The entire Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color album is a nice piece of sonic work by the Minnesota Rhymesayer. The title track along with Letter to my Countrymen are examples of Ali's more overt political statements on the record.
The Mighty Mos Def now more commonly known as Yasiin Bey points out what some would call proof of the New World Order as he pontificates on the commodification of H2O. Or more plainly, 'Water used to be free but now it cost you a fee because its all about getting that cash money!!'
On Friday night I made my way down to the Fremont side of things in Seattle. I don't generally pass thru here but this was a special occasion as our homie Blueprint was in town to headline a show with a number of local acts on the bill including The Th3rdz (JFK, Candidt and Xperience), Grynch, Jewels Hunter, Nathan Wolfe, and The Sharp 5.
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