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Phillies are a brand of cigar that smokers often gut and roll with weed to make a blunt.
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At the time of this interview, Meek Mill was in jail for violating his probation charges. Travi$ made multiple appearances on Meek’s Dreamchasers 3 and has done other songs with Meek in the past.
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At the time of this freestyle, Da Snowman (Young Jeezy) had just been arrested along with members of his crew for an AK-47 that was found on his tour bus. Previously on Jeezy’s “Under the Influence” tour there had been a shooting death backstage at one of the shows. Young Jeezy posted bail and was cleared of the gun charges.
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At this point, Travi$ switches up the cadence of his rapping. Being from Houston, Travi$ learned how to freestyle at a very early stage as a rapper. Houston is known for freestyling, dating back to DJ Screw’s Screwed Up Click. Members such as Lil Flip and Lil Keke got on by spitting freestyles on Screw’s famous grey tapes.
I'm looking at your girl, thats my bitch!
You took her out now, she living with (me) Travis Scott – Sway in the Morning Freestyle
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This line is not only a braggadocio of sorts (saying La Flame stole your girl), but Travis is also flexing proving that he is in fact freestyling: the clock in the background of the video shows that it’s a little after noon. When he says “looking at the dash,” he’s referring to the dashboard of a car, where one would find the car’s clock.
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Prior to the interview, Sway (whose well-established radio show airs on XM Shade 45) noted that he likes to help artists who are “on the cusp” by bringing them on his show in order to garner recognition for them. The fact that La Flame got invited onto Sway’s show means he’s succeeding in the rap game.
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Houston rappers refer to rolling through in their cars as “coming down,” so when La Flame says “dive” here, he’s saying that he’s coming down in a hearse (a car designed to carry coffins for funerals), implying that he’s about to kill this freestyle. Incidentally, hearses are typically modified versions of higher-end cars, e.g. Mercedes, Cadillac.
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La Flame always freestyles off the top of his head when asked, without worrying about being wack. Out of fear of looking bad, most rappers don’t freestyle, but recycle, repeat or read written verses when asked instead.
'Fore the real niggas die, fake niggas gon' multiply
'Fore the real niggas live, fuck niggas won't multiply (Yeah, real shit)
Fuck niggas won't multiply, fuck niggas won't multiply (Mhm) A$AP Rocky (Ft. Juicy J) – Multiply
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This is a fresh take on the old adage NWA’s MC Ren said on “Real Niggaz Don’t Die”:
Real niggas don’t die cause they eventually multiply
This intro sets the tone for what is arguably one of the hardest tracks of Rocky’s catalogue. Preceding the long-awaited drop of Rocky’s sophomore album, this track is a statement that he’s still in the game.
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Rocky is talking about a girl who is willing to sell her innocence for money and a good look. Here, Satan would portray the bad in someone, meaning that if this girl sins for money, it would be for Satan, due to the fact of it being bad for God.
Before their famed crunk music days, Juicy J and DJ Paul were known as Triple Six Mafia and had a much more devilish feel to their music. Three 6 Mafia is an overt reference to ‘666,’ also known as the number of the beast (devil).
May be a stretch, but white people are often referred to as, other than pigs, devils. Therefore it could means that she is dancing in clubs entertaining white men for a cheque.
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I think Satan is just a faceless punter in a strip club, the way he gets his kicks could be considered evil.