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If it were up to him, he would stay in this point in his life, just making memories and living happily. He has so much fun working on music, that he wishes it could go on forever.
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Since his youth, Daniel Dumile has followed the teachings of Islam, which condemns the consumption of any pork products.
(From left to right, Onyx the Birthstone Kid, Daniel Dumile as Zev Love X, and Dingilizwe Dumile as DJ SubRoc)
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Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo is a birth control pill.
DOOM makes a stab at the brigade of simple minded rappers that rule the airwaves, and wishes they would all use birth control to spare the world from their equally un-intelligent offspring.
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Heckle and Jeckle were a pair of talking cartoon magpies from the television show “Heckle and Jeckle”
Here it seems Zev is relating his complexion to a that of a magpie in contrast to fairer skinned people “capable for freckles or blue eyes”.
He also may be relating to Heckle specifically as Zev was raised in New York City, and Heckle has a thick Brooklyn accent.
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A reference to Grand Puba of the Five Percenter hip hop group Brand Nubian, who was a smooth cat back in the day.
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OD, ghetto misery
He bled my brother, my sister, but can't bleed me
A OG, ghetto misery
Bled my mother, my father, but can't bleed me MF DOOM (Ft. Tommy Gunn) – The Finest
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A play on the quote “You bled my mama, you bled my papa, but you won’t bleed me” from an independent movie Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song, referencing the hardships (slavery, civil injustice) previous generations of black Americans.
The film greatly inspired Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton, and the quote went on to be printed in the back of the Black Panther Party Newspaper.
Free scotch on the rocks beoyotchh! Jon Doe (Ft. MF DOOM) – The Mic Sounds Nice
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Most likely a reference Jesus and his 12 Apostles, one of whom is named Luke,
which DOOM acknowledges while simultaneously referencing a late 1960’s prison movie Cool Hand Luke
The line could also be “like ‘sure thing, Earthlings’”.