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Papoose Reflects On Career Highlights And Fan Favorites In Nostalgic Post


Rap icon Papoose reflected back this week on one of his personal favorites while inviting his fans to reference the verses they most...

Almost immediately a fan mentioned the track, saying that it was an undisputed classic, which prompted Papoose to spill some tea on its convoluted background in the industry: “This song was number 1 across the country,” he said, before talking about the New York radio continuing to blackball the record out of behind-the-scenes politics. From breakfast cereal jokes (“Oatmeal said, you know I keep the heat around me .. corn flakes responded, ain’t nothing sweet about me”) to heavier matters about street life (“On New Years when the ball drop, why you niggaz bustin off more shots”), the comment section essentially turned into a time capsule of Papoose’s lyrical ingenuity. From back-in-the-day mixtape gems long forgotten to collaborations that spoke for their generation, the conversation cried loudly how quality writing truly stands the test of time- whether fully awake or half asleep at least once in history.

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