Renegades of Funk
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| "Renegades of Funk" | ||||
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Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie | ||||
| Producer(s) | Arthur Baker, John Robie | |||
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"Renegades of Funk" is a song written by
Arthur Baker
and John Robie. Mastering was by Herb Powers Jr..
The song was used by the
Angry White Boy Polka" from his 2003 album Poodle Hat
.
Track listing
Artist -
Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
12" Single (1983) – Tommy Boy (TB 839)
- A1 - "Renegades Of Funk" (Vocal) – 6:44
- A2 - "Renegades Chant" - 7:40
- B1 - "Renegades Of Funk" (Instrumental) – 6:20
CD Maxi-Single (1993) – Tommy Boy (TBCD 839)
- 1 - "Renegades Of Funk" (Vocal) – 6:44
- 2 - "Renegades Chant" - 7:40
- 3 - "Renegades Of Funk" (Instrumental) – 6:20
Rage Against the Machine cover
| "Renegades of Funk" | ||||
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Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie | ||||
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Renegades of Funk" by Rage Against the Machine on YouTube | ||||
In 2000, American
Apache" and riffs from the Cheap Trick song "Gonna Raise Hell
".
The group played the song live for the first time at its reunion show at
Coachella 2007. This version of the song was the intro music to "The Big Mad Morning Show" on 92.1 The Beat in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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The music video directed by Steven Murashige was a montage of film stock-footage clips, as the band had broken up when the video was released.Civil Rights movements, interspersed with live footage of the Los Angeles Phantom Street Artist Joey Krebs spray-painting his infamous Outline Silhouettes of Figures mixed with media stills of individuals the song implies are renegades:
- Chief Sitting Bull: leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux.
- Thomas Paine: writer.
- Martin Luther King Jr.: activist.
- Malcolm X: national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
- Muhammad Ali: boxer and civil rights activist.
- Paul Robeson: singer, actor, and communist activist.
- Richard Pryor: comedian.
- Gil Scott-Heron: poet and musician.
- The civil rightsmovement.
- James Brown: gospel and rhythm and blues artist.
- Curtis Mayfield: soul, funk and rhythm and blues artist.
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band: funk band.
- Sly and the Family Stone: funk band.
- George Clinton: funk artist.
- Parliament Funkadelic: funk music collective.
- DJ Kool Herc: hip-hop pioneer.
- DJ.
- Bronxcommunity leader, and the artist who wrote and performed the song.
- DJ.
- Nat Turner: leader of the Southampton county slave rebellion.
- Huey Newton: co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
- Mumia Abu-Jamal: former Black Panther Party activist and political prisoner.
- Leonard Peltier: member of the American Indian Movement and political prisoner.
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara: communist guerilla leader.
- Stokeley Carmichael: leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
- Marcus Garvey: founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
- Angela Davis: activist and Black Panther.
- Rigoberta Menchú: human rights activist and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
- Cesar Chavez: co-founder of the United Farm Workers.
- Susan B. Anthony: co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
- Rosa Parks: civil rights activist.
- Whodini: hip-hop group.
- Run-D.M.C.: hip-hop trio.
- LL Cool J: hip-hop artist.
- KDAY: hip-hop radio station.
- Ice-T: hip-hop artist and leader of the metal band Body Count.
- Roxanne Shanté: hip-hop artist.
- UTFO: hip-hop group.
- Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and Peter Norman: 1968 Summer Olympics athletes who were the main subjects of the infamous 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.
- Boogie Down Productions: hip-hop group.
- Beastie Boys: hip-hop group.
- Salt-n-Pepa: hip-hop group.
- Eric B. & Rakim: hip-hop duo.
- MC Lyte: hip-hop artist.
- Slick Rick: hip-hop artist.
- Big Daddy Kane: hip-hop artist
- EPMD: hip-hop duo.
- Public Enemy: hip-hop group.
- De La Soul: hip-hop trio.
- Queen Latifah: hip-hop artist, singer, talk-show host, and actress.
- Tone Lōc: hip-hop artist.
- N.W.A: hip-hop group.
Track listing
- CD single
Artist: - Rage Against the Machine
- "Renegades Of Funk" (Radio Edit) – 3:54
- "Renegades Of Funk" (Album version) – 4:35
References
- ^ "Photographic image of record label" (JPG). Hiphopbebop.com. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "The 40 Best Nu-Metal Covers of Pop Songs". Spin.com. April 27, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- MTV Networks. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
