Party Music's controversial album cover

The Coup is the name of a hip-hop group. Based in Oakland, California, the Coup 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, and The Coup is now a duo. Download high resolution version (1200x1200, 96 KB)Fair Use This is an album cover. ... Download high resolution version (1200x1200, 96 KB)Fair Use This is an album cover. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... See also: 1991 in music, other events of 1992, 1993 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ...

History

The Coup's debut album was 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, with a title reminicent of anarchist Abbie Hoffman's Steal this Book, and a stand-out single in "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". [1] In 2001, The Coup released Party Music to widespread praise; however, in part due to distribution problems, sales of the album were low. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Abbie Hoffman, New York City, 1970. ... Cover of Steal this Book The book Steal This Book was written by Abbie Hoffman in 1970. ... Party Music is the fourth studio album by The Coup, an alternative hip hop group based in Oakland, California. ...

The Coup, politically radical in their music, 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, prostitution, American politics, and police brutality, among other things. Dead Prez Dead Prez is the pair of underground alternative rappers, Sticman and M-1. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... Backbeat can mean one of two things: Backbeat or Back beat is a style of rock music percussion Backbeat is a 1994 bio-pic of the early career of The Beatles, starring Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, and Ian Hart Categories: Disambiguation ... Capitalism has been defined in various, but similar, ways by different theorists. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services. ... The Federal Government of the United States was established by the United States politics is dominated by the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. ... Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers. ...

The group gained some national attention for the cover art of their recording Party Music. The album cover depicted group members Pam the Funkstress and Riley standing in front of the twin towers of the World Trade Center as they are destroyed by huge explosions; Riley is pushing the button on a guitar tuner. The cover art was finished in June 2001. The album's planned release date was just after the events of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the cover art was withdrawn hastily. There was no connection between the band and the attacks. The album release was held back as alternative cover art was prepared. The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings mostly designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ... The explosion resulting from the crashing of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ...

On November 15, 2005, Tarus Jackson, who had joined the group as a "hype man", was shot dead during a robbery at his home in Oakland. As hype man, Tarus (AKA Terrance) was charged with pumping up the crowd before shows.[2] November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Criticism

The Coup's song "5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO", with lyrics such as "you could throw a twenty in a vat of hot oil, when he jump in after it, watch him boil", has garnered intense criticism, specifically on the Fox News Channel. ^{[citation needed]} The Fox News Channel is the leading American cable and satellite news channel. ...

Current Members

Boots Riley

Riley has been involved in political activism and hip hop since he was 15 years old. In 1991, he and other artists founded the Mau Mau Rhythm Collective, a group set up to use the power of hip hop music to publicize other efforts and movements. The next year, Riley founded The Coup.

Riley wrote and performed the music for The Simpsons episode "Pranksta Rap". Matt Selman wrote the lyrics for the songs. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening. ... Pranksta Rap is the ninth episode from the sixteenth season of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ...

Pam the Funkstress

Pam the Funkstress was a student of the late DJ Prince of Charm. In addition to DJing, she currently owns and operates a successful catering business in northern California.

Discography

• Kill My Landlord (1992)
• Genocide and Juice (1994)
• Steal This Album (1998)
• Party Music (2001)
• Steal This Double Album (2001)
• Pick A Bigger Weapon (2006)

Party Music is the fourth studio album by The Coup, an alternative hip hop group based in Oakland, California. ...

Sources

• Speakoutnow.org on Boots Riley
• people.bandwave.net
• The Coup's official website