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“Self Destruction” is a 1989 track by the Stop The Violence Movement, a loose collective of rappers brought together by KRS One.
The song called for an end to the kind of black-on-black crime that Lord Quas expresses his frustration with in this track. But “Self Destruction” was aimed at Hip Hop fans rather than artists. Back in 89, so-called gangsta rap was still in its infancy, and more than balanced out by other styles.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a blind jazz musician known for playing a variety of saxes, clarinets and flutes – often at the same time. Mentioned here because:
- His middle name sounds a bit like the word rolling
- Madlib likes paying respect to jazz cats
- Madlib is also a multi-instrumentalist, playing keys, vibes, bass, drums and more in Yesterday’s New Quintet
(They eat away at your interior I'm superior) Quasimoto – Real Eyes
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(You better realize)
(Ain't tolerating blatant disrespect for this artform) (You better realize)
(You disobeyed the laws, got no cause to kill for) Quasimoto – Real Eyes
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(From one... style to the next) (realize, realize, realize)
(Niggas want checks but need to check themselves)
(You better realize) (realize, realize, realize)
(It happened for the love of the game) Quasimoto – Real Eyes
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Lifted from “My Flows is Tight” by Lord Digga.
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Plays on two meanings of the word dominoes.
- The game, a popular pastime in the Caribbean, where the custom is to violently slam the tiles onto the table.
- The pizza joint, although Digga is delivering rhymes not fast food.
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In the 1990 film King of New York, Laurence Fishburne plays a crazy gangster called Jimmy Jump who wears Tougher Than Leather style Run DMC gear and carries twin pistols.
King of New York has solid Hip Hop credentials. Schoolly D features prominently in the soundtrack, and The Notorious B.I.G. called himself the black Frank White in homage to the film’s main character.
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Wallace Fard Muhammed (known as W.D. Fard) was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He was the first to reveal the truths of the original man to his followers (which included Elijah Muhammed) before mysteriously disappearing four years later.
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