Posted August 14, 2012 by shamz 12 comments

Audio: Brother Ali “Mourning In America”

Brother Ali

So far we’ve gotten an inside look at the creation of Brother Ali‘s upcoming LP, Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, some behind the scenes footage of tour preparation, and a leak or two, the idea of the LP is brought into clearer light today with the release of the title track. Says Ali: “This title track off of my new album is an observation on the culture of murder and death and our society. It’s also a critique of our hypocrisy as it relates to the taking of innocent lives. Power to the peaceful…” You can listen to the song after the jump, and cop it on iTunes. Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color (entirely produced by Jake One) will be out September 18th via Rhymesayers.

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Hosam

Thank you Lu for sending me here!
greg

Didnt know was entirely produced by jake one oh shit thsts gonna be incredible i cant wait
sstretch

BROTHER ALI + JAKE ONE = straight heat

check out the beats at http://www.soundcloud.com/sstretch68323
Jason James

First Brother Ali , in his song “daylight” , raps the he ” believes every word of the Koran and all that’s within it, all the concepts and prophets that are mentioned…” . Based on his follow up ” Us” , in which he claims all folks are equal and we should be ashamed of oppressing gay citizens, I have to wonder if this confused white boy who converted at 15 ever really read the Koran. The book is filled with instructions to either convert into Islam or be destroyed. The Koran is filled with advice to kill men women and children who don’t believe in Islam and thereby pose a “threat” to Islam that must be “defended” against. Read you holy book. Terrorists are acting upon a very legitimate reading of the Koran and Haddith . Trying to frame yourself as a liberal Islamist is announcing your own ignorance about your hate filled murderous iron ages holy book. The truth is here? Please.
- Shareef
  
  Would you go away!!!!!!!
Jason James

“power to the peaceful”‘ then the dude samples Malcom X after talking shit about violence. Whigger please. It’s so obvious this dude can flow, and also desperately needs to be black. He’s so clueless he’ll make a track condemning violence than end it with a sample of Malcom ! Wtf? The truth is here? Please.
happytrees

@Jason:

Every holy book is open to interpretation. No one agrees on any of them. That’s why every religion has different sects, where ideologies differ. It’s a part of the world… a part of being human.

And Malcom himself could be contradictory at times – this again is a part of being human. If you make honest music, this will happen to you. How many times has Nas or Tupac said something that completely contradicted a line or verse from a different song?

It almost seems silly that you seem to think that using a quote from a person means that you must agree with everything else that person might have said or that they had to fully agree with you. No.
- Losh
  
  I’m assuming based on your comments you have never heard a single Ali track. Ali is one of the biggest hypocrites in the game today. He talks about being a badmuthafucka in one track than in the very next talks about being peaceful. He uses words like fag and bitch in his music then gets mad when fans chant the words back. He says he’s not a pimp and respects women yet uses the word bitch in his music just like all the rest of the rappers. In the song Daylight he actually says he hates white people and the majority of the people who buy his album and through their support allowed him to buy that house are white. (listen to the song Daylight, he clearly says he hates white people, plain as day) I quit supporting this guy a long time ago. He’s a flip flopper like John Kerry. He’s not true at all. He says certain things or acts a certain way to sell records.
Jason James

You got me wrong. I’m trying to point out that brother Ali is doing what many good natured Muslims and Christians are doing, ignoring the despicable morality and atrocities advocated in the Bible and Koran and preach morality that actually came from secular democracy. The Koran demands women are property and gays should be murdered. Period.. Ali can be a devout Muslim or he can be open minded and respectful of gay rights and a women’s worth. It’s impossible to be both, and then call himself the truth on every damn song. The truth is this- there is no way. To allow Islma to flourish and remain a free and peaceful society. At its core, Islam makes sex slaves out of
Women and demands death for homosexuals and non believers. Get familiar, white guilt has got this nation afraid to call out a religion likes its tantamount. To racism. Race is blood. Religion is a choice, and Islam is a dangerous hateful one. Just sayin, Nas and Tupac are both liars too. But this ain’t a Tupac or Nas video. What’s your point? YouTube Sam Harris on Islam. Peace. Try to hate on free speech so much.
Jason James

Why you Muslims keep your women wrapped up in them ninja suits? This dude is the biggest self loathing race trader wanna be in rap ever. Including vanilla ice, just cause the dude can flow don’t mean he ain’t fake as fuck. If the blacks in the Midwest chose Buddhism over Nation of Islam, Ali would be rappin about meditation and loving inscence and shit.
JB

i could give a fucks about religious fairy tales and politics. good music is good music!!
- Losh
  
  Ali’s music hasn’t been “good” since Shadows. THAT was a banging album. Every album since then has been incredibly weak. Still, Shadows is one of the best hip hop albums ever. That is a classic. But, the dude fell off a long time ago and now he just does whatever it takes to sell records.