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Revolutionary Vol. 2

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Released
  
November 18, 2003

Length
  
67:46

Artist
  
Immortal Technique

Label
  
Viper Records

Recorded
  
2002−03

Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2003)
  
The 3rd World (2008)

Release date
  
18 November 2003

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Producer
  
SouthPaw, Metaphysics, Danja Mowf, Domingo, 44 Caliber, Omen

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Underground hip hop, Political hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, East Coast hip hop

Similar
  
Immortal Technique albums, Underground hip hop albums

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Revolutionary Vol. 2 is the second studio album by rapper Immortal Technique, It was released on November 18, 2003, and is a follow-up to his debut album, Revolutionary Vol. 1.

Contents

Revolutionary Vol. 2 attacks the United States government, especially the Bush Administration. Immortal Technique claimed in an interview to have sold more than 85,000 copies. The album features Mumia Abu-Jamal, who introduces the album and also provides a speech about hip hop's relationship to Homeland security. Issues repeatedly discussed on the album include poverty, drug trade, slave labor, censorship, the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, media bias, racism, the prison industrial complex and class struggle.

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Samples

  • "Peruvian Cocaine" samples theme from the film Scarface. The outro speech is the infamous speech by the character Nino Brown from the film New Jack City.
  • In the transition between the end of "The Message and the Money" and the beginning of "Industrial Revolution", an audio sample from the film A Soldier's Story is used.
  • At the end of Homeland and Hip Hop, a sample from the film Contact is used.
  • "Crossing the Boundary" samples "You & Me," by the Stylistics
  • "Leaving the Past" samples "Agosto En Tucumán" by Mercedes Sosa
  • Songs

    1Revolutionary Intro0:12
    2The Point of No Return4:02
    3Peruvian Cocaine4:49

    References

    Revolutionary Vol. 2 Wikipedia