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The classiest place for entertainment.
And I thought you'd watch my lady while I'm gone dude Louis Logic (Ft. Apathy) – Best Friends
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Also common in gangster films or any other sexist genre of entertainment, these ladies need to be watched over. They can’t fend for themselves.
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The stud from Quantum Leap.
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Hey, that’s his name too
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'Cause I see the remains of the whips and the chains Pharoahe Monch (Ft. Phonte & Styles P) – Black Hand Side
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Give me five on the black hand side Pharoahe Monch (Ft. Phonte & Styles P) – Black Hand Side
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Ghost and Pharoahe Monch, watch the black man rise (Yep) Pharoahe Monch (Ft. Phonte & Styles P) – Black Hand Side
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Apple and Macintosh are one in the same, if I’m not mistaken.
Nas was the pioneer of the Big APPLE’s rap, Big Pun claims to be a product of the “Nas Brand” (in this case, a Mac is the nickname for a Apple computer)
Earlier in his verse he mentions his “futuristic raps” which are state of the art. He mentions Nas, possibly implying that he is the one who got the ball rolling, and by the “turn an apple into macintosh” line he could be saying that he is taking NY rap to a whole different level (NY’s nick name is The Big Apple). An Apple in this case would be an old computer manufactured by Apple. So by this logic it could mean that he is turning an Apple (NY) into a future counterpart of itself (Macintosh which was a high end computer rolled out around that time.
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It’s funny because nowadays nobody knows “Macintosh” anymore, everybody says “Mac”, and Apple is the iconic name.
For a coincidence Nas also refers to Pete Tosh McIntosh in Thief’s Theme.
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macintosh is also a kind of apple, the really nice shiny red ones.