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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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Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Dead Prez, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Krayzie Bone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Anthony Henderson, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - BOB BROWN, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Tahir, Bass - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - G*Man, Assistant Engineer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Dead Prez feat. Krayzie Bone, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Doug Wilson, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - G*Man, Assistant Engineer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - Tahir for Hedrush L.L.C., Producer - Bob Brown & Doug Wilson, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Guru, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - G*Man, Assistant Engineer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Bob Brown & Guru, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Ernest Franklin, Composer, Lyricist - Laurent Alfred, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Jammall Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Vijay Iyer, Composer, Lyricist - Blue, Vocal - Metaphysics, Producer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Producer, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Sol Messiah, Metaphysics (downbeat production collective) (additional production on drums), Producer - Stic of dead prez, M1 and the downbeat production collective, Producer - Gregory "Bassie" Jackson, Bass Guitar - Vijay Ire, Keyboards - Dave "Supastar" Dar, Mixing Engineer - M1 (downbeat production collective), Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - BOB BROWN, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - G*Man, Assistant Engineer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - Aisha Mic, Background Vocal
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Guru, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Henny, Mixing Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - Apple Juice & Henry, Mixing Engineer - Abu for Headrush L.L.C., Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Sean Cane, Producer - BOB BROWN, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - L.V. for Grind Music, Inc., Co-Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - ABU, Recording Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Katherine Diehl, Mixing Engineer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - Bernard Grobeman, Electric Guitar
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Dead Prez, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Shawn Carter, Composer, Lyricist - Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Ernest Franklin, Composer, Lyricist - Laurent Alfred, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Jammall Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Vijay Iyer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay-Z, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Blue, Vocal - Metaphysics, Producer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Producer, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Sol Messiah, Metaphysics (downbeat production collective) (additional production on drums), Producer - Stic of dead prez, M1 and the downbeat production collective, Producer - Gregory "Bassie" Jackson, Bass Guitar - Vijay Ire, Keyboards - Dave "Supastar" Dar, Mixing Engineer - M1 (downbeat production collective), Recording Engineer - dead prez feat. Jay-Z, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Stanley, Mixing Engineer - BOB BROWN, Recording Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clayton Gavin, Composer, Lyricist - Lavonne Alford, Composer, Lyricist - Blue, Vocal - Kris Lewis, Assistant Engineer - Troy Hightower, Mixing Engineer - Dead Prez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M1, Executive Producer - Richard Furch, Recording Engineer - Sean C., Executive Producer - Stic of dead prez, Producer - Stic, M1 and Sean C., Executive Producer - Ed Golson, Bass Guitar - Bernard Grobeman, Electric Guitar
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
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: 00:44:12
- Main artists: Dead Prez
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Urban Music - Columbia
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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