Protest songs take many forms. African American spirituals were a form of protest music, and so too is much of rap, hip-hop, folk and plenty of other genres. Take Rage Against The Machine, for example. While already a pioneering group musically, the band’s lyrics also covered subject matter that is all too relevant today. In 1992, you had the Rodney King riots – and in 2020, the George Lloyd riots are currently tearing the nation apart.
Denzel Curry knows a thing or two about this, too. His own brother was tased and killed by police in 2014, and he’s already covered Rage’s “Bulls On Parade” previously – so it’s no surprise he teamed up with jazz legend Kamasi Washington, Daylyt, producer Terrace Martin, and G Perico on a new track, “Pig Feet”. And holy hell, does it hit hard. The video in particular is pretty illuminating, as it contains video of the Lloyd riots going on currently.
This song has very real potential to be this year’s “This Is America”. Mainly because of the delivery between Denzel Curry and Daylyt, the interesting and extremely talented jazz influence of Kamasi Washington, and production that bangs like Public Enemy. This is truly incredible stuff.
