Fred Wreck: Why Did Major Radio Stations Try & Silence This Man and His Music?

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Why Did Major Radio Stations Try & Silence This Man and His Music?

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Stop Movement Down With Us(anti war song)

With the 3rd anniversary of this ridiculous war in Iraq([search]) upon us,
ask yourself how come major radio stations around the country including
stations in Los Angeles ignored and Blacked out this
Anti-War record produced by Fredwreck.

Fredwreck in case you don’t know has laced everyone from Ice Cube
to Snoop Dogg on down to Eminem with incredible tracks…

He’s always been a political type of guy so he got a bunch of
West Coast artists together around the start of the Iraq War and
they dropped this Anti-war song which they offered up for free download..

They had a press conference and pout out a press release, but then all
the big stations which normally play many of the artists featured on
this song suddenly went dumb and tried to act like it doesn’t exist..

Feel free to check this cut.. It’s the dirty version.. You can also
find this song featured on the new album Hard truth Soldiers Vol 1
which has been released by Paris

Track Features: Everlast, Tray Deee, Defari ,Daz ,J-Ro, RBX,
Soopafly, Bad Azz, WC, Dilated Peoples, Mac Minister

Stop Movement Down With Us(anti war song)
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After Fredwreck released the Anti-War song Down With us, he assembled
an even bigger star studded line up and recorded a song that
took President Bush([search]) to task for many of his policies including
the War in Iraq…

As was the case with the Anti-War song ‘Down With Us’,
major radio stations ignored this song. It was interesting to
note that with two weeks before the election stations jumped all
over the song Mosh by Eminem…It was a case of too little too late..

What I found interesting was the fact that this song was released
in August of 2004, which gave media outlets ample time to get at
Fredwreck or any of the artists featured in the song…
They issued a press release for the song and gave away the song
for free via download. All the stellar artists featured on this
track donated their time and talent for free.

The silencing of these songs just underscored Rule 4080
which Tribe Called Quest rapped about ... The industry is shady..

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT A song directed at President George Bush.
Listen to it today by downloading the mp3!

Track Features:

Everlast, Mobb Deep, The Alchemist, Mack 10, WC,
Evidence, Defari, KRS-One, & B-Real

Stop Movement 2-Dear Mr President (Anti-war Song)
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For those who want more info on the War and
where we stand we recommend peeping the following
articles..

Three years after Bush led us to invade Iraq, the country is in
worse shape than ever, as violence escalates and the country
hovers on the brink of civil war. Here, we present three views
on the situation in Iraq and how we can work to fix the damage
that has been done:

CHAOS ACCOMPLISHED
Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Three years after the U.S. invasion, a snapshot of Iraq
reveals a country that is miles from anything resembling a
'road to progress.'
 http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/33768/

ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY
Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet
It is time to declare that the horrors we have visited upon
Iraq are not being done in our names, with our consent or
our approval.
 http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/33763/

WELCOME TO LIBERATED IRAQ
Entesar Mohammad Ariabi, AlterNet
From a physician's viewpoint, liberation means rising infant
mortality, critical shortages of medicines, terrorized
doctors and the return of diseases once under control.

 http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/33771/

see also:

he U.S. imperialist ruling class’s brutal war against the Vietnamese people had drawn billions of dollars away from the social needs of people in the United States....In 1982, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released the song, The Message. The hook of the song is, “…don’t push me, cuz I’m close to the edge/I’m trying not to lose my head/huh, huh,/it’s like a jungle sometimes/makes me wonder how I keep from going under.” The song was about the daily, deplorable conditions that Blacks live under, especially in urban areas with gross unemployment and underemployment, police([search]) brutality, drug epidemics and much more.... -- Larry Hales -- Hip-hop culture reflects Youth oppression under capitalism



 http://www.workers.org/2006/us/hip-hop-0316/

or

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/49862.php

and



With numerous references to Golden-era PE, "Rebirth Of A Nation" effectively presents the messages of self-sufficiency and empowerment that are Public Enemy hallmarks, but with an updated 2006 sensibility, as Paris pulls out all of the musical stops in the way that only he can. The opening "Raw Shit" blazes with urgency, as Chuck D and Paris are joined by MC Ren of the legendary NWA to put all on notice that voices of resistance are still alive and well �... -- "On the Line w/ Paris-The Making of Rebirth of a Nation: mp3 download"


