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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Terror Squad ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: True Story ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Universal Records ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 43min total- 63.3mb ██████▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me 2:43 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 3:07 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Hum Drum 4:11 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Lean Back 4:07 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Take Me Home 3:30 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Streets Of NY 3:14 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Bring 'Em Back (Feat. Big 4:26 ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ 08 Yes Dem To Def 3:49 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 09 Pass Away 3:52 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 10 Let Them Things Go 4:05 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ KRS-One once talked about "bringing ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ back that ol' New York rap," and that's ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ exactly what the Terror Squad intend to do ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ with their sophomore LP, True Story. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "We're taking hip hop back to where it ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ started," says Joe, explaining the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ album's sound, "We're taking it back to ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ the Bronx." And though there is nothing ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ throwback about the album, as it pushes ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ the envelope of contemporary production, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ as far as attitude is concerned, Joe ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ couldn't be more right. Proud and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ defiant, yet calm cool and collected, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Terror Squad represent exactly what ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ makes hip hop so damn fresh. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Terror Squad, the brainchild of veteran ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Latino Bronx rapper Fat Joe, began when ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Joe found his protΘgΘ and fallen ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ superstar, Big Punisher in '96. Together ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ the two made platinum magic on Pun's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ two classic albums, Capitol Punishment ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ and Yeaah Baby!, and introduced the world ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ to their BX-based crew, with their ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ critically hailed, self-titled debut. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Though Pun passed in 2000, as an ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ unfortunate result of his obesity, Fat ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Joe has persevered against all odds both ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ as a soloist, experiencing his greatest ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ commercial success with his fourth ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ album, '01's Jealous Ones Still Envy, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ and as a leader, holding Terror Squad ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ together in spite of haters and skeptics ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ who predicted a collapse after Pun's ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ demise. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "In between every album people want to ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ count me out," says Joe, "but I'm not ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ going no where and this new album is the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ proof." In an exciting twist Fat Joe ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ decided to add female battle rap champ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Remy Ma (Pun's personal talent find) and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ R&B singer and heart throb, Tony Sunshine ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ to T.S.'s lineup of Prospect and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Armageddon. "I feel like my squad is ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ better than ever right now, as far as ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ lyrics," says Joe, "and I think that ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ the addition of Remy and Tony really ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ just gives us the diversity that we were ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ missing last time." ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Though all members shine on True Story, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ everyone in the crew agrees that the album ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ is Remy's in its essence. "I didn't go ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ into this trying to dominate the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ album," the surprisingly gentle thug ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ princess says, "but I'm honored that ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ the guys feel like I did such a good ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ job, because I really used all the energy ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ and creativity that I'd been saving up ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ when I recorded." With the most verses ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ on the LP, other than Joe, Remy Ma, a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Bronx native who was discovered and ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ recruited by Pun, has been waiting in ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the wings since 2000 when she signed to ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the now out-of-business Loud Records ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ (and actually made an LP, which was ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ sadly shelved). "I'm actually glad that ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ things didn't work out with that first ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ album," she says with a surprisingly ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ upbeat tone "because I still had a lot ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ of growing up to do, as an artist and a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ person, and now I'm finally ready." Remy ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ recently lit up New York this spring ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ with her crushing defeat of another ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ female rapper, Lady Luck, at a ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ closed-door battle. "I still don't ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ think that beating her was that big a ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ deal," says the 23 year-old, "but ever ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ since I did that, I've been hearing my ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ name all over the place: on radio, in ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ magazines." Backed by her staring turn ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ on the T.S. single, and negotiations with ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ several interested major labels, Remy is ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ sure to continue hearing her name all ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ about town. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Adding a unique flavor to the album, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ which sets it apart from its predecessor, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Tony Sunshine, who also recorded a ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ shelved LP for Loud, also stands tall ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ in the mix. "I've been singing basically ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ as long as I can remember," says the ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ soft-spoken, thoughtful Sunshine, "but I ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ really started out singing Latin music ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ as a child, and it wasn't until high ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ school that I discovered Motown and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Stevie Wonder, which was the music ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ that's become my passion." And it's that ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ supple blend of Latin flavor and R&B ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ soul that the 24 year-old BX native ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Sunshine lends to True Story. "For me ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ it's all about balance," he says, "because ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ people want to assume that because you ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ sing you're soft, so I didn't want to ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ live up to that, but at the same time, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ I knew I wanted to make something that ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ the ladies could relate to." Evidence of ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ emotive solo song "Streets of New York", ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ Gonna Stop Me" in which Tony actually ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ rhymes while an off-key Fat Joe belts out ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ the melody. In addition to lacing True ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Story, Tony Sunshine has also been ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀▀███████▀ album, which is produced by Miami ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ heat-makers, Cool & Dre. "It's so crazy ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ for me right now, because I got the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ time that radio is starting to play my ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Dirtbag." ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Prospect and Armageddon both ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ demonstrate new energy and a renewed ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ approach on the new album. "I have ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ nothing but trust for Joe," says ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Prospect, "so I just keep workin', ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ yaknawmean? And I come through and play ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ my part, just like on the first album, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 'cause I know my time is coming sooner ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ or later." And it is with that ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ soldier-like attitude that Pros wrecks ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ havoc on the mic throughout True Story, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ adding his sharp lyrical barbs wherever ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Joe felt they were needed. And ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Armageddon, who Fat Joe describes as ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ "the deepest lyricist in the crew," ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ finds new life on the LP contributing ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ not just rhymes this time, but also beats. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ "I been making beats for a couple of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ years now," says 'Geddy, as they ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ affectionately call him, "but I really ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ started taking it more serious ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ recently, 'cause I see it as another way ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ to add on creatively." Sticking strictly ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ to samples, which suits Geddy's no ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ nonsense demeanor, he gives the LP it's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ dark side, the Yin to the somewhat ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ upbeat Yang provided by big name ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ beatmakers like Scott Storch, Buckwild ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ and Lord Finesse. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "This summer is gonna be known as the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ summer of T.S.," Fat Joe proclaims, when ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ asked what his goal for the LP is. ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ "People don't even know what's gonna hit ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ them when they hear this record. And ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ this is just the beginning." Indeed, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ after just over a decade in the game, ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ slowly cultivating his loyal fanbase and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ growing his team, naturally, and at ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ their own pace, Fat Joe is ready to ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ begin anew, as both his team's ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ franchise player, coach and owner. And ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ as unlikely as it sounds, Joe's Bronx ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ tale is no doubt, a true story. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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