Offical The Coup thread

[Radikal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBomhHu-I8

Magic Clap is a song off their new record "Sorry To Bother You", and it is the shit! Makes me wish I had money to buy it! Guess I gotta wait. :thumbdown:

Anyways, what do you guys think? Post a video so people who haven't heard of them get to listen!

[brigadista]

one of my favorites- pure MF - had my bank...

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[Ele'ill]

I never liked any of their stuff

[fdfd]

rollingstone.com/music/videos/premiere-the-coup-the-magic-clap-20120830

Here's the video to the Magic Clap! Pretty good!

[Radikal]

one of my favorites- pure MF - had my bank...

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Aww yeah


I never liked any of their stuff

Why not? Not into hip-hop?

[Ele'ill]

Why not? Not into hip-hop?

I like hip-hop just not any of their stuff

[Optiow]

The Coup is great. 'My Favourite Mutiny', 'Ass Breath Killers' and 'I Love Boosters' are my favourite songs.

[Radikal]

I like hip-hop just not any of their stuff

Ah. Well, everyone has their tastes!

[Radikal]

The Coup is great. 'My Favourite Mutiny', 'Ass Breath Killers' and 'I Love Boosters' are my favourite songs.

It's hard, but I think my all-time favorite is Dig It:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsUDGxdeICw

But I like all their songs, so yeah.

[#FF0000]

Boots Riley is good is really anything he's involved with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT35Tp3AMDw

[Radikal]

Boots Riley is good is really anything he's involved with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT35Tp3AMDw

... dafuq did I just watch? O_o

But yeah, I agree.

EDIT: Wait, they from New Orleans? Awww yeah Louisiana artists!

[Robespierres Neck]

The Coup is alright. I prefer Dead Prez or Immortal Technique's earlier stuff.

[Althusser]

I love The Coup. Boots Riley is one of my favorite musicians of all time. He makes great music and doesn't "ride the fence." He openly claims to be a communist and never disappoints with his leftist politically laced music.

This is a really great and funny track about the Iran-Iraq War.

Head (Of State)
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This is a really kick-ass track about military mutinies, fragging military superiors, and soldiers rebelling against their commanding officers. (Boots said it was about the Vietnam War, but decided not to mention it specifically so it could apply to all unjust imperialist wars.)

Captain Sterling's Little Problem
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This is a witty track about a fictional pill that was designed during slavery in the U.S. with the intent of giving the masses the strength to rise up.

Ass-Breath Killers
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ALSO a comrade explained this entire track on rapgenius.com, a great site that breaks down the meaning of rap lyrics line by line. I recommend everyone to look at the explanations there especially this one for the above track "Ass-Breath Killers"

http://rapgenius.com/The-coup-ass-breath-killers-lyrics

[Radikal]

The Coup is alright. I prefer Dead Prez or Immortal Technique's earlier stuff.

I like dead prez, but Boots from The Coup is higher up than stic and M-1.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Boots is awesome, met him at Occupy Oakland.

Three songs that I've had on repeat for awhile now are:
Not Yet Free:
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Ghetto Manifesto:
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Kill My Landlord:
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Suffice to say I donated a lot of my weed money to help buy their tour bus :D

[Althusser]

"The trees we got lifted by made our feet dangle
So when I say burn one I mean is Star-Spangled" -Boots Riley, Ghetto Manifesto

^One of my favorite lines/metaphors from Boots Riley^


I was able to scavenge an extra $40, so I'm helping with the tour bus they're trying to get. I'm getting a Coup logo T-shirt & the new CD a week before it comes out, signed by Boots Riley.

If you donate $10, Boots will call your phone and leave a personalized voicemail message.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1909248105/a-tour-bus-for-the-coup?ref=live