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The Riddler is a DC comic book super-villain who uses riddles to confuse Batman. RZA is likely saying his lines are similarly baffling.
Notably, in 1995 RZA produced the track ‘The Riddler’ by fellow clan member Method Man from the Batman Forever soundtrack.
Caligula was a murderous Roman emperor, famous for his debauchery and his madness.
RZA could also be making a reference to the 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. Thus setting up the following lines, which also have a sexual connotation.
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When he is thinking about New York he can only envision the crime and drug dealing in that city, while others may look at the bright lights and opportunities the city conveys.
Whenever Nas thinks of his origins in New York he is reminded of the crime that he grew up with. Shows the darker side of N.Y. City, while many artists like Sinatra brought light to the positives about N.Y. Nas shows N.Y. isn’t all “peaches and cream.”
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Birdman is infamous for Bugatti known to talk about his Bugattis.
-Grindin Making Money
-I Get Money
-Always Strapped
The flame refers to red paint.
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I can kill these tracks, or your dreams, either one Jon Connor – The Way I Am
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Inkblots happen when the pen stays too long on the paper. It usually means the writer couldn’t come up with anything to write. RZA says that these rappers get writers block and can’t come up with any sick lines.
Similarly, this implies many MC’s lack imagination. When you go to a therapist, some may give you a rorschach test, where they ask you “What do you see when you look at this picture?” which is normally a picture of an ink blot. So, these other MCs don’t see anything and can’t come up with anything creative other then regular ink blot on the paper.
ASR plugged to the sync box
ASR Ensoniq 88 was the sampler RZA used.