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Ras Kass
On “The Evil That Men Do

Petty theft, I got caught a few times, but bust it
Life is a bitch so fuck it

On “Reelishymn

Life’s a bitch then you never come back

Life’s a bitch named monogamy – you only get one –
I’m trapped in this path of pathology

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Sample from Gangstarr – full clip

‘Big L’ Rest in Peace

Big L died after being shot nine times in 1999.
Full Clip also came out in ‘99 so Premier paid some respect to him.

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Dirty D was the guy Tonedeff was rapping about in the 1st verse.

Shot in the head – when they could have only robbed him instead

This is from an interview:

“No Hope” was written about a friend of Deacon & Kno’s named Dirty D who was shot and killed during a robbery in Lexington, KY in 2004. He was a big supporter of QN5 during our early days and was very vocal about pushing our music to the customers at the music shop he worked at (Sammy’s). I was already going through a very deep depression at the time, and when I heard about what happened, I wanted to collaborate with them on a dedication that everyone could share in whether they knew D or not. That song was the result.
-Tonedeff
http://polymagazine.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/tonedeff/

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http://youtu.be/HU4eAUF6BX0?t=1m50s
Royce Da 5'9: ‘I’m a motherfucking star, I don’t battle no more’.
Both Royce and Cruger ‘used’ to battle rap

Royce is ‘a star’ now. He’s too big for rap battling now, he doesn’t need it anymore. He can make money by selling albums.

Cruger calls himself a bum instead of a star
Cruger’s not too big to perform in rap battles,
he just doesn’t feel like fucking doing it

So they both ‘stopped’ battle rapping (Cruger didn’t actually stop)
Royce got famous and didn’t need to do it anymore
Cruger is just too lazy

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Don’t Flop Entertainment is the largest Rap Battle league based in the United Kingdom. It was founded by rappers Eurgh and Cruger in 2008.
Cruger edits videos, takes pictures of battles and also battles himself.

The phrase ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ suits him perfectly

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His real name is Freddy
That’s why he calls himself Cruger
like the famous character Freddy Krueger

Freddy Krueger is known for killing people in there dreams.

Just like the serial killer, Cruger likes to be in dreams.
but not to kill anyone, he just likes to sleep

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Compulsive Hoarding is a psyciatric disorder.
you are inable to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home.

Cruger’s saying he doesn’t have any disorder
He can throw everything away if he wanted to.
But that’s the thing… he doesn’t, he’s too lazy.

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Unusual Suspects is a duo that consists of Cruger and Lord Measle.
There first album ‘Unusuowl’ dropped in 2011
It didn’t really go platinum, but they did get a guest feature from a rapper, that’s quite popular
Bizarre (D12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16Nimv9YK4&list=PLE5035D6199887D82

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Prodigy’s talking about how he sometimes wish he would just die.

Some people might think he’s just overreacting.
just get over it, there are many people with problems and diseases

If you think like that, this song his written for you.
only other people that suffer from sickle-cell anaemia know what it feels like. The immense pain in your flesh that most patients can’t even describe.

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RA, Rhyme Asylum, a hiphop group from London
Possessed is a member of that group

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