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| Released | September 1999 | |||
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Deliverance is the debut studio album by Canadian hip hop group Citizen Kane, released in 1999, by independent label Treehouse Records. [1] It was nominated for Best Rap Recording at the 2000 Juno Awards. [2] The 2001 documentary Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary details the promotion and release of the album. [3]
Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! praised Deliverance as a "well-executed project" that "trims the fat and maintains [the group's] previous high level of quality control." [1]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 0:28 | |
| 2. | "Deliverance" | Fin-S | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Soldier Story" |
| 4:49 |
| 4. | "Interlude" | 0:31 | |
| 5. | "Monopoly Money" |
| 3:46 |
| 6. | "Gambler" | Fin-S | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Ini" (featuring Cali'Fate) | Fin-S | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Yancy" | 1:33 | |
| 9. | "Graffiti Knights" (featuring Alana Bridgewater) | Fin-S | 4:48 |
| 10. | "Remembrance Day" |
| 4:12 |
| 11. | "Who the Fuck" | Fin-S | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Interlude" | 0:26 | |
| 13. | "Tech Blows" (featuring Mission Holiday) | Fin-S | 5:06 |
| 14. | "Ice Niggaz" | Fin-S | 3:33 |
| 15. | "Interlude" | 0:10 | |
| 16. | "In da Cut" (featuring Camille Douglas) |
| 4:08 |
| 17. | "Confrontations" | Fin-S | 4:50 |
| 18. | "Eavesdroppin'" (featuring Dub-ill) | Fin-S | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 60:58 | ||
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