'm thinking I've been smoking, I've been drinking And I’m hoping you can see me If you saw me, tell me, have you seen her? I really need her I've only got a two seater My car don't go in reverse Don't wanna leave her And never see her If I don't, the heart's stinger Steve Irwin, she hurt me, it hurt
4. Westside Boogie ft. JID – “Soho”
Released: January 25, 2019
Album: Everything’s for Sale
Producer: Keyel, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman & James Teej
Like the usual, no I ain't meeting at Nobu Or going for Sushi at Roku I motherfucking told you I'm sick of these niggas Who wanna be all in the videos, in the photos I think I should sign to Death Row though, I'm I'm loco, I'm Pac if I'm poppin' the pistol at po-po I'm tr-tr-trying to be optimistic But my options limited and I'm boxed in You gotta stop me nigga, before they got me, get him They go beyond infinity when you talk shit Time, time is ticking you gotta watch it But when you get popular they wanna be partners Pa-yeah
3. Denzel Curry ft. JID – “SIRENS”
Released: July 26, 2018
Album: TA13OO
Producer: DJ Dahi
Uh, look, okay Ba-aby, I’m a fool because I thought you would stay Whether I win or I lose, they already think we dead But they continue to shoot, I'm just gon' cover my head I need to duck and not move (Yeah) I bust a move when I (Uh) Find a way to get on and get up and get out the crib I was just looking into the mirror Tryna dislocate my fear 'cause you broke my heart Let me dry my tears So serious, I'm so neglected In the wrong direction with a long erection Got no protection but it's fuck the world When she bend it over, being over-sensitive But did I mention that my real intentions Are on me really dealin' with the consequences And I see your tone is very condescending When I talk to you, but no you won't admit it And I pity the fool Been tryna vent, but you ain't tryna hear it Like I'm not in here, but you gotta hear it Just stop brushing me off to the side (Oh, shit) Oh say, can you see a hundred dead bodies in the street By the dawn's early light, double Sprite and a R.I.P. tee So proudly, lights gleam, let the gun blaow in the night time Of the slum house, little drum bump with the one thousand Come-come, here they come
2. Conway the Machine ft. JID & Ludacris – “Scatter Brain”
Released: April 14, 2021
Album: La Maquina
Producer: CuBeatz & Don Cannon
I got no resistance with a Colt .45 gold edition I'm a dope magician Niggas disappearin' if I hear 'em dissin' Kill a engineer and kill a nigga mixin' In the 6, niggas still flippin' Nixon Second strike, they finna Billy Clint' 'em Red and white, he got the blues Turn him into food, everybody grip a biscuit Runnin' lights inside of city limits I'm excited, my lil' shawty, she the shit And we inside of somethin' simple with suicidal— Finish the sentence Door close, chop the head off a chicken Morse code, if I'm talkin', I'm clickin' Lights flickin', tell 'em, "Hold your position" Money-motivated, mind on a mission Straps in the lap and the pack, got a lock On the back of the cabinet doors I lit a match for the torch in the game For the real niggas only, the fake get exposed Scrapin' the plate, breakin' the bowl Makin' it shake, takin' it home I'm in the A with a 'K, so come on if you crazy Cold-ass world, goin' out, guns blazin' Fuck is you niggas sayin'?
1. Rapsody ft. JID – “REDBLUE”
Released: November 9, 2018
Album: 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla is the Squad II
Producer: Khrysis
Uh, red blood, red blood drops Red was a young light skin nigga from the block Red blood he thug he was a product of his pops Pop a lock pop a pop-pop-pop a nigga for some guap Red blood drops, red blood drop Red dropped right out of school he's a lefty with the Glock Red got into the usual maneuvering the block Red, white, green, blue, red, next steady watching Red blood drops, finally got shot But he didn't die it only made him wilder And revenge is an easy way for him to gain power Game over, gunpowder, women crying holding flowers for dead, Red, roses are red, violets are blue Violence beget violence annihilate your crew Silence among tyrants terrorising Y'all niggas banging on your web browser, we can't allow ya To infiltrate the shit that we been kickin' since the slaves Still better than my demons tryna lock us in a cage ok, ok, ok I see how we gon play lists Said that they reserved a seat for who play for mayhem D-d-dayum, in the nighttime, and the AM anybody red it's slay 'em Fuck the red, the white, the blue, only areas are grey Red never drop his flag and he banging to this day or to the day he D.O.A Even if he pray he probably won't be ok but fuck it
