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All Of Me Joe Budden (Ft. Emanny) – All Of Me
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An 8-minute epic off Mood Muzik 3, chockful of quotables, storytelling, visuals, etc. It’s a beautiful record, which discusses everything from relationship woes, former friends-turned-enemies, mortality, depression, and the current state of hip-hop. A signature Joe Budden song.

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I might even sell my new shit for ten bucks too Ab-Soul (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – ILLuminate
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Highly successful mixtapes with original production tend to later be legitimately sold on the market independently (a la Joe Budden’s Mood Muzik series, Kendrick Lamar’s own O.verly D.edicated and Section.80, etc). Ab-Soul has taken a similar route and offered the legitimate option of purchasing or simply downloading his Long Term series material in addition to Control System.

He says he would even sell his music for a mere ten dollars, supporting his lines in the previous verse that his music is food for thought and he wants to feed it to people (i.e. he writes deep music, not for money, but, like Timbuktu city, to spread knowledge).

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also notice the assonant wordplay with “Timbuktu” and “10 bucks too”.

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Yes, Rae, Joe Budden – In My Sleep
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“Rae” here is short for Raekwon the Chef of Wu-Tang

Budden entered into a short-lived but publicized beef with Raekwon and some other other members of the Wu-Tang Clan; tensions boiled to the point of a documented altercation, but has since culminated

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I went to see a man walkin on water (and) Joe Budden – In My Sleep
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Check out Joe Budden – Pray For Me Lyrics for Budden’s tense talk with God, the outro track off the same album (Padded Room)

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Could also be a more obvious reference to Jesus Christ.

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My brother is dying Jhené Aiko – Space Jam
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Her brother Miyagi at the time of this song’s release was suffering from cancer.

Jhene wrote a song dedicated specifically to his memory. She completed the song in enough time to play it for her brother very shortly before his death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-yM-4KSln4

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I only fear God, not a man under the sun Dayne Jordan – Pure
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Echoing a sentiment from his mentor Lupe Fiasco off “The Emperor’s Soundtrack” :

I only fear God
Not the weapons of the weak
The weakness of the heart
And never fall asleep

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I'm verbally an assassin, and I stand by every word I ever slurred Dayne Jordan – Pure
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Dosage transforms the violent imagery of the last line into a metaphor for his lyrical skills, further stating that he will never back down from his word, including even the mistakes of his past

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Call me "Blue Sky" Dayne Jordan – Pure
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“Blue Sky” is the name of the No I.D.-produced Common song that Dosage remixed here

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Like Bruce Lee jumping on your vest Lupe Fiasco – SLR (Super Lupe Rap)
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Never seen that Bruce Lee flick where he has the dude on the ground then jumps high in the air and comes down crashing feet first on son’s chest to finish him? It’s a move that’s been replicated in several other martial arts movies since then, including The Matrix

This also continues the word association of the previous lines. “Catching bullets with my teeth” was a quote from the 80s movie The Last Dragon where the main character, who caught a bullet with his teeth, was nicknamed Bruce Lee Roy.

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[Hook]
Soul
Oh, Let go, let go of your ego
Don't lose your soul
Sail your soul
Sailing soul

[Verse 3: Kanye West] Jhené Aiko (Ft. Kanye West) – Sailing NOT Selling
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Verse is taken from Kanye West’s “Eyes Closed”, this particular version a clever use of his acapella performance at the 2010 B.E.T. Cypher

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