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August Alsina - Hard Knocks
Artist: August Alsina
Producer: The Exclusives
Album: August Alsina University: School of Hard Knocks
Label: Noontime UNLTD./Def Jam
To quote Kelly Clarkson misquoting Friedrich Nietzsche, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” On a classic ‘99 single, Jay-Z informed listeners that the Hard Knocks he suffered on the block only hardened his skin aqnd strengthened his will to make a better life for himself; August Alsina concurs, and on the inaugural leak off his newly-released street album, the New Orleans crooner enlists producer The Exclusives to flip that record’s famous Annie sample into a canvas for his own account of the street life. As the artist describes the struggles that forged his determination to succeed, Noontime Unltd drive the point home with visuals of Alsina in his native ‘hood. The DJ Greg Street-hosted August Alsina University: School of Hard Knocks is available online as of today. Watch for August’s new Throwback EP, hosted by Wild Wayne and mixed by DJ Hektik, to drop September 3.
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Not crazy about that flipped twice over sample from Annie, but the end result is solid. It seems there is really a movement toward the R&B/street sound.
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Hard!
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Love this R&B/street sound! August Alsina delivers it well
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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August Alsina has a cool swag to him. Good work on this track. The beat Bangs in the speakers and August never seems to disappoint. BANGER $hit!
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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Great R&B
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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I agree with notlyte. I'm feelin that R&B street sound! What else can I say! Its a banger!!!
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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I thought he was bout to go hard as @*#$!, then he started singin, Totally unexpected but that shit still hot.
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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