Immortal Technique - The 3rd World

Immortal Technique, also known as Felipe Corone, is an MC of Afro-Peruvian descent and grew up in Harlem, New York City. He's also a political activist and the majority of his songs heavily feature political view points and messages.

His latest release is The Third World, which is more of a mixtape than an out and out album release, but it's one of the hottest mixtape releases that you'll come across this year. It also happens to be his first official release in over 5 years and one of the most eagerly anticipated ones too, and it definitely lives up to the hype. Ask anyone into hip hop if they heard the track 'Dance with the Devil' and you'll see them flinch. This is the impact he has on people through verse and not many people can do that. It's also a release that proves that there are still producers and artists out there who are not afraid to speak what is on their mind for fear of upsetting the establishment.

Immortal Technique, the revolutionary, has made further recent news in regards to the Sean Bell verdict by not only attracting press, but also by drawing in over 100k unique visitors to his Myspace page in the last week alone. He has created a blog entry called the "Police State Chronicles: Excerpts from the Street" that calls action to those victim of police brutality and abuse of authority. In total, over 400 personal stories have been collected and gathers for a larger packet that will be sent to congress. No gender or race has been segregated from these files. Its is a national issue that all citizens must be aware of since it interferes with our constitutional rights. This is just one of the daily contributions that has kept Immortal Technique engaged in our society.

The 3rd World is a collaboration with awesome DJ Green Lantern who should need no introduction. As a result this is a strong release with several standout tracks, all featuring some form of political message. Golpe De Estado, Lick Shot, The 3rd World, Reverse Pimpology and the haunting Open Your Eyes to name but a few.

I played this in the studio but wasn't sure how it would go down. I flinched a few times. It's offensive to some, it's in your face, its unforgiving to the ignorant and it's definitely not easy listening, but if you've ever felt you needed to get a message across, then this is how to do it.



Track listing.

Death March (featuring Dj Green Lantern)
That's What It Is
Golpe De Estado (featuring Veneno & Temperamento)
Harlem Renaissance
Lick Shots (featuring Chino XL, Crooked I)
Interlude
The 3rd World
Hollywood Driveby (featuring Psycho Realm & Street Platoon)
Watchout (RMX)
Reverse Pimpology (featuring Mojo)
Open Your Eyes
The Payback (featuring Diabolic & RasKass)
Adios Uncle Tom-Skit
Stronghold Grip (featuring Poison Pen & Swave Sevah)
Mistakes
Out on Parole
Crimes of the Heart (featuring Maya Azucena)

Immortal Technique on MySpace.

Viper Records.