Their legacy comes full circle; revolutionary hip-hop duo Dead Prez is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their landmark debut album, "Let's Get Free." The mile marker event will unfold in Brooklyn, the city that helped forge their politically tinged sound and message. Hosted by BRIC's Stoop Share platform on March 28, the night will be an electric blend of conversation, culture, and, naturally, music.
Brooklyn has long since served as breeding grounds for some of Hip-Hop's most rebellious and socially conscious voices, making it the ideal setting for dead prez's celebration. The pair consists of M-1 and Stic. Man will participate in an intimate dialogue called "Music, Message, Movement: Dead Prez's Liner Notes on Liberation."
"Yo, I mean, look, in Brooklyn, we are touching back to our hometown and ground zero, the center point of where we created a lot of this legacy that dead prez carries in Brooklyn," M-1 told me. "So it makes sense that we bring it to BRIC. Do you feel me? Sustaining this art and many others in this manner. So we are going to pull up on that g###### stage, man, March 28, and do what we do best, man. Twenty-five years! It's that time, man. And I can't believe we are here."
The free event starts at 8 p.m. and gives fans an intimate look at the duo's artistic and political journey. Expect conversations about their influences, from Fela Kuti and Bob Marley to Nipsey Hussle and their impact on the next generation of conscious rappers.
Then, at 10 p.m., the night turns into a live concert with Jill Newman Productions. This performance will provide a rare chance to hear Dead Prez's hard-hitting discography, which includes classics like "Hip Hop" and "Mind Sex," as well as songs from their 2004 follow-up, RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta.
For 25 years, "Let's Get Free" has been Hip-Hop's most defiant protest album, a milestone in politically minded rap. The album's ideas about systemic inequity, self-determination, and Black empowerment resonate as strongly today as they did in 2000.
Looking past the past, the dead prez is also looking ahead. No new music has yet been released, but the pair confirmed they'll have new music coming. Details will be provided in a full interview with AllHipHop's Chuck Jigsaw Creekmur.
And as Dead Prez gets ready to blaze Brooklyn again, their 25th anniversary brings more than a celebration but a testament to music's power as an educational tool, a means to incite agitation and inspire transformation.
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