The Coup - Ride The Fence

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The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California. It formed as a three-member group in 1992 with rappers Raymond "Boots" Riley and E-Roc along with DJ Pam the Funkstress. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album, but appears on the track "Breathing Apparatus" on The Coup's third album, Steal This Album. The group is now a duo.

On 15 November 2005, Tarus Jackson (AKA Terrance), who had joined the group as a promoter, was fatally shot during a robbery at his home in Oakland.

2 December 2006 saw another tragedy for The Coup: About two hours following a performance at the San Diego House of Blues, the tour bus in which they were riding drove off the road and flipped over before becoming engulfed in flames. All passengers managed to climb out alive, though some were badly injured. They did, however, lose all of their clothes, computers, cash, identification, house/car keys and cell phones as well as all of their instruments and sound equipment. Since an insurance settlement is potentially a year away, they were forced to cancel the rest of their tour.

Their songs "My Favorite Mutiny" and "Pork & Beef" were featured in the 2007 film Superbad, with the first one also being featured in the video game NBA Live 07, while "Ridin' The Fence" was featured in EA's 2007 skateboarding video game, Skate. The song Captain Sterlings Little Problem accompanied the closing credits of Sir, No Sir, a documentary about the GI anti-war movement.

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[MustWorshipSatan]

it died..... about 10 years ago, now we got crap like lil wanye, t pain, you get the point.....

[BirthControlMusic]

It's nice to hear some real hip hop.

[RaulGroom]

@MustWorshipSatan the death of hip-hop - ten years in the past since 1993

[SenyorJMEZ]

Fuck yeah Pro Zapatista!

[LemonZeppelin]

Needs more views

[smorduno]

luvvvv this song and video! heard it again today at portland port shutdown!

[TheMusicalGiant]

DAT GROOVE

[Fanchus]

lol the original cover of this album

[sepron600]

man im 10 and i love this song

[sepron600]

man ride the fence rulls

[IceManLikeGervin]

Str8 up R A Double U dopeness from The Coup!!

[coSMia2010]

This should be seen by more people..Let's pass it around to everyone you know!