Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer compresses 30 years of hip-hop history into 5 minutes. Grab a pen and pad, kiddies. School is now in session.

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Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol

What Rappers Mean:

• Lay a charge on my personal choice of intoxication that has left us in this most awkward position.

What the Dictionary Says:

• date rape

Previously on What Rappers Really Mean:
Stuntin’
I Got Plennie Muhneeh
My Swag
Goon
Hip-Hop Is Dead

Stuntin’

What the Dictionary Says:

• Retard the growth or development of

• an action displaying spectacular skill and daring

What Rappers Mean:

• An inexorable display of amassed wealth and liquid assets for the sole opportunity of soothing a voluminous ego.

I Got Plennie Muhneeh

What the Dictionary Says [money]:

• a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.

What Rappers Really Mean:

• I have acquired large sums of inestimable financial resources.

Swag/Swagger

What the Dictionary Says:

• [noun ] a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.
• [adjective] denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

What Rappers Really Mean:

• The purported interminable endearing presence I possess which holds my audience sway to every word I profess.

Hip-Hop Is Dead

What Wikipedia Says:

• Hip-Hop Is Dead is a studio album by American rapper and hip hop artist Nas, released December 19, 2006.

What Rappers Really Mean:

• My favorite music genre has been misappropriated for carousing, debauchery, lasciviousness and violent activity.

Previously on WRRM:
What Rappers Really Mean – Goon

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