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- ↑ "Eight Golden Age Hip Hop Albums You've Never Heard". The Manitoban. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- 1 2 "Hajpad och hemlig veteran". Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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