REVOLUTION OF THE MIND

New Official Video!! "All We Ask Is Trust" (prod. by Snowgoons) / "New Mourning" (prod. by Malaguti of F.A.M.E.)

2011-07-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

Shot & Edited by John Coyne: www.caughtinthescramble.com

Peace family,

Hope everybody's summer is going well. We wanted to share with yall our brand new music video, "All We Ask Is Tryst" (prod. by Snowgoons) / "New Mourning" (prod. by Malaguti of F.A.M.E.). Watch the video on Snowgoons official YouTube page. (Big ups to Dj Illegal for posting the vid!!)

Shout out to to homie John Coyne for his dope camera work and editing in weaving together 2 of our favorite joints from the new album in this video. Both songs are from our latest album "Honor In Sin", executive produced by Sabac Red. If you haven't already, you can click her to download the entire album for free at DjBooth.net!!

Peace.

"HONOR IN SIN" LP officially released!!! FREE download exclusively at DjBooth.net!!!

2011-04-27T09:30:00.000-07:00

ROTM has teamed with DjBooth.net to release our new full-length, studio album "HONOR IN SIN" will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD!!! Click here to go to the download page. The album, Executive Produced by Sabac Red of Non-Phixion, features guest appearances and production from some of the illest artists in independent hip-hop, including: Sabac, Snowgoons, Sicknature, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, Kahlee, Uptown Swuite and more.

Check out our website and Facebook for more updates and releases, or sign up for our email list at the top of this site to receive alerts and free downloads.

TITLE TRACK FROM NEW ROTM ALBUM: “HONOR IN SIN” (FREE DOWNLOAD)

2011-03-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

"That love of father and son outlived a movement, thus provin',

blood is thicker than revolution."

Our song/video for “Die For My People” (click here to watch on YouTube) told a fictional story tracing the last 30 years of political history in Iran. ROTM’s newest single release, “Honor In Sin”, shares the true life story of emcee I.Sheik’s family. Just as the Islamic Revolution was tearing the fabric of a nation, Sheik’s family was being divided by the same civil war that gripped their country. The title track off ROTM’s new album, “Honor In Sin” tells the tale of division and reconciliation for a family caught on both sides of political upheaval.
The album version is available for download below or by clicking here. The radio edit of the mp3 is available here, and you can also click here to hear the song on YouTube.

ROTM on the new album from DC THE MIDI ALIEN (EAST COAST AVENGERS): "Avenger Airwaves"

2011-02-15T23:07:00.000-08:00

Check out Revolution Of The Mind on the new album from DC The Midi Alien (East Coast Avengers) titled "Avengers Radio". Dope ass line-up including Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Slaine (La Coka Nostra), Sabac Red (Non-Phixion), Esoteric & Trademarc, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace (AOTP), and of course ROTM. Real soldier shit for 2011!!!

The group East Coast Avengers was created in 2008 by MCs Esoteric, trademarc and DJ/producer DC The MIDI Alien. Having dealt with almost 8 politically corrupt years of the Bush regime, the three banded together and the result was the controversial yet socially aware 'Prison Planet' album full of gritty production and razor sharp lyricism. The lead single and video, "Kill Bill O'Reilly" sparked a national outrage, getting the group's visuals banned from myspace and youtube and even gaining them notoriety on Keith Olberman's "Countdown" on MSNBC. The album was met with stellar reviews, landing on many "Top Albums of the Year 2009" lists; including a feature in NME magazine, a blog response from the right's prissy lap dog Michelle Malkin, live debates on conservative radio talk shows and numerous actual death threats for the artists themselves.

This time around the Avengers are armed with hip hop royalty from across the country, each bringing a particular injustice or rally call to the fore front of their social conscience, politically contesting diatribes.

Theme music for the revolution comrades...Open your ears and raise your fists!!!

