Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle album influenced the R&B genre’s 1994/1995 sound
It also influenced LL Cool J’s rebrand into the Mr Smith era and was a direct influence on the Ready To Die album’s singles (most obviously Big Poppa)
fun fact: not only is yungeen ace BANNED from having guns in jacksonville by their PD but he’s also unable to have armed security in the city & that’s even if there’s a threat on his life
Pound Cake wasn’t a collab. It was a quiet power struggle‼️💯.
Jay-Z opens with a direct shot at Drake: “I had Benzes ’fore you had braces.” Then he flexes harder—500 million, a “pound cake,” and the claim that he made more millionaires than the lottery (Dame, Ye, Cam, the whole list). Clear message: I was rich and running the game while you were still a kid‼️💯.
Drake waits for the beat to switch, then answers without raising his voice. “I’m the big homie, they still be tryna lil bro me… I’m the greatest of my generation… I did it better.”‼️ No more little-brother role‼️💯.
Drake later admitted Jay always “reminds me that he is the true big homey.” His reply? “I’m the big homey too.”‼️💯
This is the foundation of the issue between the both of them‼️. One doesn't want to accept the other as his equal or maybe greater‼️💯, the other doesn’t want to succumb to that insecurity and shrink himself for the ego of another‼️💯
One track. Two kings. Measuring each other in real time‼️and still measuring till this day‼️💯