The 3rd World
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The 3rd World is an album/mixtape by rapper
Immortal Technique
, following a five-year absence since Revolutionary Vol. 2
. It was released on June 24, 2008, on Viper Records. The 3rd World peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200
chart. He claimed in an interview from September 2009 to have sold more than 60,000 copies. The album was conceived while recording material for other forthcoming projects with DJ Green Lantern
and Southpaw.
In 2009 Immortal Technique used the proceeds from this album to fund and construct an orphanage in Afghanistan.
Throughout the album, Immortal Technique argues that the repressed black, Asian and Latino people of the United States are the natural allies of the people of the Third World.
On the album's title track (and stand-out track), Technique raps, "I'm from where police brutality's not half as nice / And makes the hood in America look like paradise / Compared to the AIDS-infested Caribbean slum / African streets where the passport's an American gun / I'm from where they massacre people and try to keep it quiet / And spend the next 25 years tryin to deny it /[...] From where the only place democracy's acceptable / Is if America's candidate is electable / From where they overthrow democratic leaders / Not for the people but for the Wall Street Journal readers." The track is a catchy and succint expression of the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and socialist denunciations of the US empire expressed by western writers such as William Blum
and Noam Chomsky
and Third World writers like Franz Fanon, Eduardo Galeano
and Aníbal Quijano
.
(Hidden Tracks: "Apocalypse Remix", "Watchout Remix" & "Rebel Arms")
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Immortal Technique
Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics...
, following a five-year absence since Revolutionary Vol. 2
Revolutionary Vol. 2
Revolutionary Vol. 2 is the second album released by rapper Immortal Technique and is a follow-up to his debut album, Revolutionary Vol. 1.Revolutionary Vol...
. It was released on June 24, 2008, on Viper Records. The 3rd World peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart. He claimed in an interview from September 2009 to have sold more than 60,000 copies. The album was conceived while recording material for other forthcoming projects with DJ Green Lantern
DJ Green Lantern
James D'Agostino , better known by his stage name DJ Green Lantern, is an American-Italian-Puerto Rican DJ and hip hop music producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons...
and Southpaw.
In 2009 Immortal Technique used the proceeds from this album to fund and construct an orphanage in Afghanistan.
Throughout the album, Immortal Technique argues that the repressed black, Asian and Latino people of the United States are the natural allies of the people of the Third World.
On the album's title track (and stand-out track), Technique raps, "I'm from where police brutality's not half as nice / And makes the hood in America look like paradise / Compared to the AIDS-infested Caribbean slum / African streets where the passport's an American gun / I'm from where they massacre people and try to keep it quiet / And spend the next 25 years tryin to deny it /[...] From where the only place democracy's acceptable / Is if America's candidate is electable / From where they overthrow democratic leaders / Not for the people but for the Wall Street Journal readers." The track is a catchy and succint expression of the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and socialist denunciations of the US empire expressed by western writers such as William Blum
William Blum
William Blum is an American author, historian, and critic of United States foreign policy. He studied accounting in college. Later he had a low-level computer-related position at the United States Department of State in the mid-1960s. Initially an anti-communist with dreams of becoming a foreign...
and Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
and Third World writers like Franz Fanon, Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Hughes Galeano is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best known works are Memoria del fuego and Las venas abiertas de América Latina which have been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and...
and Aníbal Quijano
Anibal Quijano
Anibal Quijano is a Peruvian sociologist and humanist thinker, known for having developed the concept of "coloniality of power". His body of work has been influential in the fields of post-colonial studies and critical theory....
.
Track listing
- "Death March" - 2:57
- "That's What It Is" - 4:34
- "Golpe De Estado (feat. Veneno & Temperamento) - 4:35
- "Harlem Renaissance" – 4:03
- "Lick Shots" (feat. Chino XLChino XLDerek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent...
and Crooked ICrooked IDominick Wickliffe, better known by his stage name Crooked I, is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. He is a member of the hip hop group, Slaughterhouse with other members Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5'9. Slaughterhouse is currently signed to Shady Records / Interscope Records....
) – 4:44 - "Apocrypha" – 0:42
- "The 3rd World" – 4:44
- "Hollywood Driveby" (feat. Sick Jacken & Cynic of Psycho RealmPsycho RealmPsycho Realm is an american hip hop supergroup started in 1989 by brothers Sick Jacken and Big Duke from the Downtown, Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. The first recorded Psycho Realm song, "Scandalous", was released on the soundtrack of the film Mi Vida Loca in 1994...
) – 6:45 - "Reverse Pimpology" (feat. Mojo The Cinematic of DujeousDujeousDujeous is a live hip-hop band based in New York City. Dujeous songs are a diverse mix of topics, but they often talk about life in New York City , post-millennial paranoia , and sometimes, just having a good time...
) – 4:30 - "Open Your Eyes" – 5:15
- "Payback" (feat. DiabolicDiabolic (rap artist)Sean George, better known by his stage name Diabolic, is an American rapper from Huntington Station, Long Island, New York. He started receiving fame on the hidden track after Immortal Technique's song 'Dance With The Devil' on Immortal Technique's debut album, Revolutionary Vol. 1...
and Ras KassRas KassJohn Austin IV, better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is also a part of hip hop supergroup The HRSMN along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt...
) – 4:26 - "Adios, Uncle Tom" (feat. Poison Pen) – 0:40
- "Stronghold Grip" (feat. Poison Pen and Swave Sevah) – 4:03
- "Mistakes" – 3:24
- "Parole" (Evil Genius mix) – 3:59
- "Crimes of the Heart" (feat. Maya Azucena) – 8:33
(Hidden Tracks: "Apocalypse Remix", "Watchout Remix" & "Rebel Arms")
Production
- Fyre Dept. – track 0 (hidden track)
- DJ Green LanternDJ Green LanternJames D'Agostino , better known by his stage name DJ Green Lantern, is an American-Italian-Puerto Rican DJ and hip hop music producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons...
– track 1, 4, 7, 15 - Spictacular – track 2
- SouthPaw – track 3, 5, 16
- Sick Jacken – track 6
- Shuko – track 8, 16 (hidden track)
- Southpaw and DJ GI Joe – track 8 (hidden track)
- Metaphysics – track 9
- Mesone and SouthPaw – track 10
- Bronze NazarethBronze NazarethBronze Nazareth is a Hip-Hop music producer and emcee associated with the Wu-Tang Clan. He is, along with Cilvaringz, part of the new generation of producers to carry on the Wu-Tang sound. He has a solo career as an emcee and is also a part of the hip-hop group Wisemen.- Biography :He was born and...
– track 11 - SouthPaw and Immortal Technique – track 12
- BuckwildBuckwildBuckwild is a Hip hop producer hailing from The Bronx, New York. Originally a DJ, Buck began producing after meeting MC/Producer Lord Finesse. He later joined Finesse's super-crew D.I.T.C., along with Showbiz and A.G., Diamond D, Fat Joe, and the late Big L and brought O.C. with him...
– track 13 - Scram JonesScram JonesMarc Shemer, better known by his stage name Scram Jones, is a producer, DJ and emcee from New Rochelle, New York. He has produced music for the Wu-Tang Clan. Mariah Carey, Jae Millz, Saigon, and Lloyd Banks. As an emcee he has been featured alongside Nas, Saigon, Styles P, Kool G Rap and Immortal...
– track 14