Ugh, its not just you and its one of my (minor) pet peeves with the new cast. Ice always talking about something he saw "on the timeline" or heard in a rap lyric to relate to the point. It typically goes like this:
Ish: In the urban community, many of us grew up impoverished so we wanted to better ourselves but didn't necessarily have the means so we turned to the street. We wanted the pretty girl, the car, and that takes finances....
Ice: Yo, HOV said it...money, cash, hoes, money, cash hoes. There's a Hov line for everything!"