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The Formula (Parental Advisory)
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- 136,128 plays
- 604 favs
- 29 shares
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- 9th Wonder
- Released 2008
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- Be Cool!
- 03:09
- 9,053 plays
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- Go All Out (No Doubt!!!)
- 03:41
- 8,397 plays
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- Throwin' Shade
- 03:26
- 7,579 plays
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songs
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Intro - The Formula
- 03:58
- 7,136 plays
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Ready (Brand Nu Day)
- 03:53
- 37,954 plays
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Be Cool!
- 03:09
- 9,053 plays
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Go All Out (No Doubt!!!)
- 03:41
- 8,397 plays
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No Future
- 03:06
- 11,797 plays
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- 6
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Hold It Down
- 04:32
- 12,396 plays
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- 7
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Whassup With U?
- 04:52
- 7,472 plays
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- 8
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One For You (Big Lou)
- 02:48
- 6,782 plays
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- 9
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Just Display
- 02:55
- 7,093 plays
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- 10
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Here We Go
- 04:53
- 7,556 plays
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- 11
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Throwin' Shade
- 03:26
- 7,579 plays
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- 12
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Shinin' Yall
- 03:35
- 6,188 plays
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- 13
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Man Listen (Cause Ummm) ft. Carlitta Durand
- 03:10
- 6,823 plays
album review
The consistent high quality of 9th Wonder's beats is the sort of constant blessing that looks better from afar, or, taking cues from Jay-Z and Erykah Badu, as a sanguine respite from other producers' ideas. Front to back, though, an album of his lushly proficient work can be underwhelming. On The Formula he sounds best at his most sedate, as on "Only for You (Lou)," which drapes a lilting vocal sample over loose keyboard stilts. An album of such exquisite downtempo hip-hop might be something to behold. But even a pillow fight should thwack sometimes, and the 13 tracks here largely refuse to do so, nor do they bounce, bump, nod, shake, or even doze off blunted. "Hold It Down," for example, features typically dexterous but blithe Talib Kweli verses and a whole lot of aimless crooning, neither terribly meaningful nor matched to the other. 9th Wonder seems caught between hip-hop and R&B, unable to commit to either. For his part, Buckshot keeps an affable pace, but topically and tonally he strives to be little more than accompaniment to the beats; his rhymes are so soft-hearted that the harshest diss he gets in to his nebulous haters is "some of your LPs stand for long punishment." The same could not be the said for this entirely listenable affair, but little more could be said for it either. ~ Clayton Purdom, All Music Guide
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- Released 2007
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- Released 2005
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- Dream Merchant, Vol. 1
- Released 2005
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- The Formula (Edited)
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listener reviews
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9th & Buckshot!
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- By jflo911
- 4/17/2009 10:05:40
- This album is FIRE! An instant classic for sure, definitely should be a staple in everyones hip-hop collection.
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the formula
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- By dyzzy g
- 7/6/2008 00:18:23
- real talk, i'm kinda hot about the whole little brother album get back, but this new 9th and buckshot album had me like damn, we need 9th back on the little brother tip cause that formula album is banging. i aint never heard 9th sound like that before, and we all know buckshot is bizzurk wit the lyrics. i mean new cuts for the sampler new drum kits and diffrent tempos make this one a certified classic before its time, period!
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