Gonjasufi - Ancestors (Prod. by Flying Lotus) + Kowboyz & Indians (Live Strøm Festival, Copenhagen) off
A Sufi and a Killer (2010). Click
here to listen to "Ancestors (Dreamtime Mark Pritchard Remix)" or
here for an interesting "Kowboyz & Indians" visual.
Raekwon Feat. Busta Rhymes - Crane Style off
Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang (2011) - out now.
"Redskin leather, Indian sex / pair of fresh mocs on, lighting lear on my flesh / let my arm roll, fresh off the honor roll, platinum bottles of Cru' / [...]" - Raekwon the Chef
M.I.A. Feat. Timbaland - Come Around off of
Kala (2007), as well as a bonus track on Timbaland's
Shock Value (2007).
"In a faraway land we got shit made / Ray-Ban shades, warheads laid / babies born in air raids / my girls run the Everglades / Indian tribesmen gamble spades / Indian chicks, they get men laid / Milk and honey, smoke high-grade / golds and diamond, gems and jade / ride up on our tanks, invader / blow up things to save our name / Mina, Rina, Tina, Sabrina / being a super Indian babe / we black market, we black made / we hit shit out when it rains / would come down and catch my train? / wouldyou rund down and play this game? / [...]" - M.I.A.
"Hey, hey, baby girl, you and me / need to go to your teepee / the moon is full and I'm shinin' / baby, I know you see me / put a hump or two on your back / just like that, ooh girl, you on fire / I don't wanna be in love with you / I'ma just break you off and say goodbye / [...]" - Timbaland
I think the "Ancestors" and "Kowboyz & Indians" by Gonjasufi and "Come Around" by M.I.A. x Timbaland is perfect for communicating some of the cultural/racial/socio-historical/ethnic complexity that is inherent to African-American identity, Hip-Hop itself, First Peoples and Native American identification (from within and without), and the hybridization of all of these entities, the exploration of which is the point of The Crossroads.