Genre: Rap
Original Release: 4/3/2007
1. Oh My God
5:07
2. Radio Segment
:52
3. Stay Human (All The Freaky People)
4:26
4. Radio Segment
:59
5. Rock the Nation
6. Sometimes
4:05
7. Radio Segment
1:25
8. Do Ya Love
4:50
9. Radio Segment
1:17
10. Soulshine
3:58
11. Every Single Soul
5:43
12. Radio Segment
1:01
13. Love'll Set Me Free
3:57
14. Thank You
4:55
15. Radio Segment
2:29
16. We Don't Mind
4:49
17. Radio Segment
:49
18. Speaking Of Tongues
4:45
19. Radio Segment
1:35
20. Listener Supported
4:37
21. Radio Segment
:44
22. Skin On The Drum
6:19
An album of two levels: The level that makes the first impression is the radio phone-in show that Michael Franti chose to use as a conceptual framework in which these 13 new songs are embedded. The drama that unfolds during that radio show (supported by liner notes at the front of the CD booklet) centers on a death penalty case. The events documented in those segments sound all too familiar in their gruesomeness, so it becomes compelling to check the booklet to see if these are indeed authentic recordings of a broadcast or staged ones as part of the album's two-level concept (and only a short remark near the end of the booklet gives the answer to that). The impressive impact of that scenario is rounded off by quotes in the booklet from various activists and musicians who oppose the death penalty (with names ranging from Bono Read More
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