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[Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9"] Focus… (Ft. Phonte, Royce da 5'9" & Stat Quo) – Homage to Premier
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Royce is a rapper from Detroit, he has worked with DJ Premier multiple times. Royce is currently signed to Shady Records along side his group Slaughterhouse and as a member of Bad Meets Evil.

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Stop Playin Bun B (Ft. Redman & Royce da 5'9") – Stop Playin
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Bun B’s song recorded in honor of reaching 400K followers on twitter…some trill shit here, trust me

The song was originally released in 2011, but was also added as track 8 on his fourth album Trill OG: The Epilogue released in 2013.

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I'll play Andre Young instead of Young Dre Masta Ace (Ft. Edo. G) – Little Young
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Ace would rather play a song by Dr. Dre (Andre Young) instead of a rapper named Young Dre

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[Verse 1: Dr. Dre] Dr. Dre (Ft. Hittman) – Big Ego's
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This Dr. Dre verse is ghost-written by Dre’s old friend The D.O.C., according to Hittman in the song description.

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"Mentally and sexual - can't forget how I met you" Masta Ace (Ft. Leschea) – Bklyn Masala
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A vocal sample from Nas' You Won’t See Me Tonight

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There is missing another wordcut.
“And every time I look at you, I See the Most wonderful women I ??? ???”

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The Chron King T – The Chron
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This song is from King Tee’s album The Kingdom Come. It was produced by Dr. Dre

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I will not lose (You don't know what you're doin'— doin'— doin'—) JAY-Z – U Don't Know
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Nas would later mock Jay-Z with these lines on “Ether”.

Hov had previously expressed this mantra at the end of “Change the Game” and would go on to express it again in “Blueprint 2.”

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Big Ego's Dr. Dre (Ft. Hittman) – Big Ego's
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Big Ego’s appears as track 5 on Dr. Dre’s 2001. The song features Hittman on the second verse.

Lyrics for Dr. Dre’s verse were written by The D.O.C., hook and 2nd verse written and performed by Hittman.

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David
8 years

It’s track 5 bro

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8 years

They did not count the intro probably

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Watch Me JAY-Z (Ft. Dr. Dre) – Watch Me
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The first collaboration between Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, produced by Irv Gotti and his co-producer Lil' Rob. Later Dr. Dre made a song called “The Watcher” for his 1999 album 2001 and its sequel “The Watcher 2” was found on Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 2 album.

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2001 came out a month before Vol 3.

And it wasn’t their first collab, technically. Jay ghostwrote Still D.R.E.

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Rubberband man before T.I. was The Commission (Ft. JAY-Z & The Notorious B.I.G.) – Whatchu Want
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This line refers to T.I.’s single Rubberband Man from his 2003 album Trap Muzik.
Jay had stacks before TI did.
Check the video here

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