Solidarity and resistance: hip-hop instrumentals

We are proud to present the UK breaks legend that is DJ Mutiny, bringing us his first recorded set in over 10 years as a special treat for our third episode of the guest mix series! Originally involved in running heavyweight breaks labels from back in the day such as Cyberfunk Records and Funkatech, and releases on others including Botchit Breaks, Functional Breaks, iBreaks & Super Charged.. you really cant think of the original UK breaks scene without the classic weighty Mutiny tunes!

www.discogs.com/artist/83492-DJ-Mutiny

SSB Guest Mix #003 - DJ Mutiny

Jet Bounce Work

Timmy Schumacher - Jet Bounce Work

Hip-hop interpretation of the National Anthem of Donetsk People's Republic. Because the people of that region are being subjected to daily shelling and suffocation, attacked by right-wing paramilitaries and an illegitimate fascist-aligned government in Kyev. Over a thousand have been killed, many more displaced, and few know or care about it.

"Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well" - Assata Shakur.

#SolidarityIsIndivisible 

Don Bass

In solidarity with Gaza.

Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
This didn't start October 7th on a quiet, peaceful Saturday
when prison gates blew open, the prelude to tragedy
the ones who beaten down and left without dignity
are bound to inflict violence without mercy
death is terrible, but if you hate the scenes
of innocent Israelis being killed on your screens
you should loathe the violence unleashed by their state
for 75 years against the people they replaced
this ain't a conflict, not between two parties who equal
it's imperial power against indigenous people
Genocide Joe, the commander-in-chief
of trails of war crimes and volumes of grief
the author's of chapters even darker than most
an empire in decline that is trying to stay afloat
their proxy in Tel Aviv is just a U.S. base
as an American I gotta say it's not in my name

(Hook x2)
Gaza is starving, yet Gaza Survives
The dream is alive of a Free Palestine
We want peace but we need liberation
You can't erase the Palestinian nation

(Verse 2)
It's deliberate and indiscriminate how they choose to kill
it's truly sickening and maddening, what this reveals
is the long held dream of colonialists
not intent with Little Israel, these Zionists
are not content with a siege or apartheid 
they want annexations and a genocide 
they want the dispossession to be permanent
they want the Nakba to never know its ending
what is Gaza but the biggest refugee camp
an open air prison where humanity stands
or goes to die, depending on your view
I always choose to stand with the vulnerable few
the most anti-Semitic thing would be to equate
the Jewish people with the fascist Israeli state
because it means accepting Jewish identity is this
hatred, genocidal madness, naw that ain't it

Gaza Survives

Marcel Cartier - Gaza Survives (produced by Agent of Change)

Promise to Return EP Out now!
Available to download via bandcamp:
https://hesterband.bandcamp.com/releases
Big love to Alice Bloomfield for the artwork!

Wake Blue

Supporting the people of Greece against neoliberalism, austerity and Europe's regime change agenda.

Oxi (Stand With Greece)

Inspired by the clemency announcement for Puerto Rican resistance hero Óscar López Rivera. Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain from 1493 until 1898, since which time it has been a colony of the United States. Its people have fought, and continue to fight, a heroic struggle for its liberation. Libertad para Puerto Rico!

Free Puerto Rico

On the 71st anniversary of Syrian independence, sending love and solidarity to the people of Syria, facing the sectarian terrorism of Isis/al-Nusra/FSA etc and the state terrorism of the Trump regime. Free download - please listen and share!

One For Syria

Over the past few days, the US administration has been actively escalating tensions in East Asia. For no obvious reason - other than perhaps thinking their mad militarism is a winning formula in light of the popularity of their recent illegal bombing of Syria - Trump’s team have been recklessly issuing threats and directing aircraft carriers and other nuclear strategic assets into the region.

Ridiculously, many people in the west are worried about the situation not because of *Trump’s* insane militarism but that of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Such thinking is irrational and ahistorical, and is rooted largely in mass media deception and good old-fashioned yellow-peril racism. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has invaded and bombed not a single country. The United States of America on the other hand has invaded and bombed dozens of countries - including Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Grenada, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and, yes, Korea.

The war waged by the US and its allies against North Korea from 1950-53 was nothing short of genocidal. All major cities were destroyed. At least 20% of the population was killed. Only through extraordinary heroism and creative genius - along with the selfless support of China and the USSR - did the country survive. Since then, the North Korean people have lived every single day under the threat of nuclear annihilation. 

The DPRK’s leadership never tires of pointing out that it doesn’t actually want to be a nuclear state; its demand is for denuclearisation of the whole Korean peninsula. However, given the nuclear threat that it lives with, it is by no means unreasonable for it to develop a deterrent.

What about talks? The DPRK has consistently said it is willing to engage in negotiations, as long as these don’t take place in a context of bullying and threats. China has worked hard over the years to facilitate such talks. It is precisely the US that has made bilateral or multilateral talks impossible, by including an unreasonable and obscenely hypocritical precondition that the DPRK abandon its weapons programme.

