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When God, in verse 45
Said that slaves are okay to buy Bo Burnham – RANT
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Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Leviticus 25:45

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They caught T.I. with three pills and sent him back to the bing Skillz – 2010 Rap Up
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T.I. and his wife Tiny got busted for 3 PILLS!

Why, you ask?

Because cops are racist assholes and TI is an idiot.

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...Hattan keeps on making it, Brooklyn keeps on taking it KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Connecting to the end of the previous line, KRS pulls from his own catalog again by interpolating lines the 1987 Boogie Down Productions track “The Bridge is Over”:

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That's why when I come to the show MC's act like they don't know KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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The Teacha is a prophet with this line as “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know,” became the first single for his 1995 album KRS-ONE over a year after this song’s release.

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Mind You the song “Mc’s Act Like They Don’t Know” was released 2 years after “Hip Hop Vs Rap”. From my industry knowledge this line and lines after are a subliminal diss towards Souls Of Mischief who were new label mates of Krs One.

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Hip Hop Vs. Rap KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Hip-hop has a lot more back-in-the-day songs than it does book-of-days ones. This one is a little of both.

Kris starts out talking about the difference between rap and hip-hop, and finishes by quoting a couple dozen songs.

This original version was produced by KRS and Kenny Parker and appeared on the “Sound of da Police” 12". Also check the DJ Spinbad remix which drops in the instrumentals of the name-checked songs at the relevant points.

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I came through the door, I said it before KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Interpolates the opening lines of Rakim’s first verse on Eric B. & Rakim’s 1986 debut single “Eric B. is President”:

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We keep coming back with more and more hits KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Interpolates the chorus of Nice & Smooth’s 1989 track “More and More Hits”:

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How many MC's must get dissed?
Before somebody says don't fuck with Kris KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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KRS once again pulls from his BDP catalog, this time interpolating the 1988 single “My Philosophy”:

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Back to the grill again, the grill again KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Interpolates the chorus from MC Serch’s 1992 single “Back to the Grill”:

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M-E-T-H-O-D man... KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
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Interpolates Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 single “Method Man”:

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