Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 2
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Artist: Immortal TechniqueEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Music Label: Babygrande
Soundtracks:
- Revolutionary (Intro) - Immortal Technique, Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Point of Now Return
- Peruvian Cocaine - C-Rayz Walz, , Diabolic, Immortal Technique, Loucipher, Poison Pen, Pumpkinhead, Tonedeff
- Harlem Streets - Immortal Technique, Roc Raida
- Obnoxious
- Message & The Money
- Industrial Revolution - Immortal Technique, Roc Raida
- Crossing the Boundary
- Sierra Maestra
- 4th Branch
- Internally Bleeding
- Homeland and Hip Hop - Immortal Technique, Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Cause of Death
- Freedom of Speech
- Leaving the Past
- Truth's Razors
- You Never Know - Jean Grae, Immortal Technique
- One [Remix] - Akir, Immortal Technique
Free Music Notes for Revolutionary, Vol. 2
Free Music Review: Almost but not quite perfect
Hit: 4 Stars
In an age where somebody as banal as Kanye West passes as "innovative" and rappers actually expect us to care about them because they sell lots of records, I.T. is a blast of fresh air and without a doubt the smartest thing since Public Enemy.
The guy has killer flow, great beats and above all something to talk about other than his sexual prowess or the size of his bank account. He takes on conservatives, corporations, bling-blinded rappers, the military, gangsta wannabes, you name it. The lyrical dexterity here is frequently supple-- "I'm dirty like herpes but harder to catch"-- as if to balance the sheer shock of his message; it hasn't been since Biggie and Chuck D.that a rapper got this much data into one funky line. Acting as a kind of Derrick Jensen of rap, Technique lays the state of the world out like he's dissecting a corpse: open, ugly and strangely mesmerising.
This is so much better than anything else I've heard in years-- great. The only hassle is that Technique can't avoid the stupid sexism and homophobia that seem to be a part of the tough guy rapper persona he at once adopts and blows apart. Standing up to corporations and the government and calling for revolution is easy, but Technique needs to remember that revolution, like Bob Mould once said, starts at home, preferably in the bathroom mirror.
Revolutionary, Vol. 2 Poster
Despite the popular perception that the death knell has already rung for political hip-hop, Immortal Technique jams a shot of adrenaline through the chest plate into hip-hop's conscious heart. Tackling topics from America's complicity in the drug trade ("Peruvian Cocaine") to the cycles of inner-city poverty ("Harlem Streets") to the global military complex ("The 4th Branch"), Immortal Technique unabashedly radiates his radicalism in a time of apathy. There's a thin line between passion and didacticism, and, at times, he forces rhymes that sacrifice style in service of content, but most of the time his delivery is as razor sharp as his politics. The beats are mostly understated and minimalist, armed with just enough punch to accent the rhymes. "You Never Know" drifts sweetly on jazz-guitar strums while "Crossing the Boundary" snaps with a hard, funk edge. Clearly though, Immortal Technique is the strongest sonic force on the album, a claxon alarm that shatters the complacent silence. --Oliver WangRap & Hip-Hop Music CDs
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