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Crowbars help open things like doors. Shad’s music opens metaphorical doors and introduces you to know things.

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“Mighty Healthy” was released as the lead single off of Ghostface Killah’s sophomore album, Supreme Clientele.

The song was produced by Mathematics, and samples “Wish That I Could Talk to You” by The Sylvers, “Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Bliss, “Funky President” by James Brown, “Nobody Beats the Biz” by Biz Markie, and dialogue from “Shaolin Rescuers”.

The song is sampled in the song “New God Flow” by Kanye West and Pusha T, as well as in Kanye West’s “No More Parties in LA” (produced by Madlib).

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This was an originally unheard verse from ODB’s vault of unreleased material, since this song was recorded after ODB’s death. They couldn’t do a Wu posse cut without Dirt McGirt!

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He’s shouting out Lauryn Hill singing the hook to the original version of the Kanye song, “All Falls Down”.

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One of T.I.’s nicknames is “The King” or “King of the South”, and he has also released an album titled King. Shad wants to be a King like T.I.

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Referring to the song off of Kanye West’s sophomore album, Late Registration, named “We Major” featuring Nas and Really Doe.

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To “Turbo charge” something means to speed something up. Also, it refers to high class car engines which intakes air faster to increase the speed and acceleration of a car, meaning his bars are as luxurious as turbo charged engines.

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PGA = Professional Golfer’s Association

Ghost is so classy and rich that he plays golf with Jack Nicklaus, known as one of the best golfers of all time

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Q-Tip finally honors Robert Keith “Cowboy” Wiggins, a member of the legendary group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He passed away from a cocaine overdose on September 8, 1989, at the age of 28.

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Trouble T Roy was a hip-hop dancer with the group Heavy D and the Boyz from 1987 until his death in 1990. He is known for the tribute song to him, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” by Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

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