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Dom don’t fuck with McDonalds
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The Wu Tang Clan has a song entitled, “Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin to Fuk Wit”
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Because of his fame, groupies freqeuntly attempt to get his attention. However, the phrase “don’t trust these hoes” has been said ever since the conception of rap. They could want him for his money, social standing, or could even have diseases.
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A chicken oriental was the name in the 90’s given to the chicken salad when it had originally come out.
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A McDLT (McDonald’s Lettuce and Tomato) is a burger released in the 90’s that separated the vegetables from the mea tint he packaging so they could all stay fresh for longer. The burger was short lived and cannot be purchased at any McDonalds anymore.
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With the amount of art being put up or sprayed all around the city throughout the last few decades, New York has become a time capsule of famous pieces of art that hasn’t come down throughout the city.
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Because New York is such a happening place with different minds, people often get into arguments and robberies often happen.
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The best way to live is by occupying your time doing what you love in the greatest city on earth. New York has been home to some of the greatest artists and musicians of our time.
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While it was indeed the Golden Age of hip-hop, hip-hop of the 90’s before this point was missing the key ingredient, Jazz samples. Butterfly felt the lacking of it and incorporated it into the music.
Records dropped around the time of 1993 and ‘94 include:
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These are the antagonists of rap during the ‘90s. Other genres of music were threatening to erase Hip-Hop’s attention is was getting. Common sense was not in mind when Digable Planets attempted to make experimental rap. Lastly, the group has spoke about their love of kinky hair in many of their other songs, such as Nickel Bags:
http://rapgenius.com/Digable-planets-nickel-bags-lyrics#
He’s touching on more Afrocentric symbols in this line
Have to disagree, in the next line he’s identifying his “brothers” that he just stumbled upon. Lucks was getting brazed and Paps was getting blazed. Doesn’t seem like they’re being represented as antagonists.