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A reference to the 1993, coming of age/gangster movie, A Bronx Tale. In the movie, there’s a scene involving the local mafia don, Sonny, and a rowdy biker gang in a local bar. After the gang assures Sonny that they only want a drink, Sonny allows it. Soon after, they trash the bar and disrespect Sonny, so he locks all the doors and tells the gang that they can’t leave and proceeds to beat the gang down with his henchmen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leLJ-xO3Fwc

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Bodega Bamz is specifically talking about the The Oregon Trail computer game that teachers allowed students to play in class in the 1990’s. If you grew up in America, or in Bodega’s case, NYC, you played this game to death whenever you had computer class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBoK5CNH4Y0

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It’s a reference to the “Pakinamac Pt. 2” skit from Big Punisher’s debut solo album, 1998’s Capital Punishment.

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The fried chicken spots that you’d find in the hoods of NYC, places like Kennedy Fried Chicken/Crown Fried Chicken, are known for selling more than fried chicken and French Fries. A lot of these places make burgers, pizza, tacos, burritos, rice, beans, sandwiches, etc. Some even operate as small grocery stores. They have more food options than you’d find in the corporate fried chicken spots like Popeyes and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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Big Punisher was from the BX aka the Bronx, NYC. However, Joell Ortiz is from BK aka Brooklyn, NYC..

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This is a reference to Heavy D. & The Boyz 1994 single, Nuttin' But Love, from the album of the same name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEbfeG2oAE

Unlike Heavy D., Chino XL has “nuttin' but hate” for everybody else.

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Onyx’s first album was released in 1993 and it’s called Bacdafucup. The album includes a song called Da Nex Niguz, which is about a man who finds his girlfriend giving a blowjob to another man (“sucking the next nigga’s dick”).

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Referencing Masta Ace. This particular show was the first time MF Doom met Ace and yet, Doom felt like they knew each other for years.

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Action Bronson starts off the journey by placing you in his environment, Queens, NYC (Flushing to be exact).

Timberland boots are a staple of hood fashion in NYC.

Blacktop is a reference to the black asphalt streets of the inner cities in NYC.

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Before the money and the fame, Action Bronson and his people could only dream of living the good life. Until it actually happened, it was only a dream.

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