In the cold, Mick Jenkins (Ft. theMIND) – Shipwrecked
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Chicago is notorious for it’s high murder rate, which tends to peak–along with the news' coverage of Chi-town–in the dog days of summer (when school’s out). Another up-and-comer from Chicago spoke about this on his song “Paranoia”
But even during the winter, when it’s extremely cold and nobody is reporting about the Chi, people are still being shot down in a cold-blooded manner.
'Cause I swear that this black man ain't gon' stop
Talking all that jazz Mick Jenkins – Jazz
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Since record contracts are worth a LOT of money, owners tend to have leverage over the artists they sign. In a lot of cases, that consequently results in different artists being forced to sacrifice the integrity which earned them said contract to appease the owner’s wishes for hot music that’ll sell better and pay for the artist’s contract. Since Mick is independent though, you can rest assured that he isn’t compromising his music for anyone.
Ain't no rules to this night, darling (No rules to this night, but you)
Can I show you this world, baby? (I know, I know, I know)
Ain't no rules to this night, darling (I know, I know, I know) ScHoolboy Q (Ft. Lance Skiiiwalker & SZA) – His & Her Fiend
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In a promotional NPR interview, Q explains that this outro is a reference to a friend, who he only refers to as the devil, who gave him his first pill and turned him onto the awful phase of addition that plagued him, and soon this girl, for so long.
I was selling pills, so n——s looked at me like the pill man. Pills was always around me. When you smoke a lot of weed, you hang with a lot of weed heads. When you sell pills, other pills come around, you know what I mean? All it took was one day me saying, “I need to go to sleep.” And a homie — I remember him to this day — I ain’t even gonna say his name. This dude is like the devil, bro. This dude is the devil. He gave me my first pill. I fell in love. It was over from there…‘Can I show you this world, baby?’ Like I told you, the dude was the devil, that gave me that pill. I was the devil in Seattle when I was giving — selling — people those pills."
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Without the injections, do the same love and affection ScHoolboy Q – Prescription / Oxymoron
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Oxycontin and Heroin are two different kinds of high which is a crazy trip for anyone who takes both.
There’s no need for needles here and it will still get you just as high as injecting it would, and Q explains this in a promotional NPR interview:
Oxycontin was crazy. It’s heroin. It’s synthetic heroin. Like I said on “Oxymoron” — I say, “Your brain gone numb, synthetic heroin / Without the injections, they’re the same love and affection / How could they say feeling good is an addiction / But the world is full of s—-, so I don’t listen / In fact, ‘We living to die’ is a contradiction.”
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The sound of the drum that Crips and Bloods know
Bla-tay bla-tay bla-tay bla bum
The sound that the drums sing ScHoolboy Q (Ft. Jay Rock) – Los Awesome
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Q is using a reggae flow to mimick the sound of gunshots here, because gunshots are essentially a call-to-arms for gangbangers.
- Q has also said that Doggystyle was a large inspiration for Oxymoron, so it’s worth noting that the sounds here greatly resemble that of those in Snoop’s “Pump Pump”.
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Double Entendre Alert:
The more expensive the t-shirt, the more fitted to your body it generally is. Since Q is a pretty big guy, as he himself admits, his fitted shirts look more like push-up bras than t-shirts.
A reference to Pusha T through a play on on tees (T) and push up (Pusha). Earlier this year Pusha T collaborated with Marcelo Burlon on a $300 dollar T-Shirt
Pusha is again referenced a few lines later with Dirty Money
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