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Taken from Beanie’s verse on Amil’s “4 Da Fam.”

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Scratch taken from Amil’s “4 Da Fam.”

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Mase is saying he’s not like a mad rapper upset about his current situation and status in the rap game.

ASCAP is a music publishing company that handles royalty payments. He’s asking where that check is.

It should be noted that The Madd Rapper, also known as Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie, produced this beat.

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This is from the reality-based movie Scared Straight 1999, a film where young juvenile delinquents are literally scared straight by prisoners.

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Attributing to his mentor Jay-Z’s verse on Puff Daddy’s “Young G’s” where he says

I hated algebra but I loved to multiply
And I told my nigga Big I’d be multi before I die

Most of you may be more familiar with his line on Renegade.

J-Cole believe that before he dies, one of his albums will reach multi-platinum status.

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Referring to the rumors about him having sexual relations with former collaborator Foxy Brown. Hov has been dodging these rumors since they first collaborated on “Ain’t No Nigga” in 1996, and Brown hasn’t doused the flames, preferring instead to stoke them:

From that moment on, Jay and I became Bonnie and Clyde. A lot of things have happened over the years between Jay and I.

Meanwhile, Hov has continuously denied there was ever sexual relations between them. This, from an interview in 1999:

It’s a total untruth. [It was] a working relationship. I know at times people hinted at [that] … We just not there, you know what I mean? And I know people gonna say that, especially if you get the kind of reputation I have. But it just never happened.

Foxy Brown released a statement about this line after the release of the album, peep it here.

He’s also referring to Fox News and CNN, and not having given them a reason to “slander him,” until recently, with his Cuba trip and all that, hence “opening Pandora’s box.”

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This is an interpolation of a lyric by Jay’s one-time rival Ma$e. The opening verse from his 1997 hit single “Feel So Good” begins:

Yo, what you know about goin' out
Head west, red Lex, TV’s all up in the headrest

Before he starts rapping you can even hear a scream, similar to the one Puff Daddy does on “Feel So Good.”

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Before Chief Keef was even born,, AZ has gone under the alias of Sosa.

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This line and the proceeding one is taken in the style of Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story”

Opened up the door there, guess who he saw?
Dave the dope fiend shootin' dope
Who don’t know the meaning of water nor soap

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You can see the Jadakiss dance at the 3:33 mark of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZuW38VImiqA#t=182s

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