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Hi there,

I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul.

Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening?

Thanks, Marco wicked.gif

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Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern blush.gif send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. ph34r.gif

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LOL, the very thought of it !

Marco, Dodger's your man on here for 90's tunage.

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LOL, the very thought of it !

Marco, Dodger's your man on here for 90's tunage.

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Marco, PM me off list with your address and I'll do a couple of CDRs for you.

Roger

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Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern blush.gif send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. ph34r.gif

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marco, you do realise this is a joke don't you? all the best mate, mark

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marco, you do realise this is a joke don't you?  all the best mate, mark

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Don't worry Mark, I realised it blush.gif

Ciao, Marco

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Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern blush.gif send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. :lol:

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Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much. Steps were a much underrated 90's band who cut some good dance tunes, most of which are deleted now but cd singles occasionally turn up. Top of the heap has to be "I lost my heart to a trout lipped suitor" by Ali N and the Tasteless Wilderbeests (cd only).

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Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much.

Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good. I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul. yes.giflaugh.gif

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Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good.  I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul.  yes.gif   laugh.gif

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I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean.

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I used to think the early 90s were awful. I bought virtually naff all between 1992-5. Now I think I probably missed out on an awful lot of good stuff. I've caught up on bits and peices (not Dave Clark 5 yes.gif ) but there's still a big gap in my colection from these years.

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I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean.

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she's got a nice arse

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Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good.  I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul.  laugh.gif   :lol:

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....and lulu and kenny thomas (isn't he a taffy?)

god, pete's right, some of it is shit isn't it yes.gif

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....and lulu and kenny thomas (isn't he a taffy?)

god, pete's right, some of it is shit isn't it  yes.gif

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Some of the as yet unreleased Kenny Thomas stuff doing the rounds now is actually mighty mighty fine - it was recorded mid 90s but never came out, tracks like 'Him' and 'Let It Rain' are simply bloody wonderful tunes if you can put aside your preconceptions. For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK.

Roger

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For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK.

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My favourite record of last year yes.giflaugh.gif Its glorious. What the latest low down on release for this Rog ?

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Some of the as yet unreleased Kenny Thomas stuff doing the rounds now is actually mighty mighty fine - it was recorded mid 90s but never came out, tracks like 'Him' and 'Let It Rain' are simply bloody wonderful tunes if you can put aside your preconceptions.  For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK.

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What, better than I Wanna Know by John E Paul ???? yes.gif

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My favourite record of last year  yes.gif   laugh.gif Its glorious. What the latest low down on release for this Rog ?

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All still shrouded in mystery I'm afraid Ali. They should have put it out months ago because like Crazy World when it finally appeared, people either had it on CDR or were tired of it. As you say, a glorious piece of UK soul music.

Roger

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What, better than I Wanna Know by John E Paul ????  yes.gif

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Yes, what a pile of crap that record is.

Needless to say I've never heard it!! laugh.gif

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Yes, what a pile of crap that record is.

Needless to say I've never heard it!!  yes.gif

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Hey thats my line laugh.gif

Just for the record, I know you think I'm a retard and that may be so but it's not that I'm against modern and new soul music, I'm just against it being played at Northern Soul venues, that's all. Have been since about 1978.

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Hi there,

I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul.

Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening?

Thanks, Marco  yes.gif

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Nothing, its all crap laugh.gif

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Hey thats my line  laugh.gif

Just for the record, I know you think I'm a retard and that may be so but it's not that I'm against modern and new soul music, I'm just against it being played at Northern Soul venues, that's all.  Have been since about 1978.

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You certainly don't have to explain that to me Pete, we've had enough conversations in the past to know where we both stand on our musical viewpoints. :lol: I think the term 'friendly disdain' would just about cover it!! :lol:laugh.gif:lol:

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You certainly don't have to explain that to me Pete, we've had enough conversations in the past to know where we both stand on our musical viewpoints.  :lol:   I think the term 'friendly disdain' would just about cover it!!  laugh.gif   :lol:   laugh.gif

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(Little Britain voice) "Yeah I know" :lol:

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Hi there,

I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul.

Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening?

Thanks, Marco  :rolleyes:

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Far too many to mention Marco!

Search & ye shall find... People doing you CD's will be a great help, however some essential albums IMO:

Sounds of Blackness

Incognito

The Affair

Drizabone

C&C Music Factory

D'Influence

Impromp2

D'Angelo

R. Kelly

Portrait

Maxwell

Ann Nesby

Erykah Badu

Tony Toni Tone

Adriana Evans

Zhane

Lauryn Hill

Hil St. Soul

Angie Stone

Something to get your teeth into... :huh:

Sam

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Far too many to mention Marco!

Search & ye shall find... People doing you CD's will be a great help, however some essential albums IMO:

Sounds of Blackness

Incognito

The Affair

Drizabone

C&C Music Factory

D'Influence

Impromp2

D'Angelo

R. Kelly

Portrait

Maxwell

Ann Nesby

Erykah Badu

Tony Toni Tone

Adriana Evans

Zhane

Lauryn Hill

Hil St. Soul

Angie Stone

Something to get your teeth into...  :rolleyes:

Sam

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Sharp intake of breath soulsam you've mentioned Maxwell.there's nothing that get's Dodger going like Maxwell,being mentioned or played out eh Dodge?? :huh::D:yes:

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Sharp intake of breath soulsam you've mentioned Maxwell.there's nothing that get's Dodger going like Maxwell,being mentioned or played out eh Dodge?? :huh:   :D   :yes:

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Not in this case mate, only in the case of upfront modern soul DJ's who should know better. :rolleyes::D

Every artist mentioned will be on Marco's CD's plus a whole heap more, just putting them together now - give or take a couple of tracks I've done these on two CDs so far:

Ali - Feelin' You

Akin - Stay Right Here

Gena Breedlove - Free

Act Of Faith - Love Not Love

4Kast - This Feeling

Colonel Abrams - You Don't Know

Caron Wheeler - Living In The Light

Blaze - I Wonder

Alison Limerick - This Love

Alisha Warren - Discover Me

Angie & Debbie - Father Father.

Angelo & Veronica - Do What's Right

Angie Stone - Tell Me

Yolanda Adams - Already Alright

Zhane - Shame

D'Breez - When I'm With You

Groove Theory - Baby Luv

Affair - The Way We Are

Hipness - Hipness

Kareem - Never Give Up On Love

Ben Tankard - N'Da Spirit

Be Be Winans - Thank You

Andre De Lang - Don't Stop Believing

Andre De Lang - Could You Be

Urban Blues Project ft. Michael Procter - Love Don't Live

Adeva - Don't Think About It

Terry Ronald - What The Child Needs

Ivan Matias - Somebody Knows How You Feel

Shaboom - Never Felt This Way Before

Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love

Aretha Franklin - Here We Go Again

Ann Nesby - In The Spirit

Light Of The World - The Power

4Love - Hold Your Head Up High

Maysa Leak - Compliments

One or two more still left to do . . . :D

Roger

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Ali - Feelin' You

Akin - Stay Right Here

Gena Breedlove - Free

Act Of Faith - Love Not Love

4Kast - This Feeling

Colonel Abrams - You Don't Know

Caron Wheeler - Living In The Light

Blaze - I Wonder

Alison Limerick - This Love

Alisha Warren - Discover Me

Angie & Debbie - Father Father.

