For our October 'Nowstalgia' issue, on stands 10/20, we asked three rap icons to pay tribute to lost leaders of the game. Go here to read Kendrick Lamar's piece on Eazy-E and stay tuned for Swizz Beatz on the Notorious B.I.G. The first time I ever heard Tupac was his verse on "I Get Ar...
My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high (Shh)
Thanks a lot, next semester I'll be 35
I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler
And stapled his nuts to a stack of paper (Ow) Eminem – My Name Is
Thanks a lot, next semester I'll be 35
I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler
And stapled his nuts to a stack of paper (Ow) Eminem – My Name Is
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Am I comin' or goin'? I can barely decide
I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? (Go ahead) Eminem – My Name Is
I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? (Go ahead) Eminem – My Name Is
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The line ‘I just drank a fifth of vodka’ could be inspired by the last 3 bars in the 1st verse of 2pac’s “Life Goes On” –
‘ I love them niggas to death, I’m drinkin’ Hennessy
While tryin' to make it last
I drank a fifth for that ass when you passed, ‘cause life goes on ’.
Eminem claims to be influenced by the songwriting techniques of the rapper he acknowledged as the greatest of all time, 2pac.
According to an article in the Paper magazine of New York, he also states that 2pac was the first rapper who actually motivated him to write lyrics that makes sense.
Used to bomb ya like Saddam
BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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Remix, risin' up outta the flames like a phoenix
BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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see my eyes focused where the prize be
BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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Peace to the nation of the Gods and the Earths
BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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Atlantic, Ashland, Albemarle to Albany
Bridge into Baltic, Bedford Ave., Bergen Street
Clinton to Cadman, Church Ave. to Clarendon Road
To Central Avenue, Cooper House, Cypress BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
Bridge into Baltic, Bedford Ave., Bergen Street
Clinton to Cadman, Church Ave. to Clarendon Road
To Central Avenue, Cooper House, Cypress BET (Ft. Black Thought, Eminem & Yasiin Bey) – 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 3
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Nas insisted on adding a verse to “Oochie Wally”; Jay Z accuses him of trying to steal attention (“shine”) from his friend; Nas also calls himself God’s son.
Also note the use of the homophone “sun” and “son”.
In 1994, Mobb Deep released a song featuring Nas called “An Eye for an Eye”, which featured the lines:
As Jay said on “Dig A Hole”,
Why not wait to catch them all together?
That’s why you dig one big hole, one time
He collects both Mobb Deep and Nas in his hole. Nas, being God’s Son, proved on “Oochie Wally” he wasn’t shining. Hence, Jay has removed their “sun”, destroying the bond they shared on that song.
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This line, also censored by Siffre, q.v. comment supra, was originally “extraterrestrial killing pedestrians, raping lesbians”, but was changed for the final recorded version to clear the sample.
The version of this song with the lyrics mentioned above can be found on Unmastered Sequence.
Also, Extraterrestrial means alien. He says he is and alien running over people in his UFO