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"No Sell Out" is a hip hop piece composed by American drummer Keith LeBlanc and credited to Malcolm X, released in November 1983 on Tommy Boy Records. [3] [4] It marked one of the earliest usages of sample-based composition in popular music as well as being the first hip hop song to use Malcolm X's voice for artistic and political reasons. [2] [5]
Malcolm loved to dance, and to be around the music. We have attempted to re-create that music, that sound - the distinct sound of the African-American experience. The songs gathered here, from Big Joe Turner 's " Roll 'Em Pete " to Arrested Development 's rap anthem, " Revolution ", all in some way reflect what it means to live, breathe, die ...
Speech has expressed gratitude for the film's depiction of a "side" of Malcolm X which shares the perspective of Arrested Development. Spike Lee, the director of the film, had asked Speech to write a song for it. Speech considered it a personal responsibility to "acknowledge that there is a need for struggle, because of all the bad things going ...
The riff was stumbled upon while practicing something else and by the end of the session they had written what was to become their best known song. The title comes from a psychological phenomenon called cult of personality, and the lyrics contain many political references. The song was ranked No. 69 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. [3]
Beans and Corn Bread" is a 1949 jump blues song by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, released by Decca. It was written by Jordan under his wife's name, Fleecie Moore, [ 1 ] and Fred B. Clark. It is used as the theme song for the TBS program Dinner and a Movie as well as being featured in the 1992 film Malcolm X .
With the Metropolitan Opera's production of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X," a cultural institution attempts to make sense of a true rebel.
In 1964, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and made his hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm X continued to speak out against injustice until his death on Feb. 21, 1965.
Seven Songs for Malcolm X is a British documentary film about the life of Malcolm X, the influential civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1965. The film was written and directed by John Akomfrah , with co-writer Edward George, and produced by Lina Gopaul.