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BullMoose wrote:All I know is about the "I have 99 problems and a bitch aint one" line.
And I'm pretty sure that's from a different at least 10 year old song :lol:

As for your concern about people feeling uncomfortable during "Wanna be ur lovr" performance: I believe Al sees who are willing to have "face full of crotch" :lol: , and who are like "oh no I'm not ready for this". I mean, if you were a girl who'd feel uncomfortable with what Al does during that performance, wouldn't you visibly display it? Since I haven't heard of anyone complaining about being embarrassed or upset, I guess he skips people who look like they might not like it.
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In the Handy song, he says "I've got 99 problems but a switch ain't one", so I'm assuming the line I mentioned earlier is from the same song?

And I suppose so! I'm glad he's better at visual cues than me, then ;) Much ado about nothing, is all.
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BullMoose wrote:In the Handy song, he says "I've got 99 problems but a switch ain't one", so I'm assuming the line I mentioned earlier is from the same song?

And I suppose so! I'm glad he's better at visual cues than me, then ;) Much ado about nothing, is all.
It's from the song "Problem" by Ariana Grande, which features Iggy Azalea.
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Ah, so it's simply a reference to another song, then?
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There's a line similar to it "I got 99 problems, but a switch ain't one" in problem. "I think it's I got 99 problems, but you ain't one", or something like that.
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Kevbo1987 wrote:It's from the song "Problem" by Ariana Grande, which features Iggy Azalea.
Never heard it. To me that line is a reference to rap classic "99 problems" by Jay-Z.
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See, that's what I was thinking.
So a parody of Fancy with a 99 problems reference stuck in there.

So now that that's been cleared up....
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BullMoose wrote:See, that's what I was thinking.
So a parody of Fancy with a 99 problems reference stuck in there.
I'm still not sure how much of a coincidence it is that both Al and Iggy dropped tracks with Jay Z 99 problems references within months of each other. It kind of reminds me of when Al dropped a "funky cold medina" reference in "Isle Thing" or that "Girl You Know Its' True" in The Plumbing Song.
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I REALLY dislike his song "Bob" I love the lyrics and I find the song really funny! But its the singing, its not Als singing, its FLIPPING BOB DYLAN! his singing has always annoyed me, and since this was a parody of Bob Dylan, Al had to sing it like Bob Dylan.
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Sounds great, was a great homage to Bob Dylan. He really put his own twist on Bob Dylan's vocal delivery, sounds awesome when Al does it.
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