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Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered in October 2002, eight months before this album dropped.
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Dutch Master or similar cigar with the tobacco removed and replaced with marijuana.
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In this track from 2009’s Us, Brother Ali addresses three different teenage characters, one per verse, who are united in having to “live in two worlds.”
Verse one concerns young Somalian immigrants to Minnesota who are torn between their parent’s culture and the American one they have to live in.
The second verse addresses the child of divorced parents, who has to negotiate the two households and watch his parents build new families that don’t include him.
Verse three is about a boy who is terrified to tell his conservative Christian family that he is gay. This piece is notable for being one of the only mainstream-ish rap songs with an explicitly anti-homophobic message.
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In the 1979 film The Warriors, the titular gang are being pursued around New York because the other gangs believe that they assassinated crime leader Cyrus at the big rally.
“Bumpy” is Freddie Foxxx’s alias, Bumpy Knuckles.
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The Militia part 1 was on Gang Starr’s 1998 Moment of Truth album and featured Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx. The Militia II (Remix), featuring Rakim and WC, appeared on the Belly soundtrack and later on the Gang Starr compilation Full Clip.
Part 3 appeared on 2003’s The Ownerz and featured Shug and Freddie back together with Guru and Preem.
The beat samples two parts of Elmer Bernstein’s “Trapped” from the Gold soundtrack.
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Hollow-tipped bullets are designed to expand or fragment as they enter a target, doing more damage to tissue and reduce the chance that the round will penetrate through the body. Lil' Fame carries these in his gun.
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When Abraham Lincoln first traveled to New Orleans in 1831, he was repulsed by the slavery he saw there firsthand.
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