Live at Woodstock | ||||
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Released | September 1999 | |||
Recorded | July 23, 1999 | |||
Genre | Hardcore hip hop | |||
Label | Ruff Ryders | |||
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Singles from Live at Woodstock | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Daily Vault | B [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [3] |
Robert Christgau | [4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
The Source | (favorable) [6] |
USA Today | [7] |
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