AIM UK emcee Lyrical Agent has immense lyrical abilities and his 13 year old little brother Little Dread is no doubt his hip-hop prodigy. It's touching to see these two brothers spittin real lyrical semtex on the same video. We're also so proud to see Lyrical Agent reppin his AIM family to the fullest. We'd love to get both these sick political spitters up on stage sometime this year with other UK hard hitters like the AIM's Brent Lee Regan, and other killer emcees like Knew Eyes, Johnny Handsome, and Plato. Some beatboxing from Bigg Taj and Subsonic wouldn't go a miss.
2011 is going to see TheAIM spreading faster than wildfire in the UK, Canada, and on The West and East Coast of Amerikkka. Eventually we want chapters in every country which are cenralized to HQ (so that we never lose our core principles and strong organization). Injustice is global so this movement has to be global but we must approach our agenda locally, nationally and internationally to really make an impact. It also means that our talented hip-hop artists and street poets will have their message spread to the entire world rather than limited to their locality. The time has come for the sheeple to wake up and smell the thermite.
You can buy Lyrical Agent's sick CD Outside the Box right here. He also has a banger of a track called The Global Resistance featuring US artist Beast 1333, his homeboy Plato and himself which is also on our Lyrical Warfare Mixtape. Our mixtape is available at all decent online music stores. Please help support the work we do because we are a completely non-profit organization and receive no funding. Support the Revolution!
As most of you hiphoppas will know The Anti-Injustice Movement in connection with Guerrilla Republik UK, Real Hip-Hop Forever and Truth Music Directorystaged our first ever international tour in the UK. AIM/GREP emcee Capital's X'sI Want Justice Tour started in Norway, worked it's way through the US, and then hit the UK with another AIM headliner, Jehuniko. The UK leg of the tour also featured other AIM and GREP UK emcees; Brent Lee Regan, Lyrical Agent and Xidus Pain. We also had one of the UK's hottest beatboxers Bigg Taj do a guest spot at our Glasgow show. From Glasgow to Edinburgh to London our emcees brought revolutionary fire and ice to an audience which never ceased to be blown away by REAL underground political hip-hop. After three explosive shows, AIM/GREP UK family bonding and a lot of hard work on the part of everyone who worked their asses off for free our two West Coast and East Coast US sharp spitters flew out to Copenhagen, Sweden to finish the tour with another dope emcee called Triz The One. There ain't no doubt that the I Want Justice Tour was a massive success for The AIM, Guerrilla Republik, our artists and the global underground political hip-hop movement.
Anyway I have a lot of other hip-hop news I want to drop on y'all this week so I'll be gracing your monitors on this blog with AIM and Guerrilla Republik UK news for the rest of the week. Until then I want you to check out some of the hottest moments from the I Want Justice UK Tour. Sorry for the delay on this but I wanted to do the write up when I had all the videos finished and the other computer with the footage died. It's well worth the wait. Fuck with this fire carnales and carnalas!
The Anti-Injustice Movement, aka The AIM, Guerrilla Republik UK, Outstanding Media and RHHFpresents Capital-'X' and Jehuniko'sI Want Justice Tour in the UK with emcee Brent Lee Regan from the UK, the legendary DJ Flako from Guatemala, and guest artists in London Lyrical Agent and Tekneek. This is the rawest, most brutally honest revolutionary Hip-Hop to explode onto the UK underground. If you want candy rap or weak and wavering conscious Hip-Hop then this is not for you because this collective of international underground raptivists are nothing short of revolutionaries. If you're down with intelligent lyricism, raw truth and hard-hitting beats then this is a show you can't afford to miss. People are sleeping and this performance is going to make them wake up and smell the thermite.
Capital-'X' Capital-"X" was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents migrated to New York from Puerto Rico during the "Great Migration" in the 1950's after Puerto Rico's official status was changed to "Commonwealth". It was a time when discrimination was rampant in the United States and it was no different in New York. As stated by Lolita Lebrón, there were signs in restaurants which read "No dogs or Puerto Ricans allowed". Struggling to find his place throughout his life "X" spent nearly half of his life trapped within the web of the criminal justice system, a fate that is all to common for young Blacks and Latinos in America. No stranger to struggle it was no surprise that "X" took after his uncles who were imprisoned for their political practices within the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party fighting for Puerto Rico's Independence. While serving time in Leesburg State Prison in New Jersey Capital-"X" transformed himself into a prisoners rights activist. Inspired by his uncles and the likes of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, George L Jackson, Malcolm X and countless others "X" educated himself to stand up against the very system he felt set out to destroy him and countless others.
