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█▓███ ARTIST..: Talib Kweli ▐█▐
██▓██ TITLE...: Beautiful Struggle ▐█▐
█▓██▓ LABEL...: Geffen Records ▐█▐
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▒▒▒▓▒ RIP-DATE...: May-05-2004 STREET-DATE: 000-00-0000 ▐█▐
▒░▒░░ RIPPER.....: Team-ICE SUPPLIER...: Team-ICE ▐█▐
░░▒░▒ TYPE.......: Album GENRE......: Hip-Hop ▐█▐
▒▒░▒░ TRACKS.....: 16 SiZE.......: 90,8 MB ▐█▐
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█▒▒▒▓ QUALITY....: 192kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo ▐█▐
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█▓█▓█ URL........: n/a ▐█▐
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█▐01 █▐ the revolution ▌█ 03:33▌█ ▐█▐
█▐02 █▐ back up off me ▌█ 03:44▌█ ▐█▐
█▐03 █▐ from a place (feat. killer mike) ▌█ 04:44▌█ ▐█▐
█▐04 █▐ i tried (feat. mary j blige) ▌█ 04:26▌█ ▐█▐
█▐05 █▐ we got the beat (planet rock) ▌█ 03:23▌█ ▐█▐
█▐06 █▐ around my way ▌█ 04:16▌█ ▐█▐
█▐07 █▐ what we have is real ▌█ 03:50▌█ ▐█▐
█▐08 █▐ rock on and on ▌█ 03:28▌█ ▐█▐
█▐09 █▐ you dont know me ▌█ 04:52▌█ ▐█▐
█▐10 █▐ its the ghetto (feat. common) ▌█ 04:27▌█ ▐█▐
█▐11 █▐ hold your hands up high (feat. jean grae) ▌█ 05:49▌█ ▐█▐
█▐12 █▐ lonely people ▌█ 04:41▌█ ▐█▐
█▐13 █▐ we pullin out tonite ▌█ 04:38▌█ ▐█▐
█▐14 █▐ untitled instrumental ▌█ 02:33▌█ ▐█▐
█▐15 █▐ get em high (feat. kayne west) ▌█ 03:17▌█ ▐█▐
█▐16 █▐ supreme (feat. mos def) ▌█ 04:18▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐It is with great pleasure to bring you one of the most anticipated ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐albums of the year. What many of you have been waiting for, we present▌█ ▐█▐
█▐to you the new Talib Kweli. Please note that the following 16 tracks ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐aren't final mixes and were taken from very rough recordings and ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐versions of the songs, therefore they are most likely unmastered. It ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐is fairly certain that most of these we be featured on the retail when ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐it drops sometime later this year. None the less this gives you a good▌█ ▐█▐
█▐representation of what the album has in store. ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐Scans are included (both cover & CD) so the haters can sit the fuck ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐down and shut the fuck up, kthx! ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐Geffen Records is scheduled to release Talib Kweli's upcoming fourth ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐LP, Beautiful Struggle, soon. The LP is the sequel to 2002's solo debut▌█ ▐█▐
█▐Quality. ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐"Beautiful Struggle is like another way of saying a good fight," Talib ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐Kweli said about the title of the LP. "In describing the struggle you ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐are also talking about where you're trying to get at the end of that ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐struggle. Where you're trying to get is somewhere beautiful. So while ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐the struggle might be hard, it's what you're fighting for that makes it▌█ ▐█▐
█▐beautiful." ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐With Reflection Eternal, the first album was real hard," he continued. ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐"We were trying to find ourselves, that made it a great album. But it ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐was so hard to do, it kinda also tore us apart. Tek needed to figure ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐out where he was, I needed to figure out where I was. We both have a ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐clearer idea of what we want to do and it's going to be easier to work ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐now. We've always had intentions of making more albums." ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐Beautiful Struggle features production by Hi-Tek, Kanye West, Midi ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐Mafia and others. ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐Enjoy ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐<3 ICE ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐As 2004 brings about a new year, the month of February brings about our▌█ ▐█▐
█▐6-month anniversary. Bringing you well over 300 releases so far, we are▌█ ▐█▐
█▐striving to bring you even more quality releases in the time to come. ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐For those who have supported us through the tough times,you have our ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐gratitude and upmost respect. Look for more great releases from ICE ▌█ ▐█▐
█▐in 2004! ▌█ ▐█▐
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█▐ -Siteops seeking MP3 affils 10/100 mbit+ all locations ▌█ ▐█▐
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