 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/49805.php

or

 http://odeo.com/audio/838533/view

 http://www.guerrillafunk.com/publicenemy/rebirthofanation/index.html


and


...the 1973 assassination of the Palestinian poet, Ghassan Kanafani...The writer said in his report, published Monday by the Hebrew daily "Yedioth Ahronoth", that the Israeli intelligence elements planted an explosive device in Kanafani's vehicle that exploded thereafter causing his immediate death. -- "Israel admits responsibility for assassinating Palestinian poet"

 http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_14740.shtml

and

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44887.php

and

Najat Rahman, Assistant Prof. Comparative Litereture U of Montreal, on Resistance and Art historically in Palestine. -- "Under the Olive Tree: Culture and Resistance"

 http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=16139&nav=length&

and

 http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=1991&nav=length&


and

Meen Erhabe - (Who is the Real Terrorist?)


 http://www.dam3rap.com/mp3/DAM_men_erhabe.mp3

or

 http://www.dam3rap.com/


and


DOWNLOAD THREE FREE TRACKS FROM
"FREE THE P" AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE:

Born Here - DAM [3MB, MP3 file]

 http://electronicintifada.net/downloads/music/Born-Here.mp3

Free The P - The Philistines [5.5MB, MP3 file]
 http://electronicintifada.net/downloads/music/Free-The-P.mp3

No Compromises - Invincible [3.3MB, MP3 file]
 http://electronicintifada.net/downloads/music/No-Compromises.mp3

FREE THE P! PALESTINE TAKES NYC'S EAST VILLAGE BY STORM
Remi Kanazi, The Electronic Intifada, 17 October 2005

As I walk down the darkened staircase into a muggy
basement in this lower eastside dive bar, a scruffily
bearded supporter smiles and waves a four-foot wide
Palestinian flag. The chatter begins as the room fills
with anxious people awaiting the show. The young crowd
came out to support Free the P, the new CD compilation of
"hip-hop and spoken word, dedicated to the youth of
Palestine." The proceeds will go to Slingshot Hip-hop, "a
documentary film that focuses on the daily life of
Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and
inside Israel." Within moments, our hostess, Arab-American
comedienne Maysoon Zayid, takes the ground level,
makeshift stage and gets the crowd going with her dry,
political humor....

 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4250.shtml

 http://electronicintifada.net/downloads/music/Born-Here.mp3

and

"You see we live under a physical and mental occupation. People have internalised the situation and have become apathetic. They don't resist, they've given up even to think about that. The generation of our parents is full of fear and apathy. They are afraid for the Shabak and want to stay away from politics. We do not accept this. We want to shake things up" -- "Where There's the Ghetto, There's Hip Hop"

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44513.php

and


...Lead rapper Narcy and producer Butter Beats give the rundown on the Hip Hop scene in Montreal, life in the Middle East, the attempts to unite the Brown nation and their opposition to the unjust war in Iraq..

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/12/46895.php

or

 http://media.odeo.com/2/7/9/I__Breakdown_FM_Shows_BreakdownFM-Euphrates_Interview_2005.mp3


and


Last month, the Palestinian-American hip-hop crew The Philistines announced the release of a CD dedicated to the youth of Palestine. The compilation CD, titled "Free the P," brings together over 20 hip-hop and spoken word artists. Its aim is to promote awareness about the Palestinian struggle for freedom while raising funds to support an upcoming documentary film--SlingShot Hip Hop--about hip-hop in Palestine." -- "Hip Hop: Hip-Hop for Palestine Phi-lis'tine (fi-lis'-tin)"


 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44106.php

and


inspired and angered by the image of Palestinians projected by the U.S. media, the brothers elected to use the word “Philistine” to define themselves as it means “an uncultured, barbaric person.” They collectively reject the media manipulation that warps the dynamics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
 http://www.whatsupmagazine.org/articles/philistines.html

CALLING ALL PHILISTINE SOLDIERS: The P have just released a HOT new demo.
YOUR MISSION: To download, burn, and distribute as many of these babies as you can.

