Ransom Notes
Radical music and spoken samples carefully selected, viciously cut, and madly strewn together like the raving letters of a ransom note. Ransom Notes takes the subversive and anti-authoritarian elements of pop culture and mixes it with sounds of resistance from the underground to the streets. Heavily focused on, but not limited to hip-hop. Expect vulgar language. an agit-hop production
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S2E6: BALLING WITH NO WALLETS
05/28/2022
S2E6: BALLING WITH NO WALLETS
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: Intro I: Long Arm Of The Law Intro II: Hard Day's Night - billy woods (prod. Preservation & Glow In The Dark Flowers) (2022) - Guillotine Crowns (2022) - Sole & DJ Pain 1 (2022) - BearTooth Collective (2022) - Sun Rise Above (2021) - Pietro Gori (1894) interpretato da Sandra Mantovani - Nappy Nina (2019) - Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway (2021) - Eki'Shola (2020) - IGDcast (2022) - Coffee with Comrades (2022) - Eki Shola & Justin Ciechoski (2021)
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S2E5: DARK AGE OF LAW AND ORDER
02/16/2022
S2E5: DARK AGE OF LAW AND ORDER
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: Intro Dark Age of Law and Order #AllOutForWedzinKwa agit-hop beat - Lee Reed & cee.reality (2021) Sleydo' speaks cont... - Denzel Curry (2022) - Super Duty Tough Work (2019) - Appropration (2021) - Sima Lee (2017) - NASRA (2020) - Sole & DJ Pain1 (2022) - Lee Reed (prod cee.reality) (2022) - calm. (prod AwareNess) (2022) - Gabriel Teodros (prod SoulChef) (2020) - Appropriation (2021)
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FUCK 12 DAYS
12/14/2021
FUCK 12 DAYS
A beat tape special for the holiday season. Enjoy.
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S2E3: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GETTING SHOT IN THE DICK MIXTAPE
11/25/2021
S2E3: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GETTING SHOT IN THE DICK MIXTAPE
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shout to tracks: Intro King's Ransom - G YAMAZAWA prod. Fatgums (2020) Liquid Swords - GZA prod. RZA - calm. (2021) - Alas (2015) - Paola Nicolazzi (1937) - ACxDC (2020) - Ghösh (2020) - MADlines prod. BLVK Samurai (2021) - AWKWORD (2020) - MADlines prod. BLVK Samurai (2021) - unknown
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S2E2: Red Lung
10/29/2021
S2E2: Red Lung
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: - sole (2020) - Sly deSilva (2020) - Savage Fam (2020) - Move (2021) - Lee Reed (beat by I. Khan) (2018) - Savage Fam (2020) - sole (2020) - KeiyaA (2020) - Sly deSilva (2021)
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S2E1: PISS JUGS FOR DONALD RUMSFELD
09/23/2021
S2E1: PISS JUGS FOR DONALD RUMSFELD
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to . tracks: - Subhumans (1983) transition - The Wash (2001) - Blue Scholars (2005) - Bambu (prod. DJ Phatrick) (2014) transition - Break (agit-hop mix) - Kero Kero Bonito (2016) - K!MMORTAL (2019) transition - piss jugs - Health Hazard (1993) transition - "what is the uterus?" - Digable Planets (1993) - War On Women (2018) - Digable Planets (1993) - It Could Happen Here (2021) - Sammus (2016) - McKinley Dixon (2021) - Time Talks (2021) - che christ (2017) - Ceschi (prod. Factor Chandelier) (2019) - che christ (2017)
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Episode 21: No State Solutions - FREE PALESTINE
06/11/2021
Episode 21: No State Solutions - FREE PALESTINE
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast samples: tracks: Intro: - Method Man (1994) - Waiting on Reparations (2021) - Amal Murkus (2009) - Ruba Shamshoum (2015) ad break - Shadia Mansour (2010) - Palestine aka Ledr P (2008) () transition - crazy space shit that don't even make no sense - Aisha Fukushima (2018) - Mobb Deep (1995) - SEB! (prod. Jeremy WAVE) (2020) - DAM (2019) - Waiting on Reparations (2021) - Invincible (2008) (2021) - Shabjdeed (prod. Babyboi & Retaliate) (2021) - Belly (prod.Whosane?) (2007) (2021) - Savage Fam (2017) (2021) - Genocide (2011) - Bambu, DJ Phatrick (prod. Will Bracy) featured sample: (2009) transition - slingshot (2021) - Lee Reed (Beat by SUPΔ83 / Cuts by !Kryme Won) (2015) - Starchild (prod. Patrick Douthit) (2011) (2021) - Essam & Petty Pro (2021) - MC Abdul (Melody: Eminem - Cleaning Out My Closet) (2021) outro sample flipped from - Aisha Fukushima (2018) (2021)
