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- ↑ Henry, Krista (2007) "CARIBBEAN flavour: Pressure builds from Virgin Islands Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ", Jamaica Gleaner , 16 September 2007, retrieved 4 November 2012
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- ↑ Walsh, Austin (2009) "Pressure and Perfect", Times-Standard , 12 November 2009, retrieved 4 November 2012
- ↑ PRESSURE
- ↑ "Putting Pressure on crime in USVI", Jamaica Observer , August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013
- ↑ Campbell, Howard (2014) "More sounds from Pressure Busspipe", Jamaica Observer , 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014
- ↑ Jackson, Kevin (2016) "Pressure’s Red Rose blooms on Billboard", Jamaica Observer , 17 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016
- ↑ "Pressure set to drop new album", Jamaica Observer , 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019
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