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Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for...
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Let's Get Free
Let's Get Free is the debut album by the political hip hop duo dead prez, released on February 8, 2000 (see 2000 in music) on Loud Records.
Critically acclaimed upon its first release, Let's Get Free was called a "return to politically conscious rap...
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- Mar 14, 2000
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- 4,172.453 s (69.54088 min )
The Black Album
The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released November 14, 2003 on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was promoted as his final studio album, which serves as a recurring theme, although Jay-Z returned to solo recording with...
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- Nov 17, 2003
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- 3,339.427 s (55.65712 min )
The Blueprint
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 11, 2001 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. Recording sessions...
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- Sep 11, 2001
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- 3,838.24 s (63.9707 min )
The Reformation
The Reformation is the debut album by West Coast rapper Bishop Lamont, who is the protege of legendary Hip Hop producer: Dr. Dre. It is set to be released on Aftermath Entertainment sometime in 2010 after Dr. Dre's third and final album Detox. A...
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- Jan 19, 2010
The College Dropout
The College Dropout is the debut album of American hip hop artist Kanye West, released February 10, 2004 on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999. Prior to the album's release, West had worked on Jay-Z's...
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- Feb 10, 2004
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- 4,585.133 s (76.41888 min )
The Emancipation of Mimi
The Emancipation of Mimi is the tenth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Island Records on April 4, 2005, and in North America on April 12, 2005. The album focuses on several R&B-related; genres, ranging from 1970s...
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- Apr 4, 2005
Damita Jo
Damita Jo is the eighth studio album (eleventh overall) by American R&B-pop; singer–songwriter Janet Jackson, released in the United States on March 30, 2004 by Virgin Records. The album takes its title from Jackson's middle name. This is Jackson's...
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- Mar 30, 2004
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- 3,912.893 s (65.21488 min )
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut album by West Coast rapper The Game, released on January 18, 2005 through Interscope Records.After recovering from a shooting in late 2001, The Game pursued a rap career and was discovered by Dr. Dre who signed him to...
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- Jan 18, 2005
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- 4,207.427 s (70.12378 min )
The Blueprint 2.1
The Blueprint 2.1 is a compilation album, by rapper Jay-Z, created from a re-cut version of The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse. Unlike the former, it is only one disc and contains what is considered (by the label and the executive producers; not...
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- 2002
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse
The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse is rapper Jay-Z's seventh studio album released in 2002. Parts of the album were later reissued as The Blueprint 2.1 in 2003.
This album, like Jay-Z's previous four, debuted at #1 with over 545,000 units shipped...
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- Nov 12, 2002
Late Registration
Late Registration is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released August 30, 2005 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place over the course of a year at various studios...
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- Aug 29, 2005
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- 4,469.853 s (74.49755 min )
Graduation
Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on September 11, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place over the course of a two years at various studios...
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- Sep 11, 2007
Be
Be is the sixth studio album by American rapper Common, released May 24, 2005 on G.O.O.D. Records and Geffen Records. Primarily produced by hip hop artist Kanye West, the album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart and became Common's second...
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- May 24, 2005
The Best of Brandy
The Best of Brandy is the first compilation album by American R&B;/pop singer Brandy. Completing her contract with Atlantic Records, it was released on April 4, 2005 in most of Europe and on April 5 (see 2005 in music) in Australia and North America...
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Chapter III: The Flesh
Chapter 3: The Flesh is the third studio album by American R&B-soul; singer Syleena Johnson, released in the United States on September 13, 2005 by Jive Records. It spawned the singles "Hypnotic", which reached number eighty-one on the Hot R&B;/Hip...
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- 3,699 s (61.65 min )
The Peoples Champ
The Peoples Champ is the major label debut album by Paul Wall is his second overall and first to reach #1 on the Billboard 200. This album is also available in a Chopped and Screwed version by DJ Michael "5000" Watts. There was also a special 2-disc...
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- Sep 20, 2005
The Hip-Hop Violinist
The Hip-Hop Violinist is the debut album by Miri Ben-Ari, released on September 20, 2005 through Universal Records.
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- Sep 20, 2005
Hip-Hop Is Dead
Hip Hop Is Dead is the eighth studio album by American rapper Nas, released December 19, 2006 on Def Jam Recordings in the United States. His first album for the label, it was co-financed by Nas's previous label, Columbia Records, which once...
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Gang Green
American rapper Lloyd Banks will release his third studio album in sometime this or next year.
In an interview with MTV, Sha Money XL spoke about Lloyd Banks' third album,
The album was rumored to be titled Southside State of Mind and then The...
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- 2008
The Doctor's Advocate
Doctor's Advocate is the second studio album by West Coast rapper The Game. It was released on November 14, 2006 by Geffen Records. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it The Game's second number one album. The album was...
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- Nov 14, 2006
Most Known Unknown
Most Known Unknown is the eighth full length album, as well as the second platinum album from Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. It was released in 2005, and is the follow-up to the 2003 album Da Unbreakables. This album is known for having some of...
