This line is sampled from the Big Daddy Kane song “Word To The Mother(Land)” on his 1988 album Long Live The Kane. The sample occurs at the 0:28 second mark:

Zapp was a funk band that formed in 1978

His crew is going to “blow up” meaning they are going to become popular and famous. He uses inflaters as a simile as to inflate something they need to be blown.

This is a reference to the movie Cujo which is about a dog (Cujo) that contracts rabies and starts to attack people.

He uses leaves falling off a tree as a simile of him falling (being in love) for a girl.

Freddie Foxxx as well as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Lord Finesse were rappers who started there careers around the late 80’s and early 90’s which explains the time period in which Elzhi started getting into hip hop as he found these four to be his favourites from that time period.

Elzhi comments on the X-Clan and 3rd Bass beef in which X-Clan had dissed 3rd Bass on notable songs such as A Day Of Outrage, Operation Snatchback

X-Clan were black nationalists and didn’t like 3rd Bass due to 2/3 of the group being white, MC Serch and Pete Nice.

KRS-One also had a feud with X-Clan as he didn’t appreciate their anti-white views

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcsbLUFB1hU&feature=player_embedded

This line is also a reference to ‘The Freshfest’ by Non-Phixion

Willis Reed is a retired basketball player who spent his entire 10-year career with the New York Knicks. In Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, Reed suffered a torn thigh muscle but made an inspiring return as he limped onto the court to play in Game 7 and help the Knicks win the NBA championship.

He compares the loss of his gang members to soldiers who died in action.