RBG Blakademics

August, 2010

RBG BOONDOCKS-HUYUSHERU /

BALANCE, f. ASHERU

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First a matter of business. When Aaron McGruder introduced “The Boondocks” in 1999 ithad

one of the most syndicated launches in comic history. A few years later and your best bet at getting to check in on Huey and Riley was at Okayplayer.com. Fast forward 2005 and McGruder

kills again when “The Boondocks” cartoon scores

the largest premier in Adult Swim history. Since then

we haven’t heard much, and rumors of a similar

disappearance loomed over the cartoon. Ha, no

worries, 15 more episodes this June. Word. Moving

on. I can’t tell you how many times I have been watching “The Boondocks” with buddies and someone asks “who is this?” when the theme music

roles - and I’m like “motherfucker, don’t you have

Google?” But don’t sweat it: It’s Asheru, who’s the

host of Dub Floyd’s Hip Hop Docktrine: The Official

Boondocks Mixtape– a collection of previously

released tracks from well known artists and some Boondocks original content. Blended thoughtfully, Dub Floyd uses relevant samples from the show to blend with thematic elements of songs. A clip of Grandpa giving Riley an asswhooping leads into Ghostface’s “Whip You With A Strap” and a clip of Huey listing the “radical leftist

organizations” he founded segues into an ill remix of “Black Panthers” with Dead Prez,

Common, and the Last Poets. Dub Floyd stays on point, linking the content of the show to his

tracklisting. The songs mix humor, hip hop, reverence, cartoon culture, and social commentary

just like McGruder does to the strip and show. Songs like Akir’s “Politricks,” Edo G’s “Wishing,” and the Roots “It Don’t Feel Right” bang unabashed social criticism. Other songs are lighter but stick to the message like Dangerdoom’s “Old School” where Talib raps “I might be buggin but it seem to me that cartoons seem realer than reality TV.” But don’t overlook the fresh talent on

the tape. The host Asheru, best known for the theme, does some heavy lifting on tracks with

Talib and Black Lincolns. “We break bread as if we have pockets with no bottoms/cant be

further from the truth/like words spit in the booth/mixed down packaged and shipped/then

marketed to the youth” he spits on “Revolution.” The dude Tough Junkie also gets real creative

Hip Hop Docktrine

Hip Hop / Soul / Comedy

We wrote the Hip

Hop Docktrine!!!!

Terra-Belle,
Georgia
United
States

RBG Click and Play mp3 Quick List-

play Asheru -Revo l u ti o n

play Dead Prez feat Common & Last Poets-