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- ↑ The Federation Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine artist profile at EMI
- 1 2 Jeffries, David. The Federation biography at Allmusic
- 1 2 3 Federation discography at Allmusic
- ↑ "I Wear My Stunna Glasses At Night" has been in rotation on Bay Area urban music station KYLD throughout 2006, starting August through December
- 1 2 allmusic ((( Recognize the Bay, Vol. 2 > Overview )))
- ↑ Bay Area urban music station KYLD "Wild 94.9" has given airplay to the song throughout 2006, starting December 2006 and continuing into February 2007 and May 2007
- ↑ "E-40, Stressmatic, J. Banks "Off the Block" Video | Complex". Complex Networks . Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
