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Solace is a member of the rap group, Timeless Truth, alongside his brother, OPrime39. They’re friends of Action Bronson and like Bronson, they also hail from Flushing, Queens, NYC.
Solace (on the left), OPrime39 (on the right).
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ARTHUR: Lord Stark.
NED: I looked for you on the Trident.
ARTHUR: We weren’t there.
KINGSGUARD: Your friend the usurper would lie beneath the ground if we had been. Game of Thrones – Oathbreaker
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A reference to the decisive Battle of the Trident, in which Robert Baratheon slew Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. This event turned the tide of the war to Robert’s favor as Houses such as the Freys and Lannisters took his side.
For some reason, these two members of the Kingsguard stood watch at the Tower of Joy in Dorne instead of fighting alongside Rhaegar. They assure Ned that if they were at the Trident, Robert would have been a dead man.
Also, the sword that Arthur puts into the ground isn’t just any sword. It’s Dawn, the Dayne ancestral sword that is wielded by the Sword of the Morning (a worthy knight of House Dayne).
JON SNOW: Nothing. There was nothing at all. Game of Thrones – Oathbreaker
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In “A Dance With Dragons” (the fifth book in the A Song of Ice & Fire series), a fight takes place between Wun Wun (wildling giant) and Ser Patrek (one of Queen Selyse Baratheon’s personal guards). Wun Wun is attacked by Patrek which forces Wun Wun to defend himself by smashing Patrek against a wall, Hulk vs Loki style:
Wun Wun also rips his arm off too.
Queen Selyse hung herself in Season 5 and most if not all of Stannis' men are dead. Still, the showrunners went ahead and gave a slight nod to the books for the bookreaders who watch the show.
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Lyanna Stark was well known for her skills in horse-riding. In the A Song of Ice & Fire books, Roose remarks that Lyanna was “half a horse herself” when comparing her equestrian skills with his deceased son, Domeric Bolton (even though Roose was sure that Domeric could outrace her).
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I’ve wanted to own the Deluxe Edition since the album originally came out in 2012. I settled for the regular edition at first because the Deluxe Edition wasn’t as readily available as it is now. A couple of years ago I noticed that Starbucks was selling it in their coffee shops. For whatever reason, I passed on it.
Eventually, Best Buy started selling copies too. I bought a copy some time in the Fall of 2015.
The packaging is very similar to Eminem’s Deluxe Edition of Encore.
Tons of picture cards with song information on the opposite sides. Encore came with CD sleeves for the actual discs though. The Heist is only one disc and it has a disc holder at the bottom of the packaging. I wish I bought this version in the beginning so I wouldn’t have to double dip later on. Oh well.
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I’ve actually been waiting for a re-release of Ras Kass' debut album for years. I thought I would never see one. Then recently, somebody on Facebook mentioned that the album was reissued in Japan. They told me that it was being sold on UGHH but had sold out. When I followed the link, I noticed that the reissue was being handled by Universal Music Japan, the same company that handled Akinyele’s Vagina Diner reissue. I immediately went to Amazon.com (where I bought the Akinyele album) and saw some third party sellers selling copies of Ras' album. I placed my order before the album sold out. I wish I owned this album 5 years ago, when I got the opportunity to meet Ras Kass at Fat Beats. Still, it’s great to finally have a physical copy in my collection.
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In a 2013 interview with Sway, Em mentioned how he admired underground rapper Pharoahe Monch, who started half of the 90’s duo Organized Konfusion with fellow rapper, Prince Po before going solo.
Monch was once rumored to be signing to Shady Records. Monch is known in the Indie Hip Hop scene for his incredible technical ability and intricate rhyme schemes, like Eminem. Even though Eminem has been a financially successful and popular artist for over a decade now, he believes that he still rhymes with the type of hunger of a respected underground emcee like Pharoahe Monch.
Em plays on both parts of Pharoahe Monch’s name:
King and pharaoh, as the Pharaoh was the ruler of ancient Egypt.
The line before mentions hunger and lunchtime, so the food-related terms continue with monch as in munch, and follows later to crunch rhymes, munch and crunch both being common onomatopoeia for eating.
In a song rife with shout outs to other lesser deities of rap, the “king of the underground” line is likely a nod to UGK (underground kingz).
Another way to interpret the line is: Eminem is eating the “pharaohs” of rap. Pharaohs claimed they were divine, but were actually mere men. Em being the “one true rap god” is on his pharaoh munch grind.
em has shown pharoahe monch love before, like in this interview in 2000. (skip to 3:20). pharoahe monch also responded to the lyric on djvlad.