Angelo & Veronica - Do What's Right

Angie Stone - Tell Me

Yolanda Adams - Already Alright

Zhane - Shame

D'Breez - When I'm With You

Groove Theory - Baby Luv

Affair - The Way We Are

Hipness - Hipness

Kareem - Never Give Up On Love

Ben Tankard - N'Da Spirit

Be Be Winans - Thank You

Andre De Lang - Don't Stop Believing

Andre De Lang - Could You Be

Urban Blues Project ft. Michael Procter - Love Don't Live

Adeva - Don't Think About It

Terry Ronald - What The Child Needs

Ivan Matias - Somebody Knows How You Feel

Shaboom - Never Felt This Way Before

Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love

Aretha Franklin - Here We Go Again

Ann Nesby - In The Spirit

Light Of The World - The Power

4Love - Hold Your Head Up High

Maysa Leak - Compliments

One or two more still left to do . . . :huh:

Roger

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Hi there,

I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul.

Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening?

Thanks, Marco  :rolleyes:

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You could do a lot worse than the Expansion compilation CDs from the 90s. There's also a few good boxed sets probably still available like the Supreme Soul sets.

Best

Jacko

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I'm just gettin into the 90's myself Dodger, any chance of a CD too  :rolleyes:   :huh: Joking, I don't have a CD player!

Some nice tunes there Dodger, a couple I don't know myself and will search out now...

Special mentions: Ali & Terry Ronald - WOW! Awesome tunes...

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I'd HIGHLY recommend you buy a CD player if you're getting into the 90s!! :D You were joking, right? :yes:

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You could do a lot worse than the Expansion compilation CDs from the 90s. There's also a few good boxed sets probably still available like the Supreme Soul sets.

Best

Jacko

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Just out of interest (or not!), I design the Expansion CD covers.

Good comps as you say but a lot of the tracks are fillers on the Supreme Soul comps. The Winners Circle comps were stunners, I'm sure you can still pick them up cheap.

Roger

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Just out of interest (or not!), I design the Expansion CD covers.

Good comps as you say but a lot of the tracks are fillers on the Supreme Soul comps.  The Winners Circle comps were stunners, I'm sure you can still pick them up cheap.

Roger

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Forgot them 2. Yeah probably the best ones overall.

Jacko

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I'd HIGHLY recommend you buy a CD player if you're getting into the 90s!!  :D   You were joking, right?  :)

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Unfortunately I wasn't :)

Spend far too much on vinyl, couldn't cope with CD's too, I'd have to start selling mi body! :D

I know, I know, I'm missing out on loadsa stuff, but my mates tend to tape me some CD only stuff, and a fair whack is still available on vinyl. You can't have everything tho...where would you put it!? :D:)

Talking of Expansion, them Friends in High Places weren't half bad, and the Soul Sauce lot too, then there's the Togetherness ones and Soul Boulevard and...

Thank You Expansion for such wonderful music!

Did you pick up the Groove Nation LP from 94, UK indie :D Q!

Sam

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Just seriously for a moment everyone : back in the 80's I used to be an avid reader of Voices from the Shadows and tried to collect a fair amount of contemporary , ie 80's , US soul on 7" vinyl (remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time !!!).

Up to the late 80's you could still find the odd excellent US soul release on 7" vinyl.

But from about 92' on , my attention drifted back to 70s rarities and 60s newies.

The list of worthwhile 90's soul that previous posts in this thread have listed appear to be mainly UK artists or US "urban" or "garage" influenced acts.

My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?

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My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean )  US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?

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There's probably a reasonable amount but in general I gave the 'suvvern' soul stuff a wide berth in the 90s because most of it was badly produced rubbish with fake horns, Rolf Harris Stylophone backing and horrible embarrassing lyrics, though the vocals were sometimes good in a hairy chested kind of way. Get hold of any back issue of Voices and you'll find plenty that have had plays at 'real soul' :) venues.

Roger

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remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time

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This sorta stuff u mean?

Ok..not 90's but '80's..Love this one, bought it new all those years ago.

The person who knows it gets a toffee apple! :)

https://ic0htsk00.ic24.net/soulechoes/guess.ra

OOOOps!...silly me! realplayer tells you the answer :)

William Lane Jr - Show me around (off his Unbelievable album)

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Oooh Marco you lucky bugger!  :)

I'm just gettin into the 90's myself Dodger, any chance of a CD too  :)   :D Joking, I don't have a CD player!

