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A reference to “Tha Hall of Game”, the 3rd studio album by rapper E-40, released in 1996.
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A reference to Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980), who was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He equalled the world record of 9.4 seconds in the 100-yard dash.
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- This is a play on the name of legendary rapper Q-Tip and his 1999 single, “Vivrant Thing”.
- “Vivrant” has the same meaning as “Vibrant”. Planet Asia makes those women get vibrant everytime he’s on some great dance songs by Q-Tip, especially “Vivrant Thing”.
- The word “Tip” may also reference when he tips them.
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This song was released in early 2011, when Kendrick was still an independent rapper with big dreams, he hadn’t released any album yet, only some mixtapes.
Just like other independent artists, he was just trying to succeed in the music business.
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- American cheese is a processed cheese which is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily.
- Porsche is a well-known luxury car brand.
And Roc Marciano wants to say his car looks kind of like this
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This is a reference to Rap duo New Boyz and their 2009 hit single called “Tie Me Down”.
He’s also quoting a part of the chorus from the single
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Him being one of the best is also mentioned a lot in his single “The People’s Champ”, which is on the same album as this song.
Rapper Sadat X from legendary Hip Hop group Brand Nubian puts him on his top 5 MC’s of all time list.
There are also many hip hop heads that consider him one of the best rappers ever. That’s why he’s pretty sure of that.
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In the 1988 movie “Coming to America”, Prince Akeem (played by Eddie Murphy) is an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry, and then he falls in love with a girl named Lisa McDowell (played by Shari Headley), who possesses the qualities the prince is looking for. Then they date. At first, parents don’t allow them to love and marry each other. But at the end of the movie, they’re finally permitted to get married and live a happy life together forever.
What a happy ending!
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Romeo and Juliet are one of the most well-known fictional couple ever. They are the main protagonists from a tragedy written of the same name early in the career of famous poet/playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families
