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About Dead Prez

Dead Prez is an underground hip-hop duo of alternative rappers stic.man and M-1. They are largely known for their hard-hitting style and politically active lyrics, focusing on racism, critical pedagogy, religion, activism against governmental repression, and corporate control over the media, especially hip-hop record labels. Dead prez made their stance clear on their first album, declaring on the lead song, "I'm a African" that the group is "somewhere between N.W.A. and P.E." The duo's debut album was 2000's Let's Get Free, which featured a minor hit with the song "Hip Hop" from the year before. The album was critically well-received, and included intense political diatribes featuring prominent black activist Omali Yeshitela, as well as "Animal in Man" - a retelling of George Orwell's Animal Farm. The instrumental version of their song "Hip Hop" was used as Dave Chappelle's entrance music for his show on Comedy Central, and can be heard on every episode. The popular video game SKATE also features the song "Hip Hop" in their sound track. In 2001 they collaborated with The Coup, another politically active hip-hop outfit, to release Get Up. In 2002, dead prez released the independent mix tape Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1, followed by the release of Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 2: Get Free or Die Tryin' in 2003. Also in 2003, their song "Hell Yeah" was featured in the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack. In 2004, Columbia Records finally released Revolutionary But Gangsta. They were featured performers on the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party, recorded in 2004 and released in 2006. In 2006, they and former 2Pac collaborators, the Outlawz, jointly released an album titled Can't Sell Dope Forever. In 2006, M1 also recorded a solo album titled "Confidential". From the album, the song "'Til We Get There" was on the EA Sports video game NBA Live 2007. In 2007, stic.man released his own solo album titled "Manhood" with Boss Up Inc. / Traffic records.

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Thursday, September 27 2012 | 157 views | 0 likes
dead prez has announced its signing to Krian Music Group and their new album Information Age, releasing digitally on October 16th and In Stores on January 22, 2013. The duo, stic.man and M-1: "embarks on their politically driven, revolutionary and eye-opening missive about hot button topics such as government control, health care and economic class." stic.man & M-1: "We feel very positive about our joint venture with Krian. We've...
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Feb 01
Dead Prez (Feat. Bun B & Reek Da Villian)
Genre: Hip Hop | Plays: 2357 | Likes: 3
Sep 27
Dead Prez
Genre: Hip Hop | Plays: 1907 | Likes: 10
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Dead Prez
Genre: Hip Hop | Plays: 788 | Likes: 6