Dwele [1] | ||||
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Released | February 24, 2009 [2] | |||
Genre | R&B, Soul | |||
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Dwele is a self-titled unofficial mixtape by the American R&B singer Dwele, released on February 24, 2009. [2]
Number | Track Name | Length |
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1 | Coming Home (acapella) | 1:25 |
2 | I'm Cheatin' | 3:43 |
3 | Shady | 4:28 |
4 | Sketches of a Man | 1:29 |
5 | Love Ultra | 3:45 |
6 | Brandi | 2:19 |
7 | Don't You Have a Man | 1:04 |
8 | I Think I Love You | 3:46 |
9 | Got #2 | 1:31 |
10 | Lady at Mahogany | 4:05 |
11 | Without You(featuring Raphael Saadiq) | 2:10 |
12 | The Sun (Remix)[featuring New Sector Movements] | 4:57 |
13 | Money Don't Mean a Thing | 3:46 |
14 | That's The Way of The World(Earth Wind and Fire cover) | 5:18 |
15 | Too High(Stevie Wonder cover) | 4:01 |
16 | Open Your Eyes | 2:25 |
17 | Tainted(featuring Slum Village) | 1:29 |
18 | Flashing Lights (featuring Kanye West) | 1:48 |
19 | The People (featuring Common) | 1:18 |
20 | Say How I Feel(featuring Slum Village) | 1:17 |
21 | Fall In Love | 1:37 |
22 | Hold On(featuring Kanye West) | 3:12 |
23 | What's Goin' On(Marvin Gaye cover) | 1:37 |
24 | Startin' Somethin(Michael Jackson cover) | 1:52 |
25 | Without You (Live) | 4:50 |
26 | Whose in Town | 1:43 |
27 | Hold On | 2:26 |
28 | My Lova | 3:43 |
29 | Wuneanunda | 2:50 |
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