W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)

by Pharoahe Monch

W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 March 2011
  • Label: Duck Down
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:41
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The revered Queens lyricist delivers a dense, conceptually driven project analyzing the intersections of politics, systemic oppression, and the machinations of the music industry. 'W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)' pairs his complex, multisyllabic rhyming schemes with soulful, traditional boom-bap production.

Genres

Descriptors: political, conscious, conceptual, rap, storytelling, underground

Tracklist

  1. The Warning (feat. Idris Elba) (0:52)
  2. Calculated Amalgamation (2:47)
  3. Evolve (2:40)
  4. W.A.R. (feat. Immortal Technique & Vernon Reid) (4:24)
  5. Clap [One Day] (feat. Showtyme & DJ Boogie Blind) (3:29)
  6. Black Hand Side (feat. Styles P & Phonte) (4:30)
  7. Let My People Go (3:55)
  8. Shine (feat. Mela Machinko) (4:07)
  9. Haile Selassie Karate (feat. Mr. Porter) (2:22)
  10. The Hitman (3:24)
  11. Assassins (feat. Jean Grae, Royce Da 5'9") (4:31)
  12. The Grand Illusion [Circa 1973] (feat. Citizen Cope) (5:15)
  13. Still Standing (feat. Jill Scott) (5:17)

Credits

  • Robert Leu脽ler - composed by, written-by

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