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Here I Go Hustle Gang (Ft. Mystikal, Shad da God, Spodee, T.I. & Young Dro) – Here I Go
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A track off of Hustle Gangs new collabrotive mixtape G.D.O.D. (Get dough or die)

The beat is sampled from Mystikals song ‘Here I go’ off of his 1995 album ‘Mind of Mystikal’.

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Mamma Cry Mystikal – Mamma Cry
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Mamma Cry is track number 12 off of Birdman’s 2013 Mixtape titled ‘Rich Gang Allstars’

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But that's gone it's been so long cause he's scared J. Cole (Ft. Selah Sue) – Ragamuffin (Remix)
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He’s not the same kid who thought he could change the world like he thought he could in the previous bar , he’s starting to question if its possible anymore

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Now he sits alone, used to write poems J. Cole (Ft. Selah Sue) – Ragamuffin (Remix)
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He would sit around and write poems almost as a way of therapy to let out all his frustrations, sadness and even to express his joys in hopes of changing the world he lived in

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When the revolution comes will I stare, or will I ride J. Cole (Ft. Selah Sue) – Ragamuffin (Remix)
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And even though he knows that the world is unfair and no good as it stands now , he still doesnt know if he’ll take action to change it when the revolution comes around

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The world ain't fair, and I'm fully aware J. Cole (Ft. Selah Sue) – Ragamuffin (Remix)
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He knows that the world is no good and he’s even talked about it before.

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Life Is What You Make It Nas (Ft. DMX) – Life Is What You Make It
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Track 11 off of the 1999 LP ‘I Am …’ from Nas feat. DMX

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Survival of the Fittest, ain't nothing like that Queensbridge shit Mobb Deep (Ft. Nas) – Get It Forever
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Only the strong survive

The phrase has its origins in evolutionary theory in relation to the idea of natural selection where people’s different traits determine their survival rate. It was originally coined by biologist Herbert Spencer, a colleague of famed evolutionist Charles Darwin.

This phrase also serves as an example of “that Queensbridge shit” with Nas referring to Mobb Deep’s popular single “Survival of the Fittest” from their classic 1995 sophomore album The Infamous.

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How Ya Livin' AZ (Ft. Nas) – How Ya Livin'
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The 3rd track off of AZ’s 1998 ‘Pieces of a Man’ produced by L.E.S. featuring Nas.

AZ on the song in an interview with XXL:

“VSin’, nothin’ less than how we steppin’/Coupes kidded, cuties wear the sleazy dress/See me flexin’ through the hood, d’s be stressin’/Illegal search, trying to find weapons for gun possession.” I think that happened to everybody in my age bracket.

At that time, Nas went double platinum. The Firm album was in process. We were just reflecting on life. We were just giving documentation on the life that we live. We in the music business, but we still have friends of ours still going through it, that was going through that zone at that particular time.

We was just referencing. You know, “Chipped up, live by morals don’t get it mixed up/This what? Million strut, with the Crist cup/” We were just wildin’. We was like, “Yo, we here. We made it. We representing for y’all-type of shit.”

This song samples Glenn Jones – Show Me which was also sampled by Ice Cube and Crazy Bone’s Until We Rich

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John
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**VVS'in (Very, Very Slightly Included diamonds), not VSin'. And it’s “Coupes kitted”. What dumb kid is writing these?

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Convinced that this is my year like I'm the chosen man 2Pac – Heartz of Men
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He is sure that 1996 would be a year that he would make a major impact in hip-hop, which he did but unfortunately not in the way that he would be able to fully enjoy.

1996 turned out to be 2Pac’s last year of life as he only witnessed 9 months. He passed away on September 13, 1996, six days after he was shot on the Las Vegas Strip. He released two albums in 1996 (All Eyez On Me and the posthumously released Makaveli) but left behind a vault of unreleased material that he recorded that year. He also filmed the movie Gridlock’d, which was released the following year.

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Mike
1 year

He wrote that in 95, not 96

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that was def his year and his year only. when u think about 1996 u always thing 2Pac before anything else. shit’s legendery

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2 years

2nd paragraph, line 4: he WAS shot

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1996 was Tupac’s “Annus mirabilis” which is latin for ‘Miracle Year’.

Albert Einstein & Sir Isaac Newton are amongst the historical figures with a year of their work officially recognized as an Annus mirabilis.

Tupacs began on October 13th 1995 when he was released from Clinton Correctional Facility and ended prematurely on September 13th 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada.

3 albums, hundreds of additional songs recorded, and multiple movies are amongst his most tangible achievements in this year.

He also accomplished much more that is not as easily measurable.

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