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AZ is not racist because he’s smashing all different kinds of females.

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“Show dough” may mean rappers are only making money from performances and not their album sales (being talked out of their publishing possibly), or they simply have enough money to rent their vehicles for a short period of time, to “floss” with them, then return them.

Jay was the president of his own record label at the time, so a lot of the profits from his sales were being funnelled directly into his pockets. He pokes fun at those stuck in major label deals, earning a pittance on each album sale and being forced to repay their advance.

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With Snoop’s girlfriend’s house in sight, Dr. Dre hands him a gun. Possibly a Glock-19.

From earlier lines you’d think Snoop only planned to slap her around, but he intends to blow his love’s brains all over the furniture. Or hit her with the gun. Or just threaten her with it.

Either way, Snoop’s planning on this being a short round trip right back to jail.

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Snoop’s friends are telling him that he shouldn’t give his heart to her.

By the way Tha Dogg Pound motto is “We Don’t Love Them Hoes

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Eventually, every criminal will get caught by law enforcement. Here, ‘Pac is also alluding to 1988’s “Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson, a song that arguably glorifies crime, implying that the glamorous depiction of crime in media won’t prevent listeners from eventually going to jail if they do crimes as they hear about in songs.

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Andre was doing senseless things in his younger years, things that would’ve been avoided if he had the knowledge and experience he has these days. Dre feels the numerous charges, court cases, and days in jail that come from engaging in multiple petty misdemeanors aren’t worth the time and trouble.

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Lil Kim is the Lieutenant of Junior M.A.F.I.A.

In “Everyday Struggle”, Biggie says:

I got my honey on the Amtrak with the crack
In the crack of her ass
Two pounds of hash in the stash
I wait for hon to make some quick cash
I told her she could be lieutenant
Bitch got gassed

In the same song, Big says that his Lieutenant went to jail for three years for conspiracy (which is also the title of Junior M.A.F.I.A’s album).

In the song “Spend a Little Doe,” Lil Kim starts the Intro when she gets out of jail after 3 years.

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This line gives props to Luke from the 2 Live Crew. His song “I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown)” contains these lines:

Shake them titties, baby, shake them titties, baby (x2)
Pop pop that pussy, baby, pop that pussy, baby

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After being fired from his executive position at Uptown Records, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs established his Bad Boy record label in 1993 through a joint venture with Clive Davis and Arista Records. The label experienced success the following year with the releases of Craig Mack’s “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die album, leading the way for Bad Boy to become one of the most successful hip-hop/R&B labels of the 1990s as they released hits from 112, Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, Total, Ma$e, The LOX and Puff Daddy himself.

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“You can’t see me” is a popular phrase in hip-hop to let the competition know that you’re so far ahead or above them that you’re out of sight. The rhyme is often paired with “Stevie” as in Stevie Wonder, who is blind and literally can’t see anyone, but he’s still one of the greatest musicians of all time.

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