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Old 05-08-17, 05:39 PM
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Default Anyone notice the Lexus lyric on the new Kendrick Lamar?

I haven't listened to the new Kendrick Lamar all that closely, but this post on the HP points out he drops Lexus in a lyric:

“At 27, my biggest fear was losin’ it all
Scared to spend money, had me sleepin’ from hall to hall
Scared to go back to Section 8 with my mama stressin’
30 shows a month and I still won’t buy me no Lexus”

It's pretty impressive if he's managed to have this kind of success and not even splurge on a car...
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What is a Kendrick Lamar?
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
What is a Kendrick Lamar?
Basically, a Rap artist.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Basically, a Rap artist.
When you recognize a rapper before I do, I have a problem LOL

<------- is officially old!
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
When you recognize a rapper before I do, I have a problem LOL

<------- is officially old!
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
When you recognize a rapper before I do, I have a problem LOL

<------- is officially old!

That stuff is not my cup of tea (never was)........but it's hard not to recognize rap lyrics. It's an exclusive and distinctive style.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
That stuff is not my cup of tea (never was)........but it's hard not to recognize rap lyrics. It's an exclusive and distinctive style.
I was mostly being funny
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
What is a Kendrick Lamar?
I was gonna ask the same thing. Reminds me of when I went into someone's office and they said, "Are you all about the bass?" I said excuse me? Then two guys laughed and said obviously you don't have teenage daughters. Nope, a 3 y.o. son.

Another time, a bunch of VPs were all standing around, raving about JT. I said yeah he's awesome, actually, I learned a bunch of his tunes when I first started playing guitar.

"You play Justin Timberlake?"
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Originally Posted by Johnhav430
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Another time, a bunch of VPs were all standing around, raving about JT. I said yeah he's awesome, actually, I learned a bunch of his tunes when I first started playing guitar.

"You play Justin Timberlake?"
Haha, that's ones a classic.
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
What is a Kendrick Lamar?
Showing my age - I immediately thought of the Headly Lamar character in the Blazing Saddles movie.
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Showing my age - I immediately thought of the Headly Lamar character in the Blazing Saddles movie.
At least I'm not alone lol
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Lexus got a shout out from Notorious and another time in a Lil Kim song.

LL Cool J drove an SC (I believe?) in the Loungin' video.

For whatever reason, I think Lexus had a lot more street cred with the hip hop community 15-20 yrs ago.
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Originally Posted by BrownPride
Lexus got a shout out from Notorious and another time in a Lil Kim song.

LL Cool J drove an SC (I believe?) in the Loungin' video.

For whatever reason, I think Lexus had a lot more street cred with the hip hop community 15-20 yrs ago.
There's certainly no shortage of the references to Lexus in records of that time!
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
What is a Kendrick Lamar?
Ha ha! I don't really listen to hip hop any more, so I just know who he is because my local station plays him all the time. Not something I turn off, but nothing I'd run out and buy either.
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