The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were a transitional Rap/Hip-Hop band fr… Read Full Bio ↴The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were a transitional Rap/Hip-Hop band from San Francisco, California, USA active during the early 1990's. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who both previously were part of the raw, musically aggressive industrial influenced group The Beatnigs who also debuted on the Alternative Tentacles label. The group, who soon secured a deal with Chris Blackwell's Island label, were named in part from the phrase "The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy", used in some Socialist literature,and predate's Michael Franti establishing his long running group Spearhead in the latter part of the 90's.
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy had problems being accepted in the commercial hip-hop scene due to Franti's deeply literate and overtly political lyrics, and their avowed disinterest in gangsta party anthems, mysogyny and homophobia prevalent in that genre. They found audiences opening shows for other major politically conscious acts like U2, Billy Bragg, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development. Critics associated them by genre with sampling groups of the time, like Pop Will Eat Itself and The KLF . They also were compared to Gil Scott-Heron due to the spoken vocal styles of Franti, the fresh 7 string jazz guitar stylings contributed by Charlie Hunter and the up-front political messages in the music.
Their debut album, Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury, received critical and underground acclaim upon its release in 1992, but was never commercially successful. Franti's lyrics address a wide range of issues, from Mass Media bias and abuse on "Television: Drug of the Nation" to racial equality on "Socio-Genetic Experiment", in large part inspired by his own childhood. The album also included a cover of the Dead Kennedys track "California Uber Alles" (with updated lyrics about then Governor Pete Wilson). "Television," which received wide airplay on college and alternative radio stations, had previously been recorded by Michael Franti's first band, The Beatnigs.
In common with other bands of the time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling and scratching as a primary tool of music recording, and mixed Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Jazz in combinations that were ground breaking for the time. Later artists such as The Prodigy, Aphex Twin all built on approach to music creation used by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, among others.
Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing.
In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band's previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs' spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, which (to date) have released 5 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystik Journeymen.
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy had problems being accepted in the commercial hip-hop scene due to Franti's deeply literate and overtly political lyrics, and their avowed disinterest in gangsta party anthems, mysogyny and homophobia prevalent in that genre. They found audiences opening shows for other major politically conscious acts like U2, Billy Bragg, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development. Critics associated them by genre with sampling groups of the time, like Pop Will Eat Itself and The KLF . They also were compared to Gil Scott-Heron due to the spoken vocal styles of Franti, the fresh 7 string jazz guitar stylings contributed by Charlie Hunter and the up-front political messages in the music.
Their debut album, Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury, received critical and underground acclaim upon its release in 1992, but was never commercially successful. Franti's lyrics address a wide range of issues, from Mass Media bias and abuse on "Television: Drug of the Nation" to racial equality on "Socio-Genetic Experiment", in large part inspired by his own childhood. The album also included a cover of the Dead Kennedys track "California Uber Alles" (with updated lyrics about then Governor Pete Wilson). "Television," which received wide airplay on college and alternative radio stations, had previously been recorded by Michael Franti's first band, The Beatnigs.
In common with other bands of the time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling and scratching as a primary tool of music recording, and mixed Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Jazz in combinations that were ground breaking for the time. Later artists such as The Prodigy, Aphex Twin all built on approach to music creation used by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, among others.
Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing.
In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band's previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs' spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, which (to date) have released 5 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystik Journeymen.
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01Television The Drug Of The NationThe Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
03Television, The Drug Of The NationThe Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
05Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'N' Andy)The Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
06Hypocrisy is the Greatest LuxuryThe Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
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12The Winter Of The Long Hot SummerThe Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
16Language Of Violence - LP MixThe Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
18Television, the Drug of the Nation (radio edit)The Disposable Heroes Of HiphoprisyThe Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
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California Uber Alles I am Governor Jerry Brown My aura smiles and never frowns …
California Über Alles California über alles California above all others (Califor…
Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk The wind shifted back in the fifties particles drifted A w…
Famous And Dandy What will we do to become famous and dandy Just like…
Famous and Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy) [Chorus:] What will we do to become famous and dandy just li…
Financial Leprosy Financial Leprosy We got to get up And wait in line For t…
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury Life these days can be so complex we don't make the time to…
INS Greencard A-19 191 500 Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk Famous And Dandy…
Language Of Violence The first day of school was always the hardest The first…
Music And Politics If ever I would stop thinking about music and politics I…
Satanic Reverses In the 1970's The OPEC nations began to dominate The world…
Socio-Genetic Experiment sometimes I feel like a socio-genetic experiment a petri-di…
Television One nation Under God Has turned into One nation under th…
Television The Drug Of A Nation One nation Under God Has turned into One nation under th…
Television The Drug Of The Nation One Nation under God has turned into One Nation under the in…
Television, the Drug of the Nation One Nation under God has turned into One Nation under the in…
The Winter Of The Long Hot Summer It all seemed so idiotic all the accusations of unpatriotic …
The Winter of the Long Summer It all seemed so idiotic all the accusations of unpatriotic …
Water Pistol Man When girls dressed in black they all look so lonely and…
Winter of the Long Hot Summer It all seemed so idiotic all the accusations of unpatriotic …