A very strong opponent of capitol punishment Capital-"X" now spends most of his time traveling across the US as well as over seas speaking and performing to educate and enlighten the masses on what he considers to be the truth about a corrupt and unjust legal system that he compares to the slave trade of the past. Intertwining facts gathered by years of extensive study in criminology, penology, law, personal experience and the experiences of fellow captives with hip hop music "X" intoxicates audiences with what he calls Raptivism. Calling himself the Voice of the Voiceless a title borrowed from "perhaps the best known Death-Row prisoner in the world", political rights activist/award winning journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, Capital-"X" claims to be the spokesman for over 2.5 million captives held in US prisons. He is a core member of The Anti-Injustice Movement and a member of Guerrilla Republik.
Jehuniko is an original, bluesy hip hop artist with lyrics in English and Spanish.
He shares words involving his personal experiences and struggles in life.
He is currently based in Houston, Texas.
Jehuniko has also performed alongside Kemo the Blaxican and opened up for Mack 10, HR of Bad Brains, Lupe Fiasco,De La Sol, KRS One, Raekwon, the Coup and many others.
He is a part of a hip hop trio called Almas Intocables along with Ikustion (LA) and Kiawitl (Houston) that rocks rhymes in English/Spanish.
Brent Lee Regan is an Alternative Hip Hop artist from the UK whose lyrical delivery and content is as varied as his musical style. His lyricism is deeply profound and explores issues of personal, political, philosophical and theological importance. He maturely addresses the power struggles and paradigm shifts in the shady world of global elite politics and religion but his message is one of hope because he is committed to change through praxis. Regan is not content to merely dance among the ruins like those in many factions of Hip Hop but rather is dedicated to standing to fight peacefully for justice through his music and front line activism. He has embraced the Christian message of hope and although he is wholly dedicated to his path of Christian Mysticism he is able to separate religion from politics because he understands the corrupt nature of those who seek power at the expense of others. Regan's spiritual message is one of love, acceptance and inclusion and thus it stands in stark opposition to the exploitative motifs propounded by both mainstream corporate rap music and many factions of underground Hip Hop. Regan has an uncompromising commitment to equality, freedom and truth and his authenticity as an individual permeates his hypnotizing Hip Hop. His voice is gentle but captivating, his flow is smooth and precise, and his beats and music are always mesmerizing in a way that is almost spiritual. Brent Lee Regan is the much needed future of Hip Hop.
As well as writing and producing all of his own material, Brent Lee Regan has also worked with many other producers, vocalists and bands both local and international and his music production and technique has earned him major industry clients such as Virgin1, Codemasters and Momentum Worldwide. After being front man and vocalist for twelve years in Ska-Rap-Metal band - The Prhyme, he recently split from the group and released his solo album entitled Apis Mellifera which was put out on his own label False Flag in August 2009. After only one year, 13,000 copies of Apis Mellifera were downloaded. The album has been a massive success and has already gained Regan an extensive following from all corners of the globe, both within Hip Hop and outside of it. His music and lyricism crosses many divides and his style manages to be true to the universal nature of Hip Hop but resonates with those who are attracted to other genres.
A fervent truth speaker both on and off the record, Brent Lee Regan is also a member of various groups including The Anti-Injustice Movement (The AIM), a global activist movement which utilizes Hip Hop to enable social change, Guerrilla Republik, Emcee's For Peace and Musicians For Peace. He also runs a website called Truth Music Directory which promotes independent and unsigned artists from the truth movement worldwide. Demand for Brent Lee Regan's live show is growing and there are both national and international shows planned for him in the coming months as the time has come for the world to be blessed with his music. With his determination and sincerity, Brent Lee Regan is going to be a powerful voice for global change.
DJ Flako is a top DJ from Latin America and he has travelled all the way from Guatemala to introduce the UK to the illest Latin American beats.
We are also hoping to have UK emcees Lyrical Agent and Tekneek spitting a few bars at the London show too.
The AIM are looking for anyone who is involved in Hip-Hop to come down to our London I Want Justice show on October 6th at The Bull and Gate to spit some freestyles and do interviews for a UK Hip-Hop documentary that is being filmed for Unite the Kingdom. Unite The Kingdom DVD is a music movement DVD dedicated to positive and moral change and new ideas. It'll be a great project which will be involved in our first international show and it will also help get UK conscious artists free promo. Not only those involved in the actual show but any UK artists who want to come see an explosive Hip-Hop show and get involved in the documentary. Moreover you may get recruited to be a member of The AIM and/or GREP UK depending on your skills and outlook. Both organizations deliver masses of opportunities for positive artists.
If you're interested in reserving tickets for the I Want Justice UK Tour, being part of the documentary or joining AIM and/or GREP UK please get at AK47 at theaim@hotmail.co.uk
Guerrilla Republik UK will also be selling the first ever GREP UK shirts at all three events so come buy some real underground merchandize from the people who supply threads to Immortal Technique.
