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I don’t blame Dosage for having a crush on Jasmine, even if she is a cartoon — I felt the same way as a young'in…

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This is an onomatopoeic ad-lib meant to imply the sound of a gun firing, which sets up the next line directly

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In a nice display of wordplay, Dosage claims that returning to his roots has resulting in his spirit “unfastening” from himself and finally finding a personal freedom, while also alluding to the 2011 album undun by hip hop band The Roots.

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Dosage finds himself meditating upon the state of hip-hop and how it personally relates to him, as well as the casual listener

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Modern American culture tends to “grab on” to successful emcees, for better or worse

In other words, America is the ultimate groupie

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What you’re hearing now is more than just a young man spitting technically-proficient rhymes. Dosage is trying to connect with and reach your very essence, hence “deeper than rap”

This also seems to be a reflection on Hip Hop culture itself as a whole, which is steeped in traditions and idiosyncrasies beyond the mere display of rhyming and skill

In any case, STEER CLEAR OF OFFICER RICKY:

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“Blood & Sand” is the name for the upcoming Dosage EP for which these songs off “3D11” serve as a prelude

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Looks like Dosage is a fan of Rihanna…
We don’t blame him, though… I mean, she is Rihanna, after all:

God Bless Barbados!!!

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Even though he is Black, he believes that all different “colors”, or races, of people can live in harmony

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If you’re already familiar with Dosage you realize that, once Dosage starts speaking in this intro, his voice sounds completely different—uncharacteristically thin and cracked. It’s most likely that he recorded this song after a long day in the studio of working on the rest of the tracks for his “3D11” mixtape and was losing his voice by the time he was doing takes for this joint

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