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Jamiroquai is a singer famous for his gigantic headwear. In other words, a big hat for a big head (referring to arrogance, cockiness).

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If you’ve been in love, you’ve felt this: the fear of the inevitable end of your relationship. The fear of your lover moving on to someone else. Your rejection.

The Petrarchan form of the poem deliberately contradicts its intention: while Cummings claims he is willing to forget his love, the form traditionally intends to preserve it.

E. E. Cummings, Self-Portrait

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Tone is important in this poem. In the unrelenting pace of “onetwothreefourfive,” there is a sense of childish excitement about Buffalo Bill. At the same time, there’s a sense of horror at the rapidity of the death that “breaks” these birds.

Also, the poem creates it’s own rhythm in its stating of breaking “onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat” in two distinct 5 syllable joined-word groups.

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The Streets are a hip-hop and UK Garage collective from Birmingham, UK. Fronted and led by singer-songwriter, emcee and producer Mike Skinner, they released five albums between 2002 and 2011. Their debut album, Original Pirate Material, is considered one of the finest albums of the 2000’s, and one of the finest British hip-hop albums of all time.

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Duval Clear (born December 4, 1966), known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is an American rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. With a career spanning over 30 years, he was a member of the Juice Crew, along with other legendary emcees such as Kool G Rap, MC Shan, producer Marley Marl, and others. Masta Ace debuted on the Juice Crew’s 1988 classic hit, The Symphony. He’s considered very influental, and is still active today.

Discography
Take a Look Around (1990)
SlaughtaHouse (with Masta Ace Incorporated) (1993)
Sittin' on Chrome (with Masta Ace Incorporated) (1995)
Disposable Arts (2001)
A Long Hot Summer (2004)
The Show (with eMC) (2008)
Arts & Entertainment (with Edo G) (2009)
MA Doom: Son of Yvonne (2012)

Memorable quote:

“You should’ve known the student can’t fuck with the teacher”

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Big L’s debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, was released on March 28, 1995 through Columbia Records. Recording sessions took place primarily at Powerplay Studios in Queens, New York in 1994 after Big L created a four-track demo in 1993 that ended up getting him signed. Production was handled by Buckwild, Craig Boogie, Kid Capri, Lord Finesse, and Showbiz.

Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts, and #149 overall on the Billboard 200. The album was supported by two singles: “Put It On” featuring Kid Capri, and “M.V.P.,” which initially featured the same DeBarge sample from “Stay With Me” that was used on The Notorious B.I.G.’s “One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix),” leading Big L to use the “Summer Smooth Mix” of M.V.P. in the music video.

In a 2010 interview with HipHopDX, rapper/producer Lord Finesse spoke about Big L’s debut album:

He was smarter than what he would lead you to believe on that album. But, it’s like, [for] Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, I’m portraying this character, and this character I’m portraying has to be believable. The stuff he has to do has to be so over-the-top. And that’s a lot of the characters he was portraying on that album. It was a mixture between what was going on in Harlem and fiction. Some of it was real, some of it was fiction. [So] when he wanted to go over-the-top with some shit he went over the top with it!

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Easily three of the greatest rappers of all time, who Eminem acknowledges above him.

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These four lines were later used by Jay-Z, quite famously.

Bun B flips the meaning of sense and pussy to explain the ‘ho’ he beat up was not actually a woman, but a pathetic man

The first line is a quote from “Children’s Story”

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“Sweet as a nut” is cockney slang, to express approval or well-being. Tropicana orange juice has really sweet taste. Hence it makes the comparison more apt.

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On your J’s, shortened form of cockney rhyming slang “on your Jack Jones”, is when you’re alone
Also references Jordans, keeping with the shoe theme

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