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Episode 20 ACAB Spring 2021: Part II
05/15/2021
Episode 20 ACAB Spring 2021: Part II
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast samples: - EP 99: tracks: Intro: Still - Geto Boys (1996) - Chef Da Bomb x YaBoy K.O. (2020) - B.Lo the Gawd (prod. Em Dolla) (2020) - Guilty Simpson (prod. Madlib) (2008) - Rah Digga (prod. !llmind) (2014) - Denzel Curry + Terrace Martin(feat. Daylyt, Kamasi Washington, & G Perico) (2020) - Vellione (2020) - Prince Paul, Everlast (1999) - Geto Boys (1993) - BIG $ILKY (2021) - Reid Ali (prod. Jaezoe) (2020) - Dax (prod. Barbasauce) (2020) - VIC MENSA (prod. Papi Beatz) (2016) - Scotty Frys (2020) Feds - Ghostface Killah, Harl3y, Hue Hef (prod. Keyz Buchanan & Wiz Buchanan for The Buchanans / GITM) (2020)
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Episode 19 ACAB Spring 2021: Part I
04/26/2021
Episode 19 ACAB Spring 2021: Part I
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast samples: - EP 99: tracks: - Vince Staples (prod. No I.D.) (2014) - City Morgue, ZillaKami (2020) - JORDAN FLETCHER (2020) - David Banner, Pastor Troy, Noochie, Torae, CyHi The Prynce & Ras Kass (prod. Drumma Boy, Zaytoven & DJ Toomp) Intro: Tamika D. Mallory Outro: MISTAH F.A.B. (2020) - Denzel Curry (prod. FnZ) (2017) - City James (prod. Wayne Rays, KEV) (2020) - Janae Mosley (2020) - Multi, Scrap Dawg (2020) - Native Threat (2020) - Wake Self (2020) - Punish (2020) - Busta Rhymes (prod. Nottz) (2020)
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Episode 18
03/24/2021
Episode 18
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: - Deniro Farrar (2020) - Mumia Abu-Jamal (2020) - ERDA (2020) Homage To Catalonia - George Orwell (1938) - Psalm One feat. Afrokeys (2021) - E.Lizé (prod JR Swiftz) (2019) - Kitz Willman (2021) - Grove (2020) (beats: 3021 AD) - Total Chaos (1995) (1968) - Q052 (2020) (2020) - Klee Benally (2019) (2021) - McKinley Dixon (2021)
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Episode 17 FREE MUMIA!
03/16/2021
Episode 17 FREE MUMIA!
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. This episode was mixed in solidarity with the struggle to get Mumia Abu-Jamal released from incarceration and in response to the appalling conditions he has been subjected to since being diagnosed with both COVID-19 and congestive heart disease this month. Samples were taken from the . tracks: - Vic Mensa ft. Wyclef Jean, Chance The Rapper (2021) - Dark Lo (prod. J.Demers) (2018) - Unbound Allstars (1999) - Immortal Technique Feat. Mumia Abu-Jamal (2003) - Jurassic 5 (prod. DJ Nu-Mark) (2002) - Anti-Flag (2002) - B-Side Players (1999) - Jibachi Hanzaki (2020) Visit
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Episode 16
03/05/2021
Episode 16
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: - Trae Tha Truth, Mysonne (2021) - KOOL A.D. (2020) - Muddy Summers and The Dirty Field Whores (2020) (AntiMidia & Subversion 1312) - FINNA prod. Dreamland (2020) - Indigenous Action Podcast - DiscoAbsurdo (2013) Transition - Brotha Lynch Hung (1994) - Sorah & Intare (2020) - Evan Greer (2011) - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
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Episode 15
01/26/2021
Episode 15
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast samples: tracks: intro, ad, intro continued - Savage Fam (2020) transition - Protect Ya Neck Coffee With Comrades Episode 115 cont... - Shining Soul (prod. Bronze Candidate) (2013) Coffee With Comrades Episode 115 cont... - Dead Prez (feat. Aisha Mic) (2004) n - UTD (2004) - Bambu (mixed by Fatgums) (2020) - Shining Soul (prod. Bronze Candidate) (2013) - Sole (2015) Coffee With Comrades Episode 115 cont... cont... - Siren's Echo (2004) - Yazeed (1999) - NE$$ x Baby J (2020) - Apani B-Fly Emcee feat. L.I.F.E. (1999)
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Episode 14
12/22/2020
Episode 14
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast samples: tracks: - (2020) - Jasiri X (prod. Blak Czer) (2020) - Kay The Aquanaut & Kitz Willman (2020) - Chyna Streetz (2018) - Spoda (2020) transition: - DOOM XMAS (2018) - PARIS (2020) - Rage Against The Machine (1999) support this podcast and get bonus content by going to this podcast is a proud member of the .
