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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Knoc-Turn'Al ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-03-19 ▄██▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Intro (feat. Old Leroy & 1:07 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 03 Love LA 2:50 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 04 The Way I Am (feat. Snoop Dogg)4:41 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 05 Watch Out (feat. Hitman) 2:51 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 06 Radio Skit (feat. Old Leroy & 0:50 ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ 07 Peepin' Tom 3:31 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 08 Click-Click (feat. Slip Capone 2:37 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▐███▌▄█████▀ 10 What We Do (feat. Xzibit, 3:58 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 11 I Like (feat. Yero Brock) 5:12 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 12 Change This Game 3:23 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 13 Until The Day (A Souljah 4:04 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Story) (feat. Blaq Rose) ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ He's the man that Dr. Dre, Warren G and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ others turn to when they need help ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ writing hit songs. He's been featured on ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ landmark albums, hit soundtracks and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ released his own critically acclaimed ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ EP. Now, with his long-awaited debut ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ album on LA Confidential/Elektra ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Entertainment, 'The Way I Am,' ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Knoc-Turn'al is poised to become a ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ bonafied hip-hop superstar in his own ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ right. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Chock full of catchy singles, strong ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ concept songs and irresistible beats ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ from Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Timbaland, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ DJ Quik and others, 'The Way I Am' ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ gives fans an intimate look into the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ man that made his mark on Dr. Dre's ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ '2001' album, the soundtrack for 'The ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Wash' and his own 'Knoc's Landin'' EP. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ With the spotlight squarely on him with ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ his new album, Knoc-Turn'al wants to make ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ sure that fans get a glimpse into his ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ world, hence the album's title. 'I want ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ people to get to know me,' Knoc ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ explains. 'Within the album, I'm trying ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ to explain to you the texture of where ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ I've come from, where I'm trying to go, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ where I've been, what I need to see in ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ my lifetime, what I hope I accomplish. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ I have set a lot of goals for myself and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ I'm trying to raise the bar on my own self ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ so when 10 years come down the line I'm ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ still here.' ▓█▌ █████▌
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Dogg) goes a long way to making that goal ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ a reality. Produced by Storch, the cut's ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ thumping drums, dramatic keyboards, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ choice string section and Knoc's ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ type of undeniable cut whose shelf life ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ never expires. Knoc sets the song off ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ by explaining how the bond he has with ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Dr. Dre, DJ Quik, Xzibit, Eminem, 50 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Cent and others extends beyond business. ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 'It explains what I've been through and ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ the respect level that people in the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ industry have for me,' he says. 'It's ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ not like I'm somebody where they're like, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 'Oh, here he come,' and they turn away. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ When I come, they're like, 'Look at ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Knoc. Here he comes.' They smile about ▐███ ▐█████
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ standards and a lot of loyalty. People ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ like that. And it's hard to find people ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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█████▌ ███▌ Tom,' to the splendor of his city's ▐███ ▐█████
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 'It's the people that I listened to as ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ I just didn't throw a bunch of names at ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Unless you know these songs and listen ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ 10 years, you wouldn't know I'm ▐███ ▐█████
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▐█████ ▐█▓ everything that I want to do, I'm going ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to represent where I'm from. I'm going ▐███ ▐█████
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Thuggin' and the second single, the Dr. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Dre-produced 'I Like.' These cuts show ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ winning relationship with Dr. Dre and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Knoc. In 1998, LA Confidential honcho ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Big D took some of Knoc's music to Dr. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Dre. Impressed by the upstart's output, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Dre invited Knoc to the studio and had ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ him rap for him on the spot. After Knoc ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Soon thereafter, Knoc was writing and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ album and then 'The Wash' soundtrack. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ At the same time, Knoc was working on ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ his own album and trying to distance ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ himself from his criminal past. With the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ huge demand for his music in the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ that Elektra signed Knoc-Turn'al to a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ contract and that his music quickly became ▀█████▄
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ After recording scores of songs, the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ explosive 'Knoc's Landing' EP arrived in ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ stores in mid-2002. Anchored by lead ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ single 'The Knoc,' with Dr. Dre and ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Missy Elliott and a groundbreaking ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ video in which Knoc played 17 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ characters, and the Kanye West-produced ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ hit 'Muzik,' one of the few songs which ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ former Beatle Paul McCartney cleared a ▓█▌ █████▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Warren G and others and to sing the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ recent 'Light's Out' single. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███████▀ dictate whether or not I'm still going ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ to be here in ten years. The remix that's ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ going on now with Snoop Dogg solidifies ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ done a song with everybody. Snoop was ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ he is.' ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▀▀███████▀ Knoc-Turn'al deliver a string of hits as ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ experience and his respect within the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 'It's been a very long road, but it's ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▀▀███████▀ my career couldn't be better. I've ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ there is early in my career, from DJ ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Quik to Dre to Ice Cube to Mack 10 to ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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