Some nice tunes there Dodger, a couple I don't know myself and will search out now...

Special mentions: Ali & Terry Ronald - WOW! Awesome tunes...

Sam

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Looking forward to receiving the CDs :)

Thanks to everybody,

Marco

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My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean )  US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?

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A couple have sprung to mind which I've heard played - David Brinson 'Hit And Run' and Andre Lee 'Tell Me That You Want My Love' - both very very good indeed.

CD's going in the post today Marco. :)

Roger

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Just seriously for a moment everyone : back in the 80's I used to be an avid reader of Voices from the Shadows and tried to collect a fair amount of contemporary ,  ie 80's ,  US soul on 7" vinyl (remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time !!!). 

Up to the late 80's you could still find the odd excellent US soul release on 7" vinyl.

But from about 92'  on ,  my attention drifted back to 70s rarities and 60s newies.

The list of worthwhile 90's soul that previous posts in this thread have listed appear to be mainly UK artists or US "urban" or "garage" influenced acts.

My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean )  US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?

:)

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Not too many to be honest. Southern Soul that I picked up in the 90's were the likes of Bill Spoon, Tyrone Davis, Shirley Brown etc. Then there was the odd 12 and 7's that popped up, Games - Jimmy Scott, Quinn Golden, Fifty/50. Some excellent indies were brought to us by Expansion on the albums previously mentioned, but these were competing against fresher and funkier stuff out and about with the likes of Swing Beat, Acid Jazz, UK underground soul scene etc., so didn't get played too much in the modern rooms. However there are gems out there for home listening pleasure, seek and ye shall find...

Also remembered some more good 90's releases. The Movin' On series on Rumour, I think they put out 5 volumes all excellent underground/urban soul with a lot of UK talent involved!

Sam

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Also remembered some more good 90's releases. The Movin' On series on Rumour, I think they put out 5 volumes all excellent underground/urban soul with a lot of UK talent involved!

Sam

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There was some top stuff in that series though at the time that 'streetsoul' genre was dismissed out of hand by many 'sole-affishernadoze' ph34r.gif A lot of these things sound very very good now and work very well on a modern soul dancefloor.

Roger

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I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean.

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DIDNT SHE SING ON SPILLER, GROOVE JET? SAMPLING AN OLD SALSOUL NUMBER ph34r.gif

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Not sure if it's too old for this thread, but there was a good compilation CD on Prevue in about 91 with some stunning soul inc Rovve, Ernie Lee Banks and Mary Love Comer. It's "Prevue Soul On CD Vol 1" - and damn fine it is too. Begs the question if there was a volume 2.

Jacko

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My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?

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Here`s a few which I think might fit your bill:

Ann Peebles - Nobody but you - Rounder Cd (92)

Tutu Jones - Cant leave your love alone / Be good to your lady - Bullseye Cd (98)

Gene Chandler - Candy / Love is growing deeper - Black Tiger Cd (96)

Dorothy Moore - Daydreaming - Malaco Cd (97)

More recently theres also been

King Ernest (Ernest Baker) - Must have lost my mind (2000)

Lou Pride - Bringing me back home - Severn Cd (02) think this made it onto a Kent Cd

Stan Mosley - No mistake - Malaco Cd (02)

Most of whom are artists we`ve admired in the past but still doing there best to make it in the music bussiness.

Cheers Trev

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Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much.  Steps were a much underrated 90's band who cut some good dance tunes, most of which are deleted now but cd singles occasionally turn up.  Top of the heap has to be "I lost my heart to a trout lipped suitor" by Ali N and the Tasteless Wilderbeests (cd only).

90's soul  ph34r.gif

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:huh::P:P:lol::lol::P:lol:

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Nothing, its all crap  :huh:

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i know you are, but what am i?

sorry mate, went a bit kindergarten then, no offence ph34r.gif

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