The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
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Artist: The CoupEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Music Label: Epitaph / Ada
Soundtracks:
- Bullets And Love
- We Are The Ones
- Laugh/Love/Fuck
- My Favorite Mutiny
- I Just Wanna Lay Around All Day In Bed With You
- Head (Of State)
- Shoyoass
- Yes Em To Death
- Ass- Breath Killers
- Get That Monkey Off Your Back
- Mindfuck
- Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Down
- I Love Boosters!
- Tiffany Hall
- Babyletshaveababybeforebushdosomethingcrazy
- Captain Sterlings Littel Problem
- The Stand
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Free Music Review: Amazing; Fitting for the times...
Hit: 5 Stars
After having seen them for the first time at the Montreal Jazz Festival, I had to run out and buy this album (got it yesterday). As the Editorial Review says, the beats are amazing and the political commentary especially poignant. Boots is as smooth as they come and the whole album is thoroughly enjoyable. Time to listen to Steal This Double Album tonight...
Pick a Bigger Weapon Poster
Let's face it: Most rap artists aren't interviewed by Political Affairs, a self-proclaimed "Marxist monthly," but then again, Boots Riley isn't your typical rap artist. The "raptivist" certainly doesn't mince words on Pick a Bigger Weapon, the Coup's first release in five years. (You may remember the Oakland duo's previous release, 2001's Party Music, with its original pre-9/11 cover shot of them blowing up the Twin Towers.) In 2006, Riley's acidic political and social commentary has never been sharper or timelier, and his keen sense of humor plus the fluid, soul-drenched beats (courtesy of partner Pam the Funkstress and a stellar session band) make it insanely palatable. The truly vital "My Favorite Mutiny," which also features Talib Kweli and the Roots' Black Thought, pulses with funk rhythms and punctuating horns while three of rap's smoothest spitters deliver the straight dope. Riley offers a radical history lesson on "Head (Of State)": "Bush and Hussein together in bed... billions made and millions dead." On "We Are the Ones," he warns, "we're the have-nots, but we're also the gon'-gets." The slow jam "BabyLet'sHaveaBabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy," with singer Silk E, is witty, seductive, and poignant all at the same time. In his PA interview, Riley says Pick a Bigger Weapon is full of "anthems for the struggle," and like the best of George Clinton, James Brown, and KRS-One, this is music for your mind, body, and soul. Is it too much to ask to have this added to high school curricula? --Marc GreilsamerHailing from Oakland, CA, this duo takes well thought out, radical politics and infuses them with the energy of artfully inspired hip-hop. Soulful funky beats and cleverly crafted rhymes make the politics of the record easily accessible to a wider audience.
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