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Continued from page 1

Published on September 01, 2005

"The same shit y'all went for on The Listening -- the dirty samples, the hard drums, all of what drew you to us in the first place -- we can still do that on a major label," he points out. "Nobody who listens to this new record can say 'Atlantic made them niggas switch their shit up.' That was the biggest thing with this album, to show people that you can still make real hip-hop on a major label."

And, as these Brothers continually prove, you can do so without shuckin' and jivin'.

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