The Coup is a revolutionary communist hip-hop group hailing from Oakland CA. Their outspoken political views have generated heat before, most notably in 2001 when their album Party Music was pulled from a September 2001 release because of the artwork which featured rappers Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress blowing up the World Trade Centre towers. Bad timing indeed.
Their new album is recently out called Sorry to Bother You. This single mixes French Revolutionary messages with a wacko Wizard of Oz theme (paying tribute to the 70s Motown remake "The Wiz" [featuring Micheal Jackson as the Scarecrow, and Diana Ross as Dorothy.
Never has the revolution sounded so funky.
