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Jay Z "Can I Get A"

See What You Did There: 7 Clever Hip-Hop Radio Edits

February 18, 2015 - 2:52 pm by VIBE

Hip-hop isn't shy about getting dirty. While today's rap can be crude and quite explicit -- with topics ranging from gang violence to drugs and sex, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gives hitmakers the additional task of making family-friendly edits in their tracks. Here are a few of the most clever radio edits to ever touch the airwaves.—Sade Spence

Song: "Can I Get A..."
Artist: JAY Z
Real Line: “Can I get a... fuck you"
Radio Edit: "Can I get a... what what"

Jay Z "Can I Get A"
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50 Cent "I Get Money"
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Song: "I Get Money" Artist: 50 Cent Real Line: "Yeah I smell like the vault/ I used to sell dope/ I did play the block/ Now I play on boats" Radio Edit: "Yeah I smell like the vault/ I used to sell soap/ I did play the block/ Now I play on boats" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
A$AP Rocky
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Song: "Fuckin Problems" Artist: A$AP Rocky Feat. Drake, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz Real Line: "They say money make a nigga act niggerish/But at least a nigga, nigga rich" Radio Edit: "They say money make, money make, act jiggarish/ Oh, at least Hilfiger rich" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
Eminem
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Song: "My Name Is" Artist: Eminem Real Line: "Well since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else/ 'Cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt" Radio Edit: "Well since age 12, I’ve felt like a caged elf/Who stayed to himself in one space, chasing his tail" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
Lil Wayne
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Song: "A Milli" Artist: Lil Wayne Real Line: "Don't you hate a shy bitch/Yeah I ate a shy bitch/She ain't shy no more" Radio Edit: "Don't you hate a shy chick?/Had a plate of shy chicks/She ain't shy no more" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
Nicki Minaj
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Song: "Anaconda" Artist: Nicki Minaj Real Line: "I let him hit it cause he slang cocaine/He toss my salad like his name Romaine/And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain/I'm on some dumb shit" Radio Edit: "I let him it 'cause he hang hang hang/All in the salad like his name Romaine/And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain/I'm on some dumb shit" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
Dr. Dre and Snoop
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Song: "Nuthin' But A G Thang" Artist: Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg Real Line: "Now I ain’t with that shit lieutenant/Ain’t no pussy good enough to get burnt while I’m up in it" Radio Edit: "Now when she burnin' I'mma chill for a minute/‘Cause ain’t no lovin’ good enough to get burnt while I’m up in it" [videoembed size="full_width" alignment="center"][/videoembed]
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