The overwhelming majority of rappers have little to no personal experience to base their stories of street life on. B.G. Knocc Out is not one of those rappers. After serving a total of ten years behind bars for attempted murder, the Compton, California native has returned to the Rap scene with the recent release of his first full-length as a solo artist, Eazy-E's Protégé.
Bustas get sprayed wearin high-top fades
And Kangol's backwards with dark-ass shades Westside Connection – Cross ’Em Out And Put A ’K
And Kangol's backwards with dark-ass shades Westside Connection – Cross ’Em Out And Put A ’K
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Typical hip hop fashion in the late 80s to early 90s also popularized by many new jack swing artists.
Cause bitch I'm a amazing', look what I'm blazin'
Eyes so low, yea I look like an Asian Jeezy – Amazin'
Eyes so low, yea I look like an Asian Jeezy – Amazin'
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When you smoke weed, your eyes lower and may seem like they’re shut. He’s smoking that good good, which makes his eyes do just that. The stereotype on Asians is that their eyes are relatively squinted – Jeezy’s dope causes this effect.
We’ll let Lucy Liu’s eyes be the demonstration
You always go to the parties (Oh, oh)
To pluck the feathers off all the birds (Oh)
You always go to the parties
On your knees
I would not beg you, please The Weeknd – The Party & The After Party
To pluck the feathers off all the birds (Oh)
You always go to the parties
On your knees
I would not beg you, please The Weeknd – The Party & The After Party
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Famed OG MC Ice-T fronted a metal band called “Body Count”. By metal genre standards in 1991, Body Count would have been labeled “thrash”, but as of late – they’d be labeled as none other than “rap metal”
Their famous track “Cop Killer” was the focal point of much controversy surrounding Ice T and his strong opinions that traveled across multiple genres of music.
Brown bag of money, call me David Copperfield
A bitch'll disappear, Lord, the bitch will disappear T.I. (Ft. Rick Ross) – Pledge Allegiance
A bitch'll disappear, Lord, the bitch will disappear T.I. (Ft. Rick Ross) – Pledge Allegiance
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Ross is comparing himself to David Copperfield in these lines in that he considers himself capable of making someone “disappear” efficiently enough that they would seem to have magically vanished. Also alluded to in this couplet are Copperfield’s financial success, as previously noted, and possibly the colors represented by the brown hue of the bag (copper) and the green money (a field).
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Cube is referring to the three strikes law that’s used in California (as well as other states). The three strikes law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence.
Not to be confused with the comedy from 2000:
B.G., 'cause you lost all your homie's love
Dr. Dre (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
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6 years
7 years
Yooaab Khan
8 years
B.G. Knoccout and Gangsta Dresta were just friends of Eazy-E. They were actually signed to Def Jam and thus had awkward Christmas dinners as Russel Simmons house with Warren G during the height of the Deathrow and Ruthless Beef.
So This line actually disses Eazy E and calls him a Baby Gangsta because all his friends turned their backs on him.
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The slogan for the US Army used to be “Be all you can be.”
The Army used that slogan from 1980-2001 and was even brought up in the classic film Boyz N The Hood with Morris Chestnut (who contemplated joining the Army after speaking with a recruiter), Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube
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