Rick Ross suplexed this track. “The devil is lie!” His intonation on the hook is cinematic and it’s hella catchy. Nice play on “lie” and “alive.” The former correctional officer turn poet turn gangsta rapper is nice, but sometimes his over indulgent price tag rhymes become less interesting when they become too vague or gimmicky. What keeps them fresh on this banger is their internal rhymes and word play. He goes from brand dropping to internal rhymes and double entendres. …
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“To make the task realistic, we referenced only albums officially included in his discography, and at times we interpreted lyrics when they very obviously referenced a brand without outright saying it,” according to Vanity Fair who put this chart together. Jay Z is on their cover this month. They used rapgenious.com as their main source to sift through his lyrics. For the interested, HiphopDX breaks down his most referenced brands based on the same article. Spoiler alert, their the names …
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