No More Prisons compilation and The Unbound Project Vol. 1

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Mezzano

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Yall heard these? i think they dropped in '00 or so

they're both about the criminal justice system, on the political tip, you can get a real education just by scooping the albums cuz they got inserts with statistics and facts and damn near every song has something to say.

All the cuts on both albums were made just for those albums, so you wont hear any recycled tracks. No More Prisons has tracks from the Coup and dead prez thats aren't on anything else.

u can cop No More Prisons below, i think its much tighter than the Unbound Project, i dont know i couldnt really get into that 1

http://cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/311390
 
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Mezzano

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yeah go scoop that, let me know what you think of it

if you're into that political shit, check out the unbound project too, its on the same tip, and now that i've been bumping it the past couple days again its grown on me:

Various Artists
The Unbound Project Volume 1
(Realized/Ground Control)

One of several superb, political-minded compilations released this year, The Unbound Project Volume 1 gathers a handful of underground hip-hop's best acts to fight the execution of ubiquitous anti-capital-punishment poster boy Mumia Abu-Jamal.

But there's more to Unbound than protesting Abu-Jamal's execution: It takes a refreshingly cognitive view of the rise of the prison-industrial complex that acknowledges the lingering scars of slavery, segregation, and the demands of modern-day capitalism.

The remarkable Reflection Eternal (consisting of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek) opens the album with "Human Element," an eloquent expression of political dissent that showcases Hi-Tek's ever-improving production skills. Medina Green's "Full Court Press" and Aceyalone's "Ms AmeriKKKa" are two other early highlights, with Aceyalone painting a vivid metaphorical portrait of America as a woman lost and Medina Green staying focused even as it spirals into silly conspiracy theories.

The rest of the album is a heady, uneven, often riveting mixture of acidic spoken-word pieces from the likes of Mike Ladd, Saul Williams, and Ursula Rucker; DJ showcases from J-Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies; and socially conscious hip-hop from Poor Righteous Teachers, Rakaa-Iriscience, and Blackalicious. The album's all-star, nine-minute centerpiece "Mumia 911"—which features Zack de la Rocha, Dead Prez, Black Thought, and others—isn't as compelling musically as it is lyrically. But the album closes on a highlight with Ladd's eloquent "Feb. 4th 1999," a tender spoken-word piece that celebrates life's potential in the face of institutionalized racism, widespread imprisonment, and generation-wide despair. —Nathan Rabin
 
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the prison industrial complex has a strangle hold on the state of cali, and the government will not stop till we are all locked up. inform yourselves, our society is headed in a dangerous direction
 
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Our society actually got misdirected into the wrong direction. All rappers rap about is drugs, women, and material things instead of rapping about how to get out of their lifestyle. At this pace, seems to me that minorities will keep living poorly and stay mentally enslaved.
 
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Unbound Project is actually straight...

I was bumpin that UNBOUND PROJECT VOL 1 today and its kinda tight actually. the Talib track is hittin so are a gang more of em. Here's the tracklist:

1. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal) feat. Te' "The Human Element"
2. Mike Ladd feat. Seein' I "Social Policy Derelicts"
3. Medina Green "Full Court Press"
4. Aceyalone "Ms. AmeriKKKa"
5. J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies "Degregation"
6. Blackalicious "Soul In Flesh"
7. Ursula Rucker "Soon"
8. muMs the Schemer "Lincoln's Lie"
9. Poor Righteous Teachers "Slaves In America"
10. J Rocc "Us Kids Are Doing It"
11. Rakaa-Iriscience (Dilated People) "Caution"
12. Jerry Quickley "Strata"
13. J Rocc "The Objective"
14. Saul Williams "Dance Of The Dead"
15. The Unbound Allstars "Mumia 911"
16. Mike Ladd "Feb. 4th 1999 (For All Those Killed By The Cops)"


As for the issue itself, GET UP ON IT. the criminal justice system needs serious reform or revolution. check these facts:

1) the US has the most inmates in the world.
2) the US has the most inmates per capita in the world.
3) if California was its OWN COUNTRY, it would have the 3rd-MOST INMATES IN THE WORLD behind the US as a whole and China.

http://www.nomoreprisons.net/index2.html

http://www.october22.org/
 
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