The Rundown: Twista, Dark Horse

Chi's fastest spitter teams up with Keef, Kellz and more.

The Rundown: Twista, Dark Horse - Twista has been spitting his rapid-fire lyrics for over two decades now and shows no signs of falling off or slowing down. With production from the likes of Xcel, Lo-Key and long-time producer The Legendary Traxster as well as collaborations with Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne and R. Kelly, peep why Twista keeps winning with his ninth album, Dark Horse.—Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Capitol Records)

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The Rundown: Twista, Dark Horse - Twista has been spitting his rapid-fire lyrics for over two decades now and shows no signs of falling off or slowing down. With production from the likes of Xcel, Lo-Key and long-time producer The Legendary Traxster as well as collaborations with Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne and R. Kelly, peep why Twista keeps winning with his ninth album, Dark Horse.—Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Capitol Records)

"The Dark Horse" Featuring Tyme - Twista kicks off his ninth album steamrolling over production from The Legendary Traxster to explain the meaning of The Dark Horse. "Lord have mercy on the souls that competed with me and didn't know what I was capable of .../ Not recognizing me is an abombination/ Speaking on the coldest and I'm not in the conversation/ Overachiever but forever the underdog..."(Photo: Capitol Records)

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"The Dark Horse" Featuring Tyme - Twista kicks off his ninth album steamrolling over production from The Legendary Traxster to explain the meaning of The Dark Horse. "Lord have mercy on the souls that competed with me and didn't know what I was capable of .../ Not recognizing me is an abombination/ Speaking on the coldest and I'm not in the conversation/ Overachiever but forever the underdog..."(Photo: Capitol Records)

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"I Am Such a Mobsta" - Twist gives a rundown of how gritty the Chi streets are and warns to respect the G-codes when you walk through. He details the current epidemic plaguing the Windy City with bars like, "This ain't a legend or a folklore, Chiraq violence is real, not a cold war." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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"I Am Such a Mobsta" - Twist gives a rundown of how gritty the Chi streets are and warns to respect the G-codes when you walk through. He details the current epidemic plaguing the Windy City with bars like, "This ain't a legend or a folklore, Chiraq violence is real, not a cold war." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

"Beast" - Displaying his intergalactic flow and kicking science in his lyrics, Twista spits, "In the beginning there was Adam, ATOM/ I am the Higgs Boson, meaning I was there way before him."(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for The Chamber Group) 

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"Beast" - Displaying his intergalactic flow and kicking science in his lyrics, Twista spits, "In the beginning there was Adam, ATOM/ I am the Higgs Boson, meaning I was there way before him."(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for The Chamber Group) 

"Devil's Angel" - Twista shows he's always battle ready and dares anyone to step into his cypher. "I was only 12 or 13 when I first rapped on the porch/ Battling n----- up in the park, I wasn't playing no sports/ Man, I wanted the whole thing, I wasn't taking no shorts."  (Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

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"Devil's Angel" - Twista shows he's always battle ready and dares anyone to step into his cypher. "I was only 12 or 13 when I first rapped on the porch/ Battling n----- up in the park, I wasn't playing no sports/ Man, I wanted the whole thing, I wasn't taking no shorts."  (Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

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"Getting Paper" Featuring Dra Day - The ladies have always been the object of Twista's affection and he lets them know what's on his mind with a little help from Dra Day on the hook. Searching for that ride or die chick, he kicks game like, "You got the loud pack, them other b-----s huff/ Deep inside you sweet and sexy but you act tough/ That's what I need on my team...."(Photos from left: Dra Day via Instagram, Ben Hider/PictureGroup)

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"Getting Paper" Featuring Dra Day - The ladies have always been the object of Twista's affection and he lets them know what's on his mind with a little help from Dra Day on the hook. Searching for that ride or die chick, he kicks game like, "You got the loud pack, them other b-----s huff/ Deep inside you sweet and sexy but you act tough/ That's what I need on my team...."(Photos from left: Dra Day via Instagram, Ben Hider/PictureGroup)

