'Pression that everyone wrote they own verses
It's comin' back different and, yeah, that shit hurts me Frank Ocean – Solo (Reprise)
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Bling-blaow, oh, chains on Skateboard P MadeinTYO – Skateboard P
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MadeinTYO compares his chains to the chains Pharrell Williams (aka Skateboard P) wears. Pharrell was once known for wearing eye-popping jewelry, like his chains in the “Mr. Me Too” music video. However, in 2014, P reflected on his younger days telling GQ, “The money was too loud. The success was too much…The jewelry was too shiny.”
Skateboard P is also close with Nigo, who was referenced earlier in the hook.
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When Travis goes to the club he makes it rain by throwing hundred dollar bills all over the strippers.
He plays off the Prince album Purple Rain since new hundred dollar bills have a blue-purple kind of color.
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After spending most of his career signed to large record companies, Nas finally started his own label—Mass Appeal Records, in 2014. He presumably started the label to increase his revenue share.
Mass Appeal has already put out critically acclaimed projects like RTJ2, signed up and comers like Dave East, and released cult hits like “Old English.”
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Nas helped popularize the fade – where his hair starts thick and gradually gets lighter, in the early 1990s.
Many rappers and athletes have recently incorporated the fade into their hairstyle, including The Game and Damian Lillard.
The Bevel Shave System and Bevel Trimmer are two products made by Walker & Company Brands, a black-owned shaving company founded by Queens native Tristan Walker.
He founded the Bevel products to cater to the shaving needs of people with coarse and curly hair. Nas is a Bevel brand ambassador and investor.
This line speaks directly to the lyric in the song where Nas urges the black community to support and found companies that support its needs.
This trend I was settin', it came to fruition
I'm assistin' to push the culture forward DJ Khaled (Ft. Nas) – Nas Album Done
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Nas' debut album, Illmatic is widely considered the most influential rap album ever made. Here, Nas points out just one point of Illmatic’s influence—its cover art.
Ever since Nas put a picture of himself as a child on the cover of Illmatic, many rappers have copied him. The most notable examples are Biggie, Lil Wayne, and Drake, to which all were alluded in Lupe Fiasco’s hook in “Adoration of the Magi”.
Through his actions, Nas has helped push hip-hop forward and legitimize the genre. In-fact, Harvard even has a musical fellowship named after him.
The album cover features DJ khaled’s baby, which is reminiscent of Nas saying that he started this trend stated on Khaled’s track
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