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Logic’s new single released on 11/12/12 tackles Nas' classic “New York State Of Mind pt. 2” beat
Gaithersburg high blastin music til I go deaf Logic – Concrete
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Logic is from Gaithersburg, MD and grew up in the West Deer Park apartments.
He mentions these two places from his youth in many of his songs because that’s what made him what he is.
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Although his stage name is Logic he calls himself Young Sinatra quite often. His second mixtape is titled Young Sinatra, his third is titled Young Sinatra: Undeniable and his last in date is Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever.
He also calls his fans the Bobby Soxers and Rattpack, taken directly from Fly Me to the Moon. The Rat Pack was a group that Frank Sinatra was a part of. The Bobby Soxers were what Frank called his female fans.
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When he grips the mic he gets people bobbing their heads.
Bobbing a head = Rocking a head.
Mount Rushmore is a sculpture of heads carved into the rock in South Dakota.
“Rock heads” also means crackheads, which goes into the next bar!
They'll never feel my pain
And they'll never play this shit on the radio J. Cole – Miss America
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Brought to you by the good people over at Dreamville Records J. Cole – Miss America
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A homage to Jay-Z’s Public Service Announcement instead using his own (in the works) record dealer, DreamVille. .
In “PSA” the intro has the same first line but says “Sponsored by Just Blaze and the good folks at Roc-A-Fella Records.” Directly after that Just Blaze mentions “Fellow Americans” so this is a direct reference to Just Blaze. .
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He was inspired by other artists, which motivated him to rap, and get out of his poor hood as mentioned above.
This very moment is a gift thats why they call that shit
Call that shit the present C Dot Castro – Just For Now
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Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin' Nelly – Heart of a Champion
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Worthy, as mentioned in the previous line, is referring to James Worthy, a former NBA player. Nelly doesn’t want his jersey though, he wants to have value, to be worth something.
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