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Ju is giving advice to his fans and paying homage to Pharrell – one of his influences who made a song called “You Can Do It Too”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBCz9XE57LY

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The culture of hip hop beat making meant that you had to listen to a diverse palette of music in order to find special samples that you could use for your beat, forcing you to add to your musical intelligence– it’s not all about rap. The late great Baatin also enjoyed classical tunes, like Beethoven.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

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MJG alludes to simps who cant keep up with his natural knack of pimpin' and the fact they are hating aka sprinkling salt on a player.

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Ah, Tennessee – an unappreciated gem in the culture of hip-hop, home of Young Buck, Kia Shine (WOWWW!!!), Yo Gotti – and, of course, Elvis Presley. Tennessee wasn’t well represented in the rap game in 1993, so their look of having a Jheri curl or permed curls along with a mouth full of gold teeth looked “country” to the rest of America.

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Common hails from the Southside of Chicago. He also has a song by the same title on his album Finding Forever

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A reference to another good song of his “Out the Jam”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_ko1M0mYI

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Play on words, been a “Long Time” since “Hey Ma” – both are songs off Chance’s breakthrough mixtape 10 Day. Also, Chano has come a long way from living at home with his mom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuGvfwEL5v4

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Reference to ‘93 Til Infinity, the debut album and and first single of Souls of Mischief, a core part of Hieroglyphics.

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People were fake in the Rap game even back in 96' “Jack” is synonymous with chump, scrub,fool etc. and your no friend of Shaq if your false.

“No time for fakin' jacks, cause brother who fake jacks get laid on their backs”
–Havoc of Mobb Deep said this line in this song below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LB6jkCGog

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