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Foods mentioned in Future’s “Tony Montana”, in order: Banana, cantaloupe, [po]tato, crab cakes, banana (again). 

They say you spend more at the grocery store if you go there hungry — your primordial instinct to horde kicks in and you get home realizing you’ve been had by Food Bazaar on the canned salmon deal (there’s no such thing as a deal on canned salmon!). Is it possible that some rappers suffer from a similar bias when they write raps? Especially if they’ve been smoking comically large blunts?

Future never uses the word “banana” to mean “banana” in “Tony Montana”. In the first verse, he refers to a “banana boat”, in the second verse a “100 round banana [clip]”. Similarly, [po]tato and cantaloupe are both used as stand-ins for “head” — the body part.

But it’s still amusingly unself-conscious that he would use the word banana twice in one song, especially when he says it so funny. Some words you can repeat in a rap song ad infinitum and no one would notice (the n-word, the f-word, etc), but banana showing up twice in that song is certainly noticeable, especially when it’s never used literally. So, yes, I’m telling you that I think Future was really hungry when he wrote the lyrics to his biggest hit.

The first verse to Spice 1’s “East Bay Gangster” has also put this thought in my head. Spice 1 sounds desperately in need of a trip to Johnny Rocket’s on this one:

“I’m rollin thicker than a milkshake/

I like to eat crab but I prefer steak/

I ain’t no joke motherfucker so don’t play yourself/

I’ll flip you over, fry your ass like a patty melt”

All that fake Patois and forced stuttering can work up an appetite, it seems. Any other hungry rapps out there guys? (Fat Boys don’t count)