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Champion (EP)

extended play by Brother Ali

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 23, 2025
Entity authorityQ5069988 ↗
Source-derived summary

Champion EP is the first extended play by American rapper Brother Ali. It was released on May 11, 2004 via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Recording sessions took place at Trail Mix Recording Studios in Minneapolis. Production was handled entirely by Ant, who also served as executive producer together with Brent Sayers, Brother Ali and Slug.

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Original version of "Champions" is taken from Shadows on the Sun.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Champion (EP)” is extended play by Brother Ali. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Champion, extended and play, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2004. For this dossier, Champion, extended and play is the immediate research focus.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5069988. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Champion (EP)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.