# So what did they do to the cold crush?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 25, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214 "2007-12-25T18:01:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214/1 "2007-12-25T18:01:23Z")

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That Jay-Z gotta be overcharging niggas?

For that matter, what’s the cold crush?

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214/2 "2007-12-25T21:10:23Z")

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With the Jay-Z reference, I assume this is in reference to a hip-hop song/fad of some sort?

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214/3 "2007-12-25T21:16:20Z")

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[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7Nx6eR_GE) is what you are speaking of, **Biggirl**? ETA: Does he mean [The Cold Crush Brothers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cold_Crush_Brothers)? Maybe he is sampling them?

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-they-do-to-the-cold-crush/431214/4 "2007-12-25T22:23:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane]  
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7Nx6eR_GE) is what you are speaking of, **Biggirl**? ETA: Does he mean [The Cold Crush Brothers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cold_Crush_Brothers)? Maybe he is sampling them?  
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Yes, that is of which I speak.