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JAY-Z – D'Evils
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A meditation about how the desire for money and power corrupts the ghetto and all of its inhabitants, leading to violence and betrayal.
The song title means “da evils” but is
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SiR – D'Evils
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D'Evils (a reference to the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of “the evils) is an ode to marijuana smoking. By smoking one spliff a day, he is keeping the "the evils” and stresses of
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JAY-Z – D'Evils Samples
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Amare T (Ft. Beast Da Vince) – D'Evils Freestyle (Jay Z remix)
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Devils / The mostly skilled if not talking 'bout figures/ / Eye on the ball eye sight never jitter/the scorching fire behind my eye balls never flicker/ never tired, only tired for
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DJ Unknown & DJ Mekalek – That’s Life, I Live It....
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DJ Unknown & DJ Mekalek - “That’s Life, I Live It....” / [Emcee(s): n/a] / [Producer(s): DJ Unknown and DJ Mekalek] / [DJ Mix: DJ Unknown and DJ Mekalek] / [Scratches: DJ Unknown
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The Inglorious M.O.B. – D'Evils II
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[VERSE 1] / D'Evils / Uh huh / Ok / Living in a world where the evils is abound / These are not to be confused with the devil underground / Good and bad fighting wars in the heart
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Genius Brasil Traduções – JAY-Z - D'Evils (Tradução em Português)
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[Samples no Refrão: Snoop Dogg + Prodigy] / "Querido Deus – eu me pergunto, você pode me salvar?" / "Os Illuminati querem a minha mente, alma e o meu corpo" / "Querido Deus – eu me
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Mary J. Blige – Round and Round Samples
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La$$ Suga' & S De Sossa – Viz on Biz Samples
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French Montana – State Of Mind Samples
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Aquakultre & Uncle Fester – Couldn't Be Samples
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Termanology – Watch How It Go Down Samples
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Reasonable Doubt Contest – IllI
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"D'evils" was the first Jay-Z song I ever heard, and this is the line that stood out to me the most upon the first listen. It is a flawless culmination of several literary devices
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Termanology – Watch How It Go Down Samples
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Caine – West On 5th Avenue
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Beat used is a more bass heavy version of the Jay-Z classic ’D'Evils' produced by DJ Premier
Caine gives us the reality of living in urban New York with his vivid imagery through
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Armand Hammer – The Eucharist
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[Verse: billy woods] / My mother used to say / A bad penny finds its own way to hell / They lovingly fashion they own crosses / Beg me to drive the nails / Followed the devil to
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Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul – World Negatives Samples
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Reks – Pray For You (The Homicide Note)
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[Intro] [Sample of Dave Chappelle]: / "I’m one of those people that are so smart that I’m uncomfortable in this world. And I’m scared to live. I’m not scared to live, but its scary
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Allen Toussaint – Go Back Home Samples
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JAY-Z – Blunts And Armadale - Freestyle
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Taken from the only official Jay-Z mixtape The S. Carter Collection. The mixtape contained rare songs, remixes & freestyles over either hot beats at that time or throwback beats.
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LL Cool J – I Shot Ya (Remix) Samples
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Reasonable Doubt Contest – Ogclarencebatman
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My favorite Reasonable Doubt lyrics is… / Who could ever foresee, we used to stay up all night / At slumber parties, now I'm tryna rock this bitch to sleep / All the years we were
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Billy Badnewz
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Billy Badnewz, also known as Wanted Villain, is an American rapper, songwriter, and music producer from New Jersey, USA.
He released his first rap album, Villain From The Underground under his record label W3 Entertainment Group in 2015. Billy Badnewz started rapping at 11 years old, after watching his older brother and his friends recording themselves rapping in his mother’s kitchen in Blackwood, New Jersey. Billy Badnewz was influenced by rap artists like Meek Mill, Jay-Z, Tupac, and Rick Ross. In 2009, Billy Badnewz started his own independent record label, W3 Entertainment Group. Since 2009, Billy Badnewz has released several mixtapes as well as his first album, Villain from the Underground (2015). His latest singles, Let’s Ride (2017), M.O. (2018), and his Do You Love Me? (EP) (2018) are examples of Billy Badnewz’s songwriting ability.
Official Website https://www.BillyBadnewz.com
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Ten Crack Commandments
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In “Ten Crack Commandments,” Biggie presents himself as the Moses of the drug game, juxtaposing the force of God with the dark forces of capitalism, much like Jay Z’s “D'Evils” As
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Snoop Dogg – Murder Was The Case (DeathAfterVisualizingEternity) Samples
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JAY-Z (Ft. James Blake) – MaNyfaCedGod
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“MaNyfaCedGod” finds JAY-Z delving back into the state of his relationship with wife Beyoncé and how they have conquered any trouble in their way.
In the television series Game of
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Pokee – Pokee's favourite instrumentals
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MY FAVOURITE INSTRUMENTALS IN HIP HOP / (No order) / MF Doom - Hey! / Jay-Z - Takeover / Big Sean - Outro / Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. / Jay-Z - Where I'm From / Big Sean - Bounce
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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D'Evils by JAY-Z · We used to fight for building blocks Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killin'. Genius Annotation. Genius Annotation 1 ...
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Pokee – Pokee - Favourite Songs
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These are some of my favourite tracks of all time in hip-hop
I’ll try my best to order them but honestly it probably won’t be accurate
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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D'Evils by JAY-Z · I used to say fuck mic skills I never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti. Genius Annotation. Genius Annotation 1 contributor. Jay-Z didn't ...
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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D'Evils by JAY-Z · Nine-to-five is how you survive, I ain't tryna survive I'm ... Jay-Z in Decoded explains this line saying,. “The first defence of a lot of ...
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JAY-Z (Ft. Briant "B-High" Biggs, Clark Kent, DJ Premier, Emory Jones, Gee Robertson, Jonathan Mannion, Kareem Burke, Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua, Memphis Bleek, Peter Panic, Ski Beatz, Tone Hooker & Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith) – RD20
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Released exclusively via Tidal on the 20th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt, the 25th of June 2016, the 35 minute film features exclusive interviews with major players behind Jay’s
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French Montana – State Of Mind
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New York made French the artist he is today because to make it in the Big Apple requires survival tactics and restless hustle.
Harry Fraud samples Allen Toussaint – Go Back Home
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Mike Myers – Hard Knock Life (Dr. Evil Remix)
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A parody of Jay Z’s song of the same name, which was featured in the third Austin Powers movie: Goldmember.
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Young Prophet (Ft. ZIA (USA)) – HERO
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[Intro: Jay-Z] / That’s what people don’t understand about me / It ain’t that— / I could make so many albums and just keep goin’ like, “how the fuck he do that?” Cuz it’s me / It’s
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JAY-Z – Can I Live
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Irv Gotti samples “The Look of Love” by Isaac Hayes as Jay asks a simple yet resonant question. A sequel was created with a feature from Memphis Bleek and was added as a bonus
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JAY-Z (Ft. Angela “Mecca” Scott) – Feelin' It
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Released on April 15, 1997, “Feelin’ It” was the fourth and final single from Jaÿ-Z’s debut album Reasonable Doubt, while the DJ Premier produced “Friend or Foe” was the single’s B
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onlyacustomer
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Jay Z stan. Lakers fanatic. Los Angeles.
Editored on 5/11/2016
“You’re only a customer, walking in the presence of hustlers”
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