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Politics & War: Fred Hampton Jr

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Politics & War: POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. - Aztlan Media Kollective Interview

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Dead Prez Interview at the Harvest of Hope 2010

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Show Me Your Atlanta

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Show Me Your Atlanta - Part 3 of 4

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Show Me Your Atlanta - Part 2 of 4

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Show Me Your Atlanta - Part 1 of 4

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Interview with Dead Prez at the 2009 Brooklyn Hiphop Festival

Raven interviews Dead Prez

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Brooklyn Hiphop Festival 2009

This is a little something me and the boys whipped up from this years' Brooklyn... more

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dead prez: "Summertime" video

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Front To Back: Pulse of The People

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Dead Prez: "Green is NOT White."

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Dead Prez Tells the World why Green is NOT White.

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THE HIT AND RUN

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Producer's Corner: Stic.man Interview

Dead prez, the socio-political rap duo from Florida, has established their reputation with raw rhymes. So when Nas was putting together Untitled [click to read], his conceptual masterpiece album about the black experience in America, he knew who to call.
Even though Stic.man, half of dead prez, had a limited production resume that consisted mostly of group work and beats for other artists on their label, he and Nas meshed so well musically that three of the pair’s songs made it onto the album. In an interview with HipHopDX’s Producer’s Corner, Stic.man talks about the new dead presidents that Nas has to represent him.

HipHopDX: When did you first start producing?

Stic.man: I still consider myself a beginner producer. I’ve got such a high respect for what I consider producing that I know that I’m a beginner. All my life, since I got into Hip Hop—fifth grade, sixth grade—I’ve been listening to music and studying not just lyrics, but the sounds and the arrangements and things. I listen to a lot of Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones, because of the arrangements and the sound. To me, that’s a big part of being a producer is listening. Not just making music, but listening.

DX: As far as I’ve seen, you’ve only produced on your own records before all your songs on the Nas album. Had you done a lot of other work?

Stic.man: Yeah, I had. I did stuff for Erykah Badu, for some of our artists in our camp like the A-Alikes. I did a lot of shit over the 10-12 year period that we’ve been out. Big Pun, different little shit here and there. What I’m talking about isn’t really the industry, per se, about releasing records. … My boy Abu had an ASR-10. And I used to rap, but I didn’t make my beats. He said, “Why don’t you get in here and try to use the board?” I was like, “I don’t really make beats. I don’t know how to play keys or nothin’ like that.” But he’s like, “As an emcee, if you can figure your own sound, who can do that better than you?” He basically taught me to be one of those emcees who makes their beats, and that’s a culture in itself. There’s some great emcees that don’t touch equipment, and some great beatmakers who can’t write a day in their life. He introduced me to the idea of guys like Devin The Dude [click to view], who are producers as well as emcees. As far as my production credit, I feel like I’ve been getting my feet wet and building myself up to be able to release professional things to that degree.

A lot of time, people would say, “You’re a producer because you do stuff with dead prez.” I’m like, “Nah, I’m not a producer yet. I do beats so we can save money, but that doesn’t mean I’m running around thinking I’m some big producer. I’m just trying to rise to the occasion and do something decent enough so we can get the point across.” But in doing that, I had a lot of experience working with musicians, and being able to pull in different people to help out on different parts they’re skilled at. In that sense, I found that I have a real rapport with directing musicians to my vision. I play keys, I program drums and things like that, but I think it’s about putting in the right team members for a particular sound that you’re looking for, too. Knowing how to edit, knowing how to give direction. Like I said, I’m baby stepping.

Read the whole interview here....
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1240
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Music and Politics '08

With the most historic election upon us, Current Music goes to some of today's... more

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Current: At the Conventions

The Collective Journalism team was on site in Denver and St. Paul for the 2008... more

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Dead Prez Rap at The RNC

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Why rap stars are hating on the iPhone

I like M1's response the best.

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