RAGTOP (band leader & mic specialist) * COOKIE JAR (beats & words) * DJ COLE MINOR (beats & cuts) * B-DUB (emcee extraordinaire)
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Or you could just watch the 'HALA' video!
The N.O.M.A.D.S. vs The Philistines
Directed by JCON (BFAM Studios)
Influences
In No Particular Order:
the roots, edward said, black star, gabriel garcia marquez, common, our parents, marijuana, the intifada, lhasa, self scientific, teta, sedo, madlib, william carlos williams, layla khaled, the fugees, islam, jay-z, tennessee, big daddy kane, close friends, old teachers, eric B & rakim, Iraq, biggie, Afghanistan, malcolm x, suheir hammad, television, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine...
Since 2001 the Philistines have been serving up real hip-hop for real hip-hop heads. Staying true to self and the game, representing our home (PALESTINE what) and our homes away from home (TENNESSEE big ups L.A. all day D.C. fo' sheezy).
***Members have performed around the world from Vancouver to Beirut, produced the first arab-american hip-hop joint to secure a nationwide distro deal (FREE THE P what Slingshot Hip-Hop's in SUNDANCE b*tches!), and generally caused a ruckus everywhere we've been. And we can't can't stop. Won't won't stop...
The year was 1637.....700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe, gathered for their "Annual Green Corn Dance" in the area that is now known as Groton, Conn.
While they were gathered in this place of meeting, they were surrounded and attacked by mercenaries of the English and Dutch. The Indians were ordered from the building and as they came forth, they were shot down. The rest were burned alive in the building.
The next day, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared : "A day of Thanksgiving, thanking God that they had eliminated over 700 men, women and children. For the next 100 years, every "Thanksgiving Day" ordained by a Governor or President was to honor that victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.
Source: Documents of Holland , 13 Volume Colonial Documentary History, letters and reports form colonial officials to their superiors and the King in England and the private papers of Sir William Johnson, British Indian agent for the New York colony for 30 years. Researched by William B. Newell (Penobscot Tribe) Former Chairman of the University of Connecticut Anthropology Department
Since 2001 the Philistines have been serving up real hip-hop for real hip-hop heads. Staying true to self and the game, representing our home (PALESTINE what) and our homes away from home (TENNESSEE big ups L.A. all day D.C. fo' sheezy).
***Members have performed around the world from Vancouver to Beirut, produced the first arab-american hip-hop joint to secure a nationwide distro deal (FREE THE P what Slingshot Hip-Hop's in SUNDANCE b*tches!), and generally caused a ruckus everywhere we've been. And we can't can't stop. Won't won't stop...
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