You Better Weaponize | ||||
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Released | November 6, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011-2012 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, alternative hip hop | |||
Label | Tru Ruts | |||
Producer | Big Cats! | |||
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Reviler | Favorable [1] |
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "To Young Leaders" | Big Cats! | |
2. | "Until There's Nothing Left" (featuring Crescent Moon & Toki Wright) | Big Cats! | |
3. | "Lightning" (featuring Chastity Brown) | Big Cats! | |
4. | "Underground Sex Party" (featuring Kristoff Krane) | Big Cats! | |
5. | "Other" (featuring Chastity Brown, See More Perspective and Chantz Erolin) | Big Cats! | |
6. | "Fireworks" | Big Cats! | |
7. | "Everything Burns" | Big Cats! | |
8. | "Straight Outta Genosha" | Big Cats! | |
9. | "Break" (featuring Kristoff Krane) | Big Cats! | |
10. | "A Leap of Faith into a Bottomless Pit" | Big Cats! | |
11. | "The Invisible Backpacker of Privilege" (featuring Chantz Erolin and Truth Be Told) | Big Cats! | |
12. | "A Pragmatist's Guide to Revolution" | Big Cats! | |
13. | "Asterisk" | Big Cats! |
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