The 3rd World alone provides enough Google worthy material to keep one busy for hours–but that’s just the beginning. Also thrown in are lines about the sex trade and if you thought Coke–as in the soda–didn’t have blood on its hands, think again. Powered by a single which share’s the album’s name, Technique takes listeners around the world, outlining atrocities that “makes the hood in America look like paradise.” “I’m from where they lost the true meaning of the Qur’an/cause heroine is not compatible with Islam/and niggas know that but grow that poppy seed anyway/cause that food wrapped parachute does not come every day,” he spits on the opening verse. And with this year being a critical year in the history of the United States–and by extension, the rest of the world–this album comes at the perfect time and may prove to be one of the most important releases of 2008. Despite the prints of DJ Green Lantern all over the disc, this is a complete album in mix tape form.
Nearly five years after his last outing, Technique returns with The 3rd World. Paul Wellstone (“The Cause of Death”) and 2004’s “Bin Laden” explored the role of the United States’ interventions in Middle Eastern affairs. 2 hipped many to the CIA’s top secret experiment MKUltra (“The 4th Branch”) or the late Sen. To the politically conscious Hip Hop fan that may not be up on important current events or other events of historical significance, Technique provides that gateway to greater knowledge. Perhaps, more important than the beats or the cadence of the hook are the lessons embedded in the music. Though not the most polished, or politically correct MC, Technique can always be relied on for the real: raw, uncut, and uncensored. 2 picked up where the original left off and introduced Technique to a wider audience while displaying a more lyrically mature rapper. 1 in 2001, the Harlem representer has been known to spit hard hitting narratives about the pitfalls of life, race relations, politics, history, and religion. Since arriving on the scene with Revolutionary Vol. Determined to make it on his own terms and his own time, Immortal Technique has always stood out–and apart–from the pack.
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