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Operation Snatchback
Bambouche of the Vanguard Squad
Description: Operation Snatchback is a 12" single of hip-hop remixes in support of the forthcoming full-length album, Spectacular Vernacular. The 12" features the song “Operation Snatchback” (a modernization of The Coup’s 1994 track “Takin’ These”), a condemnation of the American “melting pot.” I started working on the remix during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Considering the disparity of the human condition, based on race and class, it’s obvious that for as far as we have come, a great distance remains. It should be obvious as well, if not from looking back a decade, but looking back a hundred years, that “protest songs” don’t change the world. A good song can inspire, incite, give you a moment’s reflection, but it won’t change much. With that in mind, I’d suggest you not make this record into something. Instead, I’d suggest you do something, and use this record as a soundtrack to that action. For my reinterpretation of The Coup’s message, I chose historically significant moments of struggle -- both on the cover and in song -- to accentuate the lyrics. They’re the same statements that people have been making throughout American history, and it’s the same people making them: “We want what is rightfully ours.” “If niggas want freedom, all they gotta do is just reach out and take it!” “No more days like those.” “I should be allowed to defend myself.” “We want what is rightfully ours.” “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what in the fuck has it done for you.“ Refer to this as Operation Snatchback,
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