Hip Hop Hospitality: The Many Hotels of Rap Lyrics

Curbed: Jay-Z raps that he and Kanye West come "live from the Mercer" on Watch the Throne's "Otis", after the dynamic duo rented out an entire floor of the NYC hotel to record the album. Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Kendrick Lamar name-drops the Las Vegas Palms Casino Resort on Drake's "Buried Alive": "Put her in the Palms Hotel, sin city/Devil in a dress, Platinum Chanel." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Rick Ross "Maybach Music III" has T.I. on a guest verse inviting an old flame to "Fly to NY, meet me at the Waldorf/Astorian, Architecture Victorian/Ridin' in the past like you're driving a DeLorean." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Ever tortured by fame, Drake raps on Young Money's "Bedrock" that he's "at the W, but I can't meet you in the lobby," following that up with "Girl, I gotta watch my back, cause I'm not just anybody." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Rick Ross talks about being "at the Eden Rock in the pool with a dame" on P.O.D.'s "Something's Going On." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Where can you find Pusha T, according to "Raid"? Why, at the "Gansevoort, any of them top floors." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Eminem's reference to one of LA's classic hotels comes on "California," off the 8 Mile soundtrack, where he raps about "Beverly shoppin’, Beverly men pickin’ / Beverly hotel, Beverly sweet pimpin.'" Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: According to Game on "Jesus Piece," "God says everything happens for a reason,/I seen four seasons at The Four Seasons." He could also be alluding to being arrested at Greensboro's Four Seasons Mall. Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: "I'm Feelin'" finds Pittsburgh wordsmith Wiz Khalifa working in "Shawty rollin’ them veggies up/That’s RAWs at the courtyard/Take it to the Marriott." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: Rapper Sudan Ahmeer Williams, better known by him stage name Iamsu!, name-drops the Fontainebleau in "Only That Real," saying "Fontainebleau MIA/You can hang with us baby but you cannot stay." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: "I'm at the Trump International, ask for me I ain't never scared," grandstands Jay Z on "What More Can I Say." Baca selengkapnya.

Curbed: On 50 Cent's "Window Shopper," he tells the story of telling some fresh young thing to "Meet me at the Mondrian so we can do our thang.'/She can bring the lingerie with her, I sup-pose." Baca selengkapnya.