Baraka_Guru

The following video contains mature 9-11 subject matter.
Viewer discretion is advised.

"Bush Knocked Down the Towers" (Lyrics included!)




Not the best example, but is shows that aggressive "gangsta-style" rap doesn't always have to be about money, bling, bullets, and hos.

I'll look for something better, but this is a start. (i.e. examples of how rap is often about the message, not the music.)

EDIT:
Same artists (Immortal Technique), different message. Still political. Better example.
Course language, violence. Viewer discretion still advised.


Sweatshop Union "Thing About It" (So uplifting )


Sabac Red "Speak Militant"



(no embedding available) *This one's pretty good.


This isn't a bad sample to start. This is along the lines of what I was talking about.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot