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Down for Some Ignorance

Down for Some Ignorance
Album: MartyrLoserKing (2016)

Una ninna nanna da incubo che elenca tutti i mali del mondo.
Yeah, I know we down for the ignorance
(continua)
17/3/2018 - 23:29
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Anti War Freestyle

Anti War Freestyle
[2010]
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams
Single

This freestyle, recorded over Nas's incredible 'Made You Look' beat, is a phenomenal example of radical street poetry. Williams passionately denounces the war on Iraq, and examines the irony of Black Americans becoming soldiers in the US Army: "We was the first type of oil that they ever stole … Now they want a deal and asking us to back them".
Now let's get it all in perspective
(continua)
inviata da giorgio 20/1/2011 - 08:58
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Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)

Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)
[2004]
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha
Album: Saul Williams

Once the audience has been introduced to the central character, Saul Williams, the artist, and this central character has dealt with the current state of hip hop, he makes an open call to the youth of America, transcending hip hop and speaking to larger social issues:
"This is a call out to all the youth in the ghettos, suburbs, villages, townships: to all the kids who download this song for free. By any means. To all the kids short on loot but high on dreams. To all the kids watching TV like, yo, I wish that was me...I hear you. To all the people within the sound of my voice...".
Here, Williams again targets a large audience that transcends the hip hop community. He speaks to the youth of the world. He discusses the "state of affairs, likening the situation to Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar:
"Brutus... (continua)
This is a call out to all the youth..
(continua)
inviata da giorgio 17/2/2010 - 21:13




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