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Discography

Albums

2011: ''No Features'' (

)
2010: ''Planet of the Grapes'' (

)
2008: ''Generation X'' (

)

Compilation albums

2004: ''Will Tell Vol. 10 - Academics''
2004: ''Will Tell Vol. 9 - The Academy Awards''
2003: ''Will Tell Vol. 8 - Soundscam''
2002: ''Will Tell Vol. 7 - M.V.L.L.''
2002: ''Will Tell Vol. 6 - The Best Icon''
2001: ''Will Tell Vol. 5 - Unsigned Grime''
2001: ''Will Tell Vol. 4 - Ready N Willin''
2000: ''Will Tell Vol. 3 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way''
1999: ''Will Tell Vol. 2 - Time Will Tell''
1998: ''Will Tell Vol. 1 - Will Power''

Collaborative albums

2017: ''Skillmatic'' (

) * ''Skillmatic'' featuring Prodigy (

) * ''Crime Lords'' featuring Sticky Fingers (Onyx) * ''Old Gold Cipher'' featuring Richie Balance * ''Barbaric Merits'' featuring Spit Gemz 2016: ''AGUA'' (

) * ''Taken'' * ''Industry Outcasts'' featuring R.A. the Rugged Man and

* ''Agua'' * ''Cut and Dry'' featuring

* ''Imagine'' featuring Rhymefest * ''Murder Soundtrack'' featuring A.F.R.O. * ''Tommy is my Boy'' 2012: ''Legends Never Die'' ( R.A. the Rugged Man) * ''Tom Thumb'' featuring Tom Thumb * ''Underground Hits'' featuring Hopsin and Ruste Juxx 2012: ''Love, Hell or Right'' (

) * ''We Right Here'' featuring Dres (Black Sheep) and Jarobi (

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) 2012: ''Dysfunkshunal Familee'' (Family Reunion) * ''I'm Dysfunkshunal'' featuring

2011: ''Speed of Life'' (

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and Black Sheep as Evitan) * ''The Three Kings'' featuring

2010: ''Wild Cowboys II'' (

) * ''Return of the Bang Bang'' * ''Nuclear Bomb'' * ''Swerve'' featuring Swerv * ''We Kewl'' 2010: ''Brown Water'' (The Bad Seed) * ''Can Ya Hear Me'' 2010: ''Mami and Papi'' (

) * ''I Love NY'' featuring Tony Touch and Hurricane G 2009: ''Natural born Skiller'' (

) * ''Double Dosage'' featuring Sean Price and General Steele 2008: ''Sidewalk Stories'' (Milano) * ''Take it Off'' * ''Stay Low'' * ''And Now'' 2007: ''The Beautiful Mix Tape'' (

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and Pumpkinhead * ''No You Won't'' featuring O.D. * ''Chaos'' 2005: ''This Week'' (

) * ''Style Wars'' * All album skits 2005: ''Skillitary'' (

) * ''Party for Free'' featuring

2003: ''Bootleg of the Bootleg'' (

) * ''Take Me'' (Top 25 on Billboards Rap Singles) 2003: ''For the Kids'' (The Bad Seed) * ''They Love Me'' single (Top Ten on Billboards Rap Singles) 2003: ''The Mix Tape'' (FunkMaster Flex) * ''They Love Me'' by Bad Seed 2002: ''A Beautiful Mind'' (Pumpkinhead) * ''Park Slope'' * ''Brooklyn Academy'' * ''The Beginning''

References

Living people 1973 births