"It's Yours" Featuring Tia London - Tia London helps Twist smooth it again for this love and hip hop ballad. "Let me get straight to it/ Her body like a Bugatti, ain’t nothing like a Buick/ When we get passionate I’m in love with how you do it/ No longer want to lease it, I want the title to it." (Photo: Kevin Mazur/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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"It's Yours" Featuring Tia London - Tia London helps Twist smooth it again for this love and hip hop ballad. "Let me get straight to it/ Her body like a Bugatti, ain’t nothing like a Buick/ When we get passionate I’m in love with how you do it/ No longer want to lease it, I want the title to it." (Photo: Kevin Mazur/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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"One More Joog" - Twista takes it to the trap over this Lo-Key production and supplies the hustlers with a new anthem. "City full of n----s that be misunderstood/ They might come and stick you up if you got the goods/ Come around here talking that s---, I wish a n---- would/ You wanna know what they on/ N---- you in the 'hood."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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"One More Joog" - Twista takes it to the trap over this Lo-Key production and supplies the hustlers with a new anthem. "City full of n----s that be misunderstood/ They might come and stick you up if you got the goods/ Come around here talking that s---, I wish a n---- would/ You wanna know what they on/ N---- you in the 'hood."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

"Crisis" Featuring Tech N9ne - This Midwest connection proves deadly as Twista and Tech N9ne annihilate the competition with these explosive bars. The hook itself is a forewarner as Twista spits, "It's a crisis and a murder whenever you see both of us in the booth/ It can be an interpretation of a catastrophic event of verbal annihilation if you don’t know the truth." Woah!(Photos from left: Jerod Harris/WireImage, Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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"Crisis" Featuring Tech N9ne - This Midwest connection proves deadly as Twista and Tech N9ne annihilate the competition with these explosive bars. The hook itself is a forewarner as Twista spits, "It's a crisis and a murder whenever you see both of us in the booth/ It can be an interpretation of a catastrophic event of verbal annihilation if you don’t know the truth." Woah!(Photos from left: Jerod Harris/WireImage, Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET)

"Burnin'" Featuring Wiz Khalifa and Berner - Wiz Khalifa and Berner ride out with Twista as they pay homage to few things that are on fiya... Money, women and cars. Wiz ignites the flame on this with his infectious chorus, "My car burning, my weed burning/ My b---- so bad, you touch the one, she burn ya/ So much money I burn it."(Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Berner via Instagram)

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"Burnin'" Featuring Wiz Khalifa and Berner - Wiz Khalifa and Berner ride out with Twista as they pay homage to few things that are on fiya... Money, women and cars. Wiz ignites the flame on this with his infectious chorus, "My car burning, my weed burning/ My b---- so bad, you touch the one, she burn ya/ So much money I burn it."(Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Berner via Instagram)

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"Want My Love" Featuring DJ Victoriouz - Twista kicks some serious game here with an assist from DJ Victoriouz on the synthesized hook. "Now, everything that I want in a woman when I be looking at her body and her mind that's you/ Me being able to, give you what you want, or what you need when I'm becoming a love that's true..."(Photo: We Mean Biz LLC)

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"Want My Love" Featuring DJ Victoriouz - Twista kicks some serious game here with an assist from DJ Victoriouz on the synthesized hook. "Now, everything that I want in a woman when I be looking at her body and her mind that's you/ Me being able to, give you what you want, or what you need when I'm becoming a love that's true..."(Photo: We Mean Biz LLC)

"Nothing Like Me" Featuring Gritz -  Twista flows like water over this Legendary Traxster production with Gritz holding down the hook. "They want to bite because I'm original like Bobby Digital/ My style is critical and your's intermediate / I'm just a rapping legacy and I got the recipe for cooking up and serving, and they lacking the ingredients," Twista spits.(Photo: WENN)

