RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta is a 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...

 album released by Dead Prez

Dead Prez

Dead Prez stylized as dead prez is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, New York. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism...

 in 2004

2004 in music

See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....

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RBG represents the traditional African colors

Pan-African colours

Two different sets of three colours are referred to as the Pan-African colours: the red, green and gold first used in the flag of Ethiopia and Eritrea before the countries broke apart; and the red, green and black adopted by the American-based Universal Negro Improvement Association and African...

 of the UNIA

Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey. The organization enjoyed its greatest strength in the 1990s, prior to Garvey's deportation from the United States of America, after which its...

, red, black, and green, which are featured on the album cover.

On RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta, Dead Prez talks about ending poverty and depression, and of "pimping the system" as a means to this end and to the cause of liberation. On "Hell Yeah," Dead Prez declare "Fuck welfare / we say reparations".

Inside the album liner notes, RBG is variously described as standing for; "revolutionary but gangsta", "real big guns", "real black girls", "ready to bust gats", "reaching bigger goals", "read 'bout Garvey", "rappers be gassed", "red black green", "rider's basic guide", and "rollin big ganja".

The song "Radio Freq" first appeared on Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 as "Turn Off the Radio" and is considered an homage to Ice Cube's song "Turn Off The Radio".

In 2003, the song, "Hell Yeah" was featured on the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack

2 Fast 2 Furious (soundtrack)

- Bonus tracks :On June 23, 2003, an alternate version of the album was released with two additional bonus tracks, "Remember" and "Get Dirty". On October 21, 2003, a further version was released with a single bonus song, "Comin' Up" by Saukrates....

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Track listing

1. "Don't Forget Where U Came From" – 1:14
2. "Walk Like a Warrior" (featuring Krayzie Bone
   Krayzie Bone
   Anthony Henderson better known as Krayzie Bone, is an American rapper and is a former member of the rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.-Solo career:Krayzie Bone recorded his solo debut, Thug Mentality 1999, in 1998...
   
   ) – 3:32
3. "I Have a Dream, Too" – 4:00
4. "D.O.W.N." – 2:07
5. "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)" (featuring Blue (vocals)) – 4:12
6. "W-4" (featuring Asia Mic) – 4:04
7. "Radio Freq" (featuring Sean Cane (scratches)) – 2:51
8. "Fucked Up" – 2:43
9. "50 in the Clip" (featuring Wu Hylton) – 2:42
10. "Way of Life" – 2:57
11. "Don't Forget Where U Goin" – 2:09
12. "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)" (remix) (featuring Jay-Z
    Jay-Z
    Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
    
    ) – 4:20

note: tracks 13-19 are each five seconds of silence, and are followed by two more unlisted tracks, "Twenty" (2:22) and "Hell Yeah" (rock remix) (5:06)

Production

• Stic.man
  Stic.man
  Khnum Muata ”STIC” Ibomu or Clayton Gavin, better known as stic.man, is an American emcee, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip-hop duo dead prez.-History:...
  
   – track 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
• Tahir Jamal – track 3
• Dead Prez and Downbeat Production Collective – track 5, 12
• Sean Cane
  The Hitmen (production team)
  The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:...
  
  – track 9