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Intro (Prod. Unknown) 3:23 ░░ 02. Lick Shots (Prod. Duncan) 4:03 ░░ 03. Shimmy Ya / Uptown Zoo (Prod. Duncan) 4:05 ░░ 04. Ridn Remix (Feat. Wale) (Prod. yU) 3:57 ░░ 05. Tru (Prod. Duncan) 4:54 ░░ 06. Street Love (Prod. Duncan) 3:40 ░░ 07. Do Dat At (Prod. Duncan) 3:40 ░░ 08. Lies (Prod. SlimKat78) 2:42 ░░ 09. All You (Prod. DJ Mastermind) 2:30 ░░ 10. Pimp Harder (Prod. Mr. Hu) 4:52 ░░ 11. Still On The Block (Prod. yU) 2:55 ░░ 12. On Top (Prod. Sakwe) 3:00 ░░ 13. Feel Me (Prod. Oddisee) 2:59 ░░ 14. Duck Down (Prod. yU) 2:21 ░░ 15. The Life (Prod. Judah) 4:20 ░░ 16. I Need You (Prod. Endustreets) 3:33 ░░ 17. Who (Prod. The Antidote) 3:02 ░░ 18. Uptown Anthem (Feat. D.O.E. C.I.G.A.P.O.M., Benji, Tragic, 7:18 ░░ Lil' Rap & Skrooge) ░░ 19. Outro (Prod. Ressinance) 3:08 ░░ 20. Stolen 3:32 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Uptown XO, born Jamaal Walton, is an American emcee who currently resides ░░ in Washington D.C. He was born in the uptown section of the city, at ░░ Howard University Hospital, to two musical parents. His father toured ░░ with Gil Scott Heron while his mother played with Richard Smallwood. XO ░░ is also closely related to singing legend David Ruffin adding to his ░░ musical inheritance & repertoire. As a youth, growing up poor in a single ░░ parent household, getting evicted and moving from place to place, XO ░░ began expressing himself naturally thru music. In his early years he ░░ played piano and trumpet. In high school at age 16 he started performing ░░ at ôopen micsö on U Street. Frequently, he started attending an all age ░░ ôopen micö called ôTru Schoolö where he met Oddisee, yU, Slimcat, and ░░ Gadget and started to make music with all of them. ░░ ░░ It wasnÆt long before he had a reputation on the streets as being a solid ░░ emcee even though he did not have material out. XO put out his first ░░ project ôTakeoverö and was introduced by Wale to Judah and together they ░░ put out the ôTimeless EPö, ôTakeover 2ö with the help of Charles Keys, ░░ ôUs vs. Themö and ôRealmaticö. That momentum helped in landing a deal ░░ with Kenny Burns of Studio 43 who at the time was helping develop and ░░ push a lot of artist out of the city such as Wale. Studio 43 and XO ░░ partnered up and put out ôMonumentalö and ôOne One Tenö. Around that time ░░ Oddisee formed the group Diamond District with XO & yU and together they ░░ put out an album called ôIn The Ruffö that they toured Europe and the US ░░ with. The album was critically acclaimed by many hip-hop heavyweights ░░ like De la Soul, Q-tip, DJ Premier, Pete Rosenberg and moreà In August ░░ 2011, XO put out his 8th solo project entitled ôMonumental Vol. 2ö which ░░ was highlighted in the Dec. 2011 edition of Spin Magazine as one of the ░░ top 50 mixtapes of the year. His next project entitled ôThe Color Greyö ░░ was released in the Summer of 2012 to critical acclaim. 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