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Paris - Sonic Jihad
By www.de-bug.de
Nach recht langer Abwesenheit auf dem Tonträgermarkt mal wieder ein Lebenszeichen von Paris, kompromissloser Kampf-MC aus früheren Tagen.
Verbal Warfare: An Interview With The Bay Area's Paris
By JR, San Francisco Bay View
The relevancy of the lyrics couldn't have come at a better time, amidst this current hip-hop era of partying, bullshitting, blinging and killing ourselves and our own. If we are smart enough to look at what Paris is doing, he is offering us some hope, a revolutionary way out, if we can internalize some of the ideas that he is spittin.
Paris' "Sonic Jihad" Sells Out Online, Hits Stores Today
By Remmie Fresh, www.allhiphop.com
"People seem to be hungry for more than what they're used to getting from their entertainment -- especially hip-hop -- and are growing tired of the scene," Paris told AllHipHop.com.
Sonic Jihad ****
By Bradley Miller, www.urbnet.com
Sonic Jihad is a topical, relevant and controversial album...Paris pulls no punches and wears his heart on his sleeve.
Paris - Sonic Jihad
By Alexander Engelen, www.laut.de
Der Jihad ist der heilige Krieg. Außerdem ist er das Angst-Thema Nummer eins des mächtigsten Mannes der Welt, Präsident Bush.
MTV Germany - Sonic Jihad
By Mona Barlein
PARIS: 'I'd Rather Die Than Live On My Knees!'
Paris - Sonic Jihad
By Eric K. Arnold, East Bay Express
Critic's Choice for the week of October 1-7, 2003
The Real Blackness
By Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
On his fantastic new Sonic Jihad, Bay Area rapper Paris ties it all together.
Hard truth
By J.H. Tompkins, S.F. Bay Guardian
Paris ' the Bush Killa ' defies the clampdown, jump-starts the hip-hop jihad, and attacks the war on terror.
Street Politician: The Review: Paris/Sonic Jihad
By Shemia Miller, www.innercosmetics.com
This is the ONLY CD that is the MOST NECESSARY CD of the
year. If you don't have PARIS' CD you are not Hip Hop. You are Hip-Pop. Hands
down, no excuses.
Sonic Jihad Review
By Max Sidman, Synthesis.net
Paris is pulling no punches. He's not wasting time, and he's not fucking around at all.
Paris - Sonic Jihad ****
By Errol Nazareth, www.eye.net
...in 16 years of covering hip-hop I have never heard anyone tackle issues like racism, black-on-black violence, police brutality, the state of hip-hop and international politics with such a hallucinatory fervour...
Paris "Sonic Jihad"
By Karsten Frehe, www.irieites.de
German interview, www.irieites.de
Paris : Jagged Pill
By Seandra Sims, AllHipHop.com
California-based emcee Paris is a throwback to an era when red, black and green medallions were standard issue, and hip hop, still a pre-teen, was deemed unmarketable and something to be feared by corporate America.
Sheep To Tha Slaughter - Part 1
ThaFormula.com
We speak to Paris on the state of hip hop, his upcoming album "Sonic Jihad", his just released DVD "Aftermath Unanswered Questions From 911," and look back at what happened 2 years ago this week with a Soldier that's still down for the cause.
Of Thee I Sing
By David Day, DustedMagazine.com
David Day takes a look at a number of songs recently written and recorded in protest of the war in Iraq.
Will Hip Hop Last another 20 years?
By Shemia, www.innercosmetics.com
PARIS is the most powerful independent artist on the West Coast. Read why...
Paris...Holy War on Wax
By Bruce Banter and Eyecalone, Playahata.com
Paris, Bruce Banter and Eyecalone chop it up about the Sonic Jihad, politics and the state of the music industry.
Best Of The Bay 2003 - Local Heroes
By J.H. Tompkins
Local Hero Award is given to Paris by the San Francisco Bay Guardian for 2003.
Aftermath: Unanswered Questions From 9/11
ThickeOnline.com
Do yourself a favour, watch this. Do us all a favour, watch this.
Rap Under Wrap
By Rory Laverty, The Oakland Tribune
The war in Iraq may be over, but for hip-hop musicians who write song lyrics critical of the Bush administration and its policies, a different sort of battle rages on.
An Exclusive UAN One On One With PARIS
By Bro. Tony Muhammad, UAN
In the midst of a war on "terror," a largely undefined term by President George W. Bush, are an increasing amount of entertainers, including Hip Hop artists, who are voicing their mental attitudes about current more stringent and war-oriented government policies in post 9-11 America. Among the ones most branded controversial is Paris.
Hip-hop's Islamic Influence
By Marian Liu, San Jose Mercury News
Hip-hop's Islamic Influence. Music Reflects Faith, but there's struggle to beat a bad rap. From sampling Malcolm X to evoking Islamic principles in its rhymes, hip-hop is opening eyes to the Muslim world.
