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This album’s lead single which appeared in the movie Zebrahead has the artist compare himself to “Malcolm X catching the jungle fever”. (15[1])Large Professor sampled Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” for a song on this album, where the artist refers to himself as “the Buddha’s monk in your trunk, turn the bass up”. AZ made his debut verse on this album, where he raps about “visualizin’ the realism of life in actuality”. A song on this album (15[1])that includes (*) “Halftime” and “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” (10[1])starts “Rappers I monkey flip ‘em with the funky rhythm” and contains the claim “I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is (-5[1])the cousin of death”. A photo of a child superimposed (10[1])on a city block serves (-5[1])as the cover of this (10[1])1994 album. For 10 points, “Life's a Bitch” and “N.Y. State of Mind” feature on what debut album by Nas? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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