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A play on The Notorious B.I.G.’s name and song “Long Kiss Goodnight” from Life After Death.

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Invincible” is a Premier-produced song by Capone N Noreaga off of their well-received sophomore album The Reunion. The song was later sampled by Premo in the ‘09 Capone-N-Noreaga song “Grand Royal

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I Gave You Power” is the only DJ Premier produced track off of Nas' sophomore album It Was Written. The song is amazingly well received by avid hip hop fans for the fact that the song is a story told in the perspective of a gun.

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Ace pictured she will make a great couple with his friend

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“The rules” here likely alludes to a law of the streets that Jay-Z described very well. When dealing with Gs, what goes around comes around.

This track is an explosive reaction to his shooting in New York City among other things. Pac was convinced that Biggie was behind the shooting, hence why Pac has to now go at Biggie and his crew. You know the rules.

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Nostradamus real name Michel de Nostredame was a French prophet who lived in the 16th century. He was able to, in some peoples’ points of view, predict the future.

Nas named his forth studio album Nastradamus, and post as a prophet on its cover. Nastradamus was also one of Nas' many monikers. Here 50 is saying that Nas (a highly acclaimed New York emcee) praised his (50) skills and predicted he’s the future of hip hop. 50 will later make a mixtape called 50 Cent Is The Future

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A direct mock at 50 Cent’s line:

Give it to me baby, nice and slow

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Feds are the agents of various agencies who investigate federal crimes. Federal crimes are generally those involving interstate commerce. In this instance the illegal drug trade. The most common examples of feds are the F.B.I. and D.E.A.

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Could be referring to his African-American "brothers" but from the tone of the song, it is more likely that it just refers to fellow humans.

Progress can’t be made if we don’t learn to accept and appreciate each others differences.

But more likely he’s talking about Huey in this line. The Black Panther’s ideology was to create a separate society from whites but PAC is going against it by saying that black people can’t go nowhere unless they start sharing and getting along with the white people. He still loves his brother though.

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Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. A lot of rappers has set up their own home studios using these types of programs.

Jadakiss is telling B.I.G. that it is not like the old days when rappers hustle for studio time, its much easier cause rappers now record at their homes with this type of technology.

Screenshot of Pro Tools 9

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