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Bryant Dope swears by A Tribe Called Quest, a legendary Queens rap group. His love for their work is reflected in the sample used for the song’s chorus.

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The Arizona Beverage Company is known for their 99 cent 23 oz. can of iced tea. This is basically the new Quarter Water for the inflation age.

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Specifically, Bryant Dope is from Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, NYC.

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Lost Boyz and Nas are respected rap acts from Queens, NYC. Lost Boyz are from Jamaica, Queens, the same part of Queens that Bryant Dope is from. While Nas is from Queensbridge projects in Long Island City, Queens. Specifically, Bryant wants to hear “Illmatic,” which is Nas' debut album.

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Bryant Dope is a rapper from Southside Jamaica, Queens, NYC. This song is called “Queens Kids” from his mixtape of the same name. This song is produced by fellow Queens native, Hannibal King. It’s basically about Bryant’s love for his borough.

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Phife Dawg is saying that he’s representing the toughness of Linden Boulevard, a boulevard that stretches from Brooklyn to Queens in NYC. Q-Tip and Phife from A Tribe Called Quest are from Linden Boulevard in Queens, NYC.

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Marc Ecko’s Ecko Unltd. clothing company collaborated with Duck Down Records (Sean Price’s label) in the early 2000’s. Price is saying that while you have to buy Ecko clothing, because of his affiliation with the actual company, he gets free clothes. He makes a reference to the slave trade movie, “Amistad,” in which the character of Sengbe Pieh (played by Djimon Hounsou) demands his freedom during a trial by shouting out “Give Us Free.”

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El Malecon is a popular Dominican restaurant in Washington Heights, NYC.

Emilio likes to order the chicharron. Dominican chicharron is deep fried chicken.

The patacon is a sandwich in which fried platano (plantains in English) is used rather than bread.

Mangu is a Dominican dish consisting of mashed up, boiled plantains. It usually contains butter or milk for texture and taste. Normally accompanied by eggs, sauteed onions, fried cheese and/or fried salami. Mangu can be had at any time of the day, but Dominicans in the Dominican Republic tend to have it for breakfast.

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Al-Shid has won more rap battles than Washington Heights, NYC has Dominicans. Washington Heights is known for having a substantial amount of Dominican residents.

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Big Baby Gandhi grew up on Cherry Avenue in Flushing, Queens, NYC.

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