Be Free release date 2000

You know how this goes by now. What’s New to you is old to me. What’s old to you  is new to me.

What can I say about Dead Prez album Let’s Be free? Thought provoking ,  fist pump,  sexy militant lyrics. Album is still relavent today. As it was in 2000.

I’m gonna let Wikipedia tell their bio. Dead Prez, stylized as dead prez, is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice, Marxism, and Pan-Africanism. The duo maintains an ethical stance against corporate control over the media, especially hip hop record labels.

M-1 joined the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement in Chicago for three years, stic.man remained in Florida. Burned out by the arduous labor of Uhuru, M-1 and stic.man chose to focus on music. Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar discovered them in New York City and signed them a deal with Loud Records. Although dead prez was not always Loud’s top priority, they built a fan base due to their over-the-top performances (they’ve been known to ignite dollar bills and toss apples into the audiences, declaring that they must eat healthily).

Prior to the release of their debut album in 2000, they had already contributed songs to film soundtracks and made featurings on high-profile albums. Their first recorded song, “The Game of Life (Score)” appeared on the 1997 soundtrack to the film Soul in the Hole. In 1998 their song “D.O.P.E. (Drugs Oppress People Everyday)” was featured in the movie Slam. Also in 1998, they were featured on the skit “The Rain and the Sun” off Big Pun’s album Capital Punishment, and in 1999 were featured on The Beatnuts’ song “Look Around” off their album Musical Massacre.

BIO SOURCE: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Prez

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