Mobbing like a motherfucker but I ain’t lynchin'
— from Nuthin' But A G Thang by Dr. Dre

In the late 19th/early 20th centuries, angry whites in the South would mob up on black farmhands (usually claiming the victim had raped a white woman) and tar, feather and hang the victim (known as “lynching”)

Dre and Snoop are mobsters.. but they don’t do crazy sadistic shit like that!

Rather, they are more like (former Dre N.W.A.-mate) Ice Cube’s crew, Da Lench Mob (sic)

You can’t see me
— from Can’t C Me by 2Pac

2Pac means he’s untouchable — Sun Tzu status

This slang might originate from gambling parlance (“I see your call” in poker) — 2Pac’s stakes are too high, no one can play with him

I guess he’s an XBox and I’m more Atari
— from Fuck You by Cee-Lo

XBox is more fancy/expensive, but Atari is more fun (esp. if you’re high..)

I see you driving around town
With the girl I love and I’m like: “fuck you!”
— from Fuck You by Cee-Lo

C-Lo is a flabby, fuzzy, friendly beta-male; much like similar-named Skee-Lo (of “I Wish” fame), he often expresses jealousy and frustration with the opposite sex in his lyrics

I’m on my Van Gogh, I don’t hear shit
— from Power Remix by Kanye West

One must wonder how awkward it must have been whenever Van Gogh would say “Excuse me, I can’t hear anything from this side. What was that again?”

Kanye doesn’t listen to the haters, as though he were missing an ear

To be continued, we on that Norman Mailer shit
— from Power Remix by Kanye West

Norman Mailer was a well-known American modernist writer in the early 20th Century

In what is arguably Norman Mailer’s best novel — Harlot’s Ghost — the last line of the book is “To be continued”

No one man should have all that power
— from Power Remix by Kanye West

Kanye’s ruminations on the nature of power might signal a break with the Powerful Illuminati sect — or he might be speaking more generally

His lamentations of a super-sized Leviathan are reminiscent to 18th Century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes

We living in that 31st century, futuristic fly shit
— from Power Remix by Kanye West

Or watch me swing my chain at the Roscoe’s off Pico
— from Hip Hop Quotables by Ludacris

Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles is a California-based restaurant known for serving.. well, chicken and waffles

The one on Pico Blvd in the glitzy Westside of Los Angeles is full of sexy bulimic girls on weekends — good place to swing around your flashy jewelry and get some attention

The similarity between “chicken and waffles” and the title of this album — Chicken and Beer — should also be pointed out

President Carter, Young Money Democrat
— from Right Above It by Lil Wayne

Wayne’s real name is Dwayne Carter and he’s the President/founder of Young Money Records

Politically-speaking, he’s a Democrat (just like the REAL “President Carter”)