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Many hip hop fans have often said that Jay is only Big because of Biggie’s death. Some feel that Jay’s current success would not be possible with Big still alive.

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After Biggie’s death in 1997, Jay-Z emerged as New York’s most popular MC.

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When Nas dropped his debut album Illmatic in April of 1994, he was considered the savior of New York hip hop, bringing East Coast rap back, as the West Coast was reigning supreme.

Biggie then dropped his debut album, Ready To Die, which also helped bring New York back. The latter album sold more than Nas.

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Uncle Murda cleverly uses a comparison used by Big and then copied by Jay. From Puff Daddy’s “Victory”

raw nights, I perform like Mike
Anyone – Tyson, Jordan, Jackson

All three Mike’s were the best at their craft in their primes.

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The Notorious B.I.G and Jay-Z are considered by many two of the greatest rap artists of all time.

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She knows she is a sexy girl ( People take dope in the vein through needle injections ) Double meaning

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The style Jay uses here is taken from BDP’s “The Bridge is Over”

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The Reason is Beanie Sigel’s sophomore album. ‘Kiss and Beanie Sigel had beef starting in 2001. It began when Sigel took offense to a remark Jadakiss made in a radio interview claiming that Philly rappers were biting his style. Sigel made a diss track in response over the beat for Jadakiss’ track Put Your Hands Up and it progressed from there…

The Reason

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He’s not talking about the shot-gun formation used in football, but a real shotgun. The Hail Mary is a play using the shotgun formation, where the Quarterback throws up a prayer, meaning he just lets his receivers go and throws it, hoping they gain massive yardage.

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This is a play on superstar R&B group Destiny’s Child and two of their big hits, “Survivor” and “Soldier”.

The “Kill it will aggressors” phrase could potentially be a reference to Ice Cube’s 1990 EP; it’d be ironic, though, seeing that the two rappers had a historic beef.

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