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"Nothing Like Me" Featuring Gritz - Twista flows like water over this Legendary Traxster production with Gritz holding down the hook. "They want to bite because I'm original like Bobby Digital/ My style is critical and your's intermediate / I'm just a rapping legacy and I got the recipe for cooking up and serving, and they lacking the ingredients," Twista spits.(Photo: WENN)

"Me and You" - The Dark Horse vocalizes the excited drums on this track to explain why he grinds so hard — to impress his fans and provide for his family.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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"Me and You" - The Dark Horse vocalizes the excited drums on this track to explain why he grinds so hard — to impress his fans and provide for his family.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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"6 Rings" - Twista lets the beat bounce as he spits from the line with shots like, "No worries, I been killing it since she was a shorty/ Still standing on top of my glory, and this still ain’t the end of my story/ Confetti pouring, they be all in the clothes that I’m sporting/ 6 rings like Michael Jordan, same team no Robert Horry...." (Photo: WENN)

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"6 Rings" - Twista lets the beat bounce as he spits from the line with shots like, "No worries, I been killing it since she was a shorty/ Still standing on top of my glory, and this still ain’t the end of my story/ Confetti pouring, they be all in the clothes that I’m sporting/ 6 rings like Michael Jordan, same team no Robert Horry...." (Photo: WENN)

"Throwin' My Money" Featuring R. Kelly - Chi-town vets connect for a new strip-club anthem with this one. As Kellz makes it rain on the hook, Twista makes it thunderstorm, "What you doing takes some talent, so I gotta say that I'm enjoying what I witness/ My money flow is endless, looking at her work that pole like gymnast."(Photos from Left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) 

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"Throwin' My Money" Featuring R. Kelly - Chi-town vets connect for a new strip-club anthem with this one. As Kellz makes it rain on the hook, Twista makes it thunderstorm, "What you doing takes some talent, so I gotta say that I'm enjoying what I witness/ My money flow is endless, looking at her work that pole like gymnast."(Photos from Left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) 

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"D.O.A." - Twista leaves wack rappers in graves over this ominous-sounding track. "Put him in ambulance but ain't no resuscitation because he done got knocked off point blank range." (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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"D.O.A." - Twista leaves wack rappers in graves over this ominous-sounding track. "Put him in ambulance but ain't no resuscitation because he done got knocked off point blank range." (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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"No Friend of Me" Featuring Chief Keef and Stunt Taylor - Twista rides out with his young homies Chief Keef and Stunt Taylor to call out the haters and pretenders on this mo-money-mo-problems track. Chief Keef speaks some truth, "They say when you're rich, you can't have broke friends/ I guess I just noticed that/ They with you when you're rich but when it all ends/ Bet that s--- be all over with."(Photos from left: John Amis/PictureGroup, 247PapsTV / Splash News, Stunt Taylor via Instagram)

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"No Friend of Me" Featuring Chief Keef and Stunt Taylor - Twista rides out with his young homies Chief Keef and Stunt Taylor to call out the haters and pretenders on this mo-money-mo-problems track. Chief Keef speaks some truth, "They say when you're rich, you can't have broke friends/ I guess I just noticed that/ They with you when you're rich but when it all ends/ Bet that s--- be all over with."(Photos from left: John Amis/PictureGroup, 247PapsTV / Splash News, Stunt Taylor via Instagram)

"Got Away" - Twista rides down memory lane and holds on to the future for this final track. "High school sweetheart, can’t believe you gon' be apart/ Different colleges, why you gotta break my heart to get smart/ Got 99 problems and this is definitely one/ But something's stopping me from thinking our legacy is done."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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"Got Away" - Twista rides down memory lane and holds on to the future for this final track. "High school sweetheart, can’t believe you gon' be apart/ Different colleges, why you gotta break my heart to get smart/ Got 99 problems and this is definitely one/ But something's stopping me from thinking our legacy is done."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)