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Stages
Stages is the unreleased second studio album by rapper Nick Cannon. It was originally to be released in 2006 as Cannon's first project under his own record label Can I Ball, an imprint of Universal Motown. Guest contributors were to include Anthony...
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Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, commonly referred to as Food & Liquor, is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released on September 19, 2006, on 1st & 15th Entertainment and Atlantic Records. The album features production...
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- Sep 19, 2006
The Nacirema Dream
The naciremA Dream is the major label debut of Papoose.The word "nacirema" offers a form of word play by spelling "American" backwards.
The naciremA Dream is slated to include production from DJ Premier, Scott Storch, Jazze Pha and Kanye West. It...
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- 2008
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Late Orchestration
Late Orchestration is a live album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on April 24, 2006 on Mercury Records. The album features recordings of live renditions of songs derived from his first two studio albums. It was recorded at the famed...
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- May 1, 2006
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- 2,848.093 s (47.46822 min )
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Tha Carter III
Tha Carter III is the sixth studio album by American hip hop rapper Lil Wayne, released June 10, 2008 on Cash Money Records. The first three singles released from the album, ("Lollipop", "A Milli", and "Got Money") all achieved Top 10 success on the...
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- Jun 10, 2008
My Homies Part 2
My Homies Part 2 is the second installment of rapper Scarface's My Homies series. The album was released as both a single and double-disc. This release came just two weeks after Face's One Hunid album with The Product. The bonus disc features a...
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- Mar 7, 2006
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Finding Forever
Finding Forever is the Grammy Award winning seventh album by Common, released on July 31, 2007 on G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen Records. Like Common's previous album, Be (2005), Finding Forever is primarily produced by Kanye West. The album debuted at the...
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- Jul 31, 2007
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Eardrum
Eardrum is the third solo album from American hip hop artist Talib Kweli. The album was his Warner Bros. Records debut with his first album on his own label, Blacksmith Records. It was released on August 21, 2007 on the Blacksmith Records label with...
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- Aug 21, 2007
Listennn... The Album
Listennn... the Album is the debut album of mixtape DJ and Terror Squad member DJ Khaled, released in 2006. The album debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200.
DJ Khaled is responsible for producing three tracks on the album: the "Intro," ...
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- Jun 6, 2006
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Tell 'Em Why U Madd
Tell 'Em Why U Madd is the debut album by The Madd Rapper. It features the single "How to Rob" by 50 Cent, which was from his unreleased album Power of the Dollar.
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- 2000
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Chicken-N-Beer
Chicken-n-Beer is the third album by rapper Ludacris. It peaked at number one in the United States with 429,000 copies sold in the first week. Def Jam released the album early when the album's tracks leaked on peer-to-peer file sharing networks. The...
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- Oct 7, 2003
Best of Decade I: 1995-2005
Best of Decade I: 1995-2005 is a compilation album, featuring singles released on Rawkus Records during their first ten years. The compilation revolves around the label's star Mos Def, who appears on eight of the fifteen tracks. There is one...
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- Dec 13, 2005
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Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live At The Knitting Factory
Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory is a live album by John Legend. Recorded in July 2003 at the Knitting Factory in New York City, this album features John performing solo on the acoustic piano with special guest appearances by Kanye...
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Live At SOB's
Live at SOB's recorded June 28 and December 6, 2002 at SOB's in New York. It was produced by long time collaborator Dave Tozer.
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Team Invasion Presents Keyshia Cole
Team Invasion Presents: Keyshia Cole is an introduction mixtape by Keyshia Cole mixed my DJ Green Lantern released in early 2005. It features guest appearances by Remy Ma, Kanye West, 2Pac and Eminem.
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- Jun 21, 2005
Don't Quit Your Day Job
Don't Quit Your Day Job! is the debut album by rapper Consequence released on March 6, 2007. It features "Grammy Family", a song by DJ Khaled featuring Consequence, John Legend and Kanye West which originally appeared on Khaled's album Listennn......
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- Mar 6, 2007
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The Truth
The Truth is the debut album by Philadelphian rapper Beanie Sigel. It was released on February 29, 2000 to positive critical and commercial success. It reached Number 5 on The Billboard 200 and had three charting remotely popular singles: "Anything"...
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- Feb 29, 2000
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come is the ninth studio album by American rap artist Jay-Z released on November 21, 2006. This is considered a "comeback album" for the established rapper as 2003's The Black Album was slated to be his final release. The album was a big...
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- Nov 21, 2006
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal is the third solo studio album by American emcee Rakim. Released November 17, 2009 after several delays on Rakim's own Ra Records, TVM, and SMC Recordings and distributed through Fontana and Universal Music Group. Considered a...
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- 2008
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C.O.L.O.U.R.S.
C.O.L.O.U.R.S. (an acronym for "Cool Outrageous Lovers of Uniquely Raw Style") is the as-yet unreleased debut album by Fonzworth Bentley, originally planned for release under Kanye West's GOOD Music label in 2006. Bentley's album was to feature...
