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Dear Mr. President (Fredwreck song)

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"Dear Mr. President"
Single by Various Artists
Released2004
GenreRap
Length7:14
Producer(s)Fredwreck

"Dear Mr. President" is a protest song by the hip-hop producer Fredwreck. It is available free on the Internet, but was not originally released on a CD due to its controversial nature.[1] It is also available on Fredwrecks' Greatest Hits Episode 1 CD.[2]

History

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The politically charged song is directed at George W. Bush, criticizing him for the war in Iraq.[1] The single was released as part of the S.T.O.P. movement by Fredwreck, which was a group formed to protest the Iraq War and only released this song and one other.[3][4]

It features Everlast, Mobb Deep, The Alchemist, Mack 10, WC, Evidence, Defari, KRS-One and B-Real.[5]

Financial and time constraints meant that this song had to be recorded in parts. Mobb Deep's vocals were recorded using a laptop in a hotel room.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hale, A (17 October 2004). "Dear Mr. President". HipHopDX. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ Ben Quiñones (9 June 2005). "The Mad Science of Fredwreck". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
  3. ^ Abushakra, Nasrine (25 March 2015). "FredWreck: Famed Music Producer and Advocate For Peace". Haute Living. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Roussel, Violaine; Lechaux, Bleuwenn (2 February 2010). Voicing Dissent: American Artists and the War on Iraq. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19237-2.
  5. ^ "Dear Mr. President". Fredwreck. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
  6. ^ Kris Evans (17 August 2005). "Putting Politics Back Into Us Hip-Hop". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2024.