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Song Of The Day: Short Sighted People In Power By My Politic

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Kaston Guffey is a songwriter and singer in the band My Politic, based out of Nashville, in the U.S.. For a protest musician such as Guffey racial injustice in his country, climate change issues and the “unbelievable lies and norm busting of this white house” have affected him greatly.

Guffey writes to us via email: “We have spent the better part of our quarantine writing and recording “Short-Sighted People In Power”.  I wanted to create an “historical snapshot” of what is happening here in America.”

“I wanted to write something honest, something true.”

This song is from an album of the same title and according to Guffey the album is “meant to be heard as one piece, each song existing in context with the others…”.

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Music Video Of The Day: We Should Be United By Matt Gibbons

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This single by Matt Gibbons was originally written for the 2018 U.S. midterm election but it stands as relevant today as it did then. In his press release Matt hopes that the song can relate and bond listeners instead of them feeling alienated and divided:

“This song is a well wish for American hearts. May we, one by one, go deeper on each issue that makes us only seem divided. Where it’s race may we experience common humanity. Where it’s politics may we wish well for all Americans. Where it’s the gun issue, may we remember the essence of cares on both sides, the desire to protect loved ones. May each American do the hard work that law and policy can never do, that is, trying to understand “the other,” so the other is not foreign, but “countryman.”

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Music Video Of The Day: 12 O’clock Rock By The Cornel West Theory

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Veterans of the rap scene in Washington D.C. The Cornel West Theory (CWT) have released a new album titled ‘By The Time I Get To Minnesota’. For those who don’t know CWT we recommend you check them out. This is raw, brutal, rap music with some punk elements to it. Lyrically these guys are the real deal. This is real rap that holds nothing back. CWT have dedicated their career to rhymes that take on the government, hold the powerful to account and create a voice for the voiceless.

Now they have released a music video for one of the outstanding banging tracks of the album, 12 O’Clock Rock. This track is a personal favorite at Shouts HQ’s so we do hope you check it out.

See also: “Wack Rappers Beware: Interview With DC Rapper Tim Hicks & Exclusive Song Premiere”

Tim Hicks, frontman of the group, explained to us the motivation behind the track: “That song was inspired by the unfortunate murders of American citizens in the Black communities and the constant denial of justice. It was inspired by the uprisings and made as a wake up call for the climate being created by law enforcement within the USA.”

“We just aimed to make an album full of protest anthems and this one was directly influenced by the reality of cops getting away with murder and the reaction of society to such action.”

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