Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Michael Franti & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
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His project Spearhead produced the critically acclaimed Home in 1994. The album contained his biggest single, “Hole in the Bucket,” a thoughtful lament on the plight of the homeless, and “Positive,” which addressed the growing AIDS epidemic. The album boasted adept funk samplings, sinuous guitar vamps, and soulful, melodic tracks about family and social injustice. 1997’s Chocolate Supa Highway was not as pop-friendly as Home, but neither did its themes of kidnappings and police brutality lend themselves to such overt accessibility. Its mixture of harsher musical styles — techno, rock, and funk — was a step forward for Franti as his world view broadened and deepened. In 2001, Franti released Stay Human. In it he expresses his anger at the system, his advocacy of love, and his belief in freedom through individuality and self-expression through a set of songs that revolve around a fictitious death penalty case. In it, his embrace of the genres that inspired him is achieved with eloquence.
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ChesterWhelks
Michael Franti on why he's voting Obama: http://90days90reasons.com/83.php
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Enric001
what song is it that has lots of recordings from native music, i dont think there was any singing just lots of african drums and what not
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mustardog
Vote up: http://www.last.fm/music/Spearhead/+images/54070659
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Snsvln
Where did all the politics go from your songs? :(
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hippiexmaggie
Miss the Michael Franti I quoted in my high school yearbook in 2004 - new stuff that's played on the radio doesn't feel the same.
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PhelipeStanley
Special Michael Franti http://lamusicasuona.blogspot.com/2011/12/dueto-michael-franti-jovanotti-sound-of.html
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SimonePerrota
Their first album is a little bit slept on
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pmcpieter
Thnx or joining Occupy Amsterdam! A big surprise wich brought new energy
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devstones
wicked
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sjm26b
hes gone soft...used to be political
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egotripping44
If you haven't seen them live, do it. Brilliant band
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jonathanfisk
For me, summer will always mean that it is time to dust off "Stay Human." Really think this is one of the few albums I can't live without.
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Dilbymeister
I WANNA SEE YA JUMPIN' !! :)
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ryeno
it isn't a ginger bread house till the wand strikes the apex. Evolution of edibles.
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Sr_RoX
Ilike
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abhishekpaul
Ganja Babe. :)
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Sofia Robinson --- singer, songwriter, acoustic, artist ---- http://www.youtube.com/sofiarobinsonmusic
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erdbeermundx3
some for my ganjababe, she needs too:))
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Elementree1
Please check our music out for fans of: Sublime, 311, Pepper, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rebelution, Bob Marley, Michael Franti, SOJA, Slighty Stoopid....ect We are a fresh new band out of Cincinnati Ohio, genre bending music and a message that must be heard. Our last fm page is: http://www.last.fm/music/theohms Our myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/ohms Our homepage is: http://www.ohmsmusic.com U.N.I.T.Y.
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