Maino

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- If Tomorrow Comes... (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2009

- If Tomorrow Comes...
- Released 2008

- Black Flag City
- Released 2009

- If Tomorrow Comes... (Edited)
- Released 2009

biography

A favorite on the New York mixtape circuit, Brooklyn rapper Maino, born Jermaine Coleman, grew up in the borough's Bedford-Stuyvesant section in a household with two drug-addicted parents. Lacking parental guidance, Coleman kept to the streets and involved himself in petty crime, which landed him in prison in the early '90s. There he learned to rap so that he could deal with boredom and isolation. In 2003, after about ten years, he was released from prison and wasted no time setting up his new imprint, Hustle Hard. Maino enjoyed his first airplay on N.Y.C. radio via Hot 97's DJ Kay Slay and began making several mixtape appearances during the following years. From his own mixtapes, street singles like "Rumors" and "Take It Like a Man" got his name buzzing among major labels, including Universal, who signed him in 2005. However, the deal eventually fell through, since his intended debut album, Death Before Dishonor, was permanently shelved. Nonetheless, Atlantic picked up Maino and his Hustle Hard imprint in 2007, and the Brooklyn native quickly issued street single "My Life Is Like a Movie" that year. Another track, "Hi Hater," surfaced the following year, prefacing his major-label debut, If Tomorrow Comes... (2009). ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music Guide

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- - Real Hip Hop Music!
  - - By SWIFFKILLA
    - 7/24/2009 17:17:11
  - WOW, I was speechless after I heard this album. Maino is the rapper I've been waiting for. I'm tired of these fake rappers that come out with one hit then disappear for like 5 years. If you buy this Album I promise you will not be disappointed. BUY THIS NOW!!!!!
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- - Good Music
  - - By Orlack1
    - 7/11/2009 16:30:31
  - Breathe of fresh air!!!!!!
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- - The entire album
  - - By AMITYVILLAIN
    - 7/7/2009 17:05:45
  - This album is that breathe of pure 100% oxygen that I have been waiting for among all the garbage that is music today. Real music inspires my art work, and Maino is one of the realest to date keep doing your thing they will remember your name.
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