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''Freedom Lasso'' is the second album by English rapper Akala, released on 1 October 2007 on Illa State Records. "Love in my Eyes", featuring a sample with
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's voice, is a cover version of the
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' song " Love in a Void" while "I Don't Know" lifted the guitar riff of
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's single "
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". Upon release, the album was hailed by '' Metro'' for its "wittily constructed rhymes", "so bold and brassy".Siobhan Murph
Freedom Lasso - review
Metro UK magazine. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.


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