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Jeezy calls out the haters, clears the block with a hail of bullets, and counts his money. Another day in the life..

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Cruz' huge smash, whose genesis is broken down in this New York article. Here’s how it came to be:

Dr. Luke wrote “Dynamite”—sort of. It’s not entirely correct to say he writes his songs, at least not in the romanticized sense of a lonely dude scratching notes while strumming away on an acoustic guitar. Rather, he assembles songs. He curates them. He hears a song before it exists, then he figures out who can best help him bring that song into existence.

In this case, he created a basic beat track with his fellow producer Benny Blanco. (Dr. Luke has a slate of producers signed to his company, Prescription Songs.) The track was originally intended to go to the rapper Flo Rida, but it wasn’t a good fit as a rap song, so Luke sent it to Sweden, to Max Martin, who wrote half of a hook for the chorus. Luke wrote the other half, then sent that track to Bonnie McKee, a lyricist. Then Luke started looking for the right vocalist to attach.

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Jeezy dedicates a song to a special, ahem, “white girl”

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Mystikal’s biggest-selling album, 2000’s double-platinum Let’s Get Ready, contained the huge hit “Shake Ya Ass”

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A pun on “bust”, using the meme idea “pressure bust pipes”

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Mystikal makes a pointed metaphorical point here – Tarzan may come to be known popularly as the “king of the jungle”, but he was raised by apes who taught him everything he knew. Similarly, how could any (presumably white) person claim to get one up on Mystikal, who presents himself here as an authentic source for rap culture

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While Mystikal is being somewhat exaggerated and comical here, he hits on a very important point. A definite historical component of racism in the United States has been white sexual anxiety, while there has simultaneously been a strong current of white fascination with black culture as “exotic” or “authentic” – a current often mixed with insult and mockery. And, lest we forget, black women during slavery faced the “ever-present threat of sexual exploitation”

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Bryan “Baby”/“Birdman” Williams is a true O.G. of New Orleans rap, having founded the Cash Money label in 1990. He has also been a recording artist since 1993

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Mystical is undoubtedly referring here to his six years in prison and battery of legal problems. From 2004-10, he was incarcerated for sexual battery and extortion and, while already in jail, faced additional tax problems. He feels, now that he is free, like he is owed something for his suffering. On his release, he said:

I was gone so long, all the things I achieved, all the accolades I attained, it felt like it was a dream. It felt like I’d never done that stuff. But watch how I shake this world up now — I want reparations

As a side note, unless Mystikal has very bizarre politics that allow him to think rape is just hunky-dory, he should probably re-think the whole “political refugee” angle

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The debut YMCMB single from veteran New Orleans artist Mystikal. The rapper joined the ranks of Young Money artists in December, 2011, overcoming his early 90’s beefs with members of the label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFy1cGEYM4o

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