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Track List
Ab-Soul. (2016). Do What Thou Wilt. TopDawgEntertainment. Studio Album.
J Cole. (2016). 4 Your Eyez Only. Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope Records. Studio Album.
J Cole. (2014). Be Free. Dreamville, Interscope Records.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). Alright. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 7 in studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). i. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 15 in studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). Mortal Man. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 16 in studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). The Blacker the Berry. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 13 in studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). To Pimp A Butterfly. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Studio Album.
Kendrick Lamar. (2015). U. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 6 in studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly.
Kendrick Lamar. (2012). Cartoon and Cereal. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records.
Kendrick Lamar. (2012). Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Studio Album.
Public Enemy. (1989). Fight The Power. Motown Records.
Tupac. (2005). Ghetto Gospel. Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records. Track 4 in studio album, Loyal to the Game.
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Journals
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Track List
Dr. Dre, Anderson.Paak. (2015). Animals. Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 14 in studio album, Compton.
Dre. Dre, Anderson.Paak, Justus, Kendrick Lamar. (2015). Deep Water. Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 9 in album studio album, Compton.
Immortal Technique. (2003). Point of No Return. Viper Records. Track 2 in studio album, Revolutionary Vol. 2.
J Cole, Omen. (2015). Caged Bird. Dreamville, Interscope Records. Track 4 in studio album, Revenge of the Dreamers II.
Kendrick Lamar. (2012). Swimming Pools. TopDawgEntertainment, Aftermath, Interscope Records. Track 9 in studio album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.
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