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Kanye West had surgery done on the entire bottom row of his teeth after a car crash. It required his bottom jaw wired shut.

(Read the lyrics and listen to “Through The Wire” where Kanye raps while his mouth is wired and talks about how lucky he was to survive the car crash.)

He’s also saying If you got mouth like Kanye (as in if you keep mouthing off) like what Kanye did to Taylor Swift at the VMA awards, he will knock your teeth out if you disrespect him.

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Eminem is acknolwedging that he may be nearing the end of his rap career. And as one of his final acts, he signed Slaughterhouse. He’s also setting up for the next track on the EP “Loud Noises”, which features Slaughterhouse.

Em is basically just saying, before his album/career ends, this should hold you over: Slaughterhouse.

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A remix of 2Pac’s “Pain” featuring Stretch. All it changes is the beat, hook and the 2nd verse is replaced by Game.

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A snippet of Game that leaked a while back. The final will feature Dr. Dre.

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A cut from Game’s “Purp & Patron” mixtape. This track features Busta Rhymes, Dre & Dr. Dre. (Yes, they are different. Dre is an R&B singer, Dr. Dre is the living legend rapper and producer.)

When you’re in LA, everyone will tell you that the way to avoid getting lost is to remember: the ocean is West

Q: where’s the ocean?

The song sampled Nina Simone’s “Baltimore” which is shown throughout the lyrics within brackets.

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A leak from Detox? Anyway, this supposedly features Nate Dogg and Ester Dean, though that can’t be Nate Dogg! He was almost dead, and if they recorded this a while back, Nate never sounded like that, and Ester is pretty new too.

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A song from Detox that premiered on the final episode of “Fight Camp 360º: Pacquio vs. Mosley”. The final version comes out soon… We hope.

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The first 2 lines of the verse from “Fly Away”.

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The first 2 lines of the verse from “Oh No”.

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The first 2 lines of “Give Me the Ball”.

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