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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest
We Can Get Down

Midnight Marauders
Jive 1993
Billy Squier

Billy Squier
The Big Beat

The Tale of the Tape
Capitol 1980
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Producer: A Tribe Called Quest
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Main genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
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