Revolutionary Vol. 1

Revolutionary Vol. 1
Studio album by Immortal Technique
Released	September 14, 2001
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Hip hop Underground hip hop Political hip hop Hardcore hip hop
Length	57:58
Label	Viper Records
Producer	Immortal Technique, Rheturik, 44 Caliber, SouthPaw, Akir, Jean Grae
Immortal Technique chronology
Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001) Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
RapReviews.com	[2]

Revolutionary Vol. 1 is the debut album by rapper Immortal Technique in 2001, and re-pressed in 2004. The first edition had no distribution and no bar code; it was sold by the artist on the streets and at his shows. The album re-press was manufactured with a bar code and is being distributed worldwide by Viper Records. Immortal Technique claimed in an interview to have sold more than 45,000 copies.^[3]

Songwriting

The album is best known for the song "Dance With the Devil", a narrative in which Immortal Technique describes the story of a young man named Billy Jacobs who attempts to join a gang, and in order to prove how "evil" he is, he must rape an innocent woman. Jacobs completes this task after covering the woman's face with her shirt, and is unaware of the identity of the woman until he takes the cover from her face. He is shocked to find that the woman in question is actually his mother, which leads him to commit suicide. "I made myself more of a part of it when I wrote the song, and it eventually became an urban legend, and what's sick is that people thought it was about rape [when] it was really about how we are killing ourselves and destroying the most valuable resource that the Latino/Black community has, our women."^[4] The song has acquired something of a cult hit status in recent years.

Additionally, the album contains a song entitled "No Me Importa" (Spanish for "I Don't Care"). This is notably Immortal Technique's first song in Spanish, as he grew up in Peru and learned to speak the language.

Track listing

1. "Creation & Destruction"
2. "Dominant Species"
3. "Positive Balance" (feat. Big Zoo)
4. "The Getaway"
5. "Beef & Broccoli"
6. "No Me Importa"
7. "Top of the Food Chain" (remix) (feat. Poison Pen)
8. "The Poverty of Philosophy"
9. "Revolutionary"
10. "Spend Some Time" (remix)
11. "Dance with the Devil" (feat. Diabolic)
12. "The Prophecy"
13. "Understand Why"
14. "No Mercy"
15. "The Illest" (feat Jean Grae & Pumpkinhead)
16. "Speak Your Mind" (Hidden Track) (feat. Diabolic)
17. "Caught in a Hustle" (iTunes bonus track)

Production

• Marley Marl, J-Force – track 1
• Rheturik – track 2
• 44 Caliber – track 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15
• SouthPaw and Akir – track 4
• Jean Grae – track 5, 9
• Stelf Index – track 7
• SouthPaw – track 8
• G. Bennet – track 10
• A. Cohen – track 13
• Immortal Technique – track 16

Samples

• "Creation & Destruction" samples the song Long Kiss Goodnight from the album Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Dance With the Devil" samples Survival of the Fittest by Mobb Deep and Love Story by Henry Mancini.

See also

• Revolutionary Vol. 2
• The 3rd World
• The Martyr

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ RapReviews.com review
3. ^ "The 10 Questions Series: Immortal Technique". Flawless Hustle.com. September 16, 2009. http://www.flawlesshustle.com/interview/flawless-hustle-com-exclusive-the-10-questions-qa-session-series-immortal-technique/. Retrieved Sep 27, 2009. 
4. ^ Garcia III, Gerardo (2005-05-24). "Interview with Immortal Technique". BrownPride.com. Vibe Media Group. http://www.brownpride.com/articles/article.asp?a=194. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 

External links

• Viper Records official website