Magic Villa

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Magic Villa
Magic Villa album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 April 2000 (Sweden)
4 December 2000 (UK and United States)
Genre Hip hop
Length58:00
Label LED Recordings
Producer Thomas Rusiak, Kent (Gillström) Isaacs
Thomas Rusiak chronology
Magic Villa
(2000)
In the Sun
(2003)

Magic Villa is the debut solo album by Swedish hip hop artist Thomas Rusiak. The album peaked at #9 on the Swedish album chart on 10 August 2000 [1]

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Thomas Rusiak, except where noted.

  1. "Featherweight" – 6:05
  2. "Whole Lot of Things" – 3:41
  3. "All Yours" – 3:52
    • Featuring Awa
  4. "She" – 5:33
    • Featuring Masayah
  5. "Fire Walk With Me" – 3:43
  6. "Hiphopper" – 4:48
  7. "Existence" – 5:34
  8. "Pearls" – 4:20
  9. "STHLM's Finest" – 2:29
    • Featuring Teddybears STHLM
  10. "Ahead of My Time" – 3:11
  11. "Breakout" – 8:23
  12. "Magic Villa" – 6:13

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References

  1. swedishcharts.com Retrieved 27 July 2009.