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Favourite Rapper: Mos Def

Favourite Song: **They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) — Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth**

Favourite Line: “I’m all that and then some, short dark and handsome
Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from” — Phife Dawg

Favourite Album: Reasonable Doubt

Favourite Label of all-time: Duck Down Music Inc.

Favourite Group: A Tribe Called Quest

Favourite Mixtape: Blue Chips by Action Bronson

Favourite Verse: 2Pac’s 4th verse on Me Against The World.

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Swing a little funky beat by my man DJ Pete Rock, producer extraordinaire. Yo Pete Rock! Make it clear Heavy D (Ft. Big Daddy Kane, C.L. Smooth, Grand Puba, Kool G. Rap, Pete Rock & Q-Tip) – Don't Curse

Don’t Curse is produced by Heavy D’s cousin Pete Rock, who also features as a rapper on this song.

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[Duo] what goes up, must come down Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocka

This is sampled from Blood, Sweat & Tears' Spinning Wheel.
The sample appears at 0:11
http://youtu.be/qi9sLkyhhlE

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Protect ya neck when you move, Ghostface Killah – The Sure Shot

This is a reference to Wu-Tang’s debut single Protect Ya Neck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZrz8siv4Q

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Section Linden Boulevard A Tribe Called Quest – Get a Hold

Linden Boulevard is a boulevard in New York City. It starts off at Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and stretches through both Brooklyn and Queens.

This was around the area that Q-Tip and Phife grew up.

Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden

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Drifting back... suddenly
Drifting back (just) suddenly
Drifting back (just) suddenly A Tribe Called Quest – Get a Hold

This sample, heard throughout the song, is from The Visit (She Was Here) by The Cyrkle. The sample appears at 1:41.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6uZKUrH9jE&feature=youtu.be

Props to J Dilla.

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Never had a desire for chinese zoots Dizzee Rascal – Stand Up Tall

Zoot is British slang for a spliff, due to the narrow bottoms and wide tops, resembling a zoot suit.

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Disclaimer - *The views expressed on this recording
Are solely those of the artist and by no means
Do we encourage or condone violence against law officials* J Dilla – Fuck the Police

This song was a reaction to J Dilla being repeatedly harassed by the police.

In an interview with Ma Dukes, J Dilla’s mother, she told the story of Fuck The Police.

The police department was down the street from where we lived, and every time he pulled off they’d stop him and harass him. They even tossed the car once looking for something. Because he was young and clean-cut, they thought he was selling drugs. Proof was at the house one evening when James had another run-in with them. He had only gone to the gas station which was three doors away. I told him not to get upset because he was hurt to tears. He was so angry and just tired of being harassed, so I told him, ‘Look, this is what you do: you go downstairs and make a song about it, and you laugh in their face.’ And that’s when he came up with the “F” the Police’ thing.

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Flippin' on brothers just like Mary Lou Retton A Tribe Called Quest – Da Booty

Mary Lou Retton was an Olympic gymnast.
She literally did flips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6rIB240g7w

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A freak like Malik Showbiz & A.G. – Next Level

A reference to Phife Dawg who often refers to himself as a “the five foot freak”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHRnvjCkTsw

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Show kept digging and digging now he got more crates Showbiz & A.G. – Next Level

Showbiz and A.G. are members of the Diggin In The Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.).
Showbiz is the producer of the duo and digs through so much vinyl looking for samples to use that he now has crates full of records.

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"Diamonds in the back with curtains" (Big KRIT – Shine On) | accepted

Curtis Mayfield never sang / recorded a song called “Diamond in the Back.” The song that emp503 is referring to is William Devaughn’s “Be Thankful For What You Got,” which is often incorrectly attributed to Curtis Mayfield.