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Jay-Z
"Lucky Me"
Wayne -- who was born Dwayne Michael Carter -- connects with this
track from Jigga's In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. "He refers to
his mom, 'Mrs. Carter,' which is also my mom's name," he says. "I
always felt like that song was talking about me."
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Scarface Feat.
Tupac "Smile"
This surprisingly sunny track, the last of many collaborations
from two of hip-hop's top lyricists, was recorded just before 'Pac
died: "They were always going at it. It was incredible to hear it
one last time."
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Big
Pun "It's So Hard"
"Pun's wordplay used to be crazy," Lil' Wayne says of the late
Latino MC. Wayne, who hails from New Orleans' Uptown neighborhood,
digs the lyric "Where my niggaz at?/Uptown! Uptown!/You know you
feelin' that."
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Notorious
B.I.G. "Ten Crack Commandments"
As an ex-dealer, Wayne respects Biggie's practical list of rules
("Number six: That goddamn credit, dead it/You think a crackhead
payin' you back?/Shit, forget it"). "That's the realest shit right
there," he says.
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