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2nd track off Khan’s 6-track EP “Acknowledgements.” Khan gets on his figurative super hero, save the world tip. Produced by Deejay Element.

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Intro track off Khan’s 6-track EP “Acknowledgements.” Khan tackles the idea of what we’re meant to be and encourages us to not waste time thinking about “what was.” Produced by Deejay Element.

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Digidesign, which comes in a box.

Record labels want pre-packaged “boxed” singles and songs that fit a certain guaranteed success formula. However, the result is that all that music sounds the same, much like The Notorious B.I.G. and Shyne.

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Wax’s music is not the electro-pop, synth-filled, watered down rap that dominates the radio these days, and what major record labels want from their artists. Though it might seem silly for you to bet that Wax will get signed, Wax assures us that he will succeed.

One year later, Wax would actually get signed by Def Jam Records. If you made that bet when he told you to, you would have been a millionaire.

“Unsafe For A Major”

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Allusion to the opening line of Fat Boys' “Human Beatbox” and the Beastie Boys “Brrr Stick Em” (which sampled the Fat Boys song)

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14th Track off Scrublife Mixtape. New Crack is Wax’s only million + viewed music video (it only took 3 years). Wax spit this 5 minute verse while driving a car, and is the one that Ryan Phillipe first heard that turned him into a fan.

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13th Track off Scrublife Mixtape. Originally released on DJ Booth. Wax tells the story of a terrorized girl who finally refuses to be a victim.

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Before signing to Def Jam, Wax would go to this studio to record all of his music. The studio can be seen in Wax’s “Be Advised” Music Video.

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10th Track off Scrublife Mixtape. Wax talks about how all he does now is rap and drink… which is not how he was raised, but it’s in this constant drunken stupor that he is most creative.

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8th track off Scrublife Mixtape. Wax talks about the chicks he’s infatuated with and who are infatuated with him, but even though these chicks are perfect for him, he doesn’t want to be in love.

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