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I’ve been getting props from Big Rich and Zion I Frak – Hyperdrive

This summer I was in the Bay Area MC olympics, a rap competition, and I ended up winning. Big Rich and Zion I were a few of the judges, and I’m a big fan of them. I actually recorded this song in Big Rich’s studio and Lewi-V is one of his producers.

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With the passion of a pastor passing plates and getting back millions Jean Grae – FUCKERY LEVEL 3000
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Not only does this line contain crazy alliteration, but it also is a pointed comment on religion. Pastors are usually thought having passion for God and religion, but instead, Jean extends the metaphor to be about a pastor making money on a collection plate, showing how religion has become corrupt and a business.

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Like the look on racists' face if Kanye was Christ BET (Ft. Emis Killa, Jon Connor, Rapsody, Rittz & Wax) – 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 1
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If Kanye was really Yeezus, and Yeezus was really the second coming of Jesus, imagine how a racist would feel.

May also be a reference to Kanye West’s recent interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, in which Kanye responded to people’s shock at him naming a song ‘I Am a God’ by suggesting they would rather he wrote a song called ‘I am a Nigger’ or ‘I am a Gangster’. The implication being that people who despise the idea of him being a deity are racist.

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I saw that cool pic you posted of Kanye as an 8 year old in China. I live in China and my girlfriend studies at Nanjing Normal University, just next door to Nanjing University where Kanye’s mother taught. Do you think anybody there still remembers the Kanyes? If so, I’d be happy to walk over, chat with them and let you know what they remember. Drop me a line: riclambo@hotmail.com.

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Little gay-lookin' boy
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face, lookin' boy (Ha-ha!) Eminem – Rap God
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He is saying that these rappers are so gay, he can’t even address them with a “straight face”. It is also possible he is saying that other rappers are “thinking” that he is a “gay-looking boy” in light of critics, such as Ja Rule and Canibus (one of the rappers Eminem is theoretically dissing in “Rap God”) attacking him for dressing up as a woman in videos, and calling him “Feminem.”

Em uses the flow from Hotstylz’s record “Lookin' Boy”, a song released in 2007 featuring many references to figures in pop culture. Note how, for the next four lines, the beat changes to mimic a stereotypical southern “snap music” rap beat, which fits with Em’s references to Waka Flocka and Hotstylz.

Hotstylz did not take to this reference (or copying, apparently) kindly, making a diss track in response. Check out the full story and song here. HotStylez even sued Eminem over the line.

Em has always used slurs as insults, resulting in controversy. When several slurs in “Rap God” caused backlash, Em defended himself in an interview with Rolling Stone.

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straight face means non laughter but he could also be saying that STRAIGHT face and if your gay your not straight so he can barely keep a STRAIGHT face

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too mid, improve it

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(Ha!) instead of (Ha-ha!)

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hotstylez sueing eminem hyper link not working

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Gen z gonna gate this line

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'til I walk a flock of flames
Off a plank and, Eminem – Rap God
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It’s hard to decide whether this is just wordplay or a diss. Playing on the name of rapper Waka Flocka Flame with “walk a flock of flames.” Em is speaking to the radio rappers who are all the same, thus being a flock. Calling somebody a “flame”, means they are gay, which ties in with the “fags” who think it’s a joke.

Additionally, If you “walk a flock of flames off of a boat” and into water, they are put out; Eminem will extinguish that flock of rappers.

This could potentially be a response to Waka Flocka’s interview with Power 105.1 Breakfast Club in 2012, where he spoke on what being “lyrical” meant and mentioned Em being one of them.

Regardless, after hearing this line, Waka Flocka Flame believes that Eminem was giving him a compliment.

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Walking the plank - Wikipedia — Wikipedia
Walking the plank was a method of execution practiced on special occasion by pirates, mutineers, and other rogue seafarers. For the amusement of the perpetrators and the psychological torture of the victims, captives were bound so they could not swim or tread water and forced to walk off a wooden plank or beam extended over the side of a ship.

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Common, Lupe Fiasco – Pound of Flesh / Paris Tokyo 2
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Common and Lupe have collaborated before for charity and also on their Chicago anthem with Jennifer Hudson.

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Walt's glass of whiskey is sitting on the table alone* Breaking Bad (Ft. Peter Gould) – Granite State (Script)
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This moment is pivotal because it reveals what Walt’s true motivations were all along. When Junior insults his father and Walt realizes he will never get the money to his family, he gives up his location because he knows he has failed the mission of “doing it all for his family.” However, when the Charlie Rose clip comes on, and we see Walt bubbling with anger, we realize that Walt’s intentions were never purely for his family, it was an act of pride from a man who had never been given his due credit.

This is Walt’s last shot…

Check out the teaser for episode 16 “Felina”

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The game's Jason Richardson
Play cleaner hack me I'm right
Y'all niggas chose yo' fate
Jaz-O in a golden state Jaz-O – It's Ova
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Jaz is saying he is rap-game Jason Richardson, because he gets hacked at, but he still remains in a Golden State (reference to J-Rich playing for the Golden State Warriors)

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you more like Prince of Bel-Air
I'm clearing the air, might fire at will Joey Bada$$ – Killuminati Pt. 2
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As a response to Kendrick claiming King, Joey is saying he is more like the Prince (of Bel Air), telling Kendrick to stick to the West Coast. The Prince of Bel Air was a 90’s sitcom where a boy gets shaken up in the East Coast (Philly), and has to head to the West (i see the subliminals.) This sitcom starred a young Will Smith, which ties into the next line (“fire at Will”)

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2 years

when Joey said I’m clearing the air, he made it sound like “Claire” who is also a cast member on the fresh prince.

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he could be saying he is clearing the ‘air’ as in the radio air because air is sometimes referred to the radio so him saying he will clear the radio is that whoever is on radio wont be for long and that it will be joey. its also a shot a kendrick because when control dropped, it was played and kendricks verse was talked about on radios alot. the line under where it says static is also a reference to the radio.

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Will Smith used to rap also back in the day but isnt really mentioned as one of the greats. So when Joey compares Kendrick to Will Smith, he is saying that Kendrick is nothing.

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also, “clearing the air” might just be “clearing the heir”, followed by might fire at will, meaning he’s dethroning the prince of bel-air.

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if you take ear out of “clearing the air” its clearing turns to cling in the ear; “bell” the air; air is also a homophone for ear.

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Last nigga got dethroned and you ain't from my zone Joey Bada$$ – Killuminati Pt. 2
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This is most likely referring to Joey’s lightweight beef with Lil B. However, this statement is debatabale, as the majority of the internet felt that coming at Lil B so seriously made Joey seem silly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdKV3pJ2Z1k
Also referring to Ye’s outro on Niggas In Paris:

You are now watching the throne, don’t let me get in my zone
Don’t let me get in my zone, don’t let me get in my zone

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He might be talking about 50 cent who was the actual last big time rapper from new york before joey came. People tend to say that 50 cent destroyed new york rap and this could allude to the “last nigga got dethroned”

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When he says you ain’t from my zone he’s probably referring to Brooklyn.

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joey refers to jay-z trying to step up to nas with songs, cyphers and being dethroned when nas' song ether dropped

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Perhaps he means all of the above.

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When Joey Bada$$ says “and you aint from my zone” I think he actually may be referring to the fact that in the city high school students go to the school in there specified zone

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I think it’s actually a reference to Biggie who was the last “King of New York”, but was killed – dethroned – because of it. Therefore if Kendrick calls himself the new king he will meet the same fate and possibly worse because he is not even from New York – Joey’s zone.

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