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It’s a shame that André’s favorite artists didn’t meet the standards of their earlier music. The album was essentially both:

  • “Costly” to Andre, in that he could’ve spent the money on something else he would’ve enjoyed more
  • And “costly” to the artists themselves, as they disappointed many of their loyal fans and hurt their overall reputation

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Even though he had been hearing a lot of negative reviews about this album, André decided to ignore what everyone else was saying and buy it so he could form his own opinion. But no matter how hard he tries to like it, he can’t stop focusing on its faults (“flawsky-wawsky”) instead of its positives.

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Before pioneers like Scarface and OutKast came through, Southern hip-hop was perceived as hick music no different from the country genre. But Boi Boi makes it clear that “you might call us country, but we’s only Southern”.

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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… is Raekwon’s first album.

The album was a pioneer for the mafioso rap subgenre.

Napoleon compares this album to present day hip hop, which pales in comparison.

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Today’s up-and-comers are only considered the new hot shit because they constantly floss their purchases. They are not that much richer or more valuable than the vets like André and Big Boi, they are just perceived that way because they let the world know every time they buy something.

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Two ways to look at this hook:

  • Big Boi is laughing at how that despite the fact these hoes are fake and unreliable men are still going to be attracted to them; it’s just in their nature
  • Or he’s laughing at how ridiculous a notion it is to ever love one of these fake hoes

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White blood cells are the cells in your blood stream that make up your immune system. They help fight of sicknesses like the common cold. André compares white blood cells fighting of disease to authority figures that trying to keep rebellious challengers in down.

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This is a play on a famous line from 2Pac and Snoop’s collaboration, “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”: “it ain’t nothing but a gangsta party”. In this context, Gangsta Boo is just saying that everyone wants to have sex with her.

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Even though Big Boi often acts pimpish in his lyrics, he reveals that he too is a gentleman, and will always let his chick get hers before him.

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Andre is thankful that he’s a bit shy, because if he wasn’t, he would drown in the amount of pussy he got (“pink polka dots and plaids” is slang for girl’s panties).

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