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- 1 2 3 RapReviews.com The 20/20 Project "Employees of the Year EP" review by Emanuel Wallace, September 7, 2010
- ↑ Peace Magazine September 2010 Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Black Mountain's Wilderness Heart Tops Campus Chart" [usurped] . Chart Attack, Chris Burland, October 26, 2010
- ↑ "Quick Hitters:: The 20/20 Project – Employees of the Year". Review at Hero Hill. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ !Earshot Charts October 26, 2010
- ↑ !Earshot Charts October 26, 2010
- ↑ !Earshot Charts October 19, 2010
- ↑ "Latest CHUO 89.1 MHZ - Ottawa ON : Latest Hip Hop chart".
- ↑ "Tapes and Crates". urbnet.bandcamp.com. Urbnet. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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