Allen Iverson's long lost album! Released!?

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Allen Iverson's long lost album! Released!?

POSTED: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:26 PM

Filed Under: Music | Album Philly Bands

Only 4 tracks by A.I.? I musta misunderstood.

Well, some of it, anyway. WPRB DJ Jon Solomon and I were just talking about Allen Iverson's would-be rap career and how impossible it seems that the Misunderstood album — the rap record that was going to be released back in 2000 until people heard the single "40 Bars" and complained about the gangsta/anti-gay language/themes — has never leaked online. Then I did a little searching, for the hell of it. I don't do illegal downloads but I thought I'd look around. And. Misunderstood, or some semblance of it, came out April 20. This year. Timed with the release of the The Trial of Allen Iverson documentary apparently. Misunderstood was supposed to be the name of that long lost album. And here's an album by that name, with Iverson right on the cover. So. Is this it? I guess so? It certainly appears to be some of the original album. You can listen to song samples here. I bought it. Only $2.99 on iTunes. The digital-only release is 10 tracks — and only the first four appear to be A.I. even though that's him real big on the cover, and it says "Allen Iverson" in the "Artist" column when you download it. The other songs "feature" Ty Gracie and Cru Thik — ringers with a more polished flow. There's no "40 Bars" here though. There is a track called "Jewelz Time" — Jewelz was gonna be A.I.'s hip-hop moniker. Here's Iverson, Thik and Gracie hanging out. Warning, the n-word is all over this shit:

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