When This Is Over
Encyclopedia
When This Is Over is the debut album by Canadian
rapper Shad
, released in 2005. The album was financed by $17,500 Shad won from 91.5 The Beat
's Rhythm of the Future talent competition while completing his final year of undergraduate study at Wilfrid Laurier University
.
The album features tracks on topics ranging from the Rwandan genocide
to race in basketball
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rapper Shad
Shad (rapper)
Shadrach Kabango , credited as Shad or Shad K., is a Canadian hip hop artist.-Early life:Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father, as a machinist...
, released in 2005. The album was financed by $17,500 Shad won from 91.5 The Beat
CKBT-FM
CKBT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 91.5 FM in Kitchener, Ontario from the Global TV tower at 475 Ayr Road, near Paris. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as 91.5 The Beat.-History:...
's Rhythm of the Future talent competition while completing his final year of undergraduate study at Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has campuses in Brantford, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario and a future proposed campus in Milton, Ontario. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada....
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The album features tracks on topics ranging from the Rwandan genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
to race in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
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Track listing
- "New School Leaders"
- "I Get Down"
- "Out of Love"
- "I'll Never Understand" (featuring Bernadette Kabango)
- "Rock to It"
- "The Greatest Construction Crew"
- "Question Marks"
- "Real Game" (featuring B Green)
- "Wild"
- "A Story No One Told"