Anyone here familiar with Paris' new album Sonic Jihad?

[prolesunited]

Warning: This CD is NOT for the easily offended. I'm not a big fan of rap, but the lyrics on this are incendiary and revolutionary. He takes on Bush, corporatism, propaganda and racism head on and with no apologies. That said, there is plenty of room for people to attack his lyrics as he is not a fan of police and advocates militancy, but within the context he places it, it seems to be a natural outgrowth of life in the streets.

Here's the link to his site. Be sure to check out the "Thought Box" section:
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/index.html

Here's some samples:

Sheep To The Slaughter
Easily I approach, the microphone, in this land of jokes
Can’t leave it alone, cause ya know, I could see right though
Corrupt plans and these bullshit scams and untruths
We livin' in a maze, different days and times
The world is a stage, most truth is a lie
In this propaganda matrix, the sheep just die
For these murderous conservatives with corporate ties
Deny knowledge of the truth, ignorin’ the poor
They just human ammunition for these capital wars
Just human ammunition and collateral d
That’s why millions of us holla risin’ up in the streets
And when ya see me understand I’m representin’ a voice
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sonic_jihad/sheep_to_the_slaughter.html

Freedom (w/Dead Prez)
Still put a fist in - the system
Still kill a killa cop, we still win
Still be the one to expose the beast (when it’s)
Still un-American to be for peace (yeah)

Revenge is a dish best served with steel
If it’s on then, lets get it on for real
Can’t shut us up - cut us down - never regret
Fuck Bush, I’ma say it loud - raisin’ a fist - we holla

(Chorus)
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo’ sho
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo’ sho
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sonic_jihad/freedom.html


What Would You Do?
What would you do if you
knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?

And then what if you saw
All of the things that’s wrong
Would you stand tall and strong?
Or would you turn and walk away...

Now ask yourself who’s the one with the most to gain (Bush)
‘Fore 911 motherfuckas couldn’t stand his name (Bush)
Now even niggas waivin’ flags like they lost they mind
Everybody got opinions but don’t know the time

‘Cause America’s been took - it’s plain to see
The oldest trick in the book is MAKE an enemy
Of phony evil so the government can do it’s dirt
And take away ya freedom lock and load, beat and search
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sonic_jihad/whatwouldyoudo.html


You can download two MP3s for free here:
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sonic_jihad/

Just curious to see what other people think.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. ridiculous and stupid

"Revenge is a dish best served with steel"

I'm sure Bush agrees 100%. As for Dead Prez, he has great analyses of social problems, but his advocacy of violence discredits any point he tries to make.

[prolesunited]

2. I certainly don't advocate violence

So there isn't a way to separate the analysis of social problems with the more incendiary ideas? Does embracing one part necessarily mean you agree with the other?

[el_gato]

4. those are the terms that have been laid before you

his view adds credibility rather than detracts from it

if you can't accept the world as it really is you can
sit around in a circle and sing kumbya if you want

[ZoCrowes]

3. I like the Guerrila Funk logo

more than I do the album itself. I prefer Michael Franti or Dead Prez personally.

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. Good record...

but "Sleeping with the Enemy" is better.

[prolesunited]

7. Why did you like that one better?

:shrug:

I'm really not familiar with him at all. Somebody just directed me to him.

I know the anger and rage and disenfranchisement is real. It's also disquieting and frightening.

[Whitacre D_WI]

8. Take a look at the track listing.

;)

[proud patriot]

6. Great disk

the return of the original hip hop .

AWOL is my favorite song on the disk
all about joining the military

I love the black eyed peas disk too

"if bush is pinnocio pinnocio
who is gepetto gepetto?"

[thebigidea]

9. ah, that was entertaining

my Nazi/Communist-survivin' father raised his fist up to it, which was rather amusing.

Heard one of them on Thurston Moore's site - I wonder why protest-records.com doesn't update these days?

WAAAH! Put up one of mine, Mr. Moore!

[prolesunited]

10. Which one?

Enemy?

[thebigidea]

11. "What Would You Do"

I remember his old song "Bush Killa" too, from Poppy's reign - I'm sure that one brought him some Secret Service attention.

[prolesunited]

12. Ya think?

Now who is able to make war with the beast?
It starts with P
Trumpets sound when I push the program
And set my sight on the serpent man
Swingin’ the sword of the righteous
Make devils drop and they just can't spite this
Genocide and the minds of men make
Brothers like me fill up with hate
I smell a skunk in the air
ÔCause your program still ain't fair
So who you wanna blame for The Hate That Hate Made
When P let off and pigs get sprayed
Y'all wanna kill off the black man
But I know your master plan
So we'll see who stop the Black Guerrilla
P-Dog the Bush Killa

Yeah, it's P-Dog the Bush Killa

Yeah, tolerance is gettin’ thinner
Cause Iraq never called me "nigger"
So what I wanna go off and fight a war for
You best believe I got your draft card
So bad to hate somebody else
But much worse to hate yourself
Victim to the mentacide of the devil why
Must black folk be made to die
Keepin’ 'em on and on.. keepin’ ya on and on
Like my brother down South said, "Fuck the Police"
I'm sayin’, "No Justice, No Peace"
So I just stick 'em like that
Cause everybody want to get the black, huh
But we'll see who'll stop the Black Guerrilla
P-Dog the Bush Killa
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sleeping_with_the_enemy/bush_killa_hellraiser_mix.html

