Obscure Revolutionary or Left leaning hip-hop

[Althusser]

Whenever I ask anyone about political hip-hop, I always get Immortal Technique, dead prez, The Coup, etc. They are great artists, but recently I've found a bunch of practically unheard of revolutionary hip-hop artists. I'll name a few below, but the point of this thread is to share artists that we don't think many people know about.

Here we go:

1.) Bambu- Probably on of my favorite and least known communist rappers. He's a pinoy hip-hop artist from Los Angeles.

"Pow Wow Drums" (about the immigration laws in the U.S. border states)
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"Chairman Mao"
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"Nicole" (about a Filipino woman raped by U.S. marines)
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"No One Left"
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Bambu's bandcamp: http://beatrockmusic.bandcamp.com/


2.) Rebel Diaz- Latin communist hip-hop duo based in South Bronx, New York, with roots in Chicago.

"American Spring"
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"American Nitemare"
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"Contradictionz" (about the contradictions in capitalist society)
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"FREE 'EM ALL" (about freeing all political prisoners, the cuban 5, mumia, leonard peltier, etc.)
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"Me Creo" (the song is in spanish, it's about Latin American socialist heroes)
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"Broken Hands Play Guitar" (Tribute to Victor Jara/ released this year on his birthday)
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Here's there website: http://rebeldiaz.com/


If you've got anyone interesting, please share.

[Stand Your Ground]

I Listen to both Bambu & Rebel Diaz. We have a stickied rap thread though, check out some of the stuff I posted in there.

[ed miliband]

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[the last donut of the night]

i often feel hip hop acts that try to be solely platforms for political expression often let their beats and (often, lyrics) be mediocre in lieu of having album covers that feature some reference to the black panthers. i think a dude like kendrick lamar does a great job of being political without being annoying

[Robespierres Neck]

Thanks for the names. I haven't heard Bambu or Rebel Diaz. I'll definitely check them out.

[human strike]

P.O.S.
Junkyard Empire
Blue Scholars
Beltaine's Fire
Marxman
Sole
Rodney P

etc etc

[human strike]

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[Althusser]

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[Let's Get Free]

What about Lowkey?

[Yuppie Grinder]

political hip hop that isn't boring backpacker bullshit:
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[Ostrinski]

What about Lowkey?I wouldn't call him obscure.