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Devin the Dude is the most talented gangsta working today. Self-deprecating, tuneful and operating outside of the stone-faced, chain-flashing rap contingent that rules the airwaves, he is also one of the most criminally overlooked. Unfortunately, Devin representing Houston, Texas, hasn't had the same romanticized resonance as Jay-Z repping Brooklyn's Marcy housing projects. On To tha Extreme, Devin eschews the trappings of the cocksure rap star for the playful, mundane existence of scraping by in hip-hop America. On the loping G-funk of "Unity," Devin calls out his own insecurities, while "Too Cute" is a reversal of the typical mack-daddy ballad wherein vocalist Erica Marion croons "shut up boy" to all of Devin's advances. Even the more straightforward sex raps and weed odes are full of refreshing humor and humility. Devin's raw talent, coupled with star turns on tracks by Dr. Dre and Dilated Peoples might mean that Devin won't be a Texas secret for long.
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Track List
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Go Fight Some Other Crime (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Devin's Medley
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Right Now (track not available in Rhapsody)
- To Tha X-Treme
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Kooter Brown (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Cooter Brown
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Anythang (track not available in Rhapsody)
- What
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She's Gone (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Freak
- Right Now
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Freak (track not available in Rhapsody)
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What? (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Too Cute feat. Erico MarIon
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Don't Go (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Don't Go
- Come On & Come
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Too Cute (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Go Fight Some Other Crime
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Come On & Come (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Briarpatch
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Where Can We Go? (track not available in Rhapsody)
- She's Gone
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Unity For U & Me (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Anythang
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Funk, The - (with 8-ball) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Motha (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Tha Funk
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Briar Patch (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Motha
- Party feat KB & Man Child
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To Tha X-Treme (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Unity
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