Although the production was derided by some critics as a "dull musical backdrop",[ 10] Let's Get Free was called a "return to politically conscious rap".[ 11] Rolling Stone [ 12]
Title Producer(s) 1. "Wolves" (Chairman Omali Yeshitela ) dead prez 2:16 2. "I'm a African" (additional vocals by Indo and Abu) Hedrush & dead prez 3:19 3. "' They' Schools" (chorus vocals by Keanna Henson) Hedrush & dead prez 5:06 4. "Hip-Hop " Hedrush & dead prez 3:33 5. "Police State" (opening vocals by Chairman Omali Yeshitela) Hedrush & dead prez 3:40 6. "Behind Enemy Lines" (phone calls by Ness, Toya and Divine) Hedrush & dead prez 3:03 7. "Assassination" Lord Jamar & dead prez2:01 8. "Mind Sex" (additional vocals by Umi, Becca Byram, poem by Abiodun Oyewole ) dead prez 4:51 9. "We Want Freedom" (additional vocals from "The Spook Who Sat by the Door ") Hedrush & dead prez 4:33 10. "Be Healthy" (additional vocals by Prodigy ) Hedrush & dead prez 2:34 11. "Discipline" (phone call by Dedan and Nimrod) dead prez 1:37 12. "Psychology" (additional vocals by True Image, poem read by Umi) Lord Jamar & dead prez 5:56 13. "Happiness" Lord Jamar & dead prez 3:48 14. "Animal in Man" dead prez 4:31 15. "You'll Find a Way" dead prez 3:13 16. "It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop" (featuring Tahir and People's Army) Kanye West & dead prez3:55 17. "Propaganda" (additional vocals by Becca Byram, ending vocals by Huey Newton ) Lord Jamar & dead prez 5:14 18. "The Pistol" (featuring Maintain of Illegal Tendencies) Lord Jamar & dead prez 4:27
Single information
"Police State"
Released: October 27, 1998
B-side: "Police State" (without intro)
"Hip-Hop"
Released: March 30, 1999
B-side: "Selling D.O.P.E."
"It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop"
Released: December 7, 1999
B-side: "Hip-Hop"
"I'm a African"
Released: 2000
B-side: "The Pistol"
"Mind Sex"
Released: August 15, 2000
B-side: "Happiness"
stic.man – lead vocals, production, executive producer, art directionM-1 – lead vocals, production, executive producer, art directionHedrush – production, drum programming
Lord Jamar – productionKanye West – productionTahir (of Hedrush) – vocals
Maintain (of Illegal Tendencies) – vocals
Indo (of People's Army) – additional vocals
Abu (of People's Army) – additional vocals
Keanna Henson – additional vocals
Ness (of A-Alikes) – additional vocals
Toya (of People's Army) – additional vocals
Divine (of People's Army) – additional vocals
Umi – additional vocals
Becca Byram – additional vocals, keyboards
Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets ) – additional vocals
Prodigy (of Mobb Deep ) – additional vocalsDedan (of Illegal Tendencies) – additional vocals
Nimrod (of Illegal Tendencies) – additional vocals
True Image – additional vocals
Mark Batson – keyboardsChristos Tsantilios – recording, mixing
Blair Wells – recording
Nastee – recording
Doug Wilson – mixing
Bernard Grubman – guitar
Pressure of Fambase – keyboards
Melvin Gibbs – bassLaura J. Seaton-Finn – strings
Joshua – horns
Mista Sinista (of The X-Ecutioners ) – scratching
Sean Cane – drums, executive producer
Matt Life – executive producer
Schott Free – executive producer
Stuart "Kamau" Lyle – cover concept
Kerry DeBruce – art direction, design
Lorraine West – illustration
Anthony Cutajar – album photography
Saba – road photography
Corbis – archival images
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