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- 2008
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Welcome to Haterville
Love, Life and Loyalty is the upcoming debut studio album from GLC. It features "Chi State of Mind" which is produced by Alain "DJ A-Trak" Macklovitch. It is produced by Kanye West and Three 6 Mafia. The song "Clap Your Hands" featuring Three 6...
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- 2008
Here I Am
Flirt (originally titled Here I Am) is the fourth album from rapper/singer Eve. One version of the album received 3 mics in The Source magazine. The album has been said to involve production by Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz and Scott...
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- 2008
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia is the 5th studio album released by American rapper Jay-Z. Originally a Roc-A-Fella Records collaboration album, a showcase for Roc-A-Fella artists such as Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel and Freeway, it eventually became...
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- Oct 31, 2000
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- 3,996.627 s (66.61045 min )
Grand Champ
Grand Champ is the fifth album by American rapper DMX, released in 2003. Grand Champ features the popular singles Where the Hood At? and Get it on the Floor. The album sold 312,000 in its first week and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
When...
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- Sep 16, 2003
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- 4,480.093 s (74.66822 min )
La Bella Mafia
La Bella Mafia is the third album and fourth recording by American female rap artist Lil' Kim. It was released on March 4, 2003 to positive reviews and debuted at number-five on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 166,000 copies in its first week. The...
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- Mar 4, 2003
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- 3,942.987 s (65.71645 min )
The Notorious KIM
The Notorious K.I.M. is the second album and third recording by American female rap artist Lil' Kim. It was released on June 27, 2000 and debuted at number-four on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts, selling 230,000 copies in its first week. The album...
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- Jun 27, 2000
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- 4,651.56 s (77.526 min )
The New Danger
The New Danger is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Mos Def, released October 19, 2004 on Rawkus and Geffen Records in the United States. The album was also released in Canada and continental Europe through Geffen, and it featured...
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- Oct 18, 2004
The Lost Tapes
The Lost Tapes is a compilation album by rapper Nas. Released shortly following his fifth studio album, Stillmatic, the album was a compilation of Nas' previously unreleased tracks, some from the bootlegged second disc of the original double album...
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- Sep 24, 2002
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- 2,588.6 s (43.143 min )
Afrodisiac
Afrodisiac is the fourth studio album by American singer Brandy, released by Atlantic Records on June 28, 2004 on most international territories and on June 29, 2004 (see 2004 in music) in Canada and the United States. A departure from her previous...
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- Jun 29, 2004
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- 3,687.453 s (61.45755 min )
After the Storm
After the Storm is the fourth studio album by American R&B; singer Monica, released by J Records on June 17, 2003 in North America.
The record saw the singer active in songwriting and producing, with re-teaming with producers and rappers Jermaine...
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- 2003
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- 3,160.4 s (52.673 min )
Detroit Deli
Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) is Slum Village's fourth album, released on June 29, 2004. It was released shortly after Baatin left the group, leaving only T3 and Elzhi.
After Baatin's departure from Slum Village, there was a lot of pressure upon...
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- 2004
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Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood Watch is the third album from West Coast hip hop group Dilated Peoples. The album was not as acclaimed as their past releases, The Platform and Expansion Team, and was not able to push a significant amount of units, despite having the...
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- Apr 6, 2004
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- 3,450.133 s (57.50222 min )
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The Reason
The Reason is the second album by rapper Beanie Sigel. The album was released on Roc-A-Fella Records on June 26, 2001. The album contains 14 tracks, and special guests include Scarface, Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Jay-Z, Daz, Kurupt, Clinton Sparks and...
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- Jun 26, 2001
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- 3,650.227 s (60.83712 min )
The Fix
The Fix is the seventh album by emcee Scarface and his first on the Def Jam Recordings. Scarface became the president of Def Jam South the year before the release of this album, which was highly acclaimed, receiving the last 5-mic rating from The...
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- Aug 6, 2002
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- 2,846.2 s (47.437 min )
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Come Home With Me
Come Home with Me is rapper Cam'ron's third album and debut on Roc-A-Fella Records. It sold over 226,000 copies in the first week of release. To date, it is his most commercially successful album, moving over 1 million copies and being certified...
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- May 14, 2002
Purple Haze
Purple Haze is an album by rapper Cam'ron. It was released on December 7, 2004. The release of this album was delayed several times from November 2003, the first single "Get Em Girls" was released a year prior to the actual album release. The album...
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- Dec 7, 2004
D12 World
D12 World is the second studio album by Detroit rap group D12, released on April 27, 2004. There is a limited bonus DVD containing the making of the album, and uncensored versions of the videos for My Band and 40 Oz. The album sold 604,000 copies in...
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- Apr 27, 2004
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- 4,726.08 s (78.768 min )
The Diary of Alicia Keys
The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American R&B-soul; singer–songwriter and pianist Alicia Keys, released in the United States on December 2, 2003 by J Records. It earned Keys the Grammy Award for Best R&B; Album in 2005 and was...
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- 2003
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- 3,474.533 s (57.90888 min )
