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3. I believe in the community as more important than the individual.
4. I believe in constant struggle for freedom, to end oppression and build a better world. I believe in collective struggle: in fashioning victory in concert with my Brothers and Sisters.
5. I believe that the fundamental reason Our oppression continues is that We, as people, lack the power to control Our lives.
6. I believe that the fundamental way to gain that power, and end oppression, is to build a sovereign Black nation.
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8. I believe in the Malcolm X Doctrine: that We must organize upon this land, and hold a plebiscite, to tell the world by a vote that We are free and Our land independent, and that, after the vote, We must stand ready to defend Ourselves, establishing the nation beyond contradiction.
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RBG On Hip Hop and the Five Percent Nation
From:
http://my.rawkus.com/forum/topic
Anything that Black people do that is not associated with or controlled by mainstream white national corporate America and/or it's lackey's is going to be deionized. I mean look at the article you posted--the epitome of implicit racism,("a constitutional right to express crazy, or even racially incendiary, ideas"). What I read is white fear of the black man. And when we rely on these media forms for our information it is always going to give us a white supremacy/racist perspective under the guise of objectivity. But, such is an age old story and it will never change under the present system of white world terror domination. So pieces like this I try to avoid because so much of "the man's" tactic of confuse, divide and conquer is to take us (Black Folk) off the offense and put us on the defense. If you spend all your time having to defend what it is that is of benefit to you then that leaves no time for you to do it. "Fear of a Black planet" is a never ending story.You know and I know that there is a direct relationship between present day Rap Cointelpro and the FBI’s history of counter-intelligence on the Five Percent Nation; and many of our most well known Rap Icons belong to and/ or study with the Nation of Gods and Earths / Five Percenters.
HISTORY LESSON: The Islamic group to which Brand Nubian belong, known by outsiders as the Five Percent Nation of Islam, by insiders as the Nation of Gods and Earths, hold beliefs so far removed from mainstream Islamic teachings as to be virtually unrecognizable as Islamic to a majority of Muslims. For example, the chant "allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") in the context of this Brand Nubian song means something very different than in mainstream Islamic beliefs. God/Allah, for Five Percenters, is not the Divinity as conventionally defined by the monotheistic faiths. God is the black man.
Islamic rap is no marginal cultural phenomenon, but has firmly implanted itself at the center of US mass culture. In 1997, for instance, three of the Top Ten albums on the Billboard charts were by rap groups with Islamic affiliations. Occupying the #1 position was Nas's album It Was Written. At the time, his video single "If I Ruled the World" (recorded with Lauryn Hill of the Fugees) was in heavy rotation on MTV, and since then, "Street Dreams" has aired frequently on MTV. Nas is an avowed Five Percenter. At #7 were the Fugees, whose album The Source had spent many weeks at #1 and eventually went platinum, with sales of over 4 million units. When Fugees were hot they were not just a massive commercial phenomenon but are highly acclaimed by critics as well, some of whom regarded the Fugees as the salvation of rap while others see them as the new face of alternative rock. If the Fugees were not in fact Five Percent members, there are several indications that they are very close to it. Their chart-topping numbers include several references to Islam, such as my personal favorite, from their hit "Fu-gee-la":
I'm a true champion
Like, Farrakhan
Reads his Daily Qur'an
It's a phenomenon,
Lyrics fast like Ramadan.
Finally, at #10 was A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life. Tribe, a critically respected rap group, is considered to be on the "positivity" tip.
Among the commercially successful and critically hailed rappers who belong to the Nation of Gods and Earths are: Rakim (Allah) of Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Poor Righteous Teachers, Busta Rhymes, Leaders of the New School, The Guru of the group Gangstarr, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, and Mobb Deep. All members of the group, Wu Tang Clan, belong to the Five Percent Nation, including those whose solo work has sold in the millions: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard (RIP), Raekwon, and most recently, Ghost Face Killer. The Grammy Award-winning Digable Planets are also part of the Five Percent orbit,6 and the Digables' second release Blowout Comb is loaded with Five-Percent references. In fact, many more noted rappers belong to Five Percent Nation than to Minister Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam (NOI). Prominent rappers who are NOI members or sympathizers include Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Kam, Professor Griff, and Paris.
AGAIN "FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET"
RBGz New Afrikan Education Course Link Table:
(Reference Resource Link Out: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/5percent.htm)
HISTORY LESSON: The Islamic group to which Brand Nubian belong, known by outsiders as the Five Percent Nation of Islam, by insiders as the Nation of Gods and Earths, hold beliefs so far removed from mainstream Islamic teachings as to be virtually unrecognizable as Islamic to a majority of Muslims. For example, the chant "allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") in the context of this Brand Nubian song means something very different than in mainstream Islamic beliefs. God/Allah, for Five Percenters, is not the Divinity as conventionally defined by the monotheistic faiths. God is the black man.
Islamic rap is no marginal cultural phenomenon, but has firmly implanted itself at the center of US mass culture. In 1997, for instance, three of the Top Ten albums on the Billboard charts were by rap groups with Islamic affiliations. Occupying the #1 position was Nas's album It Was Written. At the time, his video single "If I Ruled the World" (recorded with Lauryn Hill of the Fugees) was in heavy rotation on MTV, and since then, "Street Dreams" has aired frequently on MTV. Nas is an avowed Five Percenter. At #7 were the Fugees, whose album The Source had spent many weeks at #1 and eventually went platinum, with sales of over 4 million units. When Fugees were hot they were not just a massive commercial phenomenon but are highly acclaimed by critics as well, some of whom regarded the Fugees as the salvation of rap while others see them as the new face of alternative rock. If the Fugees were not in fact Five Percent members, there are several indications that they are very close to it. Their chart-topping numbers include several references to Islam, such as my personal favorite, from their hit "Fu-gee-la":
I'm a true champion
Like, Farrakhan
Reads his Daily Qur'an
It's a phenomenon,
Lyrics fast like Ramadan.
Finally, at #10 was A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life. Tribe, a critically respected rap group, is considered to be on the "positivity" tip.
Among the commercially successful and critically hailed rappers who belong to the Nation of Gods and Earths are: Rakim (Allah) of Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Poor Righteous Teachers, Busta Rhymes, Leaders of the New School, The Guru of the group Gangstarr, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, and Mobb Deep. All members of the group, Wu Tang Clan, belong to the Five Percent Nation, including those whose solo work has sold in the millions: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard (RIP), Raekwon, and most recently, Ghost Face Killer. The Grammy Award-winning Digable Planets are also part of the Five Percent orbit,6 and the Digables' second release Blowout Comb is loaded with Five-Percent references. In fact, many more noted rappers belong to Five Percent Nation than to Minister Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam (NOI). Prominent rappers who are NOI members or sympathizers include Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Kam, Professor Griff, and Paris.
AGAIN "FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET"
RBGz New Afrikan Education Course Link Table:
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