I don't want trendy ass followers for fans
I don't wanna sell records, I don't wanna be big
I don't want MTV running up in my crib
I don't wanna be liked in the music biz
I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is R.A. The Rugged Man – Lessons
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He doesn’t want to go mainstream, because he knows that then he’ll have to dumb down his music. That’s why he rejected being a part of a pop label, even though he knew he risked his whole career with that. He doesn’t want to have commercial success, if his fans will be the guys who only listen to the radio bullshit. So, if you don’t know Kool G. Rap, who’s making music for the real hip hop heads, you shouldn’t be listening to Rugged Man.
When this song was big on campuses, that line probably made a lot of frat boys brush up on their KGR.
On the playground like "go shorty it's ya birthday" (Go, go, go) R.A. The Rugged Man – Lessons
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Rap isn’t what it used to be — little girls quoting 50 Cent songs isn’t right. The sample that takes over for these lines is “In Da Club” by 50 Cent.
They say "maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland"
They say "a white boy need a black boy to win
Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim R.A. The Rugged Man – Lessons
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Now that he isn’t signed to any label, people don’t even recognize him and don’t accept him as a rapper, because he’s white. And every white rapper must have a black producer behind them, to be popular and succesful
Dr. Dre and Timbaland are two high profile record producers. Dr Dre worked closely with Eminem and Timbaland with Bubba Sparxxx.
And overplayed, overslaved, won't complain though Shad – Yaa I Get It
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Shad thinks lyrical ability comparisons to weed are so played out, but goes ahead and makes it anyway. He then switches to talking about how he won’t complain about being overworked, as he is lucky to make a living from rap.
Dope as Ether, either the drug or the Jay diss Shad – Yaa I Get It
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Pretty self explanatory double entendres here:
- Meth refers to both, rapper Method Man, also known as Meth, and the drug Crystal Meth.
- Ether is both, a drug (Diethyl ether), and a song by Nas where he disses rapper Jay Z. Dope is also a slang term for drugs.
Shad is better and doper than all of these four mentioned. A pretty bold claim. Luckily, Method Man has probably never heard of Canada, let alone Shad.
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A comical rhyme about how so many artists do anything to gain commercial success. Like Mr. “Loso in case you ain’t Noso…” As Shad says on the track “Epilogue: Long Jawn”:
I’m sending this one to my fam and my old friends
And fans that follow all the tweets that I don’t send
My man G’s on the net, no goaltend
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