M1 ft. Nas - Genocide Highway

M1 (of dead prez) - Genocide Highway

Featuring: Nas

Producer: Beatnick & K-Salaam

Album: None (Promo Single)

Label: Unsigned

On November 9, 1799, an African-Caribbean slave named Denmark Vesey purchased his freedom after winning $1550 in a city lottery. Once unchained, however, he didn’t simply start a new life for himself; he began plotting an insurrection with the help of fellow free blacks. Though the schemes ended tragically, with Vesey and 34 of his conspirators hanged, his revolutionary commitment to liberty and equality has inspired many—among them M1, who makes his solo DJBooth debut with a record dedicated to the historical figure. On Genocide Highway, the dead prez member examines the “sea of pain,” struggle and bondage that still reigns supreme right outside his door, delivering his radical rhetoric over a lush instrumental by K-Salaam & Beatnick (complete with a dope vocoded hook). Queensbridge legend Nas provides politically-charged guest bars. This project isn’t currently attached to any forthcoming solo release, but fans can keep it locked for all the latest from M-1, both solo and as one-half of dead prez.

This song first appeared on the Independent Chart on November 19, 2012

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djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 7981	Rating: djblaze's Top Rated Songs Nas really ripped this. Good work by M1 too. I'll run this back a few times. Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

DJ Z DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11651	Rating: DJ Z's Top Rated Songs Impressive. Heavy topic, handled real real well. Production is top notch. And don't forget, we are giving DJBooth members a chance to win SOL REPUBLIC headphones just for leaving feedback/ratings on all our daily music features! Follow @DJBooth
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

RyanSx Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1217	Rating: RyanSx's Top Rated Songs That beat is by far the highlight of the song for me and thats hard to say considering Nas is spittin' a verse on the track. Haven't listened to M1 much before this, but now have the urge to go download a dead prez album. Hook was cool as well, but the beat and Nas verse are what really make this track achieve banger status.
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

The_Vuitton_Don DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 394	Rating: The_Vuitton_Don's Top Rated Songs Gucci stamped
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

lisae93 DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 657	Rating: lisae93's Top Rated Songs This instrumental of this track is perfection. The guitar and just the mix of everything meshes well. Nas is a great rapper so it wasn't a surprise that his delivery was superb. The featured artists did nice as well
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

JKL11293 Tastemaker Total Ratings: 877	Rating: JKL11293's Top Rated Songs Two of the best vets in the game. Both flowed effortlessly over this. The chorus could use some work, but it's not nothing that takes away from the song. Solid production from Beatnick and K-Salaam. I hope they collab some more.
	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

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	Posted on Nov 11, 2012

Mike V. DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 1	Rating: Mike V.'s Top Rated Songs Hadn't heard of M1 before and was pleasantly surprised and of course Nas was classic Nas.
	Posted on Nov 12, 2012

T@NE tha M.Y.T.H. DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 282	Rating: T@NE tha M.Y.T.H.'s Top Rated Songs Nas sliced and diced this one! Good job by M1 too! I didn't like the chorus though.
	Posted on Nov 12, 2012

T@NE tha M.Y.T.H. DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 282	Rating: T@NE tha M.Y.T.H.'s Top Rated Songs 3.5 Stars!
	Posted on Nov 12, 2012

Dray Yard DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 24	Rating: Dray Yard's Top Rated Songs Great. But... what the funk did you think producing that shittie Information Age album?
	Posted on Nov 12, 2012