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  3.     Artist       : Willy Northpole
  4.     Album        : Tha Connect
  5.     Label        : DTP
  6.     Genre        : Rap
  7.     Street date  : 2009-00-00
  8.     Quality      : 172 kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
  9.     Encoder      : Lame 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
  10.     Size         : 64.94 MB
  11.     Time         : 48:54 min
  12.     Url          : http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/home.aspx?artistID=7319
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  16.    1.  Intro                                                              2:56
  17.    2.  Hood Sh**                                                          3:07
  18.    3.  The Story                                                          3:28
  19.    4.  Skit (How Hard)                                                    1:46
  20.    5.  Body Marked Up                                                     4:01
  21.    6.  Hood Dreamer (Feat. B.O.B.)                                        4:38
  22.    7.  Feeling Alright                                                    3:12
  23.    8.  Skit (Ghetto Tour Guide)                                           0:23
  24.    9.  Ghetto Tour Guide                                                  4:01
  25.    10. #1 Side Chick (Feat. Bobby Valentino)                              4:30
  26.    11. Vegas Lights                                                       4:07
  27.    12. The Life (Feat. Ne-Yo)                                             3:47
  28.    13. Dear Lord                                                          2:39
  29.    14. Skit (At Salt's Grave)                                             1:30
  30.    15. Heaven                                                             4:49
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  34.  
  35.    Willy Northpole is the first true Arizona rapper to break out of the confines
  36.    of the state. Yet, with the release of Willy Northpole's stunning debut Tha
  37.    Connect that limited perspective is about to change, we are introduced to a
  38.    world of marked gangsters, midnight crack slingers and strong family bonds.
  39.  
  40.    On his first single "Body Marked Up," an ode to the numerous tattoos that
  41.    cover his body, Willy drops verbal bombs onto an unsuspecting audience.
  42.    Utilizing a minimal beat that was produced by a 14 year old new-jack named
  43.    Wonka, "Body Marked Up" is a hypnotic banger that has enticed more than a few
  44.    industry ears. Through his child hood friend & manager Tiffany J. of Family
  45.    Tree Entertainment he inked a deal with Ludacris' powerhouse label Disturbing
  46.    tha Peace.
  47.  
  48.    A mere child at the time of his neighborhood's metamorphosis in the mid-`80s,
  49.    the introduction of crack changed Willy's life in many ways. Enticed
  50.    simultaneously by the chaos of the streets and the sound of early hip-hop,
  51.    Willy's mom entered him in a few talent shows. Still, at that point in his
  52.    life, the streets had a stronger pull than the stage.
  53.  
  54.    On the moving track "Heaven," produced by Jelly Roll, Willy revisits the pain
  55.    of the violet deaths that have befallen on many of his homies. Willy was
  56.    locked-up for robbery at the age of 15 which may have just saved his life. In
  57.    the youth detention for three years, Willy hung posters of Jay-Z, DMX and
  58.    others on his cell walls and continued to write rhymes on a regular.
  59.  
  60.    Released when he was 18, Willy was determined to do the right thing. He got a
  61.    real job and started buying his own equipment. He started going to the
  62.    studio, and the engineer who worked there taught him how to make beats.
  63.  
  64.    However, taking a cue from 50 Cent, Willy released a diss single called
  65.    "Garbage Disposal," and others started paying attention too. Dissing local
  66.    crews, he went digging deep to get dirt on his rivals. Ironically, through
  67.    the help of his friend Hot Rod, "Garbage Disposal" also caught the ears of
  68.    the G-Unit maestro himself. "I'll always have respect for 50 and Hot Rod, but
  69.    some of the people around him..."
  70.  
  71.    Another standout track from Willy Northpole's includes the Black Elvis
  72.    produced "The Life," a feel good song that features Def Jam soul man Ne-Yo on
  73.    the hook. "I had left the song without a hook, because I wanted to get an R&B
  74.    singer on it, but Ne-Yo was the last person I expected to get. Man, when I
  75.    heard Ne-Yo on my track `The Life,' I knew my life was about to change." In
  76.    truth, after listening to Tha Connect, your life too will be changed.
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