The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

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Television The Drug Of The Nation 06:38 Tools
Television, The Drug Of The Nation 06:38 Tools
Satanic Reverses 04:46 Tools
Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury 03:48 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'N' Andy) 03:48 Tools
Language Of Violence 00:00 Tools
California Uber Alles 00:00 Tools
Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk 00:00 Tools
INS Greencard A-19 191 500 00:00 Tools
Music And Politics 04:02 Tools
Socio-Genetic Experiment 00:00 Tools
The Winter Of The Long Hot Summer 00:00 Tools
Financial Leprosy 05:31 Tools
Water Pistol Man 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles 00:00 Tools
Language Of Violence - LP Mix 00:00 Tools
Television 00:00 Tools
Television, The Drug Of A Nation 00:00 Tools
Alive 00:00 Tools
Television, the Drug of the Nation (radio edit) 00:00 Tools
Vesuvius 00:00 Tools
Music and Politics 00:00 Tools
Fear 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy 00:00 Tools
Television, the Drug of the Nation (Ultimatum remix) 00:00 Tools
INS Greencard A-19 191 500 00:00 Tools
The Language of Violence 00:00 Tools
Socio-Genetic Experiment 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (Mix) 00:00 Tools
Famous and Dandy (Like Amos n Andy) 00:00 Tools
Winter of the Long Hot Summer 00:00 Tools
California uber Alles 00:00 Tools
California ьber alles 00:00 Tools
Exercise Our Right 00:00 Tools
Satanic Reverses 04:46 Tools
Water Pistol Man 00:00 Tools
Television, Drug Of A Nation 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos ’N’ Andy) 00:00 Tools
It's A Crime To Be Broke In America/England 00:00 Tools
Positive 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Califonia Uber Alles 00:00 Tools
Television, The Drug of the Nation (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Television Drug Of The Nation 00:00 Tools
Television (The Drug Of The Nation) 00:00 Tools
Interview / Introduction - Live 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (Jazz Version) 00:00 Tools
Music & politics 00:00 Tools
Financial Leprosy - Live 00:00 Tools
Love Is Da Shit 00:00 Tools
Winter of the Long Hot Summer (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Langauge Of Violence (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Famous & Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy) 00:00 Tools
Colour Blind - BBC Session 19/05/1992 00:00 Tools
Positive / Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Live 00:00 Tools
California ・ber Alles 00:00 Tools
Language Of Violence - Live 00:00 Tools
California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys cover) 00:00 Tools
California Uber Alles - Live 00:00 Tools
Love Is The Shit - Live 00:00 Tools
Famous & Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy) - Live 00:00 Tools
interview 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (edit) 00:00 Tools
Rock The Vote (Exercise Your Right) 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles (Dead Kennedies) 00:00 Tools
Interview 2 - Live 00:00 Tools
Television, The Drug of the Nation (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy) (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
Television the Drug 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Extended Mix) 00:00 Tools
Interview-Intro 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles (Dead Kennedys) 00:00 Tools
Interview 6 - Live 00:00 Tools
Interview 3 - Live 00:00 Tools
Interview / Close - Live 00:00 Tools
Hypocrisy is the Greatest 00:00 Tools
Theme from 'Water Pistol Man' 00:00 Tools
Water Pistol Man - Live 00:00 Tools
Hypocrisy is the greates Luxur 00:00 Tools
Television The Drug of a Nation 00:00 Tools
INS Greencard 00:00 Tools
Hipocrisy is the Greatest Luxury 00:00 Tools
Satanic Reverses (Steal Our Beat Mix) 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles 00:00 Tools
Water Pistol Man - BBC Session 19/05/1992 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Metallica 00:00 Tools
Interview / End Of First Part - Live 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Steal Our Beat Mix) 00:00 Tools
Interview 8 - Live 00:00 Tools
Interview / Intro Second Part - Live 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'N' Andy) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy) (Full Length) 00:00 Tools
Interview/Close 00:00 Tools
Financial Leprosy - BBC Session 19/05/1992 00:00 Tools
Positive - BBC Session 19/05/1992 00:00 Tools
Water Pistol Man (edit) 00:00 Tools
Financial Leprosy (Steal Our Beat Mix) 00:00 Tools
Words of Advice for Young People 00:00 Tools
TV, The Drug Of The Nation 00:00 Tools
INS Greencard A‐19 191 500 00:00 Tools
Socio‐Genetic Experiment 00:00 Tools
Interview 7 - Live 00:00 Tools
Satatnic Reverses 00:00 Tools
Sociogenetic Experiment 00:00 Tools
TELEVISION,The Drug Of The Nation [Radio Edit] 00:00 Tools
California Ãœber Alles 00:00 Tools
Television, the Drug of Nation 00:00 Tools
Everyday Life Has Become a Health Risk (Live) 00:00 Tools
