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Highly inspired by the unreleased collaboration ‘Temptation’ by J.Cole & Kendrick Lamar. I heard that song and got infatuated with the chorus, which just sounded so angelic. I decided to write my own version of it, in a different context. It eventually became ‘Learning to Walk’, which is completely different, but at the same time very inspired by the original track.

It almost didn’t make the album because I didn’t want to rip J.Cole & Kendrick’s song off. When I threw it in the stash I felt it stood out completely from the other songs, so I put it on the album eventually. It’s the last track before the outro-track and a beautiful way to transition from the album into the ending.

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‘'Soulsearchin’ was a title I’d have in my head for a while back then. Wrote that first verse some time ago and decided to build around it. It fits the theme of the album of unfolding the soul, since I search within my soul for whatever pops up.‘’

‘'It’s track 4 in between 2 of the most brilliant songs I ever wrote, and I knew I had to put something strong there. I’m happy with this, cause I was concerned I couldn’t keep that level I had on those two songs.’'

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Eminem takes it back to his days he used to rap on beats by Dr. Dre. The good old psycho days, in which some of the people could find strength in their darkest hours in some of these songs

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The first song I wrote for Unfold The Soul. Since I felt it was pretty good and I was very into the Jazz-rap thing, I thought: why not fill an album with this? I just had to add this to the bonus-tracks to showcase my journey from first song to last.

It’s my own version of the legendary duo Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s T.R.O.Y.

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Inspired by Gang Starr’s ‘'The Militia’‘, Holla went on to find the perfect fits for his album. The two rappers that wandered their way into his head were Arma and Dunkert. Arma finished his verse quite fast, while Dunkert didn’t. In the time Dunkert was busy with writing, Holla felt like spitting another verse that eventually ended the song.

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Introducing:…. Holla!

The album starts of with this 3 verse intro, that starts up by just blatantly rapping about being in a cinema as if this was a movie. Then he just made his thoughts go their way and spitted the first verse until the end of it.

Same happened to the second verse, and the third.

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The braggadocio with wich it all started. Inspired by rapper Guru on every single album Gang Starr brought out, Holla went on his way to create a project he never imagined to be this good. Before writing he said he listened through the entire catalog of Gang Starr, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and A Tribe Called Quest. The second track that was written, (After They Reminisce Over You) on the day the concept came to be. Unfold the Soul would become the first actual project Holla would feel satisfied with. His earlier work was acclaimed by the people around him, but he never felt satisfied with it. Unfold the Soul begs to differ!

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DJ Premier is the DJ of the group, and has produced legendary tracks for guys like Nas, Jay-Z and Biggie. His legendary beats made Gang Starr rise to it’s infamous status.

Off course MC Gifted Unlimited Rhymed Universal (GURU), was one of the biggest MC’s of all time. Baldhead Slick stood high with his monotone voice, and his Jazzy experiments. His rapping work is underrated, but we all know that when he grabbed the mic, he was ready to just tear it up!

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He’s trying to live his life to the fullest, even if he has to take risks he still feels he has to. He said before in numerous interviews that he felt destined to end up here on top, because of the mentality he had. So he’s going to try to do everything he wants until his death, until his heart gives out.

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