Rebel Frequencies

Jasiri X is up there with Rebel Diaz, BBU, Immortal Technique and Invincible when it comes to underground hip-hop. Like his contemporaries, like Chuck and KRS before him, he takes the "CNN for Black people" task seriously, holding down the rebellion while never sacrificing nice flow or sick beats.

Rebel Frequencies is no stranger to Jasiri's work. The Pittburgh rapper's songs have been profiled here numerous times in the past year--particularly his Madison-era "American Workers vs. Multi-Billionaires," his lyrical lambasting of the Bushes, and his tribute to Troy Davis in the run-up to the latter's execution.

All of those songs and more are featured on Jasiri's new #TheWholeWorldIsWatching mixtape, available now for a "pay-what-you-can" scheme on Bandcamp (upwards from a buck). At the risk of turning a music journalism site into nothing more than a press release, I'm strongly urging every reader out there to buy this tape. And in case anyone wants to hold on to some of their cash in this hard, hard time having not heard the songs, well, that's the beauty of Bandcamp. Or, listen to it below. It will definitely be worth it.