When I was young, stupid, and a Tupac fan, I didn’t understand the song Mobb Deep aimed at him: ‘Drop a Gem on ‘Em’. I heard subliminal shots at the song’s target on a grimy beat, but nothing to match the insults Pac hurled at them.
However, now that I can appreciate East Coast lyricism—prefer it, in fact—I realize that they slammed Pac with banging intensity. It’s gritty rapping over an iconic dark beat, adding up to a remarkably fierce track.
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My Mobb’s like a bunch of wild Puerto Ricans
With bangers the size of African spears…
Who Shot Ya? You probably screamed louder than an opera
New York gotcha, now you wanna use my mob as a crutch
What makes you think you can’t get bucked again, once again?Now gems pulls gats, like a basehead pulls on stems,
The Mobb got the bomb, run out and tell a friend
Drop A Gem On Em…
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