Lyrical Agent loved Hip-Hop from a young age. When he used to walk to school he would always freestyle off the top of his head about anything that came to mind. Then when he turned 16 he met an emcee called Lewda who fuelled his interest further. They started hanging out and then they met a producer that said he was willing to record and produce for them. This was the catalyst which inspired Agent to write and record his first mixtape alongside Lewda.
The duo pushed the tape locally in and around their area but they soon grew apart. The decision was mutual and it resulted in Lyrical Agent launching his career as an independent artist. He took everything he had learnt whilst working with Lewda and started becoming critical of every day life and conscious of the world around him. He then dropped his first solo project Caught in the System which was an 8 track EP. The EP was a mixture of the previous sounds he was bringing with Lewda, alongside his own message which was a conscious observation of reality. Although Agent had attained a new level of writing and awareness he still felt that he was far from peaking as an artist.
It didn't take long for Caught in the System to gain local hype. Along with the previous fans from the Agent and Lewda days Agent had also reached out to people who wouldn't ordinarily have been interested in Hip-Hop. They could relate to the message he was bringing about everyday life and many thought it was refreshing to hear positive music as opposed to the usual exploitative corporate rap music that gets air time. This gave Agent the inspiration to deliver something even bigger however he ran into his own problems within the system. This unfortunately prevented him from dedicating the time he needed to his music.
After hearing Agent's EP Caught in the System a close friend introduced him to numerous books and videos on a darker side to society. Agent initially thought he had gained a clear insight into society when releasing Caught in the System, however after months of research it soon became apparent that he had only touched upon a very small part of what was to become his newest piece of music.
His new insight gave him an incredible amount of inspiration, and after a seven month break, maturing along the way, he suddenly had a spontaneous urge to put what he had learnt into a track. This track became the breathtaking Open Your Eyes. After three days of continuously writing the track was ready to be recorded and after capturing it in the studio he contacted a film crew to record a low budget video portraying the same vibe which the lyricism reflected.
Within the first month this one single track had gained more interest than anything he had ever released. It caught the attention of many other emcees, one of whom was named Plato, and although the two lived within five minutes of each other they strangely had never met before. Within the first month of getting to know each other and sharing knowledge it soon became obvious that they were of the same intellect and portrayed the same message in their music. They had a vision, the vision was to share their combined knowledge by utilizing a calibre of Hip-Hop which was elevated above current rap music whilst maintaining a mature and positive stance.
Less than a month of networking together resulted in a collaboration between Agent and Plato with America's Beast 1333, founder of the Templars of Hip-Hop who was taught by one of greatest Hip-Hop icons KRS One. This opportunity was exciting as Beast has released tracks with KRS One and had recently returned from touring America with artists such as Fat Joe, KRS and the legendary DJ Premier. The track entitled The Global Resistance has given Agent and Plato exposure from all corners of the globe, resulting in a solid fan base worldwide.
This caught the attention of The Anti-Injustice Movement, a group of revolutionists sharing the same vision as Lyrical Agent. Their members range from poets to emcees, graffiti artists to promoters and activists. They dropped a mixtape entitled Lyrical Warfare Vol. 1 in which 'Open your Eyes' and 'The Global Resistance' feat. Plato & Beast 1333 were included. Lyrical Warfare is now available on Amazon, Reverbnation and iTunes for digital download. Agent says: "We are a global movement that believe in freedom of speech, justice and liberty."
From here an album is the next step for Lyrical Agent and Plato. The album is set to feature collaborations with Beast 1333, Jonny Handsome, Jaz O, AG of DITC, two members of Wu-Tang, Block McCloud (Army of the Pharoahs), Plazma (Rhyme Asylum), Lil Dreads and potentially more. The album is set to be ready for release by the new year and will be available for download on all major digital download outlets including iTunes.
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Discography The Lyrical Warfare Mixtape Volume One (2010) Outside the Box EP (2010)
The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM) is a global movement of activists, political emcees and street poets who are fighting together to achieve the slow but steady destruction of global injustice.
We struggle via non-violent and creative means against injustices perpetrated by corrupt governments, political and fundamentalist factions of organized religion, and corporate vampires.
To do this we utilize the Five Elements of hip-hop (knowlege being the fifth), street poetry, and grassroots campaigning as a means of awareness raising and political revolt.
We are against Western Militarism, Political Islam, and Zionism in equal measure and will combat them all because we refuse to choose between three evils.
We struggle for both human and animal rights.
To find out more about the campaigns we are involved in check out our Grassroots Campaigning section.
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