Saturday, May 7, 2011

Astrological References in Hip Hop




"I'm a Pisces, I like to drink iced teas."
Grand Puba- "Lickshot"

"Born a Cancer zodiac with features that attract."
Pete Rock feat. Vinia Mojica- "Mind Blowing"

"What is a Scorpion? An animal that stings."
Pharoahe Monch- 'Behind Closed Doors"

"A cheeba cheeba ya'll, well I'm a Libra ya'll"
Wyclef(Fugees)- "Nappy Heads"

"August the 1st, So I guess I'm Leo."
Rampage- "Abandon Ship"

"I always roam through the forest, just like a brontasaurus, born in the month of May, so my sign is Taurus."
- Busta Rhymes "Abandon Ship"

"Me I'm a Pisces, blame it on my birthday."
Oddisee- "What's Crazy"

"Hand combat Tai-Chi, fight me, I'm Sagittarius, so I don't like Pisces"
Canibus- "The Mic Disease"

"Important, Am I? Gotta ask myself, but then I think twice like a Gemini."
O.C.- "M.U.G."

"Off the hook with (droppin visions), so the Leo of the trio."
- Tash (The Alkaholiks)- "Coast 2 Coast"

"I'm a true Capricorn, and I admit to being a complete control-freak," but falling in love can be so deliciously scary because you're having the time of your life, meanwhile leaving yourself open to being completely crushed. You feel like asking every other minute, 'But you're not going to hurt me, right?"
- Interview with Amerie

"Baby girl won’t you come and hold my hand Won’t you come and chill out with the Virgo"
Nas- "Virgo"

"Two fish, one swimmin’ up stream, one swimmin’ down livin’ in a dream "
Erykah Badu- "On &On"

"It's derived from the film and the book of the same title. But beyond that, the reference to the water represents my water sign [Pisces], and the chocolate represents the soul and the Blackness of the music."
-Common when asked about his album titled "Like water For Chocolate"

"D.A. wanna indict me cause fish scales in my veins like a Pisces."
-Jay Z " Blue Magic"

"I'm a, rhymer, with a tim-er attack to your mind, a reminder of what kind of headliner you'll see, when you come to the show Blast Master KRS-One, Leo -- the Lion."
- KRS One (BDP) "Duck Down"

"Sting ya like my sign do, I'm a Scorpio."
-Rock (Heltah Skeltah) "Eye of The Scorpio"

"No one (no one)I'm the scorpion And Ill probably bite the bullet cause I live by the gun."
-Onyx "Last Dayz"

"Aries is my sign, I know that I can rhyme sometimes I rhyme in riddles, plus I make the honeys wiggle."
-Q Tip (Tribe Called Quest) "God Lives Through"

"Pardon me, my mind wonders in the worst way, also a Pisces, blame it on my birthday."
-J- Live "What's Crazy"

"My Cancerian flow is all water like baby weight." - Tiye Phoenix

4 comments:

  1. This is really great. Shows how alive astrology really is. Keep it up.
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  2. Thanks, I really appreciate that. I think it's up to us to take the best from both the traditional and the contemporary and breathe new life into this art.
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  3. This is great, you really have to tune into lyrics to pick up on these "signs".
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  4. I didn't know about that KRS one astrology track until I heard it on your playlist below. Interesting the people you would never figure to be interested in Astrology
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