The Crossroads Episode 18 - The "Imperyalismo Ibagsak" Edition

Imperyalismo Ibagsak - "Down with Imperialism" in Tagalog.


DJ Muggs x Bambu - Pow Wow Drums (off Soul Assassins: DJ Muggs X Bambu "Los Angeles, Philippines" Mixtape).  YouTube Description: "AZ SB1070 is a violation of basic rights, allowing law enforcement to profile citizens based on race. We cannot sit still and allow this to continue! Strategically boycott Arizona! For more information, please go to www.propeopleyouth.com [click here] and www.answerla.org [click here]."


Yelawolf - Lemonade (Verse Remix/Freestyle).

"And we could take it to Dakota, small towns, we can take it over / Yeah, ten million rocks, bet it up, we can make it a boulder / A shadow’s hangin’ over your shoulders, and we about to roll that over / And when the bitch come flyin’ down the hill, you better burn wheels like somebody told ya / Keys, goin’ to grab ‘em, Shits Creek, don’t leave the paddle / Get a poncho for the rain of battles, go Tonto, go get the saddle / ‘Cause I been on my travels since Adam bit the apple / [...]" - Yelawolf (Via.)

This is a live performance and the sound quality could be better.

Power Struggle Feat. Kiwi & Vicoy Bagongsigaw - 3 Basic Problems.

The Crossroads Episode 18 - The "Imperyalismo Ibagsak" Edition

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"I love my baby momma's - they get my highest honors / got to take care of them kids / man, I know you heard Obama / [...]" - Birdman, Jr.

All hail Banksy:

(Via.)

Lil Wayne - Swag surfin' (off his No Ceilings mixtape, which I'm sure is to be found somewhere around here).

"Katrina wiped the city out, but couldn't fuck wit Holly Grove / lost some real niggas I knew from a long time ago / but Heaven or Hell, I'm hopin' that they be where I'm-a go / take a nigga gale and make her come give me a private show / still long hair, don't care, like a Navajo / [...]" - Weezy (Please-Don't-Forget-The) F. Baby


Short Dawg The Native - Sometimes off The Black Sheep.  Shouts to Alycia Steele Ista Zizi.

A personal narrative describing one (Cree) Native American's experience in the boarding school the United States government forced him to go to.  What if you were beaten on the first day of school (and every day afterward until you stopped, simply) for speaking the language you learned at home?

Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School.

And as far as U.S. government injustice goes . . .

Nine-year-old Brisenia Flores was murdered in her home in Arivaca, Arizona in May 2009. She pleaded, "Please don't shoot me," right before she was shot -- point blank, in the face -- by a member of the Minutemen American Defense Corps (MAD).

Brisenia's story has been largely ignored in the mainstream media, but her life has galvanized people around the country to speak out against hate violence towards Latinos. We at Presente designed a poster to honor Brisenia's memory, and to send a statement that we want justice.

(Via.)

Click here to take action.

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One Day As A Lion

Where was I when this came out!?

One Day As A Lion - Wild International.  YouTube Comments: "This is WHAT rap STARTED off as, WHAT it SHOULD be, and he continues to represent it well. I don't like the ridiculous rap that is played on the radio now. 99% of the stuff played now is pure garbage (that includes pop and rock!). He is purely political and divine with his messages. Really tough and to the point. Very in your face and gives you the message to interpret how you want, with an excellent beat to back the rhymes."


Zack de la Rocha w/ Rodrigo y Gabriela - Bomb Track (Full Song) @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre.  Click here for the speech de la Rocha gave urging people to boycott Arizona for their stance on immigration.

One Day As A Lion

Machete . . .

Official Machete Movie Trailer HD (Via.)

Machete . . .

"Neither Party Is Mine / Not The Jackass Or The Elephant. . ."

Get 20% off your order when you use the RepCode: ForThePeople at checkout (click here) when shopping on Karmaloop.com, dig?

Rise Up.

"I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend, but with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me." - Arnold Schwarzenegger (Via Time.)

Check out Robert Rodriguez's message to Arizona over here (or see what Time Magazine has to say about Machete here).

10 Deep.

(Via Karmaloop.)

"By The Time I Get To Arizona" by Public Enemy.

"Neither Party Is Mine / Not The Jackass Or The Elephant. . ."