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By All Means Necessary is the second studio album by American hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, released on April 12, 1988 [1], by Jive Records.After the 1987 murder of DJ-producer Scott La Rock, MC KRS-One moved away from the violent themes that dominated Boogie Down Productions's debut album, Criminal Minded, and began writing socially conscious songs using the moniker the Teacher.
Conscious hip-hop (also known as socially conscious hip-hop or conscious rap) is a subgenre of hip hop that challenges the dominant cultural, social, political, sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic consensus, [7] and/or comments on or focuses on social issues and conflicts. Conscious hip hop is not necessarily overtly political, but the ...
The song was first recorded by Ray Charles for his 1993 album My World, [1] [2] but it received relatively little attention at that time. Noting that it is one of five "socially-conscious songs on the album," a review in Jet described the song as "a piece that talks about the need for all people to get to know each other" and quotes Charles ...
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released the first sociopolitical rap song in 1982, named “The Message”, which inspired many rappers to address social and political topics. [ 2 ] List
North Carolina native J. Cole's 2011 debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story features socially conscious lyrics on tracks such as "Lights Please" and "Lost Ones". Cole, along with Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have played the biggest role in bringing conscious hip hop to a global audience in recent years. [31]
Protest songs in the United States are a tradition that dates back to the early 18th century and have persisted and evolved as an aspect of American culture through the present day. Many American social movements have inspired protest songs spanning a variety of musical genres including but not limited to rap, folk, rock, and pop music.
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One of their socially conscious singles (about world peace), the song was composed by Ernie Isley, who wrote most of the lyrics, together with Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, with additional lyrics and musical arrangements added by the three original members O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald.