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| Billboard |
 Brooklyn-based hip-hop duo Dead Prez has teamed up with producer DJ Green Lantern for "Pulse of the People," the third installment of the Dead Prez's mixtape series, "Turn Off the Radio." The new release is said to have been finished over a three-day period, with guest spots from Styles P and Chuck D, among others. The album expresses political, social and environmental awareness, but remains as characteristically gritty and militant as fans should expect. DJ Green Lantern provides an uncompromising pulse that successfully supports Dead Prez's honest lyrics. Hard-hitting "Gangsta, Gangster" highlights the philosophy behind the track's title, while "Afrika Hot!" features a chorus spoken in Arabic and Swahili about freedom. Guest emcee Johnny Polygon appears on hometown tribute "NYDP," and Chuck D's swagger surpasses expectation on "Refuse To Lose." --Lara Marsman...full text |
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| Tinymixtapes |
Dead Prez take issue with failing schools, racist police, and a corrupt government, but homophobia and misogyny are A-OK! Teaming up with DJ Green Lantern, famous for dropping gay-bashing diss tracks for Eminem and 50 Cent, hood revolutionaries stic.man and M-1 let some sin slip through on Pulse of The People. Starting strong with furious indictments of the financial downturn over manic beats, the mixtape drags with preachy complaints and poor execution before train-wrecking into the derogatory clichés Dead Prez had sworn to fight.
Let’s Get Free, Dead Prez’s debut album, contains the most incendiary political rap since Public Enemy. Songs like “Hip Hop” sounded tough while asking us to check if we were our own oppressors, chasing diamonds instead of respect. Here, DP are too often content to point fingers, playing the victim and citing ‘the hustle’ as the only solution. Inspiration runs thin and the rhymes slow and stupefy on “Life Goes On,” as M-1 grumbles soggy lines such as “If you ain’t happy make a change then/ If what you doing ain’t working it might be time to change plans.” Attempts at promoting civic duty like “Helpful” are so laughably dull they dilute the real message of revolt: “Take my extra clothes/ To a clothing drive/ Help the lady cross the street/ Bring her bags inside.” Meanwhile, Green Lantern, too eager to show off his keyboard chops, hinders the ambitious, Swahili-sung “Afrika Hot!” with needless reggaeton synth and sedates “Refuse to Lose” with tiptoeing baby grand....full text |
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| Hiphopgalaxy |
| Dead Prez, already among the most thoughtful artists working in hip-hop, are adding the environment to the list of underrepresented parties they rep in the their music. Produced by DJ Green Lantern, Pulse of the People features appearances Chuck D., Bun B., Styles P., K’Naan, and Johnny Polygon. Dead Prez is also taking its own message to heart, as the album will be offered in an eco-friendly packaging....full text |
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