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Hot steppin' over shit like Ini Kamoze's (-ze's) Busta Rhymes – Everything Remains Raw
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This line makes allusion to Ini Kamoze’s 1994 hit “Here Comes the Hotstepper.”

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Ooh, la-la-la
It's the way that we rock when we're doin' our thing
Ooh, la-la-la
It's the natural la that the Refugees bring
Ooh, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
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Sampled from Teena Marie’s “Ooo La La La”. Besides that, she’s also referring to them bringing a natural la (high) straight through their music

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It looks like she’s saying “Fu-gee-la la la” in the hook

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So if he say nigga, then I'ma say... Talib Kweli (Ft. Kanye West & Roy Ayers) – In the Mood
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Michael Richards (Kanye errantly says Richardson) is an actor mostly known for playing the character of Kramer in the popular show Seinfeld.

In 2006 Richards made news for yelling that a black heckler in his audience was a “nigger”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLPLsQbdt0

Kanye doesn’t actually say “cracker” here but it is an implied rhyme similar to what Eminem did here.

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Positive Elevation Always Correct Errors GZA – Did Ya Say That?
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A backronym of P.E.A.C.E. If you rise above the situation, you will always correct it in a peaceful manner. GZA educating the youth once again.

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When labels dick you to make the shit fit ​eLZhi – The World is Yours
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Double meaning.

  1. Referring to when labels make you change your music just to sell more, making shit “fit”.

  2. The “dicking” that occurs relates to “making it fit,” implying that this dick is a big one, implying other rappers get screwed extra bad.

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When labels dick you “THEY” make the shit fit

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4 Loko Smoke DZA (Ft. A$AP Rocky) – 4 Loko
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Smoke DZA’s single with fellow Harlem alum A$AP Rocky compares their wild and crazy style to the wild and crazy blacked out antics of someone drinking too many 4lokos.

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Amazing Das Racist (Ft. Lakutis) – Amazing
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DR and Lakutis get busy on some laid back Keepaway produced audio-butter. Check the video, it’s weird, and filmed in Savannah, GA.

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Gazzillion Ear MF DOOM (Ft. J Dilla) – Gazzillion Ear
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4 minutes of classic unbridled DOOM fire, with a plethora of topics ranging from the LHC to ambiguous T.S. Eliot references, this song kicked off DOOM’s 2009 album Born Like This with no pulled punches.

With a posthumous J Dilla beat sandwiched in between the same JayDee jam, DOOM has ample room to put his lyrical ability on display with this track.

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The saga continues, this I won't get into
Cause there ain't enough bars to hold the drama that we been through Jurassic 5 – What's Golden
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Double, maybe TRIPLE entendre alert!

-There are not enough “bars” or lines in the song to explain it.

-There are not enough “bars” as in prison to hold the members of Jurassic 5.

-“Bars”, or drinking establishments, are often a place for drama to go down.

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Maybe because the city is built above where Indians rest ​eLZhi – Detroit State of Mind
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There were many Native American tribes in Michigan with burial grounds that were surely built over. Juxtaposes the idea of the city being built on the land of people who worshiped the land.

Fun fact: Michigan is also an Native American word.

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