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Meyhem Lauren is a member of the Lo Lifes. They started out as a Brooklyn gang known for boosting Polo clothing (hence the “Lo” part of the name) and have grown into a Hip Hop crew including rappers such as Meyhem & Thirstin Howl The 3rd. “2 L’s” stands for “Lo Lifes” but it’s a reference to their hand sign, in which they make two interlocking L’s using both hands.

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Homeboy Sandman mentions Hurricane Irene and an earthquake, that both occurred in NYC in the same week of August 2011. As a result of both events, people in NYC have been in preparation mode for future natural disasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leI5yt7m4mU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uuRxkRvG4

Conspiracy theorists use the recent natural disasters as further proof of their theories regarding HAARP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY4HGs-9JiU

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Tracy Murray is a former NBA basketball player who was once known for being a great 3 point shooter. Bronson is saying that he doesn’t wear jewelry and that he’ll play basketball for money. His 3 point shooting abilities are similar to Tracy Murray.

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Because of horrible cleaning practices by many of the fish markets in Flushing, Queens, the place tends to have a rancid smell, especially during the summer. Also, because of high toxicity, nearby Flushing Bay smells like rotten eggs.

Many of the Asian members of the Flushing community have a habit of squatting down to smoke cigarettes if a seat isn’t available.

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Flushing, Queens is known for their massage parlors (some of which are actually whorehouses). They use older people to promote their “massage parlors” in the streets and many of these older people mispronounce “massage” as “masagi sagi”.

Flushing is also known for having a lot of stores that add modification chips to video game systems.

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Outdoorsmen members, Action Bronson and Shaz Illyork, spitting dynamic duo bars over a Chad Dubz banger. From Shaz Illyork’s “High, Fly & Broke” mixtape from 2010.

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“The Symphony” is a legendary rap posse cut featuring Kool G. Rap, Craig G., Masta Ace and Big Daddy Kane. It was produced by Marley Marl and featured on his “In Control: Volume 1” album from 1988. Chino XL is saying that he’s outrapping other MC’s in the same way that Kool G. Rap outrapped the other MC’s on that track.

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Dallas Penn is a blogger who has a viral video series called, “Sneaker Fiends Unite!,” which deals with the sneaker culture. Dallas and Sean Price are good friends, hence the shoutout.

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“Bacalao” is the Spanish term for dried, salted codfish or pollock. It’s an important part of the Hispanic diet. It’s known for having a very strong, fishy odor. Sean Price (aka Ruck) is saying that the girl’s private area has a disturbing fishy odor similar to bacalao.

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Royal Flush is from 45th Avenue and Colden Street in Flushing, Queens, NYC.

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