the new artists shouldn’t copy and make it worse, they should create their own styles

people like buckshot and krs-one have created their own styles, and people copy that style poorly to be like them

we already did stuff in the past, and we repeat it if it’s good

Kraftwerk is a german electro group from the 70, they are seen as pioneers of electro music, they also used a voice changing program/instrument like roger troutman and t-pain, who are also mentioned in this song

Planet Rock is a song by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, the song helped develop the hip-hop and dance scene greatly, and it is one of the first techno-like songs

this ain’t a diss, it’s his opinion on the hip-hop world

Afrika Bambaataa is seen as the one who invented the break-beat and electro funk

Julius “Dr. J” Erving, one of the greatest and influential basketball players in history

Drew “Dru Ha” Friedman, founder of label “Duck Down”, the label this song was released on

In addition to Yela, other popular white rappers at the time included Eminem, Machine Gun Kelly, Mac Miller, Action Bronson, and Logic