The Coup
A&E FYI: The Coup's Boots Riley to open Tom Morello solo tour starting Nov. 1
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Illuminative Tour Followed by Two Appearances with Meshell Ndegeocello After marching together at the Democratic National Convention and playing together at both the DNC and the RNC, Boots Riley (the Coup) and Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, the Nightwatchman) are going on tour together. The famed guitarist and activist has tapped the incendiary political MC to be main support on
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saturday at outside lands
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day two. aside from two moments of technical farts during radiohead's remarkable set last night and a bottleneck at the exit that had people pulling down fences and unleashing swarms of angry bees, which afterwards had us icing down a sting to the jaw, friday proved a rousing start to the festival. here's a quick look ahead to our most anticipated sets for today, in order of appearance. (again...
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Boots Riley Of The Coup Arrested For Foul Language
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Boots Riley was arrested and charged with "abusive language" by the Norfolk Police Department after dropping the F-bomb twice in a two minute period. A few of you may remember mogger "Sturgell":http://mog.com/Sturgell interviewed Boots just "a few months ago":http://mog.com/Sturgell/blog_post/157584.The incident came Saturday night at the Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Festival in Virginia, the show ...
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The Coup's Boots Riley
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A few weeks back, A Slice of the Shiny Podcast caught up with Boots Riley. Listen as he talks about his new project with Tom Morello, staying positive, working on The Simpsons and hip hop.Enjoy!Robpowered by ODEO
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Boots Live
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Couple days ago The Coup did a free show here in Eugene and I just gotta say that if you ever get the chance definitely check The Coup out live. Pam the Funkstress wasn't there but he had a live band with him and did so many of his greatest tracks. Definitely check out The Coup if you haven't heard of it, politically charged good hip-hop is always worth checking out.A little about Boots Riley,...
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Fat Cat, Bigga Fish
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This is the title track from The Coups' album Genocide & Juice...The best 90's Hip Hop album you never heard!Progress,K
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On the fence?
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And I quote, "The Coup, politically radical and Marxist in their music, align themselves with other radical hip-hop groups like dead prez. Their music is characterized by electronic sounds and bass-driven backbeats overlaid by humorous, cynical and sometimes violent lyrics criticizing capitalism, American politics, prostitution, and police brutality, among other things" Love these guys, and thi...
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Take that Tony Hawk
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In what is being viewed as the first real attempt to challenge Tony Hawk's video game franchise, EA just upped the ante by releasing the soundtrack for their newest video game titled "Skate". While Tony Hawk games are known for their over the top action and tricks, Skate hopes to have a game that is more like real skate culture. The soundtrack does just that, and if its any indication of how th...
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The Coup Have Always Been Funky To The Core
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Friday might be a little less funky without Cody B to school us in the fine art, but I'll do my best to fill in until he gets back. While it seems Cody has thoroughly explored true funk sounds, I like the evolution and reinterpretations that take place once a sound has taken root and started to reseed in other genres. Therefore, I present you with an unexpected twist on Funky Friday - THE CO...
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Interview With Boots Riley From The Coup; What Would Be Good Questions?
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Hey Moggers,This Friday I've got an interview with Boots Riley, 1/2 of Oakland based hip hop group The Coup. We'll be meeting up before a gig here in the East Bay.The Coup's style is a funky rap with a twist of soul and leftist overtures. Their '06 ??Pick a Bigger Weapon?? released via Epitaph generated a lot of buzz and two hhit singles. What's next? It's going to be interesting to get a snee...
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On the fence?
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And I quote, "The Coup, politically radical and Marxist in their music, align themselves with other radical hip-hop groups like dead prez. Their music is characterized by electronic sounds and bass-driven backbeats overlaid by humorous, cynical and sometimes violent lyrics criticizing capitalism, American politics, prostitution, and police brutality, among other things" Love these guys, and thi...
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Can We Get Some Hip-Hop in this Bitch?
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I never really got into The Coup. For me Boots' (guy with the afro) rhyme style was always too basic, even though his lyrics are very intelligent. Anywayz, I still love this tale of the hustler become the hustled. "Get down, get down, get doooown..."
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