![]() Code: Genocide & Juice.rar (48 MB) 1994 A subtler and more fully realized effort than the debut, Genocide & Juice finds the Coup truly coming into their own, refining their mix of revolutionary politics and easy-rolling funk into some of the best political hip-hop ever put to wax. Parts of the album are somewhat underdeveloped musically (especially over the second half), which means that it isn't quite as consistent as its successors.īut the high points are brilliant, making Kill My Landlord well worth the hunt for Coup fans. He's supported by a bed of thick, loping Oakland funk that blends vintage soul samples (courtesy of DJ Pam the Funkstress) with live instrumentation. Lead rapper Boots Riley sprinkles his rhetoric with clever wordplay, declaiming in a deadpan baritone that resembles an eerily calm Chuck D. Riot 'The Coup,' the anti-police brutality 'I Know You.' Kill My Landlord doesn't have as much of the wry humor or storytelling that would enrich later releases, but it is in evidence: 'Last Blunt' is told from the perspective of a stoner who wants to quit, but can't face the pressure of a tough everyday life. There's a palpable sense of glee at some of the more transgressive statements: the album-opening one-two punch of 'Dig It!' And 'Not Yet Free,' the pro-L.A. With the release of that album in 1998, The Coup began incorporating the live instrumentation from their recordings into their live show. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album but appears on the track 'Breathing Apparatus' on The Coup's third album, Steal This Album. Much of Kill My Landlord is fiercely polemical, but to the group's credit, it sounds too invigorating to resemble the hour-long lecture it could easily have been. ), the Coup takes political rap to a whole new level of intelligence, attacking not only racism but also the economic and class factors that keep African-Americans oppressed. Unabashedly Marxist (the first line on the album is 'Presto, read the Communist Manifesto.'Īmerica Mcgee Alice Patch. Gangsta hedonism had replaced black-power politics as the hip-hop menace du jour, and that's perhaps the only reason this revolution-minded outfit failed to become the controversial boogeymen they seem tailor-made to be. Kill My Landlord.rar (83 MB) 1993 The heyday of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions was over by the time the Coup released their incendiary debut album Kill My Landlord. One of my favorite groups out of the Bay Area. ![]()
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