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A shout-out to Brian Burton, better known as Dangermouse, whom MCPB holds in high regard, as he made sampling in rap songs fresh again by releasing The Grey Album, using the raps from was Jay-Z’s The Black Album and beats from The Beatles The White Album.

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MCPB says as a society, that we need to be more proactive with H.I.V./A.I.D.S and to de-stigmatize/spread the word about getting tested for STD’s.

Numbers listed are AIDS affected persons per 100,000 persons. Eastern seaboard and southern states are the most A.I.D.S prevalent states; the inland northwest the least infected.

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Refers to how some families of people stricken with A.I.D.S outcast them or in some cases completely abandon them.

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Refers to the four elements of hip-hop being: rapping, DJ'ing, breaking, and graffiti (and according to Afrika Bambaataa, in The Art of Rap directed by Ice-T the fifth element is knowledge).

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Paul is wanting to collect his props while he is still alive to enjoy the respect he deserves, instead of being regarded as a great artist after death.

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“slept on” is slang for being overlooked or underrated.

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Barman says that the next time you forget to put him in a list of your favorite rappers to remember that only the bravest, best DJ’s request/use his music.

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The only true critique of Paul’s rap scheme is “Dammnnnn!!”

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These lines are a declaration of beef with rappers who only drive their expensive SUV’s on city streets to showoff, with rappers who wear Timberlands but only use them riding through the wilderness, rappers who wear Nike’s but never properly use them for running and homophobic rappers who collect shoes like a women would do.

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Paul is out to collect the respect he deserves in the rap game from tough, gangsta, always serious, rappers but with the annual tenacity of the I.R.S.

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