The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Satanic Reverses

[hammondjam57]

I think Franti figured out that the majority of people aren't listening. More people know the ins and outs of Android than know WHY we're neck deep in the Middle East and turning a free nation into a police state.. This crap is gonna continue so why not switch over to spreading the love amongst the "little people"!

[stev1963hit]

Like a lot of old(white) rock n roll punk freaks,I had nothing but contempt for hip-hop....until I actually took the time to listen to it,& discovered top notch groovy rebellious stuff like this from the early 90s.Its great to be wrong sometimes!

[bbcrumbs]

Forget Spearhead, bring back the Disposable Heroes! Cut your edge.

[mrdan7121]

Occupy The World!

[23rigger]

Still meaningful to this day.

[mrdan7121]

still relavent

[roxxphatcox]

Prophetic, allthough logic to the concious:)

[fastcats3]

Before Michael Franti sold out to big business so he could have a hit song on the radio. Music sucks now and is used to sell Corona beer on the tv machine.

[wayward4now]

61 year old white guy here and I'm loving this ... someone needs to pull this band together again. We need more telling it like it is more than ever.

[latela33]

I first heard DHH in 1991 in a Munich Night Club, "Television the Drug of the Nation" was playing and I couldn't keep my ass off the dance floor. The song was so on point I was emotionally touched to see it being played, but that was Europe. I was certain it would not be popular in the U.S. and I was right. Great musicianship, creative and poignant lyrics and it still rocked the house. Simply one of the greatest rap albums ever.

[SharksInTheGenePool]

First got into Franti when he covered the Dead Kennedys song California Uber Alles. I was hardcore punk/thrash guy at the time, but his version kicked ass. Opened my mind to a lot more hip hop (Paris especially), and still love Franti's music to this day. Still listen to lot of punk and black metal though. ;)

[TheD3mac]

amazing how relevant this song still is...especially since it was done well before 9/11 and the latest recession...prophetic?...great anyway

[sinetravel]

That crazy synthesizer sounding sample is quality.

[TheJuiceBoxProject]

It's great to see this track receiving such positive comments. If you haven't checked out the rest of the album, i highly recommend it, it's of a consistent quality all the way through and each track tackles an important (and i think) still relevant subject. Great industrial-style boom-bap production too.

The sad thing is that this slipped largely under the radar back in '92 when G-Funk was dominating rap.

I long for the days when hip-hop was so bold and outspoken.....and bereft of cliche!

[dwyermckerr99]

@TheJuiceBoxProject Like J5.

[kybazion]

@TheJuiceBoxProject yeah bro, to be honest i havent seen any their equal, in terms of content, messag and style, in my honest opinion these guys were perfect and couldnt have been improved upon- everything about this album just seemed ...complete

[assfullofgerbils666]

This is the greatest hiphop group I have ever heard. Its nice to know that not all rappers are a bunch violent, greedy, ignorant-ass, capitalist scum-bags. I am blown away. I Fucking LOVE IT!!!!

[MeAndMeYT]

@assfullofgerbils666

Welcome to the 90's.

[mario1136]

TDHoH is fucking kickass, they talk about important stuff, have great groove, and actaully make sense unlike today's rap which only talks about, sex, money, and drugs, has shitty uncreative beats, and sounds as atrocious as possible.

[CT68]

"and National Insecurity's at an all-time-high" And the song was written in 1992? We didn't know how good we had it back then.

Although, I will say it was a few years before the economy started picking up.

[iluvj50]

Still sounds fresh.

[sidewayspin]

ps. Michael gets props in the "Consolidated" song" Brutal Equation" .

[sidewayspin]

thanks for posting! always thought of them as part of a trifecta that included "Consolidated" ( remember the song "Brutal Equation") and "Meat Beat Manifesto" (remembering "Now"). This aged well and I really wish Michael would have written more tracks like this... Guess he's in a different place now but the sad part is the World isn't...

[1mouth2ears]

How history repeats. Timeless quality.

[dublinactor]

I always loved this whole album but it's only now that I find myself posting this on my facebook page. For a 1992 track it seems scarily relevant to the current situation in Ireland. There's a huge protest march planned in Dublin this Saturday (27th Nov 2010) I think this should be the soundtrack for that march.

[demondays5]

Needs to be more popular

[MarJo138]

damn. no one got nothin to say?

[CarolyntheGreat]

@MarJo138 The thing is, I had to search for this in several different ways before it came up. It's just what I was looking for to post.