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Artist
The Coup
12+ albums
Hip-Hoprappoliticalpolitical raphip hop
about
The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California. It formed as a three-member group in 1992 with rappers (Raymond) Boots Riley and E-Roc along with DJ Pam the Funkstress. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album, but appears on the track "Breathing Apparatus" on The Coup's third album, Steal This Album. The group is now a duo. The Coup, part of the sub-genre of political hip hop, is politically radical and Marxist in their music, and align themselves with other radical hip-hop groups like Dead Prez. Their music is characterized by electronic sounds and bass-driven backbeats overlaid by humorous, cynical and sometimes violent lyrics criticizing capitalism, American politics, pimping as a form of patriarchal exploitation, and police brutality, among other things. The Coup's debut album was 1993's Kill My Landlord. In 1994 they released their second album, Genocide and Juice. After a four-year recording hiatus, the group released the critically acclaimed Steal This Album in 1998, the title of which was reminiscent of lifestylist Abbie Hoffman's Steal this Book. The album featured the stand-out single "Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night". The online magazine Dusted called Steal This Album "the best hip-hop album of the 1990s". In 2001, The Coup released Party Music to widespread praise. However, in part due to distribution problems, sales of the album were low. The original album cover art depicted group members Pam the Funks
top songs
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My Favorite Mutiny
47,8262The Guillotine
38,2343Whathegirlmuthafuckinwannadoo (feat. Janelle Monáe)
26,2054Pork and Beef
24,4925Me and Jesus The Pimp In A '79 Granada Last Night
24,3926I Just Wanna Lay Around All Day In Bed With You
21,2517Fat Cats, Bigga Fish
21,16485 Million Ways to Kill a C.E.O.
18,8799We Are The Ones
16,35510The Magic Clap
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