Paris - Sonic Jihad
By MKZWO 43
Vor ein paar Wochen wurde ich durch einen Beitrag von Olleck im mkzwo.de-Forum auf einen alten Bekannten aufmerksam: Paris. Im Rahmen eines Interviews von Davy D wird sein Lied "What Would U Do" zum Download angeboten. Das Interview und der Liedtext spiegeln seine außergewöhnlich Rolle im HipHop-Universum wider.
The Bush Killa
By www.blogcritics.org
All of this talk about the war in Iraq has made me homesick for the days of old.
Furor Over Rapper's Cover-Art Statement
By Neil Strauss, New York Times
The rapper Paris has been working on his fifth CD for five years. Now, as he awaits cameos from fellow rappers like Public Enemy and Dead Prez to make his May release date, he feels that it his best work yet. It's a pity so few may ever hear it.
Hip-Hop's Words of War
By Errol Nazareth, Eye.net
The war drums are beating louder and some hip-hop artists are finally
voicing their opposition to a possible military attack on Iraq. Sure, the
usual progenitors of conscious rap are speaking out, but where are
the voices of hip-hop's commercial elite?
Rapper Paris ruft zum "Sonic Jihad" auf
By Vol.at
Rapper Paris k? auf seiner Internet-Homepage (http://www.guerrilla-funk.com) sein f? Album mit dem unmissverst?lichen Titel ?Sonic Jihad? an.
Popular Music After 9/11: Puttling Politics Into Verse
By George Sanchez, FrictionMagazine.com
"What Would You Do?"
stands as one of the most unflinchingly radical statements
within popular music to 9/11. To acknowledge Paris' statement
would recognize a divergent American audience. Maybe that's
too much to ask of critics who would lionize Bruce
Springsteen. Indeed, popular music critics have hijacked American audiences.
The Black Guerrilla
By Fritz The Cat, Vice Magazine
While the whole of North America has wrapped itself in the stars and stripes over the last year
in some fear-induced angry "U.S.A!" chanting haze, it seems even our
once-critical-of-government hip hop nation has joined the (Republican) party. Now Paris is addressing a lot of political issues
no other rapper would touch.
Murder Dog
By Black Dog Bone, Murder Dog Magazine
Murder Dog feature article in response to "What Would You Do?"
Stakes Is High
By Jeff Chang, The Nation.com
Here is the hip-hop generation in all its powder-keg glory and pain:
enraged, empowered, endangered. The irony is not lost: A generation able
to speak the truth like no other before is doing so to a world that
still hasn't gotten the message.
Politisk Hip Hop-Oppvåkning
By Oyvind Holen, Dagsavisen.no
N?ar 11. september, og ikke minst politikken i kj?net av terrorangrepet, f? Paris til ?remse sin lovende karriere som aksjemekler for ?a opp mikrofonen igjen - for ?ngripe en ny president Bush.
Paris: "Patriotic Terrorist"
By Mark Thompson, Nzhiphop.com
Paris is far form an 'enemy of the state,' much rather a patriot in true definition, something the powers that be fear and will definitely be threatened by in some form or another.
Paris
By Nathan Rabin, The Onion A.V. Club
Paris has re-entered the rap game with "What Would You Do?," a characteristically explosive single inspired by the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and appearing on his forthcoming Sonic Jihad album. The Onion A.V. Club recently spoke with the rapper about hip-hop, politics, and why the rap game is a lot like the investment-banking game.
Paris: Rap's Most Controversial Emcee
By Jessica Koslow
Paris is no stranger to controversy. So it's no surprise that his latest single
"What Would You Do?"- an anti-establishment anthem that indicts the Bush
administration for orchestrating and profiting from the events of 9/11- is creating
quite a buzz in his backyard, the Bay Area.
The 6th Element - Return of a Panther
By Juan Maldonado, NoHoLA
July 4th, 2002. After a four-year hiatus, one of the most powerful voices of rap is making his way back.
Game Done Changed: Paris
By Delany Biko, Contrabandit.com
With America once again being politically misdirected by a Bush, Paris has returned to drop his most controversial and jaw dropping joint to date. His first single "What Would You
Do?" off his new album Sonic Jihad, is a damning condemnation of Bush's involvement in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
The Message
By J.H. Tompkins, San Francisco Bay Guardian
America post-Sept. 11 is a one-story world. Ignorance and blind
obedience have been enshrined as patriotic principles, and the
government-sanctioned information clampdown would do the old
Soviet bloc proud.
Three the Hard Way: Black Art Outside the Flow
By Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters Columnist and Music Critic
Against the flows
of black popular capital at Viacom, AOL Time-Warner, Sony, Rush Communications,
Roc-A-Fella and even Starbucks, Umar Bin Hassan, Paris, and Gino L. Morrow are
poised to bring the "gangsta truth" at moment when their voices and their examples are
so needed.
Burning Bush
Errol Nazareth, Eye
Those who posit that the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks aren't
wasting time downloading a hip-hop jam that endorses their belief. "What Would
You Do?" comes courtesy of Paris, a rapper who set off a firestorm of protest in
the early '90s for "Bush Killa" and "Coffee, Donuts and Death," songs that
imagined the assassination of George Bush Sr. and a police officer.
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