Insurgent On The Roof is a vital and well timed piece of labor from West Coast bar-spitter/group activist, Ras Ceylon, who retains his foot on the fuel pedal with the revealing of “Insurgent On The Roof” that includes Sunz Of Man‘s Prodigal Sunn (P. Sunn), the second single & music video from Ras’s upcoming solo album titled, “Srvnt of the Ppl” by way of Chalice Row Information. DJ Simply Jay handles the one’s manufacturing, with a hard-hitting percussion-driven soundscape accompanied by blaxploitation-themed cuts declaring, “There’s a insurgent on the roof!”
The 2 MCs, Ras Ceylon & Prodigal Sunn, felt compelled to write down, document, and movie this militant opus on the spot in Oakland, California. Why Oakland? Easy reply. It’s the historic birthplace of The Black Panther Occasion which Ras Ceylon nonetheless has sturdy ties to til at the present time, working carefully with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., of The Black Panther Occasion Cubs CRC, and the Dr. Huey P. Newton Basis. Displaying their solidarity with the Panther Occasion’s ideology of self-reliance and self-defense, the music video showcases a Dr. Huey P. Newton bronze bust sculpted by artist Dana King as a visible cornerstone.
Ras Ceylon defined, “It’s important to assist protect the legacy of BPP Minister of Protection, Huey P. Newton who was generally known as the Supreme Servant of the Folks. I’ve made it a private obligation to embody the identical ideas into my music as the liberty fighters that got here earlier than us lived by. These ideas are embedded on this track.”
Prodigal Sunn added, “You will need to rise up for one thing with which means. This track represents freedom, tradition, household, and group empowerment.”
Ras emphasizes, “We these rebels on the roof preventing for The Folks.”
The on-the-spot digicam work by Korise Jubert and England Smith of City Futurist Media together with the MC Prose edits masterfully captures the whole in-studio creation of “Insurgent On The Roof”, on-the-fly MC efficiency photographs, along with b-boys Q-VO (SUB4) and BBoy Mattkilla (TBB Rocking Crew/Kebab Flava) breaking to the rhythms on location at The Stacks File Store, giving a refreshing nod to one of many principal components of Hip Hop that sadly appears to be absent from a lot of right now’s Hip Hop music. This video is a love letter to Hip Hop Tradition and the Legacy of Resistance.
“Insurgent On The Roof” is on the market now on all streaming platforms by way of Chalice Row Information and shall be featured on Ras Ceylon’s extremely anticipated “Srvnt of the Ppl” LP due out in November.
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MC Prose- @MC.Prose
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Chalice Row Information- @ChaliceRow
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Prodigal Sunn- @ProdigalSunn
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