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Eminem’s last album, Recovery, is an album which was inspired by his recovery from drug addiction. Joell is saying that he too is recovering from an addiction to alcohol, while simultaneously listening to his boss’s latest album.

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This entire line refers to T.I’s line in “Live Your Life”, where he says:

Whoever havin problems with their record sales just holla Tip, if that don’t work and all else fails then turn around and follow Tip

ACCEPTED COMMENT: Yela turns to Tip and followed him in his footsteps to learn from him, showing great respect towards him.

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He loaded his pen with a prepared tip so that he was ready to write some incredible bars. This is a pun referring to hollow pointed bullets, comparing his pen to the AK that he previously referred to.

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This freestyle is live. It was Marshall’s way of promoting the Shade 45 Invasion/radio station.

Shady Aftermath is the joint team, between Eminem’s Shady Records and Dr. Dre’s Aftermath; the master combination known for signing 50 Cent.

Ever since me and Dre split it fifty-fifty on 50
― “We as Americans” by Eminem

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People assume that Priceless’s skills may not be all that great because he wears face paint.

He looks like more of a CLOWN than a RAPPER!

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This line is referring to Lakim Shabazz’s ‘Style Wars’, which is stuffed full of punchlines.

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He is explaing that his girl likes to flirtingly play with his hair.

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