Not since N.W.A. dropped "Fuck the Police" has hip-hop sounded this defiant.
Femi Kuti is the son of Fela and the righteous leader of his own Positive Force. He speaks now just days after the Nigerian government shut down the Shrine, the historic venue that was the birthplace of Afrobeat. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

"..Put the word 'Freedom' out of your vocabulary" Revolutionary minds always get played out of due gratitude. For instance, today should be a holiday. If MLK gets a day, Malcolm X should get one too. Simple logic. Both men's nobility were equally necessary factors of the change that followed them. Before building bridges, we had to tear down walls. Malcolm's fighting spirit fueled the tearing down, while Martin's words and actions inspired the building. Yet it still somehow feels like Martin got all the praise while [...]
Filed under: Around the World Spinner.com : Femi Kuti is dragging a bit, recovering from an illness that marred his otherwise triumphant European tour last month. But speaking by phone from his home outside Lagos, Nigeria, he becomes impassioned, his speech growing faster and his voice sharper... Read more

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There's kind of a rule in national politics. Man, you better at least carry your home state. Walter Mondale got creamed by Reagan in '84, but he won his home state of Minnesota . In part, Al Gore lost in 2000 because he didn't win his home state of Tennessee . So, it's probably not helpful for John McCain that he's in a little bit of trouble in his home state of Arizona . I'm not convinced he'll lose there tomorrow, but I'd be very pleased if he did. Not because of what it [...]

Barack Obama spoke on the Statehouse Lawn yesterday.Downtown was completely swarmed by Obama's movement. According to The Toledo Blade 60,000 people showed up. John Glenn, Mayor Coleman, and Governor Strickland were all in the building, er I mean on the lawn. It was actually pretty amazing to see that many people actually caring about something. Especially supporting a dood who is into Malcolm X, Rap, and is jocked by Buckeye Jocks. Skip this section if you don't want to hear me try to be funny [...]
What Barack Obama and John McCain Can Learn From the Ten Best Political Speeches of All Time by Alex Carnevale The art of oratory is in a strange place, as John McWhorter pointed out in a recent article in The New Republic. The shift that has taken place has been driven by technological change: Part of the difference between our era and earlier times is technology. Speakers in the early twentieth century and before had to get their message across in [...]