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The Refugee Allstars was Wyclef’s name for The Fugees and their extended crew, including John Forte and others, including, briefly, future 106 & Park host Free a.k.a. Marie Antoinette, who had a bangin' verse on Wyclef’s remake of “Another One Bites The Dust”
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“Dirty Cash” is the nickname of Fugees member Pras (a.k.a. the one who’s not Wyclef or Lauryn), who appears later on this track
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Clef compares Praswell’s material girl to the original Material Girl herself, Madonna, whose 1985 song “Material Girl” he interpolates here.
This is the second reference to Madonna on the record. The first comes in “Guantanamera.”
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Police would prove to be more than just a nuisance for Forté in 2000 when he was arrested for trafficking 31 pounds of liquid cocaine.
Forté was sentenced to 14 years in jail, but his sentence was commuted by President Bush in 2008 thanks to the lobbying efforts of Forté’s unlikely pals, pop legend Carly Simon and Senator Orrin Hatch. Forté and Simon, below:
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YOU AIN'T COOLER THAN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PILLOW, NIGGA Joe Budden – Bullshit Rappers & Metaphors
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It was notable that Ja appeared on this remix because it was in the immediate aftermath of his career pretty much being destroyed by mainly 50 Cent, but also Eminem, D12, G-Unit, Busta Rhymes, Obie Trice, and DMX. Game, after having several other people 50 had beefed with (Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Nas) on the remix, decided to end it with 50’s biggest enemy of all
However, it was also notable that Game included Ja Rule on this remix after saying on the clean version of “One Blood” that “You got a beef with me, if you beefin' with Dre”. Ja Rule was beefing with Dre along with Em and 50, so despite his beef with 50, Game should have had a beef with Ja too.
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That would be Houston’s Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
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Clef here references DJ Kool’s famous song “Let Me Clear My Throat”, with its famous throat-clearing break
The DJ Kool song, in turn, borrowed the phrase from “The New Style” by the Beastie Boys