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Kelly ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓█████▓▀ ▐▓█████▓▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ Encoder.: Audioactive ▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓█████▓▌ ▄▄██████▓▓▓▀▀ ▄▄ Genre...: Hip-Hop ▄▄ ▀▀▓▓▓██████▄▄ ▄▄▓█████▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▄▓█▓▀▀▓ Rel.date: 08/27/2002 ▄▓▀▀▓█▓▄ ▀▀▓▓▓▓█████▓▄▄ ▄▄▓██████▓▓▓█▄ ▀██▓▓▌ ▀▓ Rip.Date: 08/02/2002 ▀▀ ▐▓▓██▀ ▄█▓▓▓██████▓▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▓▄▒ ▀█▓▓▄ Size....: 66MB ▄▓▓█▀ ▒▄▓▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▓▀▓███▀██▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▀█▓▄ Source..: Compact Disc ▄▓█▀ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓██▀███▓▀▓ ▒ ▓▄ ▒██▌ ████▓▓▓▓▓▄ ▀█▓▄ ▄▓█▀ ▄▓▓▓▓▓████ ▐██▒ ▄▓ ▄▀ ▄▀ ▄▄▄███▓ ▒ █████▓▓▓▓▓▄▓▓▓▌ ▐▓▓▓▄▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒ ▓███▄▄▄ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀▓▄▄▄▓█████▓▀ ▒▒▒▐█████▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄ ▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒▒▒ ▀▓█████▓▄▄▄▓▀ ▀▓█▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▒▒▒ ▄███▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓███▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▀▀▀▀▓█▓▀ ▄▒▒▒▒▄███▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▓▄ [ COMMENTS ] ▄▓ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓███▄▒▒▒▒▄ ▄▒▒▒▒▀▓▀▀ ▄▓▄▄ ▄▀▀▀▓▄ ▄▓▀▀▀▄ ▄▄▓▄ ▀▀▓▀▒▒▒▒ ▄▓▓▒▒▓ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▓▒▒▓▄ ▄▓▓▓█▓▓▌ ▀ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▀ ▐▓▓█▓▓▓▄ ▐▓▓▓███▓ ▓███▓▓▓▌ ▐▓▓████▌ ▐████▓▓▌ ▐▓█████ █████▓▌ ▐██████ R. Kelly back here, been in some shit with them chickenhead ██████▌ ▐██████ bitches. Anyways, I'm back to ripping, with a Krafty-K ██████▌ ▐██████ advance, YES ADVANCE NOT RETAIL OR PROMO....I'll have retail ██████▌ ▐██████ anyways:> A Nice New York Rapper that needs some time to ██████▌ ▐██████ shine....peace ██████▌ ▐█████▓ ▓█████▌ ▐████▓▓ ▓▓████▌ ▄ ▄▄▓▄████▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓████▄▓▄▄ ▄ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▓▄▒ ▀█▓▓▄ ▄▓▓█▀ ▒▄▓▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▓▀▓███▀██▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▀█▓▄ ▄▓█▀ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓██▀███▓▀▓ ▒ ▓▄ ▒██▌ ████▓▓▓▓▓▄ ▀█▓ ▓█▀ ▄▓▓▓▓▓████ ▐██▒ ▄▓ ▄▀ ▄▀ ▄▄▄███▓ ▒ █████▓▓▓▓▓▄▓▓▌ ▐▓▓▄▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒ ▓███▄▄▄ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀▓▄▄▄▓█████▓▀ ▒▒▒▐█████▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒▒▒ ▀▓█████▓▄▄▄▓▀ ▀▓█▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▒▒▒ ▄███▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓███▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▀▀▀▀▓█▓▀ ▄▒▒▒▒▄███▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▓▄ [ TRACKLISTING ] ▄▓ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓███▄▒▒▒▒▄ ▄▒▒▒▒▀▓▀▀ ▄▓▄▄ ▄▀▀▀▓▄ ▄▓▀▀▀▄ ▄▄▓▄ ▀▀▓▀▒▒▒▒ ▄▓▓▒▒▓ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▓▒▒▓▄ ▄▓▓▓█▓▓▌ ▀ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▀ ▐▓▓█▓▓▓▄ ▐▓▓▓███▓ ,----,-------------------------------------------,-------, ▓███▓▓▓▌ ▐▓▓████▌ | #. | Trackname | time | ▐████▓▓▌ ▐▓█████ |----|-------------------------------------------|-------| █████▓▌ ▐▓█████ | | | | █████▓▌ ▐██████ | 01 | 54:17_(Intro) | 4:00 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 02 | Soo_Real | 4:27 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 03 | Fuck_Wit_Me | 3:37 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 04 | G_Talez_(Interlude) | 1:58 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 05 | Tha_G_In_Me | 3:55 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 06 | Lost_Girl | 4:37 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 07 | Betrayal pt. 1 | 3:59 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 08 | Pimp-By-Blood | 3:43 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 09 | What_Yall_Know_About_Us | 4:37 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 10 | Recognize_Game | 3:35 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 11 | Till_The_Day_We_Live | 3:48 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 12 | Forgotten_(Here_I_Go) | 1:57 | ██████▌ ▐██████ | 13 | (Untitled Bonus) | 4:11 | ██████▌ ▐▓█████ | | | | █████▓▌ ▐██████ '================================================|=======| ██████▌ ▐█████▓ Total time:| 48:24 | ▓█████▌ ▐████▓▓ '-------' ▓▓████▌ ▄ ▄▄▓▄████▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓████▄▓▄▄ ▄ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▓▄▒ ▀█▓▓▄ ▄▓▓█▀ ▒▄▓▓▓▓██████▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▓▀▓███▀██▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▀█▓▄ ▄▓█▀ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓██▀███▓▀▓ ▒ ▓▄ ▒██▌ ████▓▓▓▓▓▄ ▀█▓ ▓█▀ ▄▓▓▓▓▓████ ▐██▒ ▄▓ ▄▀ ▄▀ ▄▄▄███▓ ▒ █████▓▓▓▓▓▄▓▓▌ ▐▓▓▄▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒ ▓███▄▄▄ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀▓▄▄▄▓█████▓▀ ▒▒▒▐█████▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█████ ▒▒▒ ▀▓█████▓▄▄▄▓▀ ▀▓█▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▒▒▒ ▄███▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓███▄ ▒▒▒▄ ▀▀▀▀▓█▓▀ ▄▒▒▒▒▄███▓▓▓▀▀▀▀ ▓▄ [ GROUP INFO ] ▄▓ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓███▄▒▒▒▒▄ ▄▒▒▒▒▀▓▀▀ ▄▓▄▄ ▄▀▀▀▓▄ ▄▓▀▀▀▄ ▄▄▓▄ ▀▀▓▀▒▒▒▒ ▄▓▓▒▒▓ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▄▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄ ▓▒▒▓▄ ▄▓▓▓█▓▓▌ ▀ ▀▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▀ ▀ ▐▓▓█▓▓▓▄ ▐▓▓▓███▓ ▓███▓▓▓▌ ▐▓▓████▌ WCR Is CuRRENTLY LoOKING FoR DeDICATED RiPPERS, T1/T3 ShELL ▐████▓▓▌ ▐▓█████ BoX OwNERS, T1/T3 (40GiG+) SiTEOPS. █████▓▌ ▐▓█████ If YoU FeEL LiKE YoU ArE ThE OnE FoR Us, ThEN CoNTACT An Op At █████▓▌ ▐██████ #WCR On EfNET. ██████▌ ▐██████ ██████▌ ▐██████ IRC...: #WCR2K2 [EFNET] ██████▌ ▐████▓▓ ▓▓████▌ ▄ ▄▄▓▄████▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓████▄▓▄▄ ▄ ▒▀▀▓███▓▀ ▀▓███▓▀▀▒ [WCR] ▀██▄ NFO by z0oy0rk [ #BAFH (efnet) ] | Modified By !tah! 3/16/02 ▄██▀ [2k2] ░ ▀█▓▄ ▄▓█▀ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ [ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ] [ +++ (: * <<< Hoopy's Topsite Scripts v3.00 for glFTPd >>> * :) +++ ] [ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]