True Links
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True Links is the debut EP
Extended play
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 by rapper Edgar Allen Floe
Edgar Allen Floe
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. It contains nine tracks produced by 9th Wonder
9th Wonder
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, Illmind
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, and others. Only one track has guest vocals: L.E.G.A.C.Y.
L.E.G.A.C.Y.
L.E.G.A.C.Y. is a rapper from North Carolina, and member of the Justus League collective.-Biography:L.E.G.A.C.Y. is an acronym for Life Ends Gradually and Changes You. He was born on the military base Fort Bragg, and grew up in Fayetteville, before moving to Goldsboro, North Carolina...

 and Median appear on "The Great Adventure". DJ Ethx considers this to be a reason why True Links is monotonous stating, "[d]epending on your patience or perspective, Mr. Floe's True Links is either a decent, and promising, debut for an artist in his career's infancy or a fairly monotonous listen; one that could have been aided by a bit of versatility in cadence and tone, or perhaps supplemented by more guest vocalists." Similarly, Miles Duncan of Okayplayer
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 considers the EP to have repetitive and monotonous rapping, but also strong production and personal lyrics. Starrene Rhett of AllHipHop.com describes True Links as a "dope listening experience[...] [e]compassing a jazz
Jazz
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y sound reminiscent of east coast Hip-Hop
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circa the early to mid 90's."

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:20
  2. "The Formula 2005" – 2:48
  3. "I for an I" – 3:48
  4. "Back in Time" – 4:17
  5. "Timelife" – 4:18
  6. "Faith in Love" – 3:45
  7. "The Great Adventure" – 3:42
    • featuring L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Median
  8. "Imagine" – 3:28
  9. "Livelyhood" – 4:35

Producers

  • DJ Forge — track 2
  • Illmind — track 3
  • Khrysis — track 4
  • Obsidian Blue — track 5
  • 9th Wonder — track 6, 7
  • Picasso — track 8
  • Slicemysta (a.k.a. Edgar Allen Floe) — track 9
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