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"About a week later at a Manhattan studio, I had a chance to speak with the dps about their upcoming projects and outlooks on the world we're living in.

Dyalekt: Do you feel your steadfast beliefs have hurt your career?

stic.man: We ain't had no career.

M1: We came into the game understanding it's a fight. Our beliefs are our weapon. That's all we have.

DY: With the growing popularity of "Neo Soul" music and the fact that "conscious" artists are getting more airplay, do you feel you have had a role in bringing positivity back in hip hop?

stic.man: F**k positive, the life we live is negative. The church might say it's something negative, even if it's getting something positive accomplished. That's vague. We resist oppression.

M1: The media is still controlled by the ruling class. They wont ever give a f**k about what the working class is saying. It's f**ked up. It's on their terms, but until it's on our terms we'll never know. We don't control it.

stic.man: You can't get caught up in how something looks. Someone might have a gangsta tape, and be building in the community. Another person might have locks and don't eat meat, but be funny style. People should be able to see through the image.

DY: When is the new album dropping?

M1: The mix tape, "Turn Off Your Radio" comes out on November 12th, Malcolm X's birthday. stic.man: The album drops in February, on National Revolution Day.

DY: What should we expect from the album?

stic.man: Trying to make the sound grow musically. Roots, soul, south, hardcore, that's all in there. As far as politics, the same f**k the police shit we been on. We've learned a lot about being pigeonholed.

DY: Whom have you worked with recently?

stic.man: Krayzie Bone, Larry Blackmon, M'shell Ndegocello. Got a clothing line with [manager and business partner] Dedan called "Pimp the System."

DY: What community activists and programs do you support?

M1: Respect to all the cats doing Black August. We ain't free 'til we bring ni**as home. Respect to the Malcolm X grassroots movement, and people like Reverend Herbert Daltry keeping 2pac's name alive. Fred Hampton jr. is everywhere across the map. Hip Hop and political prisoner tour. We'll use wherever we can drive home some knowledge. We'll use churches, mosques, and synagogues. It's been an outlet. We bring a working class element. Bringing new and young soldiers, bringing worlds together to make a change.

DY: What do we as Black people need to do to make things better?

stic.man: Identify short-term goals. People are pissed off, but don't know what to do. Be offensive. Those with clear vision that stimulate and people gravitate towards should be leaders. It's in the community. We need focus. Polly up. Lets get schools and day care. It's different in every hood but the conditions are the same.

DY: How do you feel about the popularity battling has seen recently amongst well-known MCs?

M1: People battle their ideas. All of this extracurricular is what happens. It's a great idea as long as it's constructive. If not, it could lead to violence.

stic.man: Don't call dps out!

DY: How do you feel about the Hip Hop community stepping into the political arena?

M1: Cats been reppin' their political views, with their money. They've been voting for Prada and Hilfiger. They've given their vote to the white ruling class. Cats just now getting conscious. Doing what they do because they want to do it. Ni**as been buying Versace.

stic.man: Anything being done together, that's what power is right there. That's what the system is designed to prevent. If we all got together and decided to knock down every stop sign in the country there'd be a lot of wrecks. That's power, but they won't ever let that happen.

DY: Is there no hope for Black people in America? Should we abandon this country?

M1: Is that even realistic? Ni**as can't afford to just pack up and leave. Besides, the US is now worldwide. Names of countries mean nothing. People forget that before 9-11, and still today, the US is the number one terrorist.

DY: Are we owed reparations?

M1: Yeah, that's the least we deserve: Money, land, and freedom. Pay back what was taken. They want to forget about what happened. The US pulled out of the World Racism Conference in South Africa 'cause they want it all to be forgotten. They don't want to acknowledge what happened.

DY: Then for the sake of recognition, are you in favor of a slave monument?

M1: Naw, no slave monument, that's a gold chain. Damn a monument. If we want a monument, let us build one with our money. Get off my land. They owe us, and will never give us reparations, so we're gonna have to take it. Even so called liberal crackers should be discussing this topic, Europe too.

DY: Do you feel that since the World Trade Center was built over the graves of African slaves that the attack was some sort of karma?

M1: If that's the case, every inch of this land is in trouble. The country was built on the fall of the Red man and the enslavement of the Black. From New York to Florida, west to east. Even the name "Manhattan" is from the indigenous people. I would want to be more accurate than karma. You can't keep hungry people from eating for too long.

stic.man: It adds up in all math. It's a circle. People on the bottom surely go up. "

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I have an aversion to part of the song they sing.  The reason why is they aren't being 100% truthful because they don't want to turn away any would be fans.  

Here's what they want to say.

"We are socialists.  We are for the socialist movement.  And we also want reperations for all black people.  Peace."