leftist hip hop/rap group

[durdenisgod]

favorite leftist hip hop or rap group?

[RHIZOMES]

The Coup

I'm listening to them right now in fact.

[Invader Zim]

Not sure, Sage Francis has made some really good stuff.

[Pawn Power]

I saw sonofnone a few months ago an he was crazy good.

[durdenisgod]

dead prez.
dead prez is so amazing.
i advice listening to police state.

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

Not sure about groups, but Immortal Technique, Sabac Red (1st ammendment is a great track), Edo G and Koba are all good.

I'll save CdL some effort and pimp him in this thread: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=46391386

[Bazza]

favorite leftist hip hop or rap group?

Leftist rap?
Has to be the Blaggers ITA

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1vM7DWhsFrw

[An archist]

Kenny Arkana :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIUMZkdW0h0

[Malakangga]

Public Enemy.

[Fedorov]

Greis is a swiss raper that has a whole thing on the spanish civil war. The lyrics are in french and german so cheers with that. Oh ya, and he is pretty leftist.

[Revolution4TheHellOfIt]

a-alikes

[Led Zeppelin]

He's not really leftist I guess, but Damian Marley is awesome.

Check out his Confrontation: Damian Marley - Confrontation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXFpJrlgd7A)

The speech by Marcus Garvey in there is great.

[TheAnarchyKid]

Brain Tax

[Taboo Tongue]

The Coup, Sun (http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3729356/Sun_R.A._Incomplete_Collection_-_Taboo_Tongue_-_SFFF) R.A., and Benefit (not really a leftist though)

[F9]

I listen low-bap.Hip-hop was renamed to low-bap due to hip-hop got an ugly face from some assholes which were advertising that they were doing hip-hop.The basic group is Active-Member.Purely leftist group with their lyrics sending clearly messages some times against authorities,fascists etc.However they usually sing in greek but there are and some songs in other languages especially english.There is and a song "Guantanamo" where it is said in different languages a really great song!
their website: www.lowbap.com

Fuserg9:star:

[Sam_b]

Immortal Technique for me.

"Fuck John Ashcroft! Fuck Fox News!"

[Bandito]

I really don't like rap,but Kenny Arkana is really great:)

[Cymru]

Immortal Technique - Revolutianary Volume 2 is an amazing album

[An archist]

Actitud Maria Marta
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=XBY2gH6exvI

[DropZoneRecords]

Eastborn, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Braintax, Mos Def, Paris and more ...

[KrazyRabidSheep]

Hip-hop reggae fusion: Sean Paul.
I don't know how leftist he is, but he routinely produces legalization singles.

I don't care much for rap, but I do love hip-hop.

[DropZoneRecords]

Hip-hop reggae fusion: Sean Paul.
I don't know how leftist he is, but he routinely produces legalization singles.

I don't care much for rap, but I do love hip-hop.

Know how you feel mate, but dont lose hope, there are still some great Rap acts out there, drowning in a sea of garbage, thats true, but great all the same.

[Sasha]

looptroop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqrLOnl4kxo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCOVDdzrCU&feature=related

revolutionairy leftwing hiphop from sweden

[DropZoneRecords]

yeh I like them

[Comrade B]

The Blue Scholars are rather kind of really completely awesome. All human beings should listen to The Blue Scholars. All living things in the Pacific North West must listen to the Blue Scholars.

[DropZoneRecords]

any links? Ive not heard of them?

[Comrade B]

The Blue Scholar's myspace page is http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1450027&MyToken=57e03c33-d49b-4c47-80e7-c52c032351db

Right now though the only song I really like a lot on there is Loyalty

Motion Movement is pretty good as well

[Anarch_Mesa]

Immortal Technique!

[Cooler Reds Will Prevail]

Blue Scholars are probably the most lyrically sound and blatantly revolutionary socialist hip hop group since Dead Prez.

