![]() Universal Blues – The instrumental for this one is built around the theme music for 2001: A Space Odyssey. ![]() Mustafa picks up where he left off on the previous track, yelling his sloppy rhymes over an instrumental he can’t keep pace with (and this time he manages to rhyme “savage” with “bondage”). United Snakes Of America – This is a shot out to all the corrupt branches/organizations that lead, serve, and protect this great country, past and present. Wait, did he really just rhyme “shot” with “virus”? Regardless of the poor contribution from Mustafa, I can’t stress how sick the horns are on this instrumental. The problem is Mustafa sounds sloppy and as if he’s chasing the beat, and unfortunately for him the beat happens to be Usain Bolt. The track is pretty aggressive, which is only appropriate since the theme of the song is to take your freedom by force. Decent enough for an album intro.įreedom Got A Shotgun – This one opens with some pretty epic horns before the drum beat drops and Mustafa comes in screaming at the instrumental like he caught it in bed with another rapper. Prologue-This Movement Is Ex-Rated – The album starts off with a pretty dope instrumental before Mustafa chimes in to introduce the crew and their collective mission to bring you reality per Allah (and for you to see your past, present, and future…and some stuff about seeing yourself face to face). They would later ink a deal with Columbia and release their only debut album Movement Ex, before disbanding to forever be forgotten in the annuls of hip-hop. Apparently, Mustafa later changed his emcee alias to Born Allah only to forever be forgotten in the annuls of hip-hop, again.īy 1990 I was breathing, eating, and sleeping hip-hop, so I’m still perplexed at how I completely missed this one. He later took to the teachings of the 5 Percent Nation, linked up with DJ King (who was also a 5 Percenter), and the duo formed Movement Ex. Lord Mustafa, whom I will only refer to as Mustafa going forward (because I’m not british and he aint Jesus), was born in New York and moved to Cali as a kid. Movement Ex was comprised of emcee Lord Mustafa and deejay/producer DJ King Born. Since it was only a dollar, and anybody who reads this blog regularly knows what a sucker I am for those dollar deals, I decided to add it to the collection. I became even more curious when I noticed this was released on a major label during a time when that was still a pretty rare feat for a hip-hop artist. After flipping the cd case over and discovering a pic of the same two brothers in African Dashikis on the back, I quickly concluded this was a hip-hop album and not a gospel album like I initially suspected (that and the fact that the track listing included songs labeled “Freedom Got A Shotgun” and “KK Punanni”). While rummaging through the used cd bins at one of the used cd shops that I frequent, I came across an album cover with two young brothers in suits standing behind a pulpit as if tag team preaching.
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