| True Links | ||||
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| Released | June 14, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Underground hip hop | |||
| Label | MCEO | |||
| Producer | 9th Wonder, Illmind, Khrysis, Slicemysta, Obsidian Blue, DJ Forge, Picasso | |||
| Edgar Allen Floe chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop.com |   [1] |
| Okayplayer | (83) [2] |
| HipHopSite.com | [3] |
| MVRemix | (favourable) [4] |
True Links is the first EP by the rapper Edgar Allen Floe.
It contains nine tracks produced by 9th Wonder, Illmind and others. Only one track has guest vocals: L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Median appear on "The Great Adventure". DJ Ethx considers this to be a reason why True Links is monotonous writing, "[d]epending on your patience or perspective, Mr. Floe's True Links is either a decent, and promising, debut for an artist in his career's infancy or a fairly monotonous listen; one that could have been aided by a bit of versatility in cadence and tone, or perhaps supplemented by more guest vocalists." [5] [ failed verification ] Similarly, Miles Duncan of Okayplayer considers the EP to have repetitive and monotonous rapping, but also strong production and personal lyrics. [6] Starrene Rhett of AllHipHop.com describes True Links as a "dope listening experience[...] [e]compassing a jazzy sound reminiscent of east coast Hip-Hop circa the early to mid 90s." [7]
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