Political Rap for Independence Day
What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with some political rap? In my opinion, Fight The Power is one of the greatest political songs of all time, from any genre of music.
What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with some political rap? In my opinion, Fight The Power is one of the greatest political songs of all time, from any genre of music. If I were to do a top 10 of political rap songs, P.E. would probably have at least five songs on it. For the sake of variety, though, I did my best to limit the following list to just two Public Enemy tracks (all YouTube links):
Here's the uncensored version of Fight The Power, which includes a brief speech from Chuck D.
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos
The Coup - We Are The Ones
The Legendary K.O. - George Bush Don't Like Black People
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
Mos Def - Katrina Klap
KRS-1 - Sound of da Police
Mr Lif - Home of the Brave
Blue Scholars - Back Home
Jadakiss - Why