Poverty-The Pawn-Promo-VLS-FLAC-2002-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Poverty
     Title   | The Pawn
     Genre   | Hip-Hop                              Format  | Maxi-Single
     Source  | Vinyl                                Time    | 28:47
     Label   | Artist Direct Records                Store   | 2002
     Catalog | ARTDJ-01116-1                        Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 2834 kbps                            Size    | 613.02 MB
     Freq    | 96.0 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     A1. The Pawn (Clean Version) (Prod. The Alchemist)              4:40
     A2. The Pawn (Album Version) (Prod. The Alchemist)              4:40
     A3. The Pawn (Instrumental) (Prod. The Alchemist)               4:40
     B1. What I'm Made Of (Eternal) (Album Version) (Feat. Metro)    5:07
         (Prod. DSP)
     B2. What I'm Made Of (Eternal) (Instrumental) (Prod. DSP)       5:07
     B3. What I'm Made Of (Eternal) (A Cappella) (Feat. Metro)       4:33
         (Prod. DSP)
 Notes  
     Representing Lawrence, Massachusetts, rapper Poverty (aka Thomas
     Abate, aka Thommy Kane) was living in a homeless shelter in Maine
     when he produced a demo that was eventually picked up by Artist
     Direct Records, the offshoot of Interscope Records chief Ted Field.
     Poverty moved to L.A. in 2001 and wrote for Seth Binzer of the rock
     band Crazy Town. He released a debut project on minor imprint
     Trifecta, "Superhuman" in 2001, produced by Dave Gutter.
     Through his relationship with Binzer, one of Poverty's demos later
     ended up on the desk of big wig Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records.
     Interscope co-founder Ted Field, now of Artist Direct, eventually
     won the bidding war to secure the right to produce Poverty's music,
     and a couple of 12" singles were released in 2002. However, plans to
     release his album "Rise From Ruin" foundered in the wake of problems
     at the label. Poverty was approached by Kanye West's label and also
     by The Game.
     The only way Field would let Kane out of his contractual
     obligations, however, was if each of the artists paid a quarter of a
     million dollars to Field, which they were not willing to do. "Rise
     From Ruin" was initially released independently by Alana Kirby Music
     in 2003, and was finally properly released in March 2004 on Artist
     Direct, supported by producers The Alchemist, Levelz, Tycoon, and
     others. Artist Direct Records became Radar Records, which eventually
     became Radar Pictures. Since then, Poverty continues to embark a
     music career under the alias Thommy Kane, and is also working as an
     actor sporadically.
     Scheduled to appear on "Ride From Ruin" (though it only appeared on
     the 2004 reissue), 12-inch single "The Pawn" was released in 2002 on
     Artist Direct and produced by The Alchemist. B-side features "What
     I'm Made Of (Eternal)" featuring Metro and produced by DSP.

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97M	a1-poverty-the_pawn_(clean_version)_(prod._the_alchemist).flac
97M	a2-poverty-the_pawn_(album_version)_(prod._the_alchemist).flac
94M	a3-poverty-the_pawn_(instrumental)_(prod._the_alchemist).flac
104M	b1-poverty-what_im_made_of_(eternal)_(album_version)_(feat._metro)_(prod._dsp).flac
101M	b2-poverty-what_im_made_of_(eternal)_(instrumental)_(prod._dsp).flac
94M	b3-poverty-what_im_made_of_(eternal)_(a_cappella)_(feat._metro)_(prod._dsp).flac
585M	total