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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0764942156828 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Viper Manufacturer: Viper MPN: 8 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Viper Release Date: June 24, 2008 Studio: Viper Editorial Review: Album Description: The concept behind the album coming is built around relating the streets here in the US to those around the world. To illustrate that no matter what we face here, our native post-colonial lands are suffering 1000 times worse. This project was made to create more dialogue and communication between this country and Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, The Middle East, and South East Asia, all those lands that were under European or American rule (less than 20 years ago in some places). For far too long we have been separated by petty rivalries and the unfathomably counterproductive superiority complexes that divide our people. No matter how difficult the conditions of our lives are in this nation they are still incomparable to the struggle of the people, (who we were once a part of) that are overseas or right across the border. Revolution is about a constant movement. So instead of retreating intellectually and physically, I choose to advance. I chose to build stronger alliances with my peoples overseas and here in this nation. This album/mixtape has something for everyone, not only in the style of music but in terms of it's mention of so many important topics that are sometimes swept under the rug by corporate media and culture that was bastardized by the oligarchy of the music industry. The title itself has a dual significance, the struggle of developing countries (who are usually almost always former slave states or vassal kingdoms) are mirrored within the Rap Industry. In the same way that First World Super Powers have traditionally and now continuously exploited the 3rd world for its natural resources, land, labor and industry the Major Label Super powers have done the same. Not only in the underground of Hip Hop but music in general, because the underground is the "The 3rd World." They have taken the industry, the labor and the intellectual property of our culture and claimed ownership as they once did by landing on foreign soil that didn't belong to them in the first place. They have fed us propaganda on both ends, one telling us that I order to be civilized and part of a globalized economy that we had to privatize our water, communications transportation, sell the rights to our oil, diamonds, farm lands etc... the other telling us that to succeed in the music business that we have to sell our publishing, our masters, and sign 360 deals where they own the rights to our merchandise and a large % of our shows. This album is a vivid and up close and personal look at the two intertwined battles for independence. Burt besides criticizing the album is also self critical, not only of myself personally for the mistakes I made in life and those my friends around me have made, but what we as a people have done to prolong our own mental, physical and spiritual bondage. The fight is not just against invasion and occupation thought but we struggle within ourselves, as the album itself doesn't try to paint America as "the great satan" but rather as simply a corporate mechanism that has vavasour like representatives in places like Africa, Latin America and The Middle East. There the people who are oppressing us are ourselves, motivated by greed, avarice, and an overwhelming lust for power that created once asset allies turned fallguys like Manuel Noriega and Sadaam Hussein. In other words oppression is not so much about the mask of race that was created to justify the existence of a class system but now our own people are the same ones exploiting us. Just as in the music industry as well, because the manner in which they are educated to operate is no different from that of the people that have traditionally exploited us. The struggle for independence is not just a metaphor for what goes on in countries fighting for their hegemonic voice, but also for the will and the strength to be interpreted so by the very music that defines a people and a country. This struggle that is playing itself out between the resistance that fights for the culture and soul of Hip Hop opened my eyes to that fact that we are not outnumbered. Just not organized as well as we should be. I have traveled to many places South America, Central America, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean and I look forward to building more solid frontiers with people who are doing the same where they are. Many told me that this war was impossible to win, and that the inevitable death of the substance left in this music and any music would come by force. But I, and the people I involved with this project such as Green Lantern who has been working on this with me since early 2007, and Southpaw as well as the few and proud over at Viper Records will not accept such a fate for our people. The 3rd World has a very diverse sound in its production and in the slew of guests I have asked to be a part of it. It also has a wide variety of concepts that are in the form of songs, which help to bring the story of this struggle to life. And even though it is an album in terms of being all original tracks Dj Green Lantern cut and blended the tracks together like a traditional mixtape. There are supporters of mine who have been waiting on other projects I promised, "The Middle Passage" and "Revolutionary Vol.3" two interestingly complicated projects that I am still working on and actually about half done with. This album was a bridge to the other albums that I have coming. It is a violent but lyrically saturated expression of music with a purpose and I thank all of the long time supporters of the message and the music for all that they have done in joining this Revolution that continues. Peace & Respect, Immortal Technique Album Description: Fiercely political Harlem-born MC Immortal Technique stormed onto hip-hop's stage in the early 2000s with some of the most outspoken and intelligently provocative rhymes since the heyday of Public Enemy. Attacking corporate greed and American imperialism, and touting numerous progressive causes in his lyrics, Technique can come off as much like an issue of the Nation magazine as he can a contemporary rapper. He nurtures the careers of like-minded rappers through his own Viper Records, and has collaborated with MCs such as KRS-One, Chuck D, and Mos Def. Technique's song "Bin Laden" sparked tremendous controversy upon its release, as it unflinchingly discussed the Bush administration's role in the 9/11 attacks. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Kind of weakI, like many, came in to this album with pretty high hopes. This fell in to my lap after picking up a string of great hip-hop albums like Prolyphic & Reanimator's "The Ugly Truth" and Sadistik's "The Balancing Act" which further boosted my anticipation. Having DJ Green Lantern as the major featured producer left me a little skeptical but I went ahead and got it anyways. My worries were justified, Green Lantern brought the large dose of generic beat making I had feared was going to ... Read More Rating:  - Dope release-still waiting for 'Middle Passage' though....Solid 4 out of 5'The 3rd World' is a solid effort to satisfy the fans that have waited 5 years for ANY material to be dropped by Immortal Technique. We did not recieve a hastily, uninspired dime-a-dozen mixtape either....you can feel the energy and effort brought by Tech on each song. While not totally cohesive(it is a mixtape!)as his previous efforts, Immortal Technique used this more as an opportunity to lay out his many thoughts of the recent times and improved raps on wax. The production is on point with Green ... Read More Rating:  - Hip Hop is AliveTechnique is the realest and he'll give it to you straight with this CD...true, hardcore lyrics with dope beats...also check out revolutionary vol.1 and 2 if you haven't heard of them. Both cd's are sick, but vol.2 is a real classic. Rating:  - He's A Gimmick!!!!This Dude is not Real. Immortal Techique has Brainwashed a Small Cult Following, And i do mean Small who following and hang off his every word. He uses politic's as a gimmick to drag people in. How do we know who this dude really is or how he really grew up?? Other that what we read or what he tells us. He doesnt live the life. He's a fraud who takes advantage of hip hop fans who cant think for themselves. If you want Someone Real, Listen to "Dead Prez", NOT THIS GUY!!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY and buy Dead ... Read More Rating: - Loved itOne of the best rap albums to come out this year. I loved it. Go get this you will not be disapointed. |
