Oakland duo Boots Riley and Pam The Funkstress (aka The Coup) have been mixing politics and pleasure all the way since 1994's Kill My Landlord and Party Music is no exception. Like an alcopop Molotov cocktail, their lyrical bombs are bolstered with free-wheeling funk and fizz. Think Outkast with socialist credentials, Eminem with a social conscience and you're mighty close to the potential populist appeal of The Coup. Their modus operandi is to mine classic funk and soul for licks, augment them with new sonic weaponry and turn them out into formidable fighting anthems. After kicking off with the analogue squall of "Everythang", Party Music never lets up in pace. On "5 Million Ways To Kill A C.E.O.", Boots unleashes a tirade of corporate revenge fantasies and then unexpectedly reveals his tender side on the motherly "Wear Clean Draws". Queens radicals Dead Prez rally around for militant "Get Up", brutalising the opposition with bass and an uncompromising lyrical stance. Later, Boots throws barbs at party-poopers who "Ride the Fence", while listing the extent of his anti-establishment/pro-revolutionary stance. Quite simply, The Coup preach the kind of party politics you can shake your ass to. --Chris Campion
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Now That's What I Call Music 28. This is the South African release from 2000. Released on CD and it contains 21 tracks.
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For their third album African Spirit (the previous release, Blessed, won a 2007 Grammy for Best Traditional World Music Album), the now-world-famous ensemble of brave, passionate survivors, many of whom are living with HIV and AIDS, has crafted another heartbreakingly beautiful and inspiring program. They raise their voices in praise and hope, at peace with what cannot be changed but not remotely resigned about how to deal with it. The set list concentrates predominantly on South African spirituals but also includes pieces composed by Bono/U2 ("One"), Bob Dylan ("Forever Young"), and reggae icons Jimmy Cliff ("Sitting in Limbo"), and Bob Marley ("One Love"). There is even a rendition of "The World in Union", official anthem of 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, which is in turn based upon the "Jupiter" movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets. Some listeners may cavil at the crossover tracks, and Bono, heard live with the choir, certainly isn't shy about claiming his share of the spotlight. But building exclusionary fences around music has, thankfully, always been a colossal waste of time. Of whatever origin, each track is a miracle of fellowship, professed belief, and positive striving, interpreted by soloists and choristers of soul-deep, indestructible genius.--Christina Roden African Spirit has been Nominated for the 2008 Grammy Awards as Best Traditional World Music Album.
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