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Producers Swizz Beatz, Nottz, Hi-Tek and more help maintain the true essence of classic hip-hop with head-nodding beats, complemented by Cassidy's spit-fire and boastful lyrics, highlighted on standout tracks "Damn I Miss The Game," "I Get My Paper" and "Cash Rules (featuring Bone Thugs and Eve)."
With over 20,000 entries for Cassidy's Rap Battle Contest, winner Elton Gatling, a.k.a Lil' Chugga from Columbia, Tennessee, makes his national recording debut on "Shut 'Em Up." This bonus track, featuring Cassidy, Drag-On and Larsiny Family, will only be available on the limited edition connected CD version of B.A.R.S.
Having built a reputation as one of the illest freestyle battle rappers, the Philadelphia-born Cassidy transcended the street battles and emerged as one of the hottest new rappers when his 2004 debut album Split Personality , featuring R. Kelly on the smash single "Hotel," entered at #1 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and peaked at #2 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Keeping his street cred intact, Cassidy's 2005 gritty follow-up album (and the first ever hip-hop dual disc) I'm A Hustla, debuted at #5 on the Top 200 Albums chart and spawned the hit "I'm A Hustla," cited by MTV.com as "one of the biggest records in rap" that year. With over a million sales, "I'm A Hustla" also became one of the highest selling master ringtones prior to the official RIAA certification launch in June 2006 |
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