television the drug of the nation

I am white, I am Scottish-Italian, I am 48 and have a Punk-inspired band in Argentina...
and Michael franti's Disp Heroes of Hiphoprisy are THE BEST rap act EVER. Content,Sound,Hypnosis. Will re-surge as one of THE GREATS!!!

Fuck Me! I was in a death metal band when this came out and still remember the impact it had on the alternative scene at the time. It seems even more relevant now! Still genius.

when was this sng made

Wtf, thats not a rap :`)

oh my god its a cool message but releasing a video that's just this? just a hook and preaching? even x-clan had an mc you can't survive like this no wonder history has kind of forgotten this guy

are you kidding me Michael Franti is pretty big now.

doing a bit of research, I see he was forgotten mostly by hiphop history; i mean, hes touring with fuckin john mayer right now, and looking at some of the bands they toured with back in the day (u2, rage against the machine, nirvana) i'm not that surprised. listening to it again, the track seems more like '94 era NiN so i guess putting it in the context of the evolution of hiphop was improper; its more a precursor to 90s "industrial" like The Downward Spiral than anything else

brilliant

2009 and still every word is true.