If we want a nuclear-free Korean peninsula - if we want to avoid a nuclear war and to establish a lasting peace - then we must demand that the US agree to a peace treaty with the DPRK, remove its troops from South Korea, end its nuclear presence in East Asia, and provide guarantees to the DPRK government that it will not engage in acts of aggression. Countries have the right to independence and sovereignty; to choose their own path, even if that path doesn't correspond with the needs of US economic, political, cultural and ideological domination. Do you want the DPRK to be less of a siege state; to devote more resources to social welfare and less to military development? Fine. The key to that is taking away the constant threat of war, nuclear annihilation and regime change.

North Korea is full of normal human beings who want to enjoy their lives, live in peace, raise their children, learn, love, socialise, dance, sing, and so on. They don't have the same ideology as modern westerners, but frankly that's not an entirely bad thing. And in many respects the DPRK is surprisingly successful. Even the CIA recognises that North Koreans enjoy universal free housing, excellent quality childcare, impressive levels of gender equality (“there are now more college-educated women than college-educated men”), a national and comprehensive free health service, very low infant mortality, a life expectancy of around 70, exceedingly low crime rates, zero homelessness, universal literacy, diverse cultural facilities, and the near-total absence of advertising. Most developing countries would be very happy to achieve these goals.

Bombing the Korean people would be an outrageous and unforgivable crime. We must do everything within our power to prevent war against Korea.

Peace in Korea

A small tribute to the Vietnamese people who, on 30 April 1975, achieved total victory in the war against US occupation. As Fidel Castro remarked, it was "one of the greatest events in modern history".

Together Again (The Liberation of Saigon)

David Bars Ushers In New Era For D.I.T.C. With His Forthcoming EP ‘The Bar Code’

‘The Bar Code’ Includes Production From DJ Premier, Showbiz, Buckwild, Lord Finesse & Da Beatminerz

‘The Bar Code’ Will Be Released On 11-15-19

New Single, “Beat The Odds,” Featuring and Produced By DJ Premier Now Available!

The legendary D.I.T.C. crew has long been one of Hip-Hop’s most influential crews.  Over the course of the last two decades, both collectively and individually, its core members have created some of the genre’s most timeless and iconic music.

Today, the D.I.T.C. crew begins to usher in a new era and does so by introducing a new young voice into the D.I.T.C. fold with David Bars and by announcing his new project, 'The Bar Code,' along with a new single “Beat The Odds” which features and is produced by DJ Premier.  “Beat The Odds” was exclusively premiered by HipHopDx.

“I be some sh*t now and everything is lit” David Bars commented to HipHopDx.  “No rubber bands, I need a hunnid bands just for a sit down.” 

'The Bar Code' features production from DJ Premier, Buckwild, Showbiz, Lord Finesse and Da Beatminerz and guest appearances from Fat Joe and Cory Gunz. 

“David Bars brings back the joy of hearing lyrical skills and wordplay.
The competitive voice and confidence he presents makes it exciting to keep that foundation alive for the culture to live longer” DJ Premier stated.  

David Bars 'The Bar Code' will be released on 11-15-19 and you can now pre-order, add and favorite the EP at your preferred DSP and receive ”Beat The Odds” as an instant grat track: https://ditcstudios.ffm.to/thebarcode

Stream David Bars feat. DJ Premier “Beat The Odds” (Prod. By DJ Premier): https://ditcstudios.ffm.to/beattheodds

Tracklisting & Credits for David Bars ‘The Bar Code’: 

1.	‘Just Like That’ feat. DJ Premier (Prod. by DJ Premier)
2.	‘A Star Is Born” feat. Fat Joe (Prod. by Buckwild)
3.	‘Next Season’ Feat. Cory Gunz (Prod. by Lord Finesse & Bossmen)
4.	‘Beat The Odds’ feat. DJ Premier (Prod. by DJ Premier)
5.	‘Want More’ feat. FVRTHR (Prod. by Showbiz)
6.	‘Dat Old Real Shit’ (Prod. by Da Beatminerz)
7.	‘O’  (Prod. by Breakbeat Lou) 

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Stream

David Bars feat DJ Premier 'Beat The Odds' (Prod. by DJ Premier)

New hip-hop music from Marcel Cartier and Agent of Change in solidarity with the people of Bolivia, who are being subjected to a US-backed military coup that aims to roll back the progress made since 2006. The MAS government of Evo Morales has made unprecedented gains in reducing poverty, increasing education and healthcare, and empowering the masses - particularly the indigenous majority, previously treated as a subhuman species by the descendants of the European colonisers.

Marcel Cartier - El Pueblo

Hip-hop beat sampling Linton Kwesi Johnson's classic "Sonny's Lettah" alongside Jeremy Corbyn's election campaign launch from November 2019. Vote Labour on December 12!

Agent of Change - For The Many

Sampling traditional Aymara music, along with the chants from a recent rally of the Bolivian community in London ("Evo, hermano, el mundo está contigo" - Evo, brother, the world is with you), this beat is dedicated to the Bolivian people rising up against a racist, capitalist, pro-imperialist, anti-democratic coup.

Agent of Change - Stand With Bolivia

Miracles

Presidential election commentary from Rodrigo Starz of Rebel Diaz. Whatever happens in the elections, neoliberal capitalism has won. Resistance to it must continue and deepen.

Beat by Agent of Change.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2_Cm36kxk

Don Bass

Carlos Martinez / Agent of Change

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