Dead Prez Apperciation thread

[DaHNIC82]

I was listening to Lets Be Free today and was possibly one of the best album of the 2000s IMO. Then they dropped Revolutionary but Gangsta like 5 years later and eventually parted ways from Sony due to the bullshyt but they represented the alternative of what was lacking of hip hop at the time. They promoted the Black panther analogies along with the healthy lifestyle, survival, spoke on police brutality and broke down systematic racism heavily with Animal in Man.

These dudes need to come back for real. Now is definitely the time for another album. I know they still producing and promoting that Vegan shyt with books and doing solo projects but as a collective they made classic music.

 

[thaKEAF]

First album is a classic. Second is pretty good and the third one was status. The mixtape they dropped with Drama had some heat too. I prefer Malcolm, Garvey, Huey over the original track now.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Let's Get Free is a classic to me, exceptional work.

 

[boskey]

2 classics IMO. I loved that RBG album but in 2004 political/conscious music was not acceptable

And Hip Hop doesn't get enough credit for being one of the greatest songs ever made. Any genre

 

[DaHNIC82]

They School had me rebelling heavily

 

[hu3ypdadon]

Great thread..Hip Hop could definitely benefit from another Dead Prez album.."Animal Farm" is one of my favorites

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[I love Latina women]

I was listening to Lets Be Free today and was possibly one of the best album of the 2000s IMO. Then they dropped Revolutionary but Gangsta like 5 years later and eventually parted ways from Sony due to the bullshyt but they represented the alternative of what was lacking of hip hop at the time. They promoted the Black panther analogies along with the healthy lifestyle, survival, spoke on police brutality and broke down systematic racism heavily with Animal in Man.

These dudes need to come back for real. Now is definitely the time for another album. I know they still producing and promoting that Vegan shyt with books and doing solo projects but as a collective they made classic music.

5 stars, dap and +rep

 

[DaHNIC82]

This was hella dope too

 

[DaHNIC82]

2 classics IMO. I loved that RBG album but in 2004 political/conscious music was not acceptable

And Hip Hop doesn't get enough credit for being one of the greatest songs ever made. Any genre

Yeah they tried their hardest to keep that balance between appealing to the activist/backpack/pro hip hop crowd and trying to grab that 50 Cent audience at the time

 

[Big Daddy]

I wish they were the 'norm' in rap music

 

[DaHNIC82]

While everyone post 9/11 was on that Pro America bullshyt .. They still stuck to their guns and delivered the truth

 

[The Fire]

much better than kendrick

 

[TEH]

Amazing that we have so many "pro-black" posters but threads like this are rarely made. DPs for life.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

whoever produced lets get free deserves a goddamn medal


i'd kill 3 babies to get an instrumental album