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▄▓▀▀ ▀████▓▄█▓▓▓███▓█▓▀▀▀ TEAM RNS PRESENTS ▄■ ▐█▄▓██
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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Tru-Paz ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: State Of Emergency ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Incognito ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
▀▀████▀▀▄██████▀ Entertainment/Urbnet Records ▀██████▄▀▀████▀▀
▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: Team RNS ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▐██████ 183kbps avg - Hip-Hop ▐▓█████▌
▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 42min total- 58.7mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-08-10 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-08-10 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 The Oath 0:26 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Paint A Picture 3:20 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 For Whom The Bell Tolls 3:26 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Sunshine Children 2:58 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 One Day 4:01 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Exodus 1:25 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 We Can Make It 3:26 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Feel This 3:03 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Rude Boy 3:31 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 We Ain't Promised Tommorrow 3:24 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 This Love 3:52 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 12 Imperialism 0:51 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Babylon Is Falling 4:18 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 14 State Of Emergency 4:37 ▀█████▄
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Tru-Paz are back! After the successful ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ debut of "R-Evolution" comes the new ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ album, "State of Emergency". The Tru-Paz ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ have put it all together on this album ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ as they have evolved to create a new ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ sound in hip hop, bringing together a ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ fusion of Rap, Reggae, Rock, and Soul. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Tru-Paz have followed in the path of ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ many great artists before them like ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Public Enemy, Rakim, and Bob Marley to ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ bring hip hop a concious theme and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ thought provoking music. The lead vocals ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ by Akim combined with the equally talented ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Boozy over DJ Unknown's beats is a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ combination that music lovers can truly ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ appreciate. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Whether it's in the middle of a street ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ cipher, or in the club, whether its' in ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the basement or on stage, Tru-Paz will ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ be there. To define Tru-Paz is to ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ define what Hip Hop is. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Hip Hop today is the epitome of Pop, the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ style and the music. Hip hop is also ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the epitome of street expression. Some ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ view this dichotomy as a paradox, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Tru-Paz views it as an opportunity. ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Akim, Boozy, and DJ Unknown are looking ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ to bring up-tempo, energizing music with ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ a conscious message into the ears of ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ the people. Blending the good feelings ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ of club music, with the uplifting vibes of ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ positive messages, Tru-Paz hopes to ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ deliver a universal brand of Hip Hop. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ The group is composed of three core ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ members: Akim, Boozy and DJ Unknown. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Akim is the lead MC, delivering sharp and ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ energizing vocals that cut to the heart ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ of any issue that needs to be tackled. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ His fans have compared him to everyone ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ from Big L to Jay Z. ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Boozy is the Yang to Akim's Ying. Where ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Akim is fierce and aggressive, Boozy ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ is cool and smooth. His sultry blend of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ harmonious singing and soulful rapping ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ gives Tru-Paz a distinct reggae feel that ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ very few groups possess. With his ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ powerful voice and moving verses, Boozy ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ is the perfect compliment to Akim's raw ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ energy. Anyone that has heard Boozy has ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ compared him to such legends as Tupac, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ and Bob Marley. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ With two solid vocal forces, DJ Unknown ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ provides the glue that binds Tru-Paz ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ together. With production that ranges ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ from choppy samples over hard drums, to ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ soulful electronic grooves over jazzy ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ rhythmic drum loops. Unknown weaves ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ melodies that both move the listener, as ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ well as compliment Akim and Boozy's ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ flows. As a producer, DJ Unknown has ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Premier and DJ Shadow. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Together, these three artists represent ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ one goal. Together, they aspire to unite ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ the fragmented Hip Hop community into ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ one unstoppable force. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ The Tru-Paz vision is to inspire ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ everyone, from the Backpack kids who ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ study Hip Hop history, to the club ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ kids who bang bass heavy beats in their ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ ride. From the average Pop listener, to ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the most intense music critic, the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Tru-Paz aim to smash the boundaries that ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ divide Hip Hop. To take Hip Hop to ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ where it was meant to be, to be a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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