Take a puff of this motherfucking reefer now
Bet a shot of this cognac, ease you out
Just one night, trying to fucking leave you out
Baby, baby The Weeknd – Initiation
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If the girl has a hard time letting go emotionally of her friends and ex-boyfriend, Abel recommends getting high and burning away her sorrows with a shot of XO cognac.
He’s also implying that he’s experienced with heartbreak and cutting people off, which is ironic because after tonight, this girl will probably be left alone to begin a descent into darkness extending well beyond the high.
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Frank first plays “4th Dimensional Transition” by MGMT, the sixth track from their Oracular Spectacular album. After a few seconds, he rewinds the tape to the previous track, “Kids”.
Then he rewinds to the prior track “Electric Feel” – this is used as the instrumental for the next (and ultimate) song of nostalgia, ULTRA: “Nature Feels”
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During Shyne’s stint in prison, he changed his name to Moses Michael Levi, reflecting his Jewish heritage, and presently is a learned man of the Torah in Israel
P and his associate keep their drugs legit.
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Gotta be top notch to be whiter than that…
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He’s a beast* because he’s irresistible to all women—even to lesbians. This is an old hip-hop meme invoked by various artists, including The Notorious B.I.G. on “The What”.
If Rocky can really do what he claims, he should go to Hong Kong and catch a quick £40 million check:
*It’s worth noting that every verse in this song ends with the word “beast.”
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Showing distaste for former president George W. Bush has become a sort of running joke within the hip-hop community; Sean plays into this here by referencing said distaste by stating how he didn’t vote for Bush either in 2000 or 2004.
This clarifies that he wasn’t being conservative by not voting for Obama – he just doesn’t give a fuck
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Biggie obviously knows he didn’t invent rap, but he is underscoring that he is so talented at rapping that he may as well have invented it.
Much like how Rakim, through his prodigious talent at complex rhyming schemes, elevated the entire music form, Biggie is claiming (with good justification) to have done the same
Given this song is about California and Biggie repeatedly proclaims himself the king on New York, he might also be referring to his position as leader of the city where rap was invented (hip hop emerging from the Bronx in the 1970s)
Back when condom wrappers wasn't cool (They wasn't cool, they wasn't cool) Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Jay Rock) – Money Trees
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