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Intentional ambiguity – Frankie could either be in “the city with them actresses” (Los Angeles), or could be in the city “with them actresses” (since he’s now famous enough to hang out with famous actresses).
Or maybe both – perhaps he’s hanging out with famous actresses in LA.
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In The Wiz (a musical retelling of The Wizard of Oz) Jackson plays the scarecrow. Elvis is stating MJ was perfect for the role because he “lost his mind” (the scarecrow famously lacks a brain)
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Blue Hawaii was one of the Elvis Presley’s musicals. He played a guy who comes back home to Hawaii after being in the army. Naturally this wasn’t Elvis at his most intimidating
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T.I. is discussing with Jim Jonsin (producer of this song) an old trick of “sugar daddies” – men who entice sexual favours and companionship from women with gifts.
Some sugar daddies “trick,” as in they will promise gifts, but take off after the girl provides sexual favours
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While Dre “only” had a net worth of about $300 million when this song was recorded, since Beats By Dre was sold to Apple for a cool $3 billion. Despite this, Dr Dre has never actually been a billionaire, so this may just be a bit of rap braggadocio.
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Elvis was drafted into the army in 1958, receiving the notice only two days after his final appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, and spent two years as a soldier in Germany until he was honorably discharged in 1960. He said that, despite his fame, he wanted to be treated as any other soldier.
Upon his return, he began focusing on low-budget movies that were widely panned. Michael is suggesting that his music started getting worse after his return from the army, and he should have quit while he still had his dignity.
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According to his dermatologist, Michael started this odd habit because his vitiligo had spread to his hand, so he used the glove to hide the splotches. Once his skin lightened to match, he abandoned the glove.
Nonetheless, the single shiny glove became a defining feature of MJ’s image
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Off the Wall was the name of MJ’s debut solo album (and a track on the album)
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