"Panthers" is a single by hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artists Common

Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....

 and Dead Prez

Dead Prez

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 as well as spoken word

Spoken word

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 group The Last Poets

The Last Poets

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. It was released on April 21, 2004 by Counterflow Recordings, but is not found on any full length albums. It is produced by Will Roberson, but later remix

Remix

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ed by Illmind

Illmind

Illmind is a Filipino American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El...

, and Tony Galvin. The song contains Afrocentric

Afrocentrism

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 lyrics and derives its title from the Black Panther Party

Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....

, a pro-Black

Black people

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political group.

A-side

1. "Panthers (Clean)"
2. "Panthers (Instrumental)"
3. "Panthers (Tony Galvin Remix)"
4. "Panthers (Tony Galvin Remix Instrumental)"

B-side

1. "Panthers (Illmind Remix)"
2. "Panthers ( Mix)"
3. "Panthers (Illmind Remix Instrumental)"
4. "Panthers (Manuvers Remix Instrumental)"