Body Count – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Daily Dose of Protest: Fuck What You Heard – Body Count

Photo courtesy of Sven Mandel, via Wikimedia Commons Just in time for the US presidential election, the latest single from the upcoming album Merciless by the heavy metal project of…

CJ Baker August 13, 2024

2017: The Year In Protest Music

40 Best Protest Albums of 2017

Hurray For The Riff Raff, from the artist's Bandcamp I started this website back on December 6th, 2017. During that first month, I hastily compiled a list of the 25…

CJ Baker October 18, 2023

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Cop Killer – Macy Gray and The California Jet Club

Photo via USAG Italy, flickr Back in 1992, Ice-T's heavy metal project Body Count released their self-titled debut album, which included one of the most controversial protest songs of all-time,…

CJ Baker February 27, 2023

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s

Bikini Kill. From artist's Bandcamp Much of the music of the 90s may be associated more with personal angst that political dissension, but it was still a rich decade for…

CJ Baker January 17, 2021

2020: The Year In Protest Music Songs Lists

30 Best Protest Albums of 2020 (So Far)

SPECIAL INTEREST From artist's Bandcamp 2020 has been a shitty year and we are only halfway through. In comparison, since starting this site in December 2017, I've never had a…

CJ Baker July 3, 2020

2020: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest Music (March)

Psalm One. Photo from artist's Bandcamp page It has been a crazy month. Hopefully, everyone is holding up well with the self-isolation and social distancing. Crazy times, but we always…

CJ Baker March 31, 2020

2020: The Year In Protest Music Protest Music of the Week Songs Lists

A Month of Protest Music (February)

A Tribe Called Red. Photo Credit: Timothy Nguyen Photography Here is a recap of some notable socially conscious music released during the month of February. Songs/Videos A Tribe Called Red…

CJ Baker February 29, 2020

2017: The Year In Protest Music

Top 50 Protest Songs of 2017

French-Cuban duo Ibeyi, made up of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz recorded one of the 50 best protest songs of 2017. Photo Credit: Maya Dagnino This is a continuation…

CJ Baker December 30, 2017

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest – “Not Aretha’s Respect (Cops)” – Hamell On Trail

Hamell On Trail is the performance name of Ed Hamell, who is known for his political and satirical brand of folk-punk. On his tenth studio album, Tackle Box, Hamell is…

CJ Baker December 18, 2017

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: No Lives Matter – Body Count

In this tune, Ice-T starts off with a spoken word intro, discussing why Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter. From there he goes one step further and states…

CJ Baker December 11, 2017