Another reference to “There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”, this time being more specific, stating a very important man, Mister Rogers, lives in a Air Jordan basketball shoe.

Ice Cube takes another childhood nursery rhyme, “There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” and turns the old lady into a drug dealer.

Redman spits vicious rhymes that could (figuratively) kill any competition, similar to a cobra using its poisonous venom to take out those considered to be a threat. He is also a killer when he “pops” a gun, creating more pops than the soda pop giant Coca-Cola.

He says this while tying in a reference to the 1990 smash hit “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe.

Released on his 32nd birthday, Donuts was the final J Dilla album released during his lifetime. The album was released 3 days before he passed away on February 10, 2006.

Critically, Donuts received highly positive reviews upon its release, and gained “universal acclaim” with praise for J Dilla’s brilliancy. This was highlighted in a Pitchfork review:

It’s Dilla’s show-and-tell method, however, that’s most effective, because it illustrates how he’s, more or less, upgrading soul music– we get to see how he unpacked its bag, what spots he told it it missed. This approach also allows Dilla to pay homage to the selfsame sounds he’s modernized; the drums are light, to reflect the original sound from which he’s borrowing. In that sense, Donuts is pure postmodern art– which was hip-hop’s aim in the first place.

Connor was making a play on words here, he originally said that he was GOOD, but what he actually meant to say was that he was GOD, and accidentally added the extra O in good.

Referencing the legendary rapper’s 1993 single, On The Run, off Kool G Rap & DJ Polo’s 3rd studio album, Live and Let Die.

Reference to both the 1994 album, Take It Easy, and a single of the same name, by rapper/reggae artist Mad Lion.