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YC The Cynic respects and pays homage to the Old School but he also acknowledges that there are some older rappers who need to retire with their bullshit ass rhymes. At the time that this song was released, YC, was 20 years old.
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Certain wines tend to improve in quality over time. As certain chemical reactions within the wine occur due to aging, it can change the taste, aroma, color, etc. for the better. So, it’s common for people to order wines that are decades old.
YC The Cynic compares his rapping abilities to fine wine. The older he gets the better he is as an MC.
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Me and Zeus we play pool with the planets
With the Moon as the cue ball YC the Cynic (Ft. Homeboy Sandman & Niles) – Suicide
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Zeus is the ancient Greek God of the skies and thunder and ruled all the other Greek Gods on Mount Olympus.
Niles views himself as a peer of Zeus and they play planetary pool in Outer Space. In the game of pool, players use a pool stick to hit the white cue ball into the other, colored balls with the goal of putting them inside the pocket. The Moon sort of resembles a large cue ball so it makes sense that it would be the cue ball in this game. The planets are colorful so they would make ideal pool balls.
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The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay Z are two of the most successful and critically acclaimed rappers to come out of the borough of Brooklyn, NYC, USA.
Jay-Z (left) and The Notorious B.I.G. (right).
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Lil Kim and Foxy Brown are two female rappers from Brooklyn, NYC, USA. They emerged in the 1990’s, repping Brooklyn strongly.
Lil' Kim (left) and Foxy Brown (right).
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YC The Cynic is from the Bronx, NYC, USA, one of the 5 boroughs of NYC. Orchard Beach is a beach located in the Bronx.
It’s not exactly known for having lots of sharks swimming nearby. But YC likens himself to a shark when he’s at the beach, probably because of how ferocious he is when it comes to the rhymes or maybe he just ravenous when it comes to the bitches.
If it's the shit we'll lift it off the plastic
The babes'll go spastic
Hip Hop gains a classic
Pimp playing shock it don't matter I'm fatter
Ask Butta how I zone (man, Cleopatra Jones)
And
I'm chill like that [7x]
I'm chill... YC the Cynic – The Return of Slick
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This sample (as well as the beat) comes from Digable Planets‘ song, Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) from their 1993 album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space). These lines are spoken by Digable Planets member, Ladybug Mecca.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOeMq9CJ0_E&feature=youtu.be&t=2m3s
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This line is sampled from A Tribe Called Quest’s Check The Rhime off of their 1991 album, The Low End Theory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrM6tfOHds&feature=youtu.be&t=57s
"So stepping to me is suicide
I couldn't think of a rapper taking mines"
"Tip My dialogue"
"I'm the untouchable, never to be took out" YC the Cynic (Ft. Homeboy Sandman & Niles) – Suicide
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These lines are sampled from Big Daddy Kane’s song, How U Get a Record Deal?, off of his 1993 album, Looks Like A Job For….
Still we dining at Lupa right there on Bleecker and Thompson
Eating a custom dinner
Wine served, about a third of the glass filled Action Bronson (Ft. Fonda, The Machine, Meyhem Lauren & Shaz Illyork) – Suede
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It doesn’t matter how cold it is, Action Bronson and his people will go out to eat at Lupa Osteria Romana, an Italian restaurant located in Lower Manhattan, NYC along Thompson Street and near Bleecker Street. The restaurant was opened by a group of investors including one of Bronson’s favorite chefs, Mario Batali.
^Batali (seated) and fellow investor and restaurateur Joe Bastianich.
^The street artist, Jay Shells, posted up a street sign with this quote on it in front of Lupa. It’s part of Shell’s Rap Quotes project.
You know Brosonlino is on that fancy shit, not filling up his glass all the way.
