I graduated to better drugs, my cap and gown on Lil Wayne (Ft. Juicy J) – Trippy
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Lil Wayne’s playing checkers here: he wants you to king him, and makes a reference to magic mushrooms. In shrooms the most psychedelic ingredients are contained in the cap. But he’s moved on from that or graduated to better and higher class drugs – Wayne is notoriously associated with Codeine and Promethezine syrup.
The phrase “graduated to better drugs” could also be a reference to Eminem’s “Drug Ballad”:
But I’m all grown up now and upgraded
And graduated to better drugs and updated
There’s also some wordplay and association with his album covers as well. When you graduate high school or college you wear a cap and gown, which refers to his album Tha Carter IV’s artwork:
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The only thing Iggy trusts to take her to the top of the rap game is her hustle, struggle, and determination. Some nice wordplay here – she’s signed to TI’s Grand Hustle label, so she also trusts her label and boss to get her some attention in the rap industry.
Iggy’s also got this motto tatted on her right forearm.
They call me Baking Soda Armstrong
Before it dry, that shit be gone Gucci Mane (Ft. Meek Mill) – Get Money Nigga
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Arm & Hammer is a well-known brand of baking soda, which can be whisked together with cocaine and water on a stove to create crack rocks.
Gucci employs a double entendre between the “strong arm” on the brand’s logo, and how strong his arm is from constantly whipping up and stirring his crack.
Wop identifies so closely with the brand, he even has an Arm & Hammer chain:
Gucci also claims to sell the crack so fast, it doesn’t even have time to dry out of the pot.
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Like she rock that V card again Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – Wendy N Becky
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Pitbull is referring to Udonis Haslem, an American NBA player who currently plays for the Miami Heat.
Lil Wayne recently went on a rant in a club about the NBA and Miami Heat after David Stern banned him from all games.
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Nigga tried to say that I hit him with a pool stick Gucci Mane (Ft. 2 Chainz) – Dirty Cup
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‘Blueprint’ is an album released by Jay-Z in 2001.
Gucci says that he was facing charges of hitting a man with a pool stick in the same time period that this record dropped, but he’s mistaken. The pool cue incident actually took place in 2005, a year that the jigga-man released no albums. But what’s a couple of years to Big Gucci Guwop anyways?
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Cole’s friend, or the fictional character he is talking about – is out here hustling hard, doing anything he can to get his bread up. Meanwhile the feds could be tracking his illegal activities, but he doesn’t think about the jailtime he might incur if he continues selling dope and jumping people. The money is his only focus, be it for better or worse.
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