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Today in Hip Hop History: dead prez Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Let’s Get Free’ 23 Years Ago

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On this date at the turn of the millennium, Brooklyn-based revolutionary duo dead prez released their conceptually advanced Let’s Get Free LP on Loud Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Founded in the late 90s by Brand Nubian member Lord Jamar, stic and M1 changed the perception of conscious rap, touching on pragmatic socio-political issues […]

Today in Hip-Hop History: dead prez Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Let’s Get Free’ 22 Years Ago

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On this date at the turn of the millennium, Brooklyn-based revolutionary duo dead prez released their conceptually advanced Let’s Get Free LP on Loud Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Founded in the late 90s by Brand Nubian member Lord Jamar, stic and M1 changed the perception of conscious rap, touching on pragmatic socio-political issues […]

Top 10 Of Malcolm X Influences In Hip Hop Music

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TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist born in Omaha, Nebraska, […]

Dead Prez Speak On Nipsey Hussle With Cipha Sounds And Peter Rosenberg

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On the Juan Ep Is Dead Podcast, M1 and Stic spoke in detail with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg about the creation of their classic “Hip Hop”, their album “Let’s Get Free” and told an incredible story about their relationship with the late great Nipsey Hussle and how he wanted to do an album that […]

The Revolution is Here and How Hip Hop Should Fill Its Role

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The centuries of systemic racism in America that permeates every crevice of society has finally come to a head. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis revealed the virtual knee to neck applied to people of color for eons. However, now that the energy is steered towards justice, the hip […]

Malcolm X’s Top 10 Influences In Hip Hop Music

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TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist born in Omaha, Nebraska, […]

Legendary Hip-Hop Group Dead Prez Set for Australia Tour

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Let’s Get Free is the now-classic debut studio album by NYC hip-hop duo, dead prez consisting of stic.man and M-1 that was released on Loud Records on March 14, 2000, after an extended rollout. Critically and commercially acclaimed upon its release, Let’s Get Free was widely called a return to politically conscious rap not seen […]

Malcolm X’s Top 10 Influences In Hip Hop Music

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TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist born in Omaha, Nebraska, […]

Divine RBG Debuts The Visual For “Police Murder People”(P.M.P.)

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In accordance with his crew-shared “Revolutionary But Gangsta” ideology, Divine, the God who appeared on several of dead prez’s monumental albums, has released another thought-provoking video “Police Murder People”. P.M.P. is a part of a nationwide campaign to address the vicious and callous killings by police in the urban communities around the country. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]

9-Year-Old DJ Kool Flash is “The Youngest DJ in Charge”

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Hip Hop is evolving and there’s no way around. The Golden Era days of graffiti and B-Boys have been replaced by trends popularized online. Social media has swallowed the once intimate culture turning into and the blueprint for international pop culture. Although the changes are rapid, there are a few who have decided to stray […]

Download M1 Of Dead Prez and Bonnot’s Free “B.M.W.” Mixtape

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Still on his daily detail of bangin’ on the system, Mutulu Olugbala aka M1 of the legendary dead prez duo drops this free mixtape with Italian producer Bonnot entitled ‘Between Me And The World'(B.M.W.). Featuring verses from some of your Hip Hop’s favorite wordsmiths including Jay-Z, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Killer Mike while the project […]

Top 5 Hip Hop Tracks That Sampled Speeches From MLK

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As we observe and celebrate the life and acomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the date of his birth, we must recognize the posthumous impact Dr .King on the minds of those generations that succeeded him, including that of the Hip Hop community. His cultural influence, the cohesive force of his voice and […]

Hip Hop 101: dead prez “Its Bigger Than Hip Hop”

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When it comes to making knowledge sound cool, dead prez has accomplished that goal on an international scale Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information On a surprisingly chilly night in late October, a promoter from Japan pulled together a show at one of NYC’s favorite Hip Hop hangouts, Santos Party House. Besides the fact that someone […]

Malcolm X’s Top 10 Influences In Hip Hop Music

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TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist born in Omaha, Nebraska, […]

Shing Shing Regime’s DJ Akiin Drops The “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” Mixtape

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Canadian rap conglomerate’s stand out DJ releases his timely mixtape dedicated to those whose deaths at the hands of police have gone unanswered Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Many artists have offered up dedication songs in lieu of the deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in NYC, however, rappers have been making […]

dead prez Live @ Santos Party House RECAP

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the new millennium’s positive rap pioneers tear it down in NYC this past weekend Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This past Sunday, an almost forgotten chapter of Hip Hop re-surged at Santos Party House as dead prez headlined a show of conscious artists, something that has been missing from the game for a while now. […]

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