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- ↑ "Kool & the Gang: Hot Soul Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ↑ "Underground by EPMD". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ↑ "Night of the Living Baseheads by Public Enemy". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
