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M.O.P. is native of Brooklyn, NY. They even made a track dedicated to their hometown.

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The sex Ab is having is getting crazy. He’s literally eating a bunch of pills while he does it, and its causing things to get trippy.

His lack of taste is a result of eating the pills. This is because they can cause a lingering bitter taste to stay on the tongue.

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They’re still at the Diamonds in Miami smoking Kush. Drake knows that marijuana legalization has not passed yet in Florida, but he takes the risk of a small fine and smokes at the club anyways like it is legal.

Kush is an expensive, high quality strain of weed that is characterized by its shallow buds. Among other things, it helps Drake shape the lines in his head.

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The fourth single off Hall of Fame, with a music video featuring Miley Cyrus (also the verses are in a different order):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=560v12-5yoQ&feature=kp

The sample is uncredited and it appears almost a year passed from the song’s release before anyone in the public identified it. The sample is “Kumpo (Senegal)” by Adzido, from a 2005 album of African music.
“Kumpo (Senagal)” on Spotify <–3:07 or 3:32

DJ Camper broke down the making of the beat in a video, where he explains the beat was intended for Kanye West because Camper thought the sample sounded like “Kanye, Kanye, Kanye”, but Kanye passed on the beat and also felt it sounded more like “Higher, higher, higher.” This means egotist Kanye West was told “Hey this sounds like people chanting your name,” and he disagreed. The beat was then used by Keri Hilson before it ended up the hands of Big Sean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bIqD5X5DE

A Rolling Stone article reveals Kanye told Sean to use this beat.

http://instagram.com/p/cXlEv1D2uF/

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Sean’s last album was Finally Famous which was released in 2011.

Then, he released his next mixtape, Detroit, in September of 2012 year. By the time Hall of Fame is released, it will be almost 2 years since his last album. It has been a long time!

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Since Fear was made, Drake has settled disputes with his uncle. On his sopohomore album Take Care he raps about this:

Know that I’m your sister’s kid but
It still don’t explain the love that you have for me

This was after So Far Gone, but it’s nice to see that things have settled between the two.

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In the summer of 2011, I was introduced to Rap Genius. In the fall I would begin to earn my spot as editor and eventually moderator. This essay is partly about the skills I have learned, and about the crazy journey I have taken to learn those skills. Add your own annotations, I’d be interested in what you have to say!

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#Wordplay
“Surp-rises”, “Surprises” and “superb-prices” sound the same. Also “Rise” and “rising” are using similar wordplay.

Joey is a Homophone God.

Continuing from the last line, he likes to see himself make money and to see his bank account rise.

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Pablo Escobar was a notorious cocaine dealer that made millions of dollars, while Apollo is the Greek god of music.

Joey is basically saying he is the god of money and music right now. This might also be a reference to the song New God Flow by kanye West and Pusha T.

ACCEPTED COMMENT: Nas went by Nas Escobar in the 90s, it might be a reference to him as well.

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This continues the idea that Kanye is losing himself due to this exploitation of his former soul mate. After he goes home from this encounter he will be just as soulless as he was before, because he’s throwing out meaning for temporary pleasure.

Note the clever wordplay here; soul mates without the soul are just mates. This implies a relationship based solely on “mating” (having sex), rather than based on love and emotion.

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