Search - Dead Prez :: Lets Get Free (Clean)

Let's really get free!

S.Jones | Columbus, OH | 10/06/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Someone reviewed this CD as "gangsta rap"; apparently, that someone wasn't listening! Dead Prez isn't "gangsta rap"-- it's conscious Hip-Hop. This cd presents intelligent perspectives, intelligent lyrics, and nice beats."

Poli-Rap

Sudz | Fresno | 10/21/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Don't misinterpret these songs as simple hip hop - this is no radio rap. Dead Prez is a political activist who uses his music as his mean's of communitcation. Despite the catchy tunes and well written lyrics his music makes a statement about african-american opperession and criticizes societies prejudicies. If you are an opinionated individual dead prez is your cup of tea. (Any good debater will love this cd)"

This That Tank Top, Flip Flop, Natty Dreadlock.... {5 Stars

Norfeest | Washington DC USA | 07/27/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I noticed how the negative reviews label this album as hate music. Are there some harsh, unapologetic tracks to be found? Certainly, but I don't think this album was made for the sensitive or the easily offended. The negative reviewers seem to zero in on the songs that they dislike and tend to miss the message in the other tracks. "Be Healthy" is a great song about fixing the broken African American diet. "Mind Sex" is a LOVE song. Where's the hate in that? "Hip Hop" and "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop" tackle the wack commercialism in rap music. Now that's hate music for you right there. "Discipline" is self explanatory. "Happiness" is an ode to summer love and good times. "You'll Find A Way" is an instrumental track. No hate there. "Animal In Man" speaks on the dangers of greed. On top of all that, tracks like "Psychology", "We Want Freedom", and "Propaganda" are more like messages of urgency that serve as wake up calls to the urban poor. None of those songs have a negative or hateful message and that's more than half of the album (11 out of 18 tracks). And if that's not enough, the other 7 songs, while not executed with the most tact, do have a strain of truth to them. I wonder if these guys even listened to the words.



As far as flaws, from my perspective, there really aren't any. I can pop this in and let it play all the way through. No skip material here. I do wonder why they put so much space in between track 16 and 44, but that's all semantics. It's a great listen all the way through.



Let's Get Free is a powerful album that should serve as a wake up call to the black man that's stuck in the trap. If you focus on the pro black tracks then, yes, this could be viewed as a very abrasive album. Those that take in the whole album, and not just the parts that they can use as ammunition, will see that it's far from hate music. If you're missing the point, it probably wasn't meant for you in the first place. Go get this album. Two thumbs way up.



Standout Tracks: Happiness, We Want Freedom, Psychology, Behind Enemy Lines, Be Healthy, The Pistol, Hip Hop, They Schools (My Favorite), It's Bigger Than Hip Hop, Animal In Man, I'm A African, Discipline, Mind Sex, and Propaganda

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