Famous and Dandy (Like Amos'n'Andy) 00:00 Tools
It's a crime to be broke in America / England 00:00 Tools
Television (The Drug Of A Na 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles (Dead Kennedys cover) 00:00 Tools
Traffic Jam 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION) 00:00 Tools
Financial Leprosy (Live) 00:00 Tools
Television The Drug Of The Nat 00:00 Tools
Television - Drug of a Nation 00:00 Tools
Socio Genetic Experiment 00:00 Tools
Disposable Heroes of Hiphopris 00:00 Tools
Television: The Drug of the Nation 00:00 Tools
Spare Ass Annie 00:00 Tools
A One God Universe 00:00 Tools
California Ueber Alles 00:00 Tools
Language of Violence (LP VERSION) 00:00 Tools
California Uber Alles (Live) 00:00 Tools
Language of violation 00:00 Tools
Famous and Dandy (Like Amos n' Andy) 00:00 Tools
The Winter of the Long Summer 00:00 Tools
Exercise Your Right 00:00 Tools
INS Greencard A 19 191 500 00:00 Tools
Television The Drug Of The Na 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos An 00:00 Tools
California Uber Allies 00:00 Tools
Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk (Live) [San Francisco, 93] 00:00 Tools
It's A Crime To Be Broke In America/England (live) 00:00 Tools
Intro - Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk 00:00 Tools
Famous and Dandy (Like Amos ’n’ Andy) 00:00 Tools
The Junky's Christmas 00:00 Tools
Satanic Reverse 00:00 Tools
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury 1993 00:00 Tools
Television, The Drug of th Nation 00:00 Tools
Traffic Jam 1993 00:00 Tools
03. Television, the Drug of the Nation 00:00 Tools
California Uber Alles 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles [Featuring Jello Biafra] 00:00 Tools
Television, The Drug Of The Nation{Live} 00:00 Tools
Famous And Dandy (Like Amos & Andy) (Radio Remix Edit) + 00:00 Tools
California Über Alles (Virus 100) 00:00 Tools
01 - Satanic Reverses 00:00 Tools
California ワber Alles 00:00 Tools
04 - language of violence 00:00 Tools
08 - INS Greencard A-19 191 500 00:00 Tools
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The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were a transitional Rap/Hip-Hop band from San Francisco, California, USA active during the early 1990's. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who both previously were part of the raw, musically aggressive industrial influenced group The Beatnigs who also debuted on the Alternative Tentacles label. The group, who soon secured a deal with Chris Blackwell's Island label, were named in part from the phrase "The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy", used in some Socialist literature,and predate's Michael Franti establishing his long running group Spearhead in the latter part of the 90's. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy had problems being accepted in the commercial hip-hop scene due to Franti's deeply literate and overtly political lyrics, and their avowed disinterest in gangsta party anthems, mysogyny and homophobia prevalent in that genre. They found audiences opening shows for other major politically conscious acts like U2, Billy Bragg, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development. Critics associated them by genre with sampling groups of the time, like Pop Will Eat Itself and The KLF . They also were compared to Gil Scott-Heron due to the spoken vocal styles of Franti, the fresh 7 string jazz guitar stylings contributed by Charlie Hunter and the up-front political messages in the music. Their debut album, Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury, received critical and underground acclaim upon its release in 1992, but was never commercially successful. Franti's lyrics address a wide range of issues, from Mass Media bias and abuse on "Television: Drug of the Nation" to racial equality on "Socio-Genetic Experiment", in large part inspired by his own childhood. The album also included a cover of the Dead Kennedys track "California Uber Alles" (with updated lyrics about then Governor Pete Wilson). "Television," which received wide airplay on college and alternative radio stations, had previously been recorded by Michael Franti's first band, The Beatnigs. In common with other bands of the time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling and scratching as a primary tool of music recording, and mixed Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Jazz in combinations that were ground breaking for the time. Later artists such as The Prodigy, Aphex Twin all built on approach to music creation used by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, among others. Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing. In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band's previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs' spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, which (to date) have released 5 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystik Journeymen. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.