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Episode 13
11/20/2020
Episode 13
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to . tracks: - Casanova (2020) - Lil Baby (2020) - staHHr (prod. Crazy DJ Bazarro) (2020) - Dead Prez (2012) - Bambu (prod. Fatgums) (2020) Interlude The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told To Alex Haley, Narrated By Laurence Fishburne - Kemba (prod. Comp Keyz) (2020) - Tiye Phoenix (prod. DJStatic) (2020) MaroonCast - - Faith Santilla (prod. Fatgums and Spon) (2020) - Lee Reed, Kay the Aquanaut & Mother Tareka (prod. I Khan) (2020) (feat. ) - Bambu (feat. Rocky G, Kiwi, & Ruby Ibarra) (prod. Mister REY) (2020) Outro cont... support this podcast and get bonus content by going to patreon.com/ransomnotes this podcast is a proud member of the .
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Episode 12: Haggis The Witch
10/25/2020
Episode 12: Haggis The Witch
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to . tracks: - Bushwick Bill (feat. D-Ology, Snap & Taboo) (1998) - clipping. (2020) - G YAMAZAWA (prod. Fatgums) (2020) - Backxwash (2020) Interlude 1 Coffee With Comrades: (feat. ) Parable of the Sower by (as read by Lynne Thigpen) (1993) (2020) - Moodie Black (2020) - Rail Yard Ghosts (1920) - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (1997) - Snotty Nose Rez Kids (prod. Pops x K Notes) (2020) Interlude 2 (1974) - Rebel Diaz x Tef Poe (2020) - Sampa The Great (2019) - Faith Santilla (prod. Fatgums & Faith Santilla) (2020) - Nomadic War Machine (2020) - Thought Crime Collective (prod. C-Dot & mix. Daead Language) (2009) - Denise Chaila (prod. MuRli) (2020) - Blackbird Raum (2015) this podcast is a proud member of the
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DEAD BY DAWN EP
10/15/2020
DEAD BY DAWN EP
a halloween treat for the age of plague and rising fascism this is a 10min EP I and decided to share in podcast form
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Episode 11 NSFW Bogan WAP
09/26/2020
Episode 11 NSFW Bogan WAP
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to podcast and audiobook samples: - The Women's War (quotes from Abdullah Öcalan read by Robert Evans) track listing: intro, ad and overture soup - Spillage Village, EARTHGANG, JID (feat. Jurdan Bryant, Mereba, Hollywood JB (2020) - Lee Reed & Mother Tareka (feat. !KrymeWon) (2020) - Sole & DJ Pain 1 (2020) Interlude 1 - Rebel Diaz x Tef Poe (prod. G1) (2020) - Billy Woods (2019) Bogan WAP - (mashup - Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) (2020) x - Lucille Bogan (1933) - Cartel Madras (2019) - The Conscious Daughters (prod. Paris) (1993) - Yo-Yo (prod. QDIII & Ice Cube) (1993) - BIG $ILKY (2020) Interlude 2 - Siul Hughes (feat. Factor Chandelier) (2020) this podcast is a member of the
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Episode 10
09/01/2020
Episode 10
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. shoutout to tracks: Invasion - Ooh, Whatcha Gonna Do - (prod. The Bomb Squad) (Drowning Dog & Malatesta) (feat. Leleprox, Picciotto & Tristan Mazire) - Canna Man & Dark Matter (feat. HAY ONE) - Ceschi Ramos (prod. Factor Chandelier feat. Keith Kawaii, Alex Burnet & Natalie Plaza Carballo) - agit-hop (Drowning Dog & Malatesta) this podcast is a proud member of the
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Episode 9: Terror Hive
08/11/2020
Episode 9: Terror Hive
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. podcast samples: tracks: (2020) (2020) (2020) (2001) (2006) (2019) (2020) (2016) (2020) (1996) (2011) (2020) this podcast is a proud member of the
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Episode 8
07/10/2020
Episode 8
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. tracks: (2004) (2020) (2020) (2006) (2020) (2015) (2003) (2015)
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Episode 7: COVID-19 & The George Floyd Uprising Part 2 ACAB Spring
06/11/2020
Episode 7: COVID-19 & The George Floyd Uprising Part 2 ACAB Spring
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. tracks: - -Solecast cont...- - -It's Going Down cont...- this podcast is a proud member of the links for updates and the latest news: bailfunds: tips:
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Episode 6: COVID-19 & The George Floyd Uprising Part 1
06/04/2020
Episode 6: COVID-19 & The George Floyd Uprising Part 1
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. a note: I began working on this episode early in May. Originally, its sole focus was on the COVID-19 pandemic. As I'm sure everyone knows, the US has broken out into an uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd by police. So this episode will be the first part of a couple releases this month focused on both the COVID-19 crisis and the ongoing clash between the people, and the fascist police state. tracks: So Serious - - MF DOOM - this podcast is a proud member of the links for updates and the latest news: bailfunds: tips:
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Ransom Notes: Episode 5
05/01/2020