YOUR TARGETS: People at clubs, parties, funerals, bat mitzvahs, the car wash, school, living under illegal foreign occupation--anyone and everyone...


 http://www.thephilistines.com/Music.html


ARABIFUNK (web version) - Ragtop and B-Dub on an epic Iron Shiek beat


 http://www.thephilistines.com/Music/Arabifunk%20(web).mp3

and

born here video by DAM:

 http://www.dam3rap.com/mp3/DAM_bornhere.wmv

and

 http://www.dam3rap.com/mp3/DAM_men_erhabe.mp3


and


...the 1973 assassination of the Palestinian poet, Ghassan Kanafani...The writer said in his report, published Monday by the Hebrew daily "Yedioth Ahronoth", that the Israeli intelligence elements planted an explosive device in Kanafani's vehicle that exploded thereafter causing his immediate death. -- "Israel admits responsibility for assassinating Palestinian poet"

 http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_14740.shtml

and

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44887.php

and


"Then I just get home, sit down and make the concepts in my head into reality, and watch how they never cease to change and evolve once they're out of my head, and how no idea or concept no matter how good it is, will stay completely the same in your mind. John Coltrane spoke about the same thing with regards to getting the music in his head out into the real world of sound. But anyway, technically I use my computer, I got a mixer, a nice mic, and a Korg Keyboard, two nice monitors and a compressor which doesn't work right now. It's all about what you do with it though, what's in your mind." -- yoshi

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/41736.php


and

Hip Hop: the subliminal criminal: Pick up a stone

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/40536.php

and

"Sat in the back of the class with my hand up/Two wild security guards, grabbed my man up/Threw him in detention for 5 days suspension. Cuz he said, the teacher was lyin about the Indians.I stood like a man then I questioned my teacher/Why don't we speak about the wisdom of the sages?/And how did Europe black out in the dark ages? And when they got light did they white-wash the pages? ...And why it seems that half the school is racist?" -- rza and masta killa

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/40092.php

or

 http://www.mastakilla.net/

and

Islamic themes and Arabic terms increasingly thread the colorful fabric that is hip hop. Self-proclaimed Muslim rap artists -- whether adhering to the Nation of Islam, the Five Percent Nation, or traditional Sunni Islam - proudly announce their faith and include "Islamic" messages of social justice in their lyrics.

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/14501.php

and

"...Because they know if the rappers get a revolutionary message, that if the rappers start to clean up their act and rap revolutionary rap, the game is over. The enemy, and those who control the distribution of rap, shut down revolutionary rap and would only fund gangster rap after [the 1992 L.A. rebellion against police brutality.] We saw an extreme rise in gangster rap and the elimination of revolutionary rap. ... I say to Brother Russell Simmons and the other rappers: Don’t let them make you believe that they have more power than you." --Malik Zulu Shabazz

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/39144.php

or

 http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1858.shtml


Islam Racism And The Left

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/37745.php

or

 http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/244553.shtml

and

". “As a young Muslim Black male in America I feel under attack on many fronts. I can handle being under attack, but it’s heartbreaking – at times— to feel as though I have no comrades. ..."--Amir Sulaiman

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/35705.php

or

 http://www.amirsulaiman.com/

and

How is the Islamic faith delivering the message from Allah through rap? True Believer From ages past music in some form has been used to Praise the One. In Qur'an we find "Allah is beautiful and loves beauty." Allah (swt) did not give birds their song to suppress nor did He create the winds that blow through rocks or trees to create beautiful sounds to be ignored or not copied.

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/31664.php

and

dred-i 3 track CD: "Revolutionary Crunk Muzik: The Black Panther Party Meets Soul Train".
 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/31600.php

How is the Islamic faith delivering the message from Allah through rap? True Believer From ages past music in some form has been used to Praise the One. In Qur'an we find "Allah is beautiful and loves beauty." Allah (swt) did not give birds their song to suppress nor did He create the winds that blow through rocks or trees to create beautiful sounds to be ignored or not copied.

Muslim rap is big business with annual sales in excess of $1.8bn in America alone.
How is the Islamic faith delivering the message from Allah through rap?

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries/islamichiphop.shtml

1Xtra's Iyare talks to Muslim rappers challenging traditional views like Mecca 2 Medina, Napoleon from Tupac's Outlawz and Jurassic 5.

Why is Islamic hip hop becoming such an attraction?


and
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You have to ask yourself is it in the best interests of the corporate elite to enlighten people truly. And I guess it's not if you want to maintain the status quo. We have billions of dollars for wars here to fight illegal immigrants and to kill people and control their natural resources....but we're always coming up short financially with education funding."

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/32953.php

or

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/32953.php

 http://www.guerrillafunk.com

and

FRED WRECK!!!

Support the STOP Movement! STOP: Stop The Oppressive Politics!

