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The Coup is an American hip hop band from Oakland, California. Their music is an amalgamation of influences, including funk , punk , hip hop , and soul . Frontman Boots Riley 's revolutionarily-charged lyrics rank The Coup as a renowned political hip hop band aligned to radical music groups such as Crass , Dead Prez and Rage Against the Machine .
In 2012, The Coup's frontman Boots Riley completed the first draft of the screenplay for the 2018 film Sorry to Bother You. While he would later direct the film from that screenplay, Riley had no way to produce the film in 2012. As such, The Coup made the album of the same name, which was inspired by the screenplay. [12]
Pick a Bigger Weapon is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group The Coup. It was released on Epitaph Records on April 25, 2006. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [ 10 ] as well as number 35 on the Independent Albums chart.
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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Bub. 100 [8] "Not Free Yet" 1993 — Kill My Landlord "Dig It" — "Funk" — "Takin' These" 1994 — Genocide & Juice "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish" 12 "The Shipment" 1998 — Steal This Album
A coup in Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.
Party Music is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group the Coup. It was originally released on 75 Ark on November 6, 2001. It was re-released on Epitaph Records in 2004.
Steal This Album is the third studio album by American hip hop duo the Coup. It was released on Dogday Records on November 10, 1998. It peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [10] as well as number 51 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [11] The album's title is a nod to Steal This Book (1971) by social activist Abbie ...