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Richie smokes so much you would think his chest would explode because of all the smoke

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The “slam” here is slam dancing. Fredro Starr told Brian Coleman that the group were big fans of Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and “wanted to bring slam dancing to rap”

The “slam, da duh duh” melody is from the old school b-boy classic “The Champ,” as performed by the Mohawks.

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Tea is another name for Tottenham, which is where he is from and also in North London, biscuit is another name for weapon

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To record his first album, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Ice Cube went to New York to work with production team Bomb Squad, which had become popular for their work with East Coast outfit Public Enemy. The album also sported features from Public Enemy members Chuck D and Flavor Flav on “Endangered Species (Tales From the Darkside)” and “I’m Only Out for One Thang”, respectively.

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Irv Gotti, the co-founder of Murder Inc. Records, is also a friend of Jay-Z. He produced “Can I Live” on Jay’s debut album Reasonable Doubt*.

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On 4 August 1998, 21 days before the release of the soundtrack to the original Blade movie, one of its single was released. The non-charting “½ & ½” features labelmates Gang Starr and M.O.P trading boasting lines filled with war-based metaphors.

The year after the release the single appeared on the Gang Starr compilation album Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr.

Producer DJ Premier used samples from:

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Track 7 on the second disc on the 2001 reissue of the album. Found on the B-side of the Me Myself and I single.

Posdnous addresses what ‘DAISY’ means, and whether he’s a hippy.

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“Afro Connection” features samples from:

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Give me feev is another way to say you want other people to have 5 on it together with you

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The “Insane in the membrane” is a sample of the classic Cypress Hill song, “Insane in the Membrane

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