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Dana Dane jocked Slick Rick’s flow, so no doubt he probably rocked some gold chains on occasion. And Ghost will JACK your ish, so you better hide them.

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Big’s voice intonation on the words “deeper and deeper” mimics Barry White on his 1973 breakout hit “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby”:

Deeper and deeper
In love with you I’m falling, yeah
Sweeter and sweeter
Your tender words of love keeps calling

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February 21, 1990: The New York Knicks traded Rod Strickland to the San Antonio Spurs for Maurice Cheeks.

Rod Strick was a young gun with that New York flav and style, while Cheeks was a VERY seasoned vet that kept it vanilla. No wonder Sadat was flabbergasted.

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S-K-Y breaks it down himself in an interview with HipHopDX:

“I’ll come back every day with a briefcase until you’re ready to say, “Aight, fuck it let’s go.” And that’s what Marlo did. He went back to the diner every day with a briefcase and when Vondas tried to give it back to him, he said, “Nah, you keep that. There’s more where that came from.” So that’s what I was insinuating on that part. The whole record is about trying to get over Prop Joe and the middle man.”

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15674/title.skyzoo-breaks-down-the-great-debater-promises-an-ode-to-jay-zs-reasonable-doubt-by-years-end

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Balling twins, Brook and Robin Lopez

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#7 for your New York Knicks, CAAAAAAAAAARRRRR-MEL-OOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANNNNN-THO-NYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

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New York Knickerbockers all day

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Meadowlark Lemon is one of the most famous members of the Harlem Globetrotters, known for his shooting prowess.

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A reference to possibly Blake Griffin’s best in-game dunk ever… definitely the one that put him on the map in a major way, and spawned the verb, to be “Mozgoved”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx9HiM4Aw0

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He might have had Magic on his walls above his head, but it was the Knicks he was looking up to.

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