Very similar to a line off “Stapleton”:

I’m above average like I’m rapping in the attic, yeah

Although Rocky sold pills, he still had scales as if he was measuring other narcotics.

Reference to 2dopeboyz, a hip hop blog infamous for the hate it gets from Tyler the Creator of Odd Future.

Kendrick compares his prowess as a rapper to great deceased masters – 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, Big L, and Ol' Dirty Bastard

More recently Kendrick has generated controversy due to his his verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” where he again compared himself to the greats and claimed the title of “King of New York.”

“The Row” is Death Row Records, the label founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight. Knight signed 2Pac to the label after posting his $1.4 million bail.

Note that “California Love” dropped on December 28, 1995, and just a few months later, on August 28, 1996, L.A.’s other big gangster rap outfit, Ice Cube and Westside Connection, dropped a track called “Bow Down.” 2Pac was not happy about this and briefly spoke about it in an interview:

ASAP Rocky is from Harlem and is representing it to the fullest.

Calling himself “pretty” is something Rocky adapted from Lil B, and Soulja Boy’s clique. They often refer to themselves as “pretty”.