Michael Seven Summers and XV were a combined producer between 2005 and 2012 with 13 mixtapes under their belt. Around 2011, XV was starting to catch a serious buzz and trying to grab a contract with Warner Bros.; with his Zero Heroes mixtape being the key to unlock the gate. Seven had been working with Tech N9ne and Strange Music since the early 2000s. They had a mutual separation – chasing their dreams and music, they went their separate ways.

Sidenote: Just like XV got his name from starting rapping at 15, Seven started playing piano at seven years old and that’s how he got his name.

His friends are his day 1’s similar to how “A” is the first letter in the alphabet. “B” and “C” are both letters and homophones for the words “be” and “see,” respectively. “Letting someone be” – a phrase meaning leave someone or something alone.

Cleverly integrates the long form of the short slang term for “D” while cleverly continuing the alphabet sequence after feeling he had to spell it out for the listener. It’s interesting to note he stops on the letter “P” maybe for the sake of the rhyme or the possibility that “P' can be short term slang for a woman’s organ.

We are music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams. – Willy Wonka

Gene Wilder, although an amazing and influential actor, screenwriter, and director, he was best known for his character, Willy Wonka in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Less than half of a month before the release of Leo’s Rising, Wilder passed at 83 from traits of Alzheimer’s disease, which he kept hidden from the public.

With Billboard, Amy Noonan of Karmin mentioned:

Gene created timeless characters that altered the entire vibe of the story

AND

The original Willy Wonka remains my favorite movie of all time.

On the Islamic Lunar Calender, Ramadan is the month where Muslims go through a complete fast: food, drink, sex, any type of physical need in order to purify their so turn their attention back towards God. In a sense it’s a sacrifice that tests one’s spirituality.

Twizzy lines speak in the minimal sense of the religious event. He’s spitting bars like he’s been hungry for a month and it’s time to get back to feasting.

In order to chase his dream career, he had to put things aside, like his girlfriend at the time. He understood what him and Twizzy, as OCD, had potential. It’s understandable that any girl would act crazy after their man chose their career over them.

“Move Bitch” is one of Ludacris’s most popular hits, featuring fellow DTP member I-20 and rapper Mystikal

A “tag” or “tagging” in graffiti is the signature of a graffiti artist. It’s specially written or painted in a specific style so that no other artist can copy it.

Kat wants to be claimed like a graffiti artist claims their picture by putting their name on it.

Cher Lloyd’s pays tribute to Mr. Vegas’s “Heads High” which teaches women to respect themselves and make men, inside or outside of their relationship, respect them.

Heads high kill them with di no
Just make a boy know ya nah blow

Just like the name of his label, So-So Def, well-known CEO, producer, rapper, and songwriter, Jermaine Dupri’s career never skyrocketed or failed.

The Notorious B.I.G. was an big rapper, in influence and weight. One of his most famous tracks is “Juicy”

“All Eyez On Me” is song and album by the legendary 2Pac.

Rick Ross’s famous tag and signatures is calling himself a boss. Mostly notable before he enters a verse.

A course is another name for a part of a meal. Remy says “a course” similar to “of course” like “you already know.” Remy knows she can’t be stopped.

Even though Remy is happily married to Papoose, dudes still be trying to holla. He doesn’t have any money and continues live in poverty like it was part of his ancestry.

Remy flips Young M.A. most popular four bars of the original verse:

If that’s your chick, then why she texting me?
Why she keep calling my phone speaking sexually?
Every time I’m out, why she stressing me?
You call her Stephanie? I call her Headphanie