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A simile using Dr. Dre’s probably nonexistent, long-awaited album Detox. Work for this album has been said to have started back in 2001.
Several artists including Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and DJ Quik have speculated in interviews that the album probably will not be released because of interference from Dre’s business/entrepreneurial ventures, as well as causing him to lose motivation.
Many people also might agree that Dre will not release this album due to the huge success of his first 2 albums, The Chronic and 2001. The expectations for this album, especially considering how long it has been since work has said to have been started would give him a stroke.
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He is at the pinnacle of rap but nobody else is there with him.
“It’s lonely at the top” is a common phrase to describe elitism.
When you reach the crossroads
Me and the devil have to meet Talib Kweli (Ft. Abby Dobson & Nelly) – Before He Walked
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Referencing NYC playwright Miguel Pinero, who rose above poverty as a child in Puerto Rico to become a successful writer.
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Bath salts, no not salts that you pour in your bath but rather a dangerous drug, has serious side effects. There have been various reports that bath salts have caused people to start eating one another like zombies.
The most well known incident of this was in Miami.
The man who was under the influence of bath salts
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A reference to either pool or basketball, both in which before a person takes their shot they can call “bank”, which means they intend to hit it off a side of the pool table and into a pocket, or off the backboard and into the rim of a hoop.
Pool bank shot:
Basketball bank shot:
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Hi-Tek (half of Reflection Eternal), who produced this album, is from Cincinnati.
