In case you don''t know, Chicago Hip Hop artist Twista pens a column for the Chicago Tribune. That's a good look for him. I''ve always liked Twista. He's a real down to earth guy and its reflected in his columns. In a recent edition he spoke out against the war and suddenly you had anonymous writers saying that he was somehow losing his street cred.. How wack is that? Must be some folks working for the government. We say props off to Twista for taking a stand. Hopefully it will inspire others to follow suit. On another note.. I recently read an article in the Source that spoke about the lack of Hip Hop artist taking a stance against the War. They pulled a couple of quotes from David Banner and Boots of the Coup. Personally I thought the article was off base considering the large number of anti-war Hip Hop songs put out by artists. I''ve personally heard everyone P-Diddy to Russell Simmons on down to those we would expect like a Chuck D, Talib, Mos Def etc speak out against the war in Iraq. I''ve included a list of songs I''ve complied and want people to add more so I can put out a more definitive list of anti-war songs put out by Hip Hop artists. So please drop my a note and lemme know some other songs I need to peep. Davey D Check out Twista's Turn Column-Chicago Tribune HERE. Davey D's List of Hip Hop Anti-War Songs Please Feel Free to add on ''cause I know I missed a few Listed below is a list of other anti-war songs that just aren''t being played by the Clear Channels, Viacoms, Infinities, Emmis'', Radio Ones and other corporate media outlets of the world.. Call up your local station and ask why? 1 / 10
If I missed any songs please drop me a line mrdaveyd@aol.com WHAT ABOUT US?-Hard Knock Records compilation'' ''PEACE NOT WAR'' [www.peace-not-war.org][double cd compilation] WAR TIMES ''Reports From the Opposition'' [Bay Area Compilation] 2PAC (Tupac) ''Never B Peace'' 2PAC (Tupac) ''War'' AK9INE ''Let My Nine Ring'' AFRIKA BAMBAATAA ''World Destruction'' AZEEM ''George Bush Is A Gangsta'' BEASTIE BOYS ''In A World Gone Mad'' BLUE SCHOLARS ''Back Home'' 2 / 10
BLUE SCHOLARS ''Blink'' BROTHER ALI ''Letter From the Government'' CHUCK D & FINE ARTS MILITIA ''Twisted Sense of God'' CHUCK D & FINE ARTS MILITIA ''Twisted Sense of God pt 2'' COMPANY OF PROPHETS ''Hush'' [War Times LP] CONSOLIDATED ''We Gotta Have Peace'' CRACK EMCEE ''Hoeing For George'' CRACK EMCEE ''Red, White & Blue'' DEAD PREZ ''Know Your Enemy'' DEAD PREZ & The COUP ''Get Up'' DEAD PREZ ''Revolution'' DEAD PREZ ''War'' 3 / 10
DE LA SOUL ''Held Down'' DENIZEN KANE ''Lost Found Nation'' DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, PARIS, SWAY & TECH ''Time For Peace'' DILATED PEOPLES ''War'' DJ DISORIENTALIST ''Occident & Emergency'' DJ KUTTIN KANDI ''9-11'' spoken word piece DJ SPINNA ''Fly or Burn'' DJ VADIM ''Pacifist'' DJ VADIM ''Ghetto Rebel'' EMINEM ''Mosh'' EUPHRATES ''Oil Slick'' 4 / 10
EUPHRATES ''Haliburton'' EUPHRATES 'spider in the Hole'' EUPHRATES ''IRAQ'' EYDEA and ABILITIES ''Murder of Memories'' ERIC B & RAKIM ''Casualties of War'' FELONIOUS ''Protest'' FREDWRECK w/ WC, Defari, RBX, Dilated Peoples, SoopaFly, Daz, ''Down with Us'' FREDWRECK w/ KRs, Mobb Deep, Cypress Hill, Westside Connection ''Dear Mr President'' FUNDAMENTAL ''Rape [Tactic of War]'' GOAPELE ''Red, White and Blue''[War Times LP] GRIME ''Everywhere is War'' HANNIFAH WALIDAH 'soldierman''[war Times LP] 5 / 10
HASSAN SALAAM 'speak the Truth'' IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE ''Bin Laden'' JAHI ''Neva The Same'' JAZZY JEFF AND RAHIEM ''My People'' J-LIVE 'satisfied'' JURASSIC 5 ''Freedom'' KNOWN ASSOCIATES ''World So Cold'' KNOCTURNAL ''War'' KOS ''Heaven Only Knows'' KRS-ONE 'soldier'' KRS-ONE ''World Peace'' 6 / 10
LUPE FIASCO ''American Terrorist'' MELE-MEL ''World War III'' ME'sHELL NDEGEOCELLO ''God Bless America'' MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD ''We Can Bomb The World to Pieces'' MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD ''Water Pistol Man'' MICHAEL FRANTI & DISPOSABLE HEROES 'satanic Reverses'' MR LIF ''Home of the Brave'' MUD FAMILY ''Peace Not War'' NAS ''Rule'' NAS & JAY-Z ''Rule'' rmx NAS ''My Country'' NATIVE GUNS ''Treason'' 7 / 10
NIDIRAH SHAKOOR ''Winds of Karma'' NO THE PIPER of FLIPSYDE ''God Bless America'' NO THE PIPER of FLIPSYDE ''US History'' PARIS ''What Would You Do?'' PARIS 'sheep to Slaughter'' PERCEPTION ''Memorial Day'' PUBLIC ENEMY 'son of a Bush'' PUBLIC ENEMY ''Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos'' PUBLIC ENEMY ''Make Love Fuck War'' QUEEN LATIFAH ''The Evil That Men Do'' RAPPIN 4TAY w/ Congressman Dennis Kucinich ''Weapons of Mass Distraction'' 8 / 10
RED GUARD ''United We Stand'' [War Times LP] SAIGON ''Kiss the Babies'' SAGE FRANCIS ''Make Shift Patriot'' SAUL WILLIAMS ''Not In Our Name'' SAUL WILLIAMS ''Anti-War Freestyle'' SAMANTHA LIAPES ''Masters of War'' [War Times LP] SELF SCIENTIFIC ''Better Days'' SNOOP DOGG ''Brothers and Sisters'' TALIB KWELI ''The Proud'' THREE TIMES DOPE ''Peace Ya Self'' WYCLEF JEAN ''War No More'' ZACK DE LA ROCA ''March of Death'' 9 / 10
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