December 2011
41 posts
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“Every time the ball drop on New Year’s Eve,
We toast to more money, we...”
– Prodigy, “New Yitty,” H.N.I.C. Part 2, 2008
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“Mental energy from within keeps me higher,
Than anything rolled and set on fire”
– Masta Ace, “Sittin’ On Chrome,” Sittin’ on Chrome, 1995
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“A rap pro, do a show, good to go, also
Cameo afro, Virgo, domino, I go Rambo,...”
– Big Daddy Kane, “Just Rhymin’ with Biz,” Long Live the Kane, 1988
“You can play with the bass, fuck around with the treble,
Or you can play with...”
– Skyzoo, “Money on the Ave.,” from Reks’ Grey Hairs, 2008
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“‘That buck that bought the bottle coulda struck the lotto.’
To...”
– Reks, “Black Cream (The Negro Epidemic),” Grey Hairs, 2008
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“You might win some, but you just lost one.”
– Lauryn Hill, “Lost Ones,” The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998
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“If you can’t respect that, your whole perspective is wack.
Maybe...”
– Jay-Z, “December 4th,” The Black Album, 2003
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“Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy,
Send a message, leave...”
– Action Bronson, “Terror Death Camp,” from Action Bronson and Statik Selektah’s Well Done, 2011
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“Lookin down the barrel of a gun, son of gun, son of a bitch, gettin paid, gettin...”
– Beastie Boys, “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun,” Paul’s Boutique, 1989
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“Christmas is over and this is my resolution:
To stop the confusion.
Let the...”
– Special Ed, “Ready 2 Attack,” Legal, 1990
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“Smell the pinetrees in the air, sleigh bells are ringing,
Toy stores are out of...”
– Ghostface Killah, “Ghostface X-Mas,” GhostDeini the Great, 2008
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“Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle.
Come and stay awhile, kick it...”
– Keith Murray, “Santa Baby,” A Very Special Christmas 3, 1997
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“A born terror, a rebel without a pause…
Ain’t never had a good Christmas,...”
– Shyheim, “On and On,” Shyheim a.k.a. The Rugged Child, 1994 (via egotripland & babylonfalling)
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“See, you’re out your mind tryin’ to face tha God.
Your rhyme is...”
– Lord Finesse, Freestyle vs. Percee P, 2003. Video
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“‘You Hollywood.’ Nah, nigga, I’m Chicago.
So I cracked his head with a...”
– Common, “Raw (How You Like It),” The Dreamer, The Believer, 2011
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“Let’s be honest, the cards’ on the table:
Jealousy’s a sin,...”
– Pusha T, “Sweet Freestyle,” 2011
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“Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be!”
– Chuck D., “Fight the Power,” from Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet, 1990
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“Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.”
– Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991
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“Butterfly, searchin for a relax,
Pullin from the jazz stacks, cause it’s...”
– Butterfly, “Pacifics (NY is Red Hot),” from Digable Planets’ Reachin - A New Refutation of Time and Space, 1993
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“Since I’m stereotyped to kill and destruct
Is one of the main reasons I...”
– MC Ren, “100 Miles and Runnin’” from N.W.A.’s 100 Miles and Runnin’ EP, 1990
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“I be tossin’, enforcin’, my style is awesome.
I’m...”
– RZA, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit,” from Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993
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“I just need the junkies and the liars and the thieves,
I need the pimps,...”
– Killer Mike, “God in the Building 2,” PL3DGE, 2011
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“I don’t see the world as you see it.
I see it as a game, and my aim is to...”
– Murs, “Ice Cream Mountain,” from McKenzie Eddy’s Slow Your Horse Down, Son, 2011
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“Spit fire from my hammer like I wasn’t God’s child…”
– Billy Danze, “4 Alarm Blaze,” from M.O.P.’s First Family 4 Life, 1998
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“Guns and the sneakers made Jada.
The bitches and the reefer came later with the...”
– Jadakiss, “Jada’s Got a Gun,” Kiss the Game Goodbye, 2001
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“I’m the ghetto Mr. Universe, call me Lou FerNEGRO,
I push a lot of iron,...”
– Lil’ Fame, “Blasphemy (Blast 4 Me)” from M.O.P.’s SPARTA, 2011
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“And when it comes to gettin nookie, I’m not a rookie…
I got girls that make...”
– Big L, “Put it On,” Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, 1995 (via ninetynow)
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“Just because love is complex doesn’t mean it has complexion.”
– Legit, “A Nigger in Northface,” Coloring Outside the Lines, 2011. Video.
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“If I should fall asleep and death takes me away,
Don’t be surprised son,...”
– Lauryn Hill, “Family Business,” from The Fugees’ The Score, 1996
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“In L.A. we buy houses, fuck apartments and lofts.”
– Defari, “Lowlands Anthem, Pt. 1,” Focused Daily, 1999
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“It’s kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle,
Doin things...”
– Busta Rhymes, “Been Through the Storm,” The Big Bang, 2006
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“Dallas Mavericks want me as a bald-headed 5’ 8” guard with a...”
– Kool Keith, “Extravagant Traveler,” Matthew, 2000
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“Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive.”
– Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy,” Ready to Die, 1994
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“They smile in my face, behind my back they talk trash,
Mad and stuff because...”
– Erick Sermon, “Strictly Business,” from EPMD’s Strictly Business, 1988
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“You would rather have a Lexus, or justice?
A dream, or some substance?
A...”
– stic.man, “Hip-Hop,” from Dead Prez’ Let’s Get Free, 2000
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“Different day, same shit, ain’t nuttin good in the hood,
I’d run...”
– 50 Cent, “Hate It Or Love It,” from The Game’s The Documentary, 2005
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“What’s up with this nonsense?
Wack ass jams with a built-in dance?...”
– Bishop Lamont, “Without You,” from Little Brother and Mick Boogie’s …And Justus For All, 2007
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“If you for real then you know the deal,
I do or die, and I never ran, never...”
– Smif-N-Wessun, “Stand Strong,” Dah Shinin’, 1995