Ring the alarm! Loud Records gets major political backing on this incendiary release. Dead Prez is bringing a full plate of reality to the table - this is truly music to riot to. Let's Get Free is an excellent idea as well as a great album title, aren’t we all weary of the helicopters flying overhead information, and sick of the police who may shoot an innocent man 41 times without provocation only to be cleared of all charges? Knowledge the song titles "They Schools", "Police State", "Enemy Lines", "We Want Freedom" and "Pistol" and its apparent Dead Prez are dropping bombs. "(I’m An) African" is a series of lyrical jewels about the origin of Black people everywhere, against a sizzling bass-n-drum background. "Enemy Lines" depicts the struggle of Black Panther Fred Hampton and his children and grandchildren, and is quite possibly one of the tightest songs of the millennium production-wise. The subject matter of "Let’s Get Free" includes blowing up police precincts, meeting at Capital Hill to assassinate the president, and other politically charged content. Even so, the CD has more personal moments as well, like "Mind Sex" which puts conversation before penetration and "Discipline" which speaks to being diligent in the everyday tasks of one’s life. This is the album Hip Hop has been waiting for, not politics as usual, but FUCK politics as usual. Even the beats are political, flavorously spiced with jungle and drum-n-bass rythms Dead Prez means to reach the people with Let’s Get Free and reach them by any means necessary.

Review: Miranda Jane 
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