State of the World Address

Metal · 1994 · 14 tracks

State of the World Address

Heavy Brooklyn hardcore meets hip-hop rhythm. A massive, high-fidelity document of urban frustration, social decay, and the relentless drive to survive the streets.

May 24, 1994 · Warner Bros. Records

Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness and social frustration.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

01

State of the World Address

3:18

02

Down for Life

3:46

03

What Makes Us Tick

2:23

04

Tales From the Hard Side

5:40

05

How It Is

4:02

06

Remember

3:40

07

Five Blocks to the Subway

3:13

08

Each Day

3:52

09

Failed Territory

5:40

10

Lack There Of

4:47

11

Pride

3:16

12

Human Animal

4:53

13

Cornered

3:11

14

Love Denied / Ink

5:55

Moments Worth Listening For

The Reservoir Dogs dialogue sample in Lack There Of that sets a cinematic tone of impending violence.

The rhythmic, hip-hop influenced vocal trade-off between Billy and Evan on Five Blocks to the Subway.

The sudden transition into the heavy groove of How It Is featuring Sen Dog's unmistakable West Coast flow.

The raw, emotional shift in Love Denied where the lyrics pivot from social anger to the cycle of childhood trauma.

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