FREE THEM ALL

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50% of proceeds go to Friends of The Congo & the other 50% goes to Hometax Sudan Relief.

This song is a collective prayer.

"They made themselves into instruments of music. Certainly, there were Black people who made themselves into instruments of vengeance and instruments of fear and submission. But here I want to say art has always been Black people's response to violence. Art has always been Black people's response to beauty and to being alive. The impulse to make art is probably true for humanity in general, but that whole slavery thing makes the kind of art Black people make a little bit different. We are the kind of people who can turn Bible hymns into battle songs."

- Terence Hayes (page 106 of Watch Your Language)

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I didn't write any of it down, just channeling.
FREE THEM ALL!

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released January 1, 2024
Written by Emmanuel "Def Sound" Ricketts
Additional vocals by NYALLAH & Annabelle Freedman
Song produced by Illingsworth
Mixed & Mastered by ZEROH
Photo by Nicole "La Intocable"Ocasio

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Def Sound Los Angeles, California

Def Sound is an Afro-Caribbean transdisciplinary artist. born and based in South Central LA. Def is a non binary Grammy Award considered contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, published poet, and award winning academic. Def is currently teaching Hip Hop Critical Theory & Practice at the California Institute of the Arts. ... more

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