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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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The theme song and opening sequence for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air set the premise of the show: Will Smith is a street-smart teenager, born and raised in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and because of a neighborhood fight, he was sent by his mother to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle in the affluent Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

While The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air began airing in 1990, the extended version of the theme song was officially released as a single in Europe in 1992 with the title “Yo Home to Bel-Air.” The single earned a Silver certification in the United Kingdom to represent 200,000 units sold and also reached the Top 5 on the pop charts in Spain and the Netherlands.

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El Chupa Nibre DANGERDOOM – El Chupa Nibre
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Samples a multitude of Adult Swim cartoons, from the Brak Show, to Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Family Guy.

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With references from Futurama.

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Original rude boy, never am I coy A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
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A “rude boy” is Jamaican slang corresponding with “gangsta” or streetwise (accordingly Phife gives this line a fake patois accent). Phife is never shy (coy) but rather direct in what he wants from a female.

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His accent wasn’t fake. He is of Trini descent.

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Known as massive-versatile MF DOOM – Gas Drawls
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DOOM’s known to be able to switch up his flow and his personality as the situation dictates.
For example:

  • Viktor Vaughn takes on a more street-smart personality and gritty flow, and is less experimental than other personas.
  • MF DOOM is a more sinister persona, and uses extended metaphors and similes far more often.
  • King Geedorah uses braggadocio as his primary means of getting his point across, and is the most experimental of the personas.

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Raedawn Viktor Vaughn – Raedawn
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The 8th track on Vaudeville Villain gets its name from Tommy Chong’s daughter, Rae Dawn, who he mentions in this song.

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Anyone know the sample?

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Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2 Viktor Vaughn (Ft. Creature & Lord Sear) – Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2
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The 12th track on Vaudeville Villain contains excerpts from “In the Time of Our lives”, written by Doug Ingle and Ron Bushy and performed by “Iron Butterfly”. The short piano pangs allow Viktor to sharpen his cadence, providing for a great flow and rhyme scheme.

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This song, and especially Vik’s verse, is a comment on rap crowds, even those at ‘open mic poetry events’, enjoying the thuggish violence of ‘street’ rap – Vik literally brings the violence to the event as he unloads his gun on Lil Willie, the host, and the audience applauds.

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Ode to Road Rage Viktor Vaughn – Ode to Road Rage
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Track 9 on Venomous Villain, the sequel to Vaudeville Villain.

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One thing he do know is they flows is itchbay King Honey (Ft. King Geedorah & Kurious) – Monday Night at Fluid
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“Itchbay” is pig Latin for bitch. Basically, these rhymers can’t rhyme. And everybody know it.

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TB Kobe Bryant (Ft. Tyra Banks) – K.O.B.E
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TB=Tyra Banks

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Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed
No more backwards thinking, time for thinking ahead
The world has changed so very much from what it used to be
There's so much hatred, war and poverty Babyface (Ft. Ashanti, Brandy, Claudette Ortiz, Eve, Fabolous, Faith Evans, Floetry, Jadakiss, Jaheim, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Monica, Musiq Soulchild & Wyclef Jean) – Wake Up Everybody
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As a society, we must adapt to these changing times. Things are never simple.
“What we’re saying today is that you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.”
- 1968 E. Cleaver Speech (in R. Scheer, Eldridge Cleaver (1969)

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