This is what underground hip hop should sound like

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Or, you know, we could just post examples of political raps, by Technique or anyone.

This was when Ice Cube was all angry, political and provocative. Shame he fell off so hard.

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not particularly but i did go w a coupla friends to see him 3 years ago (hot heavens it shouldn't have been tha tlong ago)

oh god no

I suppose this is political

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Public Enemy were likely the most famously political hip hop artist/group, but I could never get into them.

This thread has been an unmitigated disaster, really. I'll shoulder all the blame.

This is a bit outdated now in many senses, but back in the age of Dubya I thought it was brilliant, especially the second verse. My favourite line was, "M-16 locked, loaded and spitting properly / Whoever's in that line of fire: chestful of democracy!" I thought that was a really powerful line.

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edit - I need to stop posting songs when no one else is joining in; I'm fast turning into fuzzy.

Nas - sly fox

Killer mike

I suppose this is political

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any man who jumps in front of a mini-van for twenny grand, a bottle of pain pills & a mini-thin is FUCKIN crazy

you hear me??

that's FUCKING crazy!