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- ↑ "Spice 1: The Murda Show [Vinyl]: Music" . Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ↑ "187 He Wrote - Spice 1 | Awards". AllMusic. 1993-09-28. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
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