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The classic Jamaican dish. Goes great with yam, plantain, dumplings, curry goat, chicken, fish etc…

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Just Ice contrasts his Jamaican diet with his rival’s American one.

Irish Moss is a natural, healthy drink popular in Jamaica. It’s made from a type of seaweed that is rich in vitamins and other nutrients and usually mixed with milk, nutmeg and fruits.

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Meaning D-Nice, the human beatbox for Boogie Down Productions. He was known as the human TR 808.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQM0bOl000

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Harsh words from Butchy.

DJ Scott La Rock, KRS' partner in Boogie Down Productions, had been shot and killed by this point of course.

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Mocking the KRS lyric from “The Bridge Is Over”:

Di-di di-da, di di-di, dida di-day
All you sucker MCs won’t you please come out to play

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Refers to the dancehall reggae style that KRS used on songs like “The Bridge Is Over”, “The P Is Free”, and “9mm Goes Bang”.

KRS was one of the first American rappers to feature dancehall riddims and chatting in their music. To be fair his Jamaican accent was pretty dodgy, but overall his reggae tracks with BDP and Just Ice were well received. They made for good ammunition in dis records though (also see “Beat You Down” by Poet).

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Butchy makes it clear here (and in the next verse) that he’s talking about a lyrical rather than physical confrontation. Probably a wise move given what happened to Prince Be a few years later.

The “when it comes to a rhyme” scratch is from Just Ice’s “The Original Gangster Of Hip Hop”, a song produced by KRS that briefly disses Butchy’s man Mr Magic. Butchy doesn’t go after Just Ice though. Another wise move.

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One of the second-tier Bridge Wars records, made by people that weren’t directly involved in the original beef but who decided to jump in anyway.

Butchy-B was down with Mr Magic at WBLS and got involved to defend the station. His song “Go Magic” from the same 12-inch also touched on the beef.

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One of the best examples of the Hip Hop Reggae style that was briefly popular in the late 80s (see also Hip House and rap ballads). Just Ice and producer KRS One trade verses over a dancehall beat built from the “Jah Send Mi Come” riddim.

The song is best known for its hook Suicide it’s a suicide which has been sampled and copied by a bunch of rappers since.

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Another KRS reggae interpolation, this one of Lt. Stitchie’s “Wear Yuh Size”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag7jGtX_n9s

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