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"We got all the lines,
And all the rhymes.
We don’t do crimes and
We dont drop dimes.
We make a little cake with Duncan Hines."- Run D.M.C. -
"I’m the house rocker, the body shocker,
The man who put the B on Betty Crocker."- Masterdon -
"Mama’s making chicken fired in bacon grease.
Come on along, boy, down the road a piece."- Check Berry -
"Violence was a language in the crack era. I have never, in my life, been as scared as I was on the first day of middle school. What petrified me was that the boys--most of whom were older--spoke the language of violence. Violence shaped how they walked. Violence shaped who they walked with. Violence shaped when they laughed and what they laughed at. Violence shaped how they wore their Starter caps. Violence told them when to give dap and when to give the ice-grill. It was an entire range of cues, an intricate dance, all designed to either protect your person, or dramatize the effort."
TNC writes about rap better than 90% of rap writers even when he’s not writing about rap.
Props to n2m for putting this in the mix. He’s correct about TNC.
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Nicki Minaj’s raps are the most influential raps ever performed by a female.
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"I just need some time to let these demons climb up out of me."
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"I’m faster than a speeding bullet when I’m on the set.
I don’t need no fans to cool my ass, I just use my super breath.
I could fly three times around the world without missin’ a beat.
I socialize with X-ray eyes, and ladies think it’s sweet."- Newcleus, “Jam on It” -
"Throw your hands up in the air,
Shake your booty and say “Oh yeah."- Newcleus, “Jam On It” -
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Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane—“Nutty”
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (Jazzland 1961).
Learning lessons.
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"I say Muhammad Ali. You say Cassius Clay.
I say butter. You say Parkay."- Greg Nice in Gang Starr, “DWYCK” (1994) -
We’re gonna get on down, ‘cause reality don’t never lie.
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Scarface f/ Too $hort, Devin The Dude & Tela
“Fuck Faces”
My Homies
1998
…she had the whole world in her pants.
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Miles Davis—“Drad Dog”
Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia 1961).
Thank you, Dark Magus.
Blind William's Commonplace
The red light was my mind.
