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Curren$y's Jet World Order 2, the newest entry into the already massive Jet Life catalog,is a sweeping look back at the high life. With Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy present on nearly every track, the Jet Life ethos is placed on a platform for all to understand. While the topics—women, weed, and cars—rarely deviate, the flows and styles, trippy beats, and an occasional Curren$y verse, easily holds the tape in a fifth-gear cruise.
Here are the 10 best lines from Jet World Order 2, as selected by Rap Genius writer Gavin Matthews.
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“I've been getting cheese, just let it be/I told you before, I got the recipe/Cooking up hot shit, I smash the beat” - Trademark Da Skydiver
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver "M.I.A."
Each time that Trademark, who isn't yet a household name, brags about his cash flow, eyebrows are raised. Still, Skydiver uses some ill food and cooking metaphors to communicate his fiscal success with ease.
“Get my paper up early, I'm alive and high/Flamingo, my lingo is one of a kind” - Trademark Da Skydiver
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy "Welcome"
Trademark mixes slang from a large variety of places, blending East Coast, West Coast, and New Orleans' local flair into his own language. While everyone “sleeps” on his career, Trademark wakes up early and high, ready to spend the day working. What he puts down is one of a kind, the bright pink flamingo in a room of regular birds.
“And they say I'm heading nowhere fast/So I traded in my mask for pen and pad” - Young Roddy
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy "Never Will"
Street life and rap life are sometimes hard to tell apart. Roddy was wise enough as a kid to realize the difference, trading his bullets and literal dead end path for a chance at fame and riches. Rap, instead of the trap, is the real life of the Jet Life crew.
“The threads on me sporty, no you can't afford these woadie/Holy kush smoke I'm loaded, steady rolling up them swollies” - Trademark Da Skydiver
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy "No Sleep"
Trademark keeps two things in his life close: clothes and drugs. While you envy his seemingly endless supply of weed, be sure to check out his Polo Sport wardrobe, too. Trademark keeps his signature lingo intact in the process.
“God meant me to push a Bentley/Big said that, so I always play it back” - Curren$y
Song: Curren$y f/ Young Roddy & Trademark Da Skydiver "Money Gramz"
Few can sum up an entire movement as well as Curren$y, a lyrical master when it comes to the finer points in life. With God ordaining young Spitta to finally buy a luxury Bentley, his mission in life is perfectly clear. Curren$y repeats the same idea on every track just to drive the point home.
“And like my Houston cats, I'm ridin' on chrome” - Young Roddy
Song: Curren$y f/ Young Roddy "Good Sense"
Roddy has a talent for surprisingly deep lines. The Texas rap scene is famous for its Pimp My Ride-level cars and massive chrome rims, an image Roddy sees himself following. At the same time, with no stable family, Roddy's entire career depended on his street smarts and “chrome” gun. While others ride through the Houston streets for fame, Roddy's life rides on a very fine line.
“Buy a pound, smoke out, and buy a new car and I paint it/You looking like you could afford it/Yeah, well buy it bitch” - CornerBoy P
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy, CornerBoy P "Too High"
Rap bragging usually dies down when it comes to walking the walk, but proof is exactly what Cornerboy brings. While his pounds of drugs and exotic cars seem made-up, you can actually find him sporting the full Jet Life kit and cruising New Orleans in his finest whip at any time.
“I spit heat, I spit flame, my street name be propane” - Young Roddy
Song: Curren$y f/ Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy "No Sleep"
Roddy calls on his Hank Hill flow to put a new spin on the “hottest alive” line. Instead of a bright, short-lived fire, Roddy's career burns clean and true, leaving him to stand as a shining light while the rest burn out.
“I'm comin' from a hood where every crib got free cable/Always strapped with a banger, every track be a banger” - Young Roddy
Song: Curren$y f/ Young Roddy "Raw"
The constant raps about weed, women, and cars in the Jet Life group makes it easy to forget that each member came from nothing. Still, one of the few perks of a tight-knit 'hood is access to an illegally split cable line, giving free service to an entire neighborhood, making theft and crime a part of everyday life. Keeping that spirit alive, even in success, Roddy still carries his trusty gun into the studio and produces the tracks that his hometown craves.
“Paid in full, side turbo, drop top with the stash box/Let's go in and be stars and leave out with the broads” - Curren$y
Song: Curren$y f/ Young Roddy & Trademark Da Skydiver "Money Gramz"
Curren$y is the ringleader of the Jet Life crew. He rakes in the lion's share of weed, cash, and the spoils of fame. With a collection of nice cars and bags of cash, Spitta can flip between laid back dude and hot celebrity at any time.
