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Nothing if not thematically consistent, D.O.P. here starts the verse with a reference to the “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” catchphrase of another famed Looney Tunes character, Tweety
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If the voice in this verse sounds familiar, it’s because D.O.P. is Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie who, along with his partner in this group, Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence, would go on to be key members of Puffy’s production team The Hitmen, producing most of Bad Boy’s biggest hits. Angelettie is also known to many hip-hop fans as the Madd Rapper, the ever-pissed off comic foil in many rap skits and songs
In addition, Angelettie was an early mentor to Kanye West, though he lately has been taking shots at Yeezy for showing him insufficient respect
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A 1991 song by the unjustly ignored Afrocentric duo that talks about their theories on the racial coding in old cartoons, Looney Tunes and otherwise
These are my bitches, my Alphabet Bitches
These are my bitches, my Alpha Bitches
These are my bitches, my Alphabet Bitches (Geah!) Lil Wayne – Alphabet Bitches
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I came here for a visit and ever since then
I've been incorporated with select personnel
Right here in Brooklyn, the place where we dwell Gang Starr – The Place Where We Dwell
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“Medina” is the NGE-inspired nickname for Brooklyn. The Gods originated lots if not most of the new york slang dating back to the 60 and 70. Hisham Aidi’s 2004 article “Verily, There Is Only One Hip-Hop Umma”: Islam, Cultural Protest and Urban Marginality" points out that the Gods named different sections of NYC after areas of the Middle East. Manhattan was Mecca, of course, and Brooklyn was named after Medina, which is Islam’s second holiest city. Queens is the Desert, the Bronx is Pelan, and New Jersey is the New Jerusalem
Guru was himself a follower of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Notice the similarities between Gang Starr’s logo and the NGE’s “7 and a crescent” emblem:
Brooklyn is the home for cultural awareness Gang Starr – The Place Where We Dwell
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True that. Even after years of gentrification, the 2010 census showed that Brooklyn was 34.2% black, and there are thriving Caribbean and West Indian populations all over the borough
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