We the people of the United States of America have gathered together to express our views against the oppression of people across the Earth by the imperialistic policy makers of our government. They want all the nations of the world to bow down and abide by rules and laws they impose behind the curtain of the United Nations, yet when those laws go against the political agenda of the administration they themselves break the law and feloniously fabricate propaganda to mislead the world and American people that Iraq has "Weapons of Mass Destruction", and will use them on America. Evidence to validate this fantasy still to this day does not exist, even after the CIA unsuccessfully tried to fabricate documents to prove so. Next we have the shameful attempt by Governor Bush and his gang to link the unfortunate events of September 11th and Osama Bin Laden to the leadership of the Iraqi Government. Proof or evidence of which also does not exist. Mr. Bush has been left with no other card in his deck to play, so he created his own, the deck of "Wanted Terrorists" within a charade of humanitarianism. The only way for him to gain any popular acceptance is to have a campaign of misleading propaganda to make us believe that he's on a self-righteous mission to liberate the Iraqi people, and that this war is a war about freedom and democracy for the people of Iraq. This is yet another delusion of grandeur by our so-called fearless leader. He will not hoodwink or deceive us! America's oppressive foreign policy, which resorts to bribery, corruption, dirty dealings, and murder assassination, will continue to produce hatred, mistrust, and animosity. This dangerous environment that our policies have bred puts us at far greater risk of being blind sided and harmed by threats unknown. This threat multiplies with each aggression toward the nations of the world. Aggression sometimes concealed behind diplomacy, which can be more dangerous than war itself. This hostile behavior must stop. If we are going to start opening the books and passing judgment on world leaders lets not hesitate to start with members of our government. Let's also call out the governments of some our so-called allies. Then we can all be playing eye-to-eye on an even field. Until then, take a stand to S.T.O.P. the oppressive politics. Stop the killing of other nation's children and bring our sons and daughters home.

Peace,

The Movement

 http://www.fredwreck.com/

or


 http://www.rapindustry.com/fred_wreck.htm

 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/750/feature.htm

and


Hip Hop: Putting politics back into US hip-hop: Fred Wreck

 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F7BB1F5C-5A19-42C8-8616-AEC0ABDB22B8.htm

 http://www.thephilistines.com/Music.html


and

This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 12 October 2005. 5mins, english

 http://www.indybay.org/uploads/iwc12oct.mp3

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44479.php

 http://www.slingshothiphop.com/


and

"...The young crowd came out to support Free the P, the new CD compilation of “hip-hop and spoken word, dedicated to the youth of Palestine.” The proceeds will go to Slingshot Hip-hop, “a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel.”...“I love the Al Aqsa Mosque.” he remarked. But Nafar doesn’t want the Palestinian flag to become a symbol of racism, like the Israeli flag .... "Muslims, Christians and Jews,” made up Palestine before the Zionist gangs pillaged the state..." -- "Hip Hop: 'Free the P' - Palestine takes the East Village by Storm"


 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44512.php


and


During the pre Civil War era AmeriKKKa indulged in mocking, belittling and humiliating Africans in popular white culture. This pattern continues to this very day, only we have become so used to it it doesn't even bother us any more. ...-- Junious Ricardo Stanton -- "The Same Ol' Same Ol'"


 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44507.php

and

 http://www.prwatch.org/node/4005

and

STOP THE IMPORTATION OF ISRAELI POLICING METHODS TO TORONTO!

 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/44320.php

and

" perhaps this has become a war/a battle for our self esteem—a collective
esteem held in our hearts that everyday is a struggle to maintain a
principle in the purity of lost lives in everyland which holds a truth.
The truth is still with those who have experienced the taunting, the
violence, the disrespect, the rapes, the harassment, the murders -- the
lies and manipulations. Those who have fallen and have had
compadres/conferes/comrades/bruhs and homies lost to the callousness of the system and to the sociopaths what serve it and it’s ministry of
social engineering who will try and beat us all down into an
unconsciousness of passivity, of comformity and mental death." -- lawrence ytzhak braithwaite -- "Notes from new Palestine: revolutionary suicidal tendencies (the war brought home)"

 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/323001.shtml

or


 http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/42944.php

and

"SlingShot Hip Hop is a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel. ..." -- "Hip Hop: Slingshot Palestinian Documentary"


 http://www.slingshothiphop.com/

 http://media.odeo.com/2/7/9/I__Breakdown_FM_Shows_BreakdownFM-Euphrates_Interview_2005.mp3

 http://www.thephilistines.com/



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