A.W.O.L.
Studio album by AZ
Released	September 6, 2005
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	54:33
Label	Quiet Money Records
Professional reviews
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AZ chronology
Final Call (2004)	A.W.O.L. (2005)	The Format (2006)

A.W.O.L. is a music album by the rapper, AZ. It was recorded after Final Call, an album that was shelved because of a two month early leak on the internet. While people thought A.W.O.L. would be worse than Final Call, the disc was a surprise underground hit when it came out. Because of constant record label problems, A.W.O.L. is the first AZ album which was released on his own Quiet Money Records imprint. In a couple of months after the release, A.W.O.L. 1.5, which included a bonus disc featuring acapella and instrumental versions to the songs on A.W.O.L., was released. Image File history File linksMetadata A.W.O.L..jpg‎ This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... AZ (born Anthony Cruz on March 9, 1973? in Brooklyn, New York City) is an African-American/Dominican East-Coast rapper. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... AZ (born Anthony Cruz on March 9, 1973? in Brooklyn, New York City) is an African-American/Dominican East-Coast rapper. ... Final Call was rumored to be AZs last or second to last album before retirement. ... The Format is an upcoming album by rapper AZ, set for release on November 7, 2006. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... AZ (born Anthony Cruz on March 9, 1973? in Brooklyn, New York City) is an African-American/Dominican East-Coast rapper. ... Final Call was rumored to be AZs last or second to last album before retirement. ... A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or piece without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ...

Track listing

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Album singles

Single cover	Single information
	"AZ's Chillin'" Released: July 12, 2005 B-Side: "Never Change"
	"The Come Up" Released: July 26, 2005 B-Side: "Magic Hour"
	"Still Alive" Released: September 20, 2005 B-Side: "New York"

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Album chart positions

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Miscellanea

• The tracks "Live Wire", "Magic Hour", and "The Truth" were all featured on AZ's Final Call album. The album was shelved, however, due to piracy.

A special 2-disc edition of the album was realeased called A.W.O.L. 1.5 It contained "Live Wire", "Magic Hour", and "The Truth" as bonus tracks and disc 2 contained all the tracks' instrumentals as well as achapella versions. Final Call was rumored to be AZs last or second to last album before retirement. ... The flag of 18th-century pirate Calico Jack Piracy is robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation. ...