"If you are listening to this, it is your responsibility to burn this for every single motherfucker you know" is the first thing we hear from Immortal Technique at the start of this album, and who am I to argue.
Immortal Technique (Felipe Andres Coronel) is a Peruvian-born American rapper straight out of Harlem, New York. Listening to this, or any of of his other work, you could be mistaken for thinking that he's not a great fan of the country he has lived in since he was two years old – he is an angry man – but, in my opinion, he's got a lot of love for the USA, he just has a lot to say about some of the people in it and running it.
If anything, this release is a bit more mellow than his previous two, Revolutionary Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, but still, it is refreshing to find some good quality hip hop which is actually saying something for once. The production on the album is good, there are some conscious samples and even some Beatles and Abba behind the spittin', but you gotta listen to the lyrics, Immortal Technique is always about the lyrics.
He tackles heavy issues facing society today head on with a eloquence, intelligence and guile not oft heard and yes he is angry, but he is also a bloody good rapper. Don't bother putting this album on in the background, wait till you can listen to it properly and listen good...
Agree, great rapper, extremely angry and loves the US. His message is strong. He has the power to change things if he raps solutions.
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