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This line references the extraordinarily epic song, “H.A.M.”, a bonus track off the second best Hip Hop album of the year, Watch The Throne, by Jay-Z and Kanye West. H.A.M. is an acronym for Hard As a Motherfucker.
Wiz is about to go retarded on the rap game!
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DOUBLE ENTENDRE:
- Nathan’s Famous is an iconic fast food chain best known for their scrumptious hot dogs. Juelz uses a metaphor to compare his penis to a hot dog.
- ‘Franks’ is slang for money. Santana isn’t afraid to blow a few stacks on his girls.
She looked at me and said, "after-party, your place" Ryan Leslie – Beautiful Lie
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Ryan is staying over at Le Meurice (nicknamed the “The Hotel of Kings”), a luxurious 5-star hotel in Paris.
The after-party will be held in one of the hotel’s fancy bedroom suites, where the real action begins!
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You go to the mall, spend it all, what he do that for?
You could buy the rags, you could buy the bags
But there ain't no sign that say they sell swag BET (Ft. Ace Hood, Fabolous, Jadakiss & Juelz Santana) – 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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You can spend however much you want on fancy materials, but money cannot buy you swag. Perhaps this line is Juelz’s own flip on Jay-Z’s line off “Swagga Like Us”:
But I can’t teach you my swag
You can pay for school but you can’t buy class
- Louie bag: $1000
- Gucci bag: $2000
- Swag: Priceless!
Change gon' come, just like Barack said BET (Ft. Ace Hood, Fabolous, Jadakiss & Juelz Santana) – 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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Jada is obviously not a fan of Nas' album!
Many fans and rappers believe the current direction Hip Hop is taking will ultimately lead to its downfall, with the overabundance of corny rappers and mainstream influence reeking havoc over the once pure genre. Kiss believes that Hip Hop will be resurrected through change.
One of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign slogans was “Change”.
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Jada was part of Hip Hop trio, The Lox, who released an album called, Money, Power & Respect in 1998.
The legendary title track, which featured DMX & Lil Kim, was ranked at number 53 on VH1’s Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
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The ‘wordplay king’ displays some dope rhymes here with the help of homophones.
- Carrots are a staple food of the rabbit’s diet, so you’d expect their feces to be full of them.
- Carats is the unit of weight we use to measure precious stones such as pearls and diamonds.
Fab’s jewels have a lot of expensive stones in them.
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Scrabble is a classic word game where players form words in order to gain points. When it comes to wordplay, Fab is not the one to mess with.
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