NJPLP Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) This is probably not new at all to any LPLive members here, but here are all the references I could find in the Xero songs of Reading My Eyes, Fuse, Stick N Move, Drop, and Fiends (there may be more, I'll update the topic if there are more references that I find). Reading My Eyes (1 reference): "I'm decorated like Christmas pines"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Christmas trees, specifically pine trees, again obviously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree Fuse (15 references) [Three of them are already known, but I'm going to put them here anyway]: "From the planet of Krypton": this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the fictional planet of Krypton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypton_(comics) "Get gone, spit on mics made in Hong Kong"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Hong Kong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong "Rock on, sing songs more mightier than King Kong"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to King Kong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong "Or Donkey Kong"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Donkey Kong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong "Got heads nodding like a Pez Candy convention"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Pez candy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez "Yo, it’s the junkyard, crooked letter-C-I-EN-tific"; this reference is already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references. https://linkinpedia.com/index.php?title=Junkyard_Scientific "Testing the eight hundred-eighteenth battalion"; this reference is also already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references also. "Enola Gay rhymes kick the notch up a level in intensity"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the Enola Gay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay "Please, don’t even speak the name of Ken"; once again, this reference is already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references. "On some go-go-Gadget mic shit"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Inspector Gadget, specifically the 1983 TV series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget_(1983_TV_series) "Better Dodge, or I’ll Ram this mic shaft through the back of an emcee’s hand"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the car brand Dodge, as well as their Ram pickup trucks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_pickup "With the strength of He-Man, a Cringer don’t want that"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to He-Man, as well as his pet companion Cringer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man "Battle cats in cypher sessions of speech": this lyric is, obviously, another reference to Cringer, when he turns into Battle Cat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Cat Stick N Move (11 references) [One of them are already known, but I'm going to put them here anyway]: "Into elements, bobbing of those the Buddha blessed"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the Buddha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha "Most definitely in my b-boy pose"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the b-boy pose/stance, which is an ancient pose used by the hip hop & break dancing community in the 80's. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=B-Boy Stance "It's the Electric Boogaloo with a slight twist:"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the Electric Boogaloo, which is a dance style, but there are two more references. There's also a 1984 song by Ollie & Jerry by the same name, which, in turn was used in the 1984 film 'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_boogaloo_(dance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Boogaloo_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakin'_2:_Electric_Boogaloo "Cobra Kai flystyles I'm kicking"; this lyric is a reference to The Karate Kid series, in which decades later they made a TV series in 2018 called, coincidentally, Cobra Kai. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid_(franchise) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Kai "Record industry rule four-thousand-eighty-one:"; this reference is already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_the_Rhime "Like Forrest you'll run"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the 1994 film Forrest Gump. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump "Turn your eyeballs into Saturn"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the planet Saturn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn "Full Metal Jacket, fully auto-rhyme pattern"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket Drop (6 references) [Two of them are already known, but I'm going to put them here anyway]: "But you're the one who watches Jerry Springer's guests with their shit schtick"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Jerry Springer, as well as his talk show, also, funny enough, called Jerry Springer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer_(talk_show) "Now I'm starting to think that Kaczynski fella had a good point"; this reference is already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski "So you can get home safe and visit Charles Manson's website"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to Charles Manson, as well as his website. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson https://www.charlesmanson.com/ "Or get murdered by Mr. Green in the alley with a lead pipe"; this reference is also already known, so no need to mention what this lyric references also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film) Edit: Fiends (4 References) [Two of them are most likely already known, but I'm going to put them here anyway]: "Junkyard Scientific, Styles, haha"; these 2 references are, most likely, already known so no need to mention what this lyric references. "It's like a royal flush"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to a royal flush, but there is one more reference. There's also a solitaire card game, which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards, that goes by the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands#Straight_flush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Flush_(game) "Stonehenge rhyme-riddle a mystery"; this lyric is, obviously, a reference to the Stonehenge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge As I said before there may more that I missed. If I find anymore references, I will edit the topic to add those references. If I did miss some references in those songs or any other Xero songs, let me know so I can edit this topic to add those references. Edited March 22, 2022 by NJPLP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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