Ransom Notes: Episode 5
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. a note: First off, I want to confess that, yes this episode is being released on May Day, and no I dropped the ball on including any samples or songs in tribute to the occasion. I recommend heading over to the for your May Day podcasting needs. In this episode you can hear topics ranging from black trans women's liberation to the abhorrent conditions of prisons and detention centers within the United States during the COVID19 pandemic (). Final note, as usual this episode focuses on hip-hop, however it delves into some noisier grindcore and noise rap tracks that may catch you by surprise. Stay safe, mask up and hold it down for your people. 😷 track listing: - Mos Def -- - - - - 2pac -- - The Roots -solecast continued- - - -scratchin' total destroy (transition) -solecast continued- - - -wise words from Sitting Bull taken from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - ()- - Geto Boys - this podcast is part of the anarchist podcast network
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Ransom Notes: Episode 4
03/31/2020
Ransom Notes: Episode 4
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. a note: Instead of utterly terrifying my listeners this episode with the COVID-19 pandemic and global capitalism's failure to cope with its fundamental opposition to the basic rules of biology while imperialist leaders of the world fumble hundreds of thousands-if not millions-of lives for the sake of maintaining their dominion across the globe -deep breath- ...I've decided to focus on a more positive and uplifting view of the situation. If there is one thing music does best, it's inspiring hope. Tune in... and mask up? 😷 track listing: (1990) (2020) Lyte As A Rock - (1988) - (2017) One Time 4 Your Mind - (1994) - (2019) Bash The Fash - (1993) - (2019) - (2017) end note: I'm proud to announce this podcast has been added to the anarchist podcast network
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Ransom Notes Episode 3 Bonus!
03/31/2020
Ransom Notes Episode 3 Bonus!
Hey I send libsyn five bucks a month to post 50mb of delectable podcast sedition for your earholes. Turns out last episode was just short enough for me to throw in the tracks I produced myself for the spoken samples used. no bytes left behind I plan on posting episode 4 tonight so watch for it! [ EDIT: This was supposed to be three files but I can't figure out how to make it work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ] Stay safe, and as always... mask up? 😷
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Episode 3
03/01/2020
Episode 3
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. a note: With this episode I took more of a chaotic approach with no overall theme, unlike the last one. However, it does end with a focus on the warriors currently Some wise words from the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs were sampled from the musical and political podcast, , and we leave off with a new track released this week by . Dig it. Track Listing: The Coup - Last of The Shottas - -excerpt from Ursula K. Le Guin's The Disposessed Cell Therapy - Goodie Mob The Word - MOB STYLE - - The Pist - RMR Payback - - -
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Episode 2: The Lorax
02/01/2020
Episode 2: The Lorax
Content Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. a note: First off, there is no discussion to be had about today's climate chaos without also bringing up the topic of decolonization. This episode was pieced together using the 1972 animated short, The Lorax, as its backdrop. Tune in and hear the story of how colonial occupation, the capitalist accumulation of wealth, and the oppression of colonized peoples has led the biosphere into anthropogenic climate catastrophe. Track Listing: - A Game (The Poor Can't Afford To Play) - Desert - The Water - Koyaanisqatsi - -exerpt from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee- -wise words from - End Of Skies - (feat. iCON The Mic King, David Ramos & Shoshin) -more wise words from - Walk The Plank w/ Jah Boogie - Bad Gas - Forest -
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Episode 1
01/18/2020
Episode 1
A note: One of my goals in this project is to introduce listeners to the radical, political and subversive roots of popular hip-hop. Naturally, this will contain language and beliefs that may offend listeners, and in some instances myself included. I contemplated scratching some of the language out but ultimately decided to keep it. As this is only the first episode I'm open to make some changes, however. Dig in! Track Listing: The Day the N****z Took Over - Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger & RBX Son of a Matriarch - Last Days Reloaded - Onyx & Dead Prez Helga Scratch - Wake Up - Red Rosa - (feat. Rosa Luxemburg quote as read by Simone Norman) FUCK I.C.E. - (feat. Jag & prod. Lexi Banks) I've Got A Space In The World - Letter to the President - 2Pac + Outlawz
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