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Untouchable (Before Their Eyes album)

Untouchable is the third studio album by Before Their Eyes, released in 2010 under the label Rise Records. The album charted at No. 22 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.

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All lyrics written by Nick Moore, all music composed by Stephen Aiello, Joey Sturgis and Before Their Eyes.

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Credits by AllMusic

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Untouchability

Untouchability is the low status of certain social groups confined to menial and despised jobs. It is usually associated with the Hindu caste system, but similar groups exist outside Hinduism, for example the Burakumin in Japan, Blacks in South Africa, and Hutu and Twa of Rwanda. At the beginning of the twenty-first century there were over 160 million untouchables on the Indian subcontinent.

Origins

The earliest of the Hindu scriptures, the Rig Veda (10.90.11-12), describes a society divided into four varnas ("colors" or castes): Brahman (poet-priest), Kshatriya (warrior-chief), Vaishya (traders), and Shudras (menials, servants). The four basic divisions of society had their roots in the Vedic era (1500-800 BCE) and assumed definitive form by the sixth century BCE. The idea is further developed in the Laws of Manu (200 BCE-200 CE). The first three varnas are known as the twice-born, all of whom undergo a ceremony in their youth admitting them into high status.

The varna caste division excluded the Untouchables, who were and are below the Shudras in any ranking, despised because they engaged in occupations that were considered unclean and polluting. Untouchable castes became a category as avarnas, without varna, probably sometime after the fourth century CE. The untouchables (ćaṇḍālas) are mentioned in the Upanishads and early Buddhist literature, as a "fifth caste" resulting from the polluting contact of Shudra males and Brahmana females.

Unreleased (Andre Nickatina album)

Unreleased is the eighth album released by rapper, Andre Nickatina. It was released in 2001 and was produced by Andre Nickatina, Nick Peace, Juilan Piccolo, Smoov-E and the Fillmoe Coleman Band (Black Diamond & Tebo). The album contained unreleased and rare tracks that did not make it to any of Nickatina's previous albums and was sold exclusively at Nickatina's concerts.

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