Don Julio is a tequila brand produced in Mexico, popular among rappers.

Rae is also implying he’s a Don, like he also did a few times earlier in this song.

#y'knahmsayin?

Game is referring to the expensive champagne named Cristal.

Other rappers also seem to prefer that brand.

Well, they used to…

In 2006, Jay-Z started to boycott the brand because of an event the same year. Jay-Z was offended, claimed they were racists, removed the brand from his menu at the 40/40-club, and answered the following:

I used to drink Cristal, the muh'fucker’s racist
So I switched gold bottles on to that Spade shit

It doesn’t seem Game wants to follow Jay’s boycott though, so this could be a subliminal shot at him. This would also make sense considering Game’s use of homophone here (rhyming “New Year’s” with “new year”). We all know Jay does this quite a lot.

Game is comparing himself to the giant, dangerous gorilla “King Kong”, who in the King Kong-movies made trouble for Manhattan.

Raekwon also compared himself to a movie monster in this track, Godzilla. Did you know they confronted each other in the Japanese movie from 1962, “King Kong vs. Godzilla”.

Pretty sure Raekwon and Game ain’t fighting like that though

“Face off” means a confrontation, and a confrontation means meeting face to face.
You know, this is the first time Raekwon and Game is on the same track together, and probably meeting face to face.

Game could also be referring to the 1997 movie “Face/Off” starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, like he did in Can A Drummer Get Some:

Face off, Nicholas Cage with a gauge
I’m famous for killing rappers, my style, grenade
Cook shit like Rae, the chef Raekwon

Uh, what is Game saying? Several options:

1. Amazing

Game is simply amazing.

2. I’m Azone

In mythology, the term “Azone” anciently applied to gods and goddesses that were not the private divinities of any particular country or people. They were acknowledged as deities in every country, and worshipped in every nation

Game is big like a god, worshipped in everywhere.

3. I’m ace on

Aces is American slang for “the best”.

4. A mason

Bitch, I said I was amazing, not that I’m a Mason

5. I’m a son

He’s the son of his father, like everyone basically is?

6. I’m a sun

He’s very hot, and shining like the sun…

7. Amazon

He’s referring to the Amazon rainforest, you know, because he makes it rain.

Let you suckers make it rain, I’ll make it Katrina

Or he could be comparing Compton to Amazon, because Compton is out of control, like a jungle (Amazon). That would explain his line above:

My killas gorillas, niggas couldn’t see ‘em with gazelles

…and his references to alligators, sharks, monkeys + King Kong.

#y'knahmsayin?

“Iced out” is an expression used to describe someone dressed with lots of jewelry, usually platinum or diamond.

On Down The Rabbit Hole from Best Day Ever:

Day goin' without shavin', the road life’s a bitch

On Desperado from Macadelic:

I’m way too hot to handle, life a beach, I brought my sandals

On Fuck ‘Em All from Macadelic:

Life a bitch but she my bitch, gold rollie and it’s timeless

On the unreleased The Game of Life:

Life a bitch that I wanted to date, but just led me on

I have no idea what the Jamaican dude is saying. At all. But it’s fucking awesome as hell.

• Justin Vernon when asked about “I’m In It”

Kanye speaks about the pussy… and Assassin speaks about murdering it.

Justin said the following about the lyrics/subject matter of this track:

I don’t even know what I’m singing on “I’m in It”– I’d have to look at it. Kanye’s talking about a bunch of really violently and stunningly visual sex shit in there, but it’s not like he’s saying stuff like that to his friends 24 hours a day. I mean, sitting around the studio, we all have intelligent conversations about the state of women in the world– I wouldn’t say we had a conversation about feminism, necessarily, but we’re sensitive to it.