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Clinton Sparks
Maybe You Been Brainwashed
Clinton Sparks:  Maybe You Been Brainwashed

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Released: 2005
Label: Koch Records
Selection #: 161379
Get familiar w/producer on his massive mixtape album. ROC Café (w/Memphis Bleek, Joe Budden & Beanie Sigel), Whatever It Takes, more.
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1 Intro
2 Get Down
3 Run This City
4 Skit N/A N/A
5 Still Cant Deny It
6 Okay Dun
7 Skit
8 Let It Go
9 Underground Legend
10 Buck on Em
11 Stand da F*#! Up
12 ROC Cafe
13 Skit
14 Bidadidat
15 Pop Shots
16 Knock Em Out
17 Skit
18 Hater Bug
19 State Prop Boyz
20 Where You Been
21 Whatever It Takes
22 I Like [*]
  
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Album Review

Clinton Sparks is a Boston-based DJ who has made a fast and noisy splash on the hip-hop scene through several shows on terrestrial and satellite radio. Prior to the release of his first proper album, "Maybe You Been Brainwashed" is an introduction to the rest of the world via that tried and true standard, the mixtape. Consisting strictly of exclusive tracks and new remixes, "Maybe You Been Brainwashed" includes quality tracks from P. Diddy (whose "Run This City" is as angry and tough as the increasingly lightweight Mr. Combs has gotten in years), Houston-based rising star Lil' Flip (the hardcore Sparks-produced "Underground Legend" is the album's most exciting, brashest cut) and east coast stalwarts like Mobb Deep and Joe Budden. "Maybe You Been Brainwashed" even features an exclusive, the last known recording by ODB before his death in summer 2004; unfortunately, "Pop Shots" is a kind of silly trifle, closer to Biz Markie than the Wu-Tang Clan. Like many mixtapes, "Maybe You Been Brainwashed" is an uneven listen, but there is an underlying logic to Sparks' song choices and subtle, effective remixing that emphasizes his own musical style rather than trying to capture the mood of the marketplace. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

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