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Released on February 28, 1992 and produced by Crazy C and Scarface, "A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die" made it to two Billboard charts, peaking at 69 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" and 13 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song features a sample of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues".
Many hip hop artists have referenced the dice game "Cee-Lo" in rap songs ever since the 1990s.
The brand has been mentioned in several rap songs, including Jay-Z's 2002 tracks; "Show You How" and "Jigga That Nigga, in Young Jeezy's track "Bury me a G", The Game's "Down for my Niggaz", T.I's "ASAP" and Lil Wayne's "Lock & Load (Feat. Kurupt)".
Some artists such as 2 Live Crew, Ice-T, and N.W.A. integrated misogynous lyrics into their rap songs.
Throughout the song, there are references to other "rap songs" such as OutKast's "Elevators (Me & You)", 50 Cent's "In Da Club", N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton", Lil Wayne's "A Milli" and Soulja Boy's club hit "Donk".
Their most well-known songs are "Planet Rock", "Looking for the Perfect Beat" and "Renegades of Funk" (which is one of the earliest political-conscious rap songs, alongside Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's "The Message").
In addition, the single "Down 4 My Niggaz" is affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha and was quoted in many later rap songs, such as by Lil Wayne in 2 Chainz' song "Yuck!", by Tyga in Hit 'Em Up, by Future in DJ Khaled's No New Friends, by Kanye West in Blood on the Leaves, and many more.