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. The members are Touch ( MC), and Nato ( DJ/ producer)."Touch & Nato Are The Representatives Intelligent Design"
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History

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, Mindbender, Nomad, Chazm, Chris Plus and Stray. Production was handled by Nato and it was recorded at his Up in Arms Studio. Their online video for the song "Adult's Story" included Touch spinning the classic

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'' in August 2007, and was 10th overall for the year, reflecting Canadian campus radio airplay. In early 2008 the single "Somethin' Real ft. Wordsworth" reached number one on the US-based Rap Attack charts, and also charted on ''

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'''s Hip Hop Top 20. ''Intelligent Design'' was also nominated for Outstanding Urban Recording at the 2008

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Members

*Touch - MC *Nato - DJ/producer

Discography

*''Intelligent Design Promo'' - 2007 - Up in Arms Recordings (digital mixtape) *''...Are the Representatives in Intelligent Design'' - 2007 - Up in Arms Recordings/ Makebelieve Records

Vinyl releases

*''Abstrakt Vinyl Compilation'' - 2005 - Makebelieve Records (features "What I Wanna Say")

References

External links

Touch and Nato's
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