Track Listing
1. Don't Forget Where U Came From
2. Walk Like a Warrior - (featuring Krayzie Bone)
3. I Have a Dream, Too
4. D.O.W.N.
5. Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)
6. W-4
7. Radio Freq
8. F***ed Up
9. 50 in the Clip
10. Way of Life
11. Don't Forget Where U Goin'
12. Hell Yeah (Pimp the System) - (Remix, remix, featuring Jay-Z)
13. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
14. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
15. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
16. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
17. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
18. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
19. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
20. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
21. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Jay-Z, Krayzie Bone | | Producer: | L.V., Sean Cane, Stic, Tahir | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Contains nine untitled hidden tracks following "Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)".
Dead Prez: Stic, M1 (rap vocals).
Additional personnel: Jay-Z, Krayzie Bone.
Recorded at Chung King, Street Light Studios, New York, New York and Warrior Studios, Brooklyn, New York.
Contains nine untitled hidden tracks following "Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)".
Dead Prez: Stic, M1 (rap vocals).
Additional personnel: Jay-Z, Krayzie Bone.
Recorded at Chung King, Street Light Studios, New York, New York and Warrior Studios, Brooklyn, New York.
Personnel: Krayzie Bone (vocals); Laurent "Tippie" Alfred (electric guitar).
Audio Mixers: Dead Prez; Apple Juice.
Recording information: Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Street Light Studios, New York, NY; Warrior Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Politically charged rappers Dead Prez follow up 2003's "mix tape" GET FREE OR DIE TRYIN' with another powerful statement, RBG: REVOLUTIONARY BUT GANGSTA. Musical revolutionaries in the tradition of Gil Scott-Heron and Public Enemy, Stic and M1 are as concerned with educating as they are entertaining. This time around, the duo's main goal is to widen the appeal of their politically conscious vision by embracing a more mainstream sound. "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)" recalls the frenzied tracks of Atlanta's Organized Noize, while "I Have a Dream, Too" captures the laid-back groove of Dr. Dre. But instead of merely dropping clever rhymes and tall tales, Stic and M1 use their time in the spotlight to discuss controversial, hard-hitting issues, such as police brutality (the aforementioned "I Have a Dream, Too"), employment ("W-4"), and racism ("Walk Like a Warrior"). In a climate that normally distracts listeners from the sobering realities of everyday life, this duo continues to provide a refreshing, albeit challenging, antidote.
Politically charged rappers Dead Prez follow up 2003's "mix tape" GET FREE OR DIE TRYIN' with another powerful statement, RBG: REVOLUTIONARY BUT GANGSTA. Musical revolutionaries in the tradition of Gil Scott-Heron and Public Enemy, Stic and M1 are as concerned with educating as they are entertaining. This time around, the duo's main goal is to widen the appeal of their politically conscious vision by embracing a more mainstream sound. "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)" recalls the frenzied tracks of Atlanta's Organized Noize, while "I Have a Dream, Too" captures the laid-back groove of Dr. Dre. But instead of merely dropping clever rhymes and tall tales, Stic and M1 use their time in the spotlight to discuss controversial, hard-hitting issues, such as police brutality (the aforementioned "I Have a Dream, Too"), employment ("W-4"), and racism ("Walk Like a Warrior"). In a climate that normally distracts listeners from the sobering realities of everyday life, this duo continues to provide a refreshing, albeit challenging, antidote.
Though their methods aren't subtle, Dead Prez are as intelligent and philosophical a group of social activists as Public Enemy or Boogie Down Productions -- it's just that their philosophies stray more to the Geto Boys' style of extreme criminal fantasies. RBG stands for Revolutionary But Gangsta, a stance that the Dead Prez duo Stic and M1 back up with tale after lurid tale of inner-city life. They're showing their listeners how to strive and how to survive, whether it means scamming welfare or credit cards for all they're worth ("Hell Yeah [Pimp the System]"), decrying the messages of commercial radio ("Radio Freq"), or dreaming of responding to organized violence with a police-station drive-by. They're not without a sense of humor ("F***ed Up" is a cautionary alcoholic's tale that prompts the line, "Let's make a toast to my liver and my kidneys"), but without clear lines between fact and fantasy, it's impossible to tell where the group is attempting to educate and where they're attempting to entertain. (Chuck D and KRS-One knew well not to confront their listeners with every track they wrote.) Jay-Z stops by for a ...
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