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When we was fighting with Crips it wasn't about no dollars
It was about selling dope to put our kids through college The Game (Ft. Andrea Martin) – One Night
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The Game, not afraid of talking about his Piru roots, says he got into and stayed in the thug life for many reasons. But most importantly, he did it for respect and control over his territory, so they could sell drugs there without any competition and make money.

Selling drugs was a necessity, not a choice. It was the only way to make money so they could pay for their children’s education, so they wouldn’t have to live the kind of life their parents did.

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The gang war between Bloods and Crips was never about the money, contrary to what most people think. It’s about making enough to get the unexposed kids out of the hood and giving them a better life.

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Even brought the nigga Dr. Dre back to the hood The Game (Ft. Andrea Martin) – One Night
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Game and Eminem are credited with bringing back Dr. Dre’s name to a new wave of listeners (or is it the other way around?). On Game’s previous album, The Documentary, many songs are produced by Dre, who Game also cites as his mentor and one of his biggest influences.

FUN FACT: He literally brought Dre back to the hood as we can see in this picture :

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Harder to Breathe Maroon 5 – Harder to Breathe
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Initially thought to be a song about a breakup with a lover due to its sexual undertones, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine admitted the song was in relation to the band’s frustration with their record label’s pressure on making more material for their debut album.

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Start up your own company, trademark the name
That's gon' run ya about a grand so start savin your change (DTP!)
Open a bank account quick and then follow these steps (uh-huh)
Sign yourself TO yourself and start signin ya own checks Ludacris (Ft. Karma Bridges) – Tell It Like It Is
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Luda tells the rappers to get off the record company’s dick and start making their own career decisions.

Ludacris has had his own label, Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP), since the beginning of his career and has benefitted from the rewards of owning a label that handles things the other aspects that majors do for him for more money.

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Last Real Nigga Alive Nas – Last Real Nigga Alive
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This is what many consider to be the last song in the Nas vs. Jay-Z epic. While some criticized Nas for his homophobic insults and not coming down harder on Jay beyond surface level, this is Nas carefully and clearly airing out the situation and informing everyone as to what really happened with Jay-Z, Puffy and everything that had happened up to that point.

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3 years

In the line…
Taught her street shit that I know
Her weakness was shine yo
But that’s her, I ain’t mad, baby, it made me stronger
He’s not talking about Shine. He says Shawn as in Shawn Carter. The whole verse is about Jay Z so I don’t know what it would have anything tondo with an arbitrary dude like Shine.

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Hip Hop has virtually always been a battlefield for masculine men to test themselves, therefore it only makes sense that when two emcees battle, the combatants would claim their opponents are feminine, i.e. “pussy”, “bitch ass niggaz”, “faggots”, “homo”, etc…

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It's me
The rapper eater, haha!
Feed me! Feed me! Feed me! Lil Wayne – We Takin' Over (Remix)
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He refers to himself often as the Rapper Eater, meaning that he metaphorically “eats” (completely destroys) other rappers in battle

Also a reference to his verse on the original song:

I am the beast
Feed me rappers or feed me beats

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Fear Drake – Fear
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This song serves as Drake’s transition from being a popular Toronto mixtape-rapper into the international superstar that he has become today.

He illustrates how fame changes his family, friends, and even himself, and although he’s aware of this, he stays hesitantly ready for his future.

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This tack is his realest version of what had now become Drake. This track signified how much money can do to one
’s lifestyle.

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