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Track 19 off of Ghostface Killah’s sophomore record, Supreme Clientele is a posse cut featuring fellow Wu-Tang members GZA, Raekwon, Cappadonna, and Masta Killa.

The beat, produced by Mathematics, samples Queen Of Tears by Gladys Knight & the Pips, on the album Reaching Out in 1970.

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The alamring phone call- a cinematic tool was also used by Notorious B.I.G. in Warning , effectively to a have a point at which the listener can identify in with the story immediately.

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Wally’s are Wallabee Clark shoes.

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Trackmasters is production duo Tone and Poke hugely responsible for Nas’s commercial success during his time with the record label, Def Jam.

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Red Hot Lover Tone then became of Tone and Poke of the Trackmasters. Hit production machine behind Nas' commercial breakouts It Was Written and The Firm.

Tone on the right.

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The toilet dubs as a make shift wash basin for inmate clothing, especially for those on 24 hour lock down, as you can see from that, being in prison is disgusting.

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Black S400 Mercedes Benz

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Bundle of dope = heroin.

B.G. is an admitted ex- heroin user.

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A great cover of a Soul Classic sung by orginally by Sam Cooke and then Otis Redding.

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It is common in areas that people are slinging dope to put someone on look out that can alert the crew when the cops are coming. “Hootie hoo” is also a phrase that OutKast coined on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in reference to the White Owl cigars they use to roll their blunts with.

This phrase was referenced and used in the 2014 movie, Neighbors, starring Seth Rogen. The members of the fraternity neighboring Rogen’s character use “hootie hoo” as a signal to alert everyone of the fuzz.

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