posted by grspec
1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 2,086 views
1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 2,086 views
Political Music
Created: 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago
Views: 2,841
Views: 2,841
This playlist collects together music which is overtly or covertly political - including comedy.
Cannibal Ox is Vast Aire, Vordul Mega and DJ Cip-One from Harlem, New York City. The Cold Vein (their 2001 debut album) is one of the finest Hip Hop albums ever produced. More tracks are available on the... continue reading
posted by benjee 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 289 views
A collaboration between two of the UKs best Hip Hop acts: the production skills of Coldcut with Roots Manuva's excellent lyrics and delivery - to a fantastic intricate animated video! Including some cool... continue reading
posted by benjee 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 3,055 views • 2:53
One of the many magnificent tracks from Leftfield's second and last album: Rhythm & Stealth (one of my favourites of all time).
posted by benjee 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 2,664 views • 4:44
Donovan had a hit with the song, but Buffy St. Marie wrote it. Interesting history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Soldier_%28song%29
posted by lisacat 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 131 views
Zebda are from Toulouse in the south of France. The name of the group is the Arabic word for butter. It is a play on the use of the word 'beur' in French slang to refer to Arabs, and the French word for... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 5,861 views
Souad Massi is an Algerian folk singer and guitarist often compared to Joan Baez and Tracy Chapman. She blends traditional Algerian music with elements of folk, rock, and country. In the early 1990s she... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 3,662 views • 3:33
War Pigs is an anti-war song by British heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, Paranoid. The song talks about war and the absurdities of those who make war without regard to the powerless... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 3,161 views
Lil ditty calling for impeachment of the worst president ever.
posted by winkler1
1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 1,221 views
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, and now I'm livin' in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this, I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist!
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 2,793 views
posted by mlx
1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 1,875 views
1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 1,875 views
Look for Miles Davis, Afrika Bambaataa, Lou Reed, Run DMC, Ringo, Darlene Love, Jimmy Cliff, Joey Ramone and many other atrtists who appearred to protest apartheid in South Africa. Sun City was a posh... continue reading
posted by lisacat 1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 106 views
Wild and highly stylized promo for El-P's new album. El-P, dressed in prisoner orange, is beaten, dunked in water, etc., in a graphic commentary on secret US military prisons and prisoner abuses that... continue reading
posted by bamdrew 1 decade 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 194 views
Jim Terr's parodies are frequently featured on Mike Malloy's radio program. This is his latest and a YouTube search will yield more! WARNING! Graphic images at the end...
posted by lisacat 1 decade 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 97 views
Mafia K'1 Fry - verlan for Mafia Africa - are a French hip hop collective who come mainly from the Val-de-Marne departement (94). Members of the collective include Rohff, Kery James, 113 (Rim-K, AP et... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 163 views
posted by ant
1 decade 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,260 views
1 decade 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,260 views
In this episode, Adel uses heavy metal to express his rage at the death and destruction surrounding him. Hometown Baghdad was shot by an all-Iraqi crew and tells the stories of three young people trying... continue reading
posted by mlx 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,596 views
From the YouTube post: www.VBS.tv series. Parts 1-5 up now on VBS.tv. In 2003, just after the US toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, Vice magazine published an article on the only heavy metal band... continue reading
posted by BoneyD 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 323 views
A unique combination of politics, hip-hop, and animation, courtesy of the great Public Enemy, filmmaker Memo Salazar, and indie production company the Film Shack.
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 2,838 views
Lennon's legendary peace march anthem.
posted by persephone 1 decade 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,615 views