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- ↑ "Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah (3CD) The Most Anticipated And Bought Mixtape In Texas - Period - General Music Reviews". Epinions.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ sing365 Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Mixtape Messiah returns with a sequel January 5, 2006
- ↑ "Chamillionaire announces new single "Hip Hop Police" and Mixtape Messiah 3". WordOfSouth.com. June 12, 2007.
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- ↑ Mixtape MEssiah 6 on Sing365
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