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Produced by frequent collaborator No I.D., this has been dubbed as a lost Common song and possibly a leftover track from The Dreamer, The Believer. It samples Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm’s “Getting Nasty,” which was also used in the Jurassic 5’s “Concrete Schoolyard.” It’s a tale of the cops versus the blacks.

http://soundcloud.com/rich-daily/no-sell-out

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