Audio download here
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sleeping_with_the_enemy/

[arcane1]

13. Paris is awesome, the hard truth you don't get from anyone else

though I have to say that "Evil" is one of my faves :evilgrin:


:toast: to hard truth!!!


hell I'll post the whole damned thing:


EVIL

They don’t mind you givin’ the latest rap
They don’t mind your being hoes
They don’t mind your being bitches
They don’t mind you being whatever image that Viacom and BET can come up with
But what they don’t want you to know...
Is that you’re the ones that can redefine civilization if you take time to do it

It’s a Guerrilla Funk-orchestrated counter-attack
Formulate and infiltrate ‘em so the people react
See if I was wicked I would pick and stick to a plan
To rule the world and trick ‘em, this is how it’d begin

See I’d have to find a way to keep the people enslaved
Behave, teach the babies it’s my way or the grave
And start with the body, workin’ labor for free
And give ‘em fake religion so they worshippin’ me

And see and when the free labor play out, I’d let it go
But only after I made enough to control
Then I’d tell ‘em that the Afterlife is better than this
And that they should love their enemies when faced with contempt

I’d persist with some history that I would rewrite
In a school system where I’d keep the money too tight
I’d let ‘em all know just where they belong in my world
Turn the boys into felons, makin’ hookers of girls

Swirled up in my plan, build jails to keep
All my prisons full of niggas, have ‘em workin’ for free
See with ghetto-economics in check, I’d keep ‘em broke
Teach ‘em only to respect sports, music and dope

Control the content of lyrics, now only the sound
Of sex, dope and murder in a song is allowed
Tell ‘em “Niggas ain’t shit” every move that they make
And that black is dirty so they never try to be great

Can you relate? I’d laugh, watch ‘em murder for scraps
Set it up so they’d die over crack I provide
Do it right, and I’d see they try to be like me
Try to be the biggest “G” up in these murderous streets

I’d teach, manhood means how many women ya fuck
How many babies you can make, responsibility ducked
Fuck a job, real men are pimps, that’s what I’d teach
And if bitches wanna trip, then them bitches get beat

I’d see it all through, never lose and pass a new law
Give ‘em 3 strikes so the men are constantly gone
Yeah, if I was evil they would think I do no wrong
See it’s lethal how I keep ‘em in their place so long, believe

Chorus:
I got my eyes upon you, and all the things that you do
Some close they eyes but mine can see, all the evil surroundin’ me
So what I’m ‘posed ta do, when I can see right through?
Expose the lies and snatch the sheets, fight the evil surroundin’ me

After all is said and done here and I could afford
I’d concentrate deeply on controllin’ abroad
And think about a way to take control of they land
I’d create a virus made to murder people en masse

Last time was Tuskegee, but now it’s for real
House Bill 15090 would just kill
With germs that would murder with sperm and blood drips
And kill ‘em all worser than burned, they’d die quick

See to understand, you could witness the plan
Through the green-monkey sham they would think it began
And while we argue over the cost, they’d all die
With generations all being lost with no fight

I’d continue with the pain, make it oh-so plain
I’d manipulate the market for my capital gain
Keep the people all broke and confused and underclass
Give my homies all executive bonuses through the crash

And if the heat get too hot, I’d plant a bomb
Or wreck a plane, just like Hitler back in the day
And scare all the people, they’d forget about me
They’d forget about elections and the way that we cheated

See me blame it on a foreigner and non-white men
Celebrate my gestapo with a positive spin
Then manipulate the media - it’s U.S. first
Get the stupid-ass public to agree with my words

Then I’d make the play, takin’ all their freedoms away
Incarcerate anybody that’ll get in my way
Make ‘em censor any media that challenge the mold
Give ‘em bullshitty shows just like Anna Nicole’s

Control the message in the music - it’s gangsta fo’ sho’
Give ‘em diamonds, never tell ‘em ‘bout the conflict zones
Never tell ‘em ‘bout the murder in Sierra Leone
Never tell ‘em how the diamonds make ‘em murder their own

It’s all too easy, if I was evil that’s how I’d rock it
Make sure that my propaganda won’t ever stop it
Got 120 channels, but it’s nothin’ to watch
Now 11:55 be the time on the clock, believe...

[prolesunited]

14. Is there any significance

to 11:55 being the time on the clock?

I liked Evil, too. I really should thank the person who brought this to my attention. :D

[Flaxbee]

15. I thought maybe a reference to the Doomsday Clock...

but right now it's 7 minutes to midnight, not 5. Dunno.

http://www.thebulletin.org/media/current.html

[arcane1]

16. same here... wasn't it at 11:58 in the '80's

thus the song "Two Minutes to Midnight"?

(which is actually a really good general anti-war song, though it's Mr Rogers compared to Paris :evilgrin: )

"As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
we oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies"

ouch!