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That Ray J shit got me so sensitive Fabolous – Lord Knows

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In September, 2011, Fabolous and singer Ray J got into an altercation in Las Vegas after Fab had performed at the Palms Casino to celebrate a Floyd Mayweather bout. Ray J was allegedly upset over a series of tweets by Fab mocking the singer. Both Ray’s reaction to a little Internet teasing and his heated radio interview after the fight are the reasons for Fab’s “so sensitive” dis here

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Problem is, assholes always saying shit
But money talks -- you ain't got it, then you shouldn't be saying shit
Like Plaxi-ho, oops, I mean Plaxico
Talking bout we get 'em robbed -- shut the fuck up, Cheddar Bob
You know the story, nigga come home, set it sob
Gonna be a hater cause he can't find a better job
Nigga at home, feeling like he out of town
Nigga on the field, feeling like he out of bounds Fabolous – Lord Knows

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This section is a dis to NY Jets receiver Plaxico Burress. In June 2011, the NY Daily News published an article about the football star where he claimed that the Fabolous-affiliated Street Family gang was robbing famous people – something they had been accused of before:

Burress is said to have been carrying a gun that night in 2007 as protection against a crew of stickup kids known as the Street Family from around the Brevoort Houses in Brooklyn who started out robbing rap stars and moved on to professional athletes outside Manhattan nightclubs

Fab obviously took none too kindly to this accusation, and answers here. The “Cheddar Bob” line references the fact that, just like the character in Eminem’s movie 8 Mile, Burress accidentally shot himself

The “can’t find a better job” section refers to the fact that during Burress' legal problems stemming from his self-shooting incident, he was released by his then-team, the New York Giants, and had trouble finding a team upon his return from prison, managing to sign only a one-year contract with the Jets

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This section is a dis to NY Jets receiver [Plaxico Burress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxico_Burress).  In June 2011, the NY Daily News [published](http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-06-14/news/29675590_1_plaxico-burress-guns-young-people) an article about the football star where he claimed that the Fabolous-affiliated Street Family gang was robbing famous people -- something they had been [accused of before](http://allhiphop.com/2007/12/09/police-claim-fabs-street-family-linked-to-more-robberies/):

>  Burress is said to have been carrying a gun that night in 2007 as protection against a crew of stickup kids known as the Street Family from around the Brevoort Houses in Brooklyn who started out robbing rap stars and moved on to professional athletes outside Manhattan nightclubs

Fab obviously took none too kindly to this accusation, and answers here.  The "Cheddar Bob" line references the fact that, just like [the character in Eminem's movie *8 Mile*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3XrEp7hb0U), Burress [accidentally shot himself](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxico_Burress#Accidental_shooting)

The "can't find a better job" section refers to the fact that during Burress' legal problems stemming from his self-shooting incident, he was [released](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxico_Burress#New_York_Giants) by his then-team, the New York Giants, and had trouble finding a team upon his return from prison, managing to sign only a [one-year contract](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxico_Burress#New_York_Jets) with the Jets

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Don't drink Riesling or Moscato, that's a dessert bottle
Stashed up in the purse vodka Jean Grae – Jeannie Rules

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Riesling and Moscato are sweet, fruity wines. Kanye may be into that, but Jean would rather bring her own bottle of harder stuff

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Is mine, is just the perfect line for us
Get us all, Scarface'd up
The relation of coming from nothing to everything
Does explain us, got nothing to do with drugs (in most cases) Jean Grae – Imagine

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In the 1983 film Scarface, probably the most cited movie in hip hop, Cuban immigrant Tony Montana hustles his way to the top of the coke game (and meets a bad end). Rappers don’t need to have ever dealt drugs to relate to the character.

In the film, Tony Montana sees a Goodyear blimp with the words “The World is Yours” on it. He later has a statue made for his lavish home that features the phrase. NaS famously used it as the title of a track off Illmatic

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I define my place as homeostasis
With Chromeo bass riffs and "Homey don't play this" Jean Grae – Imagine

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Homeostasis refers to a self-regulating, stable system. In humans, homeostasis is generally used to describe the body’s ability to maintain balance through all types of complex functions.

Jean emphasizes the first syllable of “homeostasis”, implying that she finds her home through internal balance, mixed with awesome bass riffs and a crucial sentiment famously expressed by Homie D. Clown on In Living Color:

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

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Not sure what other people think about including/not including this in the annotation, but this begins one of the most impressive strings of perfect multi-syllabic rhymes ever written.

Homeostasis
Chromeo Bass Riffs
Homey don’t play this
No we won’t play this,
Tony’s and Geishas
lonely ovations
phony oasises
Romeo Playlists
Chrome to your faces.

The way she pronounces them this is a perfect 5 syllable multi repeated 9 times, in the process rhyming 47 out of 58 consecutive syllables (include the preceding “place as.” One of the more technically impressive verse ever written in my opinion.

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We be on the loud shit
Y'all be smoking that low volume Fabolous (Ft. Trey Songz) – Spend It

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“Smoking loud” means smoking a very strong and exotic strand of marijuana, such as “Kush, Sour Diesel, Purple Haze, Silver Haze, Lemon Haze, Kings Kush, Grand Daddy Purp, Green Crack, Canabis Cup, Dro, Trainwreck, or Skunk.” In contrast, Fab’s enemies are smoking the opposite

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Black Bird Fabolous (Ft. Broadway) – Black Bird

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Fab tells a Public Enemies-inspired love story with a stunning amount of bird puns

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Real nigga by myself, Kevin Hart with it all day
You ever go night-night, nigga Fabolous (Ft. Meek Mill) – You Don't Know Bout It

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A reference to the famed “In jail by myself” routine by comedian Kevin Hart. Fab is suggesting he would turn off your lights, which is a nod to the theme of his mixtape where he kills his competition.