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The 2016 Soul Train Music Awards were hosted by Erykah Badu and aired on November 27th, 2016. Chance took home the award for Best New Artist. Fellow nominees included:

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9th Wonder produced the second half of “Fire” with a beat that samples “We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gil-Scott Heron. The vocals repeating “losing our minds” were also sampled from this song.

9th posted a video of him making the beat on Instagram:
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“Connect 4” is the second single off The Cool Kids' upcoming album. Following “Running Man,” this marks the duos second official release since their 2011 album When Fish Ride Bicycles.

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While the lyrics are self-explanatory, it’s interesting to note that the way Rapsody raps these words mimics the way Common raps them on “The Light”:

Yo yo, check it, it’s important we communicate
And tune the fate of this union to the right pitch

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This clip, along with the repeated “Fuck him girl” samples throughout the second verse, were lifted from Martin Lawrence’s 1994 stand up comedy film “You So Crazy.”

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Rapsody channels her flow from Verse 3 of “Godzilla” throughout her verses on “OooWee.”

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Now hurry hurry go on to the altar
I know you ain’t a pimp, but pimp remember what I taught ya:
Keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart
Hey keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart

Rapsody makes reference to two types of international players: André 3000, the player who turned to monogamy and got married in the video to UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)” and DeMar DeRozan, Compton-born NBA All-Star player for the (Canadian) Toronto Raptors – an international ball player.

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In 2014, President Barack Obama launched an initiative named My Brother’s Keeper that strives to address opportunity gaps faced by young men of color and help them achieve full potential. Several Hip Hop artists including Rapsody were invited to the White House in April 2016 to partake in a discussion surrounding the MBK initiative.

Rapsody shared the news via Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEPN9vYv_TU/?taken-by=rapsody

Caption: Just had a great roundtable discussion with President @barackobama. #MyBrothersKeeper #IamMBK We are the change we want to see. #Inspire ❤️. love to all the other artists there today! Energy was amazing

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“Crown” opens with an uplifting, inspirational spoken word intro over a soft melody produced by Eric G. Midway through the beat switches to a 9th Wonder-produced boom-bap beat over which Rapsody raps about Crown’s themes of pride, empowerment, hard work and striving for greatness.

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Opening with a sample from Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without a Pause” and influenced by Desiigner’s “Tiimmy Turner,” on “Tina Turner” Rapsody reflects on the evolution of her career thus far while drawing comparisons to the rock & roll legend Tina Turner.

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