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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 rhyme on a remix of "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)," but even he sounds constrained (and understandably so) by the subject matter.
© John Bush /TiVo
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dead prez, Performer - dead prez, Recording Engineer - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Anthony Henderson, Composer - Anthony Henderson, Lyricist - G-Man, 2nd Engineer - Krayzie Bone, Performer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Tahir, Bass - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Dead Prez featuring Krayzie Bone, Performer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Doug Wilson, Recording Engineer - G-Man, 2nd Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Tahir, Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Guru, Recording Engineer - G-Man, 2nd Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Producer - M1, Executive Producer - M1, Recording Engineer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Sol Messiah, Producer - Ernest Franklin, Composer - Ernest Franklin, Lyricist - Laurent Alfred, Electric Guitar - Laurent Alfred, Composer - Laurent Alfred, Lyricist - Blue, Vocal - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Jammall Gordon, Composer - Jammall Gordon, Lyricist - Vijay Ire, Keyboards - Dave Dar, Mixing Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Metaphysics, Producer - dead prez, Performer - Vijay Iyer, Composer - Vijay Iyer, Lyricist - Gregory Jackson, Acoustic Bass
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - G-Man, 2nd Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Aisha Mic, Background Vocal - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Guru, Recording Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Sean C., Executive Producer - Apple Juice, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Henny, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Abu, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - L.V., Co-Producer - Sean Cane, Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Bernard Grobeman, Electric Guitar - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
dead prez, Performer - dead prez, Recording Engineer - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Dave Dar, Mixing Engineer - M1, Producer - M1, Executive Producer - M1, Recording Engineer - Metaphysics, Producer - Vijay Iyer, Composer - Vijay Iyer, Lyricist - dead prez, Performer - Blue, Vocal - Laurent Alfred, Electric Guitar - Laurent Alfred, Composer - Laurent Alfred, Lyricist - Ernest Franklin, Composer - Ernest Franklin, Lyricist - Jay-Z, Performer - Shawn Carter, Composer - Shawn Carter, Lyricist - Gregory Jackson, Acoustic Bass - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Jammall Gordon, Composer - Jammall Gordon, Lyricist - Vijay Ire, Keyboards - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Sol Messiah, Producer
(P) 2004 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
dead prez, Performer - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - M1, Executive Producer - Bob Brown, Recording Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
M1, Executive Producer - Clayton Gavin, Composer - Clayton Gavin, Lyricist - Blue, Vocal - Lavonne Alford, Composer - Lavonne Alford, Lyricist - Sean C., Executive Producer - Troy Hightower, Mixing Engineer - Stic.man, Producer - Stic.man, Executive Producer - Bernard Grobeman, Electric Guitar - Richard Oliver Furch, Recording Engineer - Ed Golson, Acoustic Bass - Kris Lewis, 2nd Engineer - dead prez, Performer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
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 rhyme on a remix of "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)," but even he sounds constrained (and understandably so) by the subject matter.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:15
- Main artists: Dead Prez
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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