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The Coup

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The Coup is a marxist hip-hop group fronted by Raymond “Boots” Riley and DJ Pam the Funkstress. Based in Oakland, California, The Coup formed as a three-member group in 1992 (the third member, E-Roc, left on amicable terms after their second album). Boots Riley is known as a community activist and a communist, whose views are often in line with those of the Black Panther Party.

Their debut album was Kill My Landlord, a mix of leftist resistance and 70s funk. In 1994 Genocide and Juice was released to waves of critical praise.

For the next four years the group was faced with potentially career-ending changes, but returned in 1998 with the independently-produced Steal This Album, a title reminiscent of anarchist Abbie Hoffman’s book, Steal this Book.In 2001, The Coup released Party Music to widespread praise; however, due to distribution problems, sales of the album were low. Part of the distribution problem was the album art, which illustrated the World Trade Center towers exploding (a metaphor for the destruction of capitalism). The group reprinted the cover to feature a flaming Martini after September 11.

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ls7 (level 5) wrote:
at 17 June 2009 12:20PM
th!s song is da sh!t
sabbides23 (level 16) wrote:
at 01 May 2009 7:08AM
I got the guns and the ammo bring on the revolution!!!!!!!
Savanne (level 8) wrote:
at 06 April 2009 6:34AM
love love loveee The Coup!
Jewbacchus (level 7) wrote:
at 05 Sept. 2008 6:51PM
Glad to see you're still free.
micheleqj (level 10) wrote:
at 19 May 2008 9:09AM
one of my favorites of all time. okay player?! keep doing it for the people
8 ears wrote:
at 24 March 2008 8:27PM
hi,

we are from kuala lumpur, malaysia. please sample our songs. if you like what you hear, you can download them from iTunes or AmazonMP3.

thanks for listening.

8 ears.

P.S. sorry for the SPAM.
geddon (level 15) wrote:
at 27 Feb. 2008 7:31AM
Bring on the Revolution!
Trouble in the Wind wrote:
at 12 Feb. 2008 7:15PM
Hey we're fairly new to this site and are trying to get our sound out. Check us out, you might like us! -Ryan
Thundergo (level 9) wrote:
at 05 Jan. 2008 7:08PM
good stuff.. keep it up
02bluesuperroo (level 10) wrote:
at 04 Jan. 2008 2:15PM
Good stuff
lankysob (level 21) wrote:
at 14 Dec. 2007 7:39AM
Saw Boots Riley (the dude in the picture with the 'fro) at a Galactic concert last month. He and Chali 2na (from J5) were the two best MCs there by far. Glad to run across him again.
Trevor (level 9) wrote:
at 07 Oct. 2007 11:36PM
Saw them at Rock the Bells. These guys are really talented
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