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bubble Tech N9ne (Ft. E-40) – Jellysickle
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A reference to Tech’s song Bout Ta' Bubble, meaning ‘famous’

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In these drastic surroundings, it be sounding like Lebanon Dr. Dre (Ft. Hittman) – Light Speed
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Taking part in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and many other politically unstable conflicts, Lebanon is the place of many violent events. It’s capital, Beirut, was referenced in Dr. Dre’s The Chronic

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Makin' fools "Retreat!" like Megatron and Starscream Dr. Dre (Ft. Hittman) – Light Speed
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Megatron and Starscream are part of the antagonist group of The Transformers labeled Decepticons and always lose to the protagonists, the Autobots.

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A common theme in the 1984 cartoon was the Decepticons hastily retreating, as seen here:

Retreat!!! * r/transformers — reddit
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Play On Playa Nas (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Play On Playa
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Nas and Snoop Dogg trading rhymes on this track from Hip-Hop Is Dead.

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So, until we meet again, nigga, it's cool Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones) – The Die
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Ha ha ha, get it? ‘Cause of The Cool? Where’s the Rap Genius editors?! Tell 'em I found another one of those self-aware jokes

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Triple entendre another in the style of Lupe’s:

  1. It’s cool (“alright”) for now before they meet again
  2. It’s cool as in temperature until things “heat up” again (Any gun that’s blazing is called “heat”).
  3. Cool as in the Windy City punning the previous line, it’s also known as a “second wind” – another chance at life to do something.
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They finna go up in the club, show a little love
Get a few drinks, holler at some girls
Snatch up a pair, leave outta there
Put some dro in the air, then catch a few slugs Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones) – The Die
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Lupe is assuring Michael Young that the evening will go as planned, while the hit man has a different ending in mind. The interesting thing to note here is that Lupe and The Game’s hitman both know exactly what the plans are. It’s like the ghetto Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Note the subtle wordplay: in this context grub is food and slugs are bullets. But grubs can be worms and insects, or slugs.

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40 caliber stashed up in this cash box
Bulletproof windows, you couldn't break 'em with a padlock
AK in the trunk, where the sounds bump
Two twin Glock 40's, and a 9 in his damn crotch Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones) – The Die
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The hit man, The Game, has an uncanny accuracy on the information he has over Michael Young. There could be a couple possible reasons for this:

  1. It seems likely that Lupe Fiasco’s character set up MYH with The Game, since he knows EVERY SINGLE DETAIL about him (as seen in the last line of Gemstone’s rap).

  2. The character of “The Game” is apparently eavesdropping on this conversation with his “Wiretap ears” as explained in another song of Lupe “Real Recognize Real”.

They say the game has a belly of a beast, blunts for fingers and hollowtips for teeth, wiretaps for ears, Nike Airs for feet

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But if not, see there really ain't no hope for me Brotha Lynch Hung – Meat
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Strange Music is Lynch’s last hope, since his old record label ‘Black Market Records’ treated him like shit and it seems like nobody else wants a cannibalistic rapper on their label

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Meat Brotha Lynch Hung – Meat
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One of the few rare sentimental Brotha Lynch tracks. It’s a nice surprise in the middle of Dinner and a Movie, an album full of serial killer, cannibalistic, bloody lyricism. The song is about Brotha Lynch’s pain of not being able to provide for his son, one of the defining traits of a man.

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"Rat-a-tatta!", make you niggas scatter Snoop Dogg (Ft. ​dEnAun) – My Own Way
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Sound a gun makes. Snoop’s been using this same Onomatopoeia for almost 20 years. Also a song by him and Dr. Dre

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