"My purpose as a Maoist is serve the people to the fullest, knowing that my name is somewhere written on a bullet"

"But instead most will settle for less, I can't front I give a fuck if Ronald Reagan is dead"

"When the colonizer came with the cross and the sword, I threw the first spear and said 'I declare war!', I'm a battle scar wearin' heir apparent, descendant of a long lineage of proletarian and peasant"

Sabzi is a beast on the beats and not many can touch Geologic's talent to get a message across musically. Check out "Sagaba", "No Rest for the Weary", "Cornerstone", "Southside Revival", and "Fire for the People"

http://www.pampelmoose.com/mimg/Blue_Scholars.jpg

[DropZoneRecords]

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[Connolly]

Hasan Salaam is great.

Blaxploitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Sla5aD5vM

Hezbollah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3wtq__FUE

Allegro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqh7XZ8nGpg

[Rex0230]

Dead Prez is my favourite. I also like The Coup, Paris, Public Enemy and Immortal Technique... I used to be crazy for Tech, but then I heard "Beef and Broccoli"... I downloaded Revolutionary vol 1, but because it was a bootleg it didn't have "Beef and Broccoli". Then I downloaded full version with that song, and I was very disapointed. Why? Well, first I was extremely mad at him for dissin' the vegetarians and vegans, and then I found out that he was a muslim... But then I came to my senses... If I can listen to street and gansta rap which diss everything I stand for, why can't i listen to Tech with who I disagree in 2 things: Food and Religion.

I apologize for my bad spelling and boring long reply :rolleyes:

BTW for all atheist, agnostics and non believers, I recommend Greydon Square :thumbup1:... He isn't leftist, but he is one, if not only, outspoken atheist mc.

[communard resolution]

Public Enemy.

Black Nationalists with dodgy anti-semitic views, aren't they? Correct me if I'm wrong. I like their music regardless.

[Rex0230]

Black Nationalists with dodgy anti-semitic views, aren't they? Correct me if I'm wrong. I like their music regardless.

Hmm... I don't really see them as anti-semitic... They never said "kill the jews" or something like that... Maybe Professor Griff, but he ain't part of the group any more. And what's wrong with them bein' black nationalist? Paris is also, so as X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, Brand Nubian, Bush Babees... I don't have a problem with that... If my ancestors ware slaves, and took away from their country, I would be a lot more angrier, than most of these artist. In conclusion, don't take serious everything they say in their song, after all the are just a musicians, not politicians.

[communard resolution]

Hmm... I don't really see them as anti-semitic... They never said "kill the jews" or something like that... Maybe Professor Griff, but he ain't part of the group any more. And what's wrong with them bein' black nationalist? Paris is also, so as X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, Brand Nubian, Bush Babees... I don't have a problem with that... If my ancestors ware slaves, and took away from their country, I would be a lot more angrier, than most of these artist. In conclusion, don't take serious everything they say in their song, after all the are just a musicians, not politicians.

I haven't researched Black Nationalism enough to write a comprehensive critique, but my humble impression is that it advocates racial separatism. As of recent, there have even been some weird collaborations between Black Nationalists and White Nationalists in the US as they figured they ultimately want the same thing. Homophobia and antisemitism enter the equation frequently.

While I can see how somebody can get angry at 'the whites', racial separatism is not something I support.

Many black Africans were sold to whites as slaves by other black Africans. Even a Black Nationalist like Farrakhan admits to that these days. It's silly to blame anything on an entire race.

Public Enemy are probably far from being leftist, but their music is awesome. Fear Of A Black Planet is my personal favourite.

[Rex0230]

Many black Africans were sold to whites as slaves by other black Africans. Even a Black Nationalist like Farrakhan admits to that these days. It's silly to blame anything on an entire race.


I agree that it's ridiculous to blame it on entire "race"... But if someone says "Kill all white ppl" it doesn't hit me... Term "race", as far as I know, was a product of Anglo-Saxons and Western Europeans in colonial era... No one asked Eastern Europeans, or Asians or any other ppl if they would like to identified as certain "race"... In ancient Egypt ppl were indentified by place of their origin and/or group of people... There were Egyptians, Europeans, Semites and other Africans (they didn't know about far easterners). What I'm tryin to say that that don't hit's me, cuz I don't see myself as a member of any "race"; to me that's just ridiculous... Nobody is really "white" or "black"... My skin is not "white", it's more peachy and on hot weather usually redish :laugh:... This heat is killin' me, lol!