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- ↑ "B.E.P. Empire" music video at YouTube
- ↑ 311 Audio via Wayback Machine
- ↑ "BEP Empire - 311 & Black Eyed Peas version". Archived from the original on 2006-05-20. Retrieved 2006-05-20.
- ↑ "Get Original" music video at YouTube
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