Too often it mimics the decadence, privilege, and ignorance of upper-class life in a highly stratified society. As an ad on the NY subway lets me know, even the Cleavers, the quintessential whitebread family, is gettin' jiggy with it.
Stage Left Enter dead prez, stage left.
Mumia 911, The Unbound Project, and No More Prisons, as well as a verse on the Hip-Hop for Respect album, which memorializes Amadou Diallo and others killed by police violence. Let's Get Free, as the powers that be at Loud Records slapped a huge sticker over the cover photo of youths in Soweto, guns held high, celebrating a victory over police. Thankfully, the album's lyrical and musical content remain intact. It is not the voice of African or Latino or oppressed youth. It is a puppet voice for the ruling class, that tells us to act like those people who are oppressing us.