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rapper

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, released on 6 July 2009. It features guest collaborations by Miskeena, Lord Sear,

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. The album also has more mainstream performers including

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, the frontman of Blur,

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when he rapped on their song "

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, he rapped in his native Arabic, as he does on the song "Alarm Chord" which also features Albarn. His song "Pivot Widdit" was used in the

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film ''City of Life''.

Track listing

#"Pivot Widdit" - 3:26 #"Star Spangled Banner" - 3:05 #"Tickle My Pickle" (featuring Miskenna) - 3:40 #"Rewind DJ" (featuring

) - 4:37 #"Baba's Shotgun" - 1:21 #"Trick" - 3:10 #"Leave it Alone" - 3:06 #"It Wasn't Me (Skit)" (featuring Lord Sear and

) - 1:15 #"Criminuhl" - 3:20 #"Heave Ho" - 3:52 #"The Mammoth Tusk" - 4:18 #"Big Slingaz'" - 4:09 #"So Real" (featuring

) #"Alarm Chord" (featuring

) - 3:29 #"Beirut" - 3:52

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mammoth Tush 2009 albums