''When This Is Over'' is the debut studio album by

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rapper Shad, released in 2005. The album was financed by $17,500 Shad won from 91.5 The Beat's Rhythm of the Future talent competition while completing his final year of undergraduate study at

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. The album features tracks on topics ranging from the

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to race in

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Track listing

# "New School Leaders" # "I Get Down" # "Out of Love" # "I'll Never Understand" (featuring Bernadette Kabango) # "Rock to It" # "The Greatest Construction Crew" # "Question Marks" # "Real Game" (featuring B Green) # "Wild" # "A Story No One Told"

References

2005 debut albums Shad (rapper) albums {{2005-hiphop-album-stub