From 'Free Huey Rally'(1968 Feb. 17) by Stokely Carmichael: "Wipe out of your mind the questions of minority. Wipe out of your mind the questions of technology. Technology never decides a war. It is the will of the people that decides a war." "Because we can begin to pick up the threads of resistance that our ancestors laid down for us. And unless we begin to understand our people as a people. We will not do that, because they will split us and divide us. That means consciously we have to begin to organize our people. Organize our people!" "We have to understand that we’re talking about our survival and nothing else. Whether or not this beautiful race of people is going to survive on the earth, that’s what we’re talking about, nothing else - nothing else."
"There are things you can't change. Your age, your roots. You better rock that shit, what defines you is what you do with the stuff you've got." -DJ Cyber. The sad part is, despite Felix being all city at one point and DJ being on top throughout the game's story, Faux genuinely had skills of his own if he ended up being part of the Big 3. We saw that during the game's tutorial. He was already a great writer in his own right. Had he not been so afraid to reveal his roots and owned them, i feel like a majority of people would have actually respected him with something along the lines of: "On the surface, Faux looks like privilaged white kid. But look a little deeper and you see the guy practically had his life made, but he chose the streets 'cause he's against his father's abuse of power. I can dig it." Sadly, he let his insecurities drive him. He used his roots for evil by framing others for his graffiti with his dad's influence and used his rep to get Tryce to help him break out of prison. If DJ hadn't decapitated Faux when he did, Faux would have joined BRC, only to throw Tryce under the bus the moment there was trouble. He had everything to be a great writer, but he let his roots define him and look how he ended up.
uhhh someone please correct me on the history if I'm wrong, but I believe Wrapped in Black samples the Fire and Fury Grass Roots speech from Malcolm X, and while he was an influence on the Black Panther Party's founders, he was assassinated before the BPP was officially founded? again please correct me if I'm wrong, but yeah
@@LostSnowdrift Correct. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, while the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (later "BPP") began operating in 1966. If you wanna be extra specific, Carmichael (later Kwame Ture) was an honorary prime minister for the BPP. Still though, in the Free Huey speech sampled in this song and Concept of Love, Kwame talks of both Malcolm and Huey as brothers.
sometimes i like to imagine Sega has a bunch of Hideki's music in a vault stashed away like Disney does with their movies and every so often Hideki breaks in to steal them back and he makes a run for it and gets away like the characters from this game
@@UtubeH8tr I don't know how to tell you this but funk has strong roots in black liberation movements. 'It's funk, not idealism" is a fucking hilarious thing to say in general but especially about a song that samples the fucking black panther party.
@@pine790 4 months ago i sat down with a (supposedly) lieutenant of the black panthers in northern virginia when i visited washington dc. he ordered 6 corona's and i saw he had trouble carrying them so i offered to help. he paused for a bit and said "yeah thanks, im over by the pool hall" so i followed him. brought the beers to the table for him and his friends. They looked at me hard since im irish. white as hell, bright red hair. we chatted for a bit, he goes and buys me a beer for my troubles and we talk. let's me know who he is and who he's affiliated with and we get down to brass tacs. turns out they just want to secure family and funds for their future and children much like any honest group. now i have heard and seen how the bad side operates; HOWEVER, it was a genuine, honest, upfront conversation on equal terms. i will admit i was hesitant, but he was polite and concise with his words even if his associates were not looking happy with me being there. There is room for honest discussion and breaking bread. So yes i am very aware of the **Struggle** of the black man. but i will not discredit the honest and hard work effort of a human willing to have civil, diplomacy with one another. he was a great example of a representative leader.
Age don't matter man, it's like those voice actors or opera singers who look like they are ready to retire but still retain a powerful voice or an angelic voice depending their field. Hideki Naganuma creative pool is still at an all time high I'd say with these tracks that he's dishing out. Especially with his expressed interest in making an album, I'm definitely looking forward to it
Concept of love, wrapped in black and da people are all based in black icons speeches. I might not agree with them, but holy shit do this speeches work great for sampling, specially in naganuma's hand 👌
@@elizabethk.3546 I don't think we'll deal with racism being violent and discriminatory against ppl. This will only radicalize the other side more and make others go to their side. Wrapped in black speech is basically about not mixing black and white cuture and make the racial differences so extreme that white ppl (which I'm not if someone comes saying something) can not even relate or be along with it. I'm more of a martin luther king guy than Malcom X if we're talking about racism. And to be honest I'm like this to everything else actually when ppl talk in revolutionary stuff.
I liked *That* moment at the end of the final boss. (I don't want to spoil it for those who havent played) it shows how far Red has come during the events of the game. To be honest I would be down for a sequel, even if it has different characters.
100% would love a sequel with new characters(or old), maybe a new city too? I’m not saying none of the characters can return but this game feels pretty sweet in the end so I don’t expect a follow up with the full current cast.
I just finished the game; to have the finishing blow come up with THIS song of all things (paired with the scene itself) was everything, quite a way to send off the story
Out of all of Hideki's music, this track really does feel like the kind of "Final stretch" themed the most. TR did a fantastic job of creating a soundtrack that invokes a variety of themes and feelings even though it was in the place of the pirate radio.
With "The Concept of Love" and "Wrapped in Black" Naganuma was using sample packs that simply took clips out of speeches, but with the age of the internet and his constant exposure to twitter users he absolutely searched out an actual speech for this one.
honestly this song came completely out of left field, i was thinking hideki's only tracks in the game were gonna be get enuf and jack da funk, but then he just goes and shadowdrops a third track on us and as to be expected from hideki nagafuckingnuma, it absolutely *_SLAPS_*
@@absurdistechoNah, it's not the same sample. It's from Zero-G Vocal Forge or Vocal Foundry (forgot which one because both packs have been used so often lol)
I've been combing through every square inch of Millennium Mall and can't find the CD for this, someone please help EDIT: Found, in case anyone is wondering: in the first area, one of the corners has three cylindrical things you can grind on top of. One of them has glass inside. cess slide on the glass with your skates to break the glass and get the CD.
I love the BRC soundtrack of course, but hideki naganuma is just on a whole nother level imo. Whenever i get to one of his songs it just feels so great and funky
