the people's republic of sole

that's what's up. tired of observing.

bump. what? what?
this is what badass freedom fighters look like.

ehhhhhhhhh

ehhhhh what?
idk how y'all think social revolutions happen, there is a chance you might be arrested.

i just don't care if Brother Ali got arrested at the protest. Like... who alerted the press that brother ali was arrested at the protest. I'd be curious to know.

to be specific, finn alerted me, but it was those god damned fucking public radio assholes! cunts.

if you are white, but you at some point let the media and your own fans think that you're black, thats it, you broke the only rule, you don't get to have a rap career.

Dude sounds like Marvin the Martian anyway.

These days anybody can alert the press. Some people shot it on their cell phones.



Brother Ali has a rap career, so, that's one flaw with this theory.

That's what a terrible beard looks like. Did I miss out on the stay puff marshmallow man and Scott Ian from anthrax having a baby or somthin?

i got a flurry of critical texts from people when this happened, so i thought about this a lot.

i always say, "revolution is not telling people how to live, its showing them." its easy to show up at a protest and claim to support something. i think that MORE artists should put their bodies on the line for what they believe. there is a social movement going on, and folks that don't put their bodies on the line for whatever reason are studio gangsters to me. we as artists, can not put ourselves above what is happening in the streets, applauding activists taking risks from the sidelines. that is something i learned from jared paul.

http://youtu.be/ri8P5QTwT2U?t=2m24s

there is a fine line with this stuff. a movement like occupy naturally rejects people trying to be leaders, or politicians... so its real important to play it super careful with how you balance your activism with selling records.

To be completely fair, Ali has been apart of this OCCUPY movement for months. He Tweets about it all the time, telling people to get invloved. So its not like he just showed up to get arrested. He was always down.

i'll also add, brother ali and aren't very close. we have certainly had our differences in the past and im sure still have many ideological differences... but i support his right to get arrested!

can y'all show me how to take a nap? go big or go home.

serious, can't even snooze in a park anymore.

i agree with most of this. I have a vehicle of making music to voice my displeasure with our political system..however i can't really roll out and a) lose money from not showing up to work for how ever many days. and b) run the risk of getting arrested and losing my job. Im the only one who works at my house and i got two kids...ill do shows..jordan goes when hes not working, and we support the folks who actively do it. However i will say...Ali getting arrested a month before an album comes out seems suspect. the timing gets him coverage....which might bring sales...idk...weird stance to me....tricky position. i will say though...i am an ALI fan.

blah blah blah

Brother Ali is the fucking worst.

I mean, how do you not laugh at yourself, typing a white dudes rap name, and having it be "Brother Ali."

If Jamie Kennedy made a movie making fun of 4 elements white kid hip hop purists, the main character would be a fat white dude named Brother Ali.