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In chess, ‘checkmate' is a position you put your opponent into in order to win the game. The move occurs when there are no possible ways to prevent the death of the king piece, meaning it is trapped.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or “OCD” is a disorder where someone feels the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly or have certain thoughts repeatedly.

Loyle places all his CD’s in alphabetical order to keep them neat and to keep his OCD happy.

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Maximus is the protagonist of the 2000 film, Gladiator.

Maximus is forced to become a gladiator, and faces off against others, some of whom he decapitated.

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‘Andy Dufresne’ is the main character from the 1994 movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’.

In the movie Andy is wrongly imprisoned and eventually makes a “great escape” slowly “hammering” away at the wall in his cell.

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Not only has M-Phazes produced for some big names now he also is crossing genres with his production skills in regards to production he has done for Amy Shark on her hit ‘Adore’ as well as introducing new artists to the world such as 14 year old Ruel on his new song ‘Golden Years’.

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“Phizzle” is Illy’s nickname for M-Phazes, the Australian producer responsible for the majority of Illy’s production throughout his career, including this song.

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If you type the word shit into your phone, it’s possible that the auto correct feature would change it to shot, as I is next O on the QWERTY keyboard, which is the default keyboard layout on all devices.

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Illy completed a law degree in 2011 and though he lives for hip hop he has a pretty solid plan b to fall back on if he ever does need it.

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Iggy Pop is the frontman of the protopunk band The Stooges who were active through the 60’s and 70’s. He is well known for his outrageous stage antics and drug use much like Eminem was earlier in his career.

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