FREE SINGLE DOWNLOAD off new ROTM Album: "Ain’t Seen Me Since” (Feat. The Seed – Kahlee & Uptown Swuite) (Prod. by Sicknature of Snowgoons)

2011-02-08T19:07:00.001-08:00

“A stand-up dude, I swear I won’t crack, Feelin’ like Denzel in ‘Glory’ when the whip was on his back, You might see me cry but won’t see me flinch, They loosened up the chains and Ain’t Seen Me Since.”

ROTM is back with our latest free single release, “Ain’t Seen Me Since” featuring The Seed (Kahlee & Uptown Swuite) and produced by Sicknature of Snowgoons. This is the newest single off our upcoming album “Honor In Sin” (Exec. Prod. by Sabac Red of Non-Phixion). “Ain’t Seen Me Since” was world premiered last night on DjBooth.net.

Click here to download the song. The clean/radio edit of the song is also available for download here. Look out for an official music video for this song coming soon!!

*** Be on the lookout in the next couple of months for rapid-fire release of new ROTM singles, videos, and announcements on upcoming projects, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Sicknature, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, Kahlee, Uptown Swuite, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list at the top of this page. ***

FREE SINGLE DOWNLOAD off the new ROTM Album: "Home Invasion" (Feat. Outerspace) (Prod. by SickNature)

2010-10-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

Lock your doors. Shut your windows. Close your blinds. It ain’t safe no more.

Revolution Of The Mind releases “Home Invasion”, the latest FREE SINGLE off our new album “Honor In Sin”. The song features Outerspace (Army Of The Pharaohs), and is produced by the homie SickNature (straight outta Denmark!). Download the Explicit version below or by clicking here. The Clean/Radio Edit is also available by clicking here.

Shout outs to SickNature and OS for doing their thing on this joint! I’m sure you’ll all enjoy! And be sure to check out ROTM’s DJ D-Fi dropping guest scratches on the upcoming Outerspace album “My Brother’s Keeper”!

Be on the lookout for more free downloads and music videos coming real soon! Peace.

REVOLUTION OF THE MIND

*** Throughout 2010, ROTM will continue to drop free singles or music videos, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, SickNature, Kahlee, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list at the top of this page.***

Video Premiere!!: "Die For My People" (Prod. by SNOWGOONS)

2010-08-23T22:59:00.000-07:00

Revolution Of The Mind premieres our brand new video “Die For My People”. We created this song last summer, in the aftermath of the uprising for freedom in Iran. The song traces the last 35 years of Iranian history/politics through the eyes of one fictional character, whose story is a combination of the true journeys of several real-life freedom fighters.

The track is produced by the world-famous Snowgoons, and the video is available exclusively on the Snowgoons official YouTube channel (see video above).

Directed and photographed by James Mann. (www.CameraExperiment.com)

The song is also available for FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD below or at http://www.divshare.com/download/12152392-ac4.

The lyrics of the song are available in both English and Farsi by clicking here.

*** Throughout 2010, ROTM will continue to drop new free singles and music videos, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, SickNature, Kahlee, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list at the top of this page.***

I.Sheik Interview with RE-VOLT Radio (SAUDI ARABIA)!!!

2010-08-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

I.Sheik recently sat down for an interview with Hass of RE-VOLT Radio in Saudi Arabia. You can hear the interview in the audio player below, or click here to go to the RE-VOLT website.

First FREE SINGLE DOWNLOAD off the new ROTM Album: "Block's Conscience" (Prod. by Keelay & Zaire)

2010-07-27T00:03:00.000-07:00

Revolution Of The Mind offers the first FREE SINGLE off our new album “Honor In Sin”. The song “Block’s Conscience” is produced by none other than the homies Keelay & Zaire. Download the Explicit version below or by clicking here. You can also download the Clean/Radio Edit version here.

*** Throughout 2010, ROTM will continue to drop new free singles and music videos, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, SickNature, Kahlee, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list at www.revolutionofthemind.com.***

New ROTM T-SHIRTS Now Available!!!

2010-07-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

As part of our new releases this summer leading up to the release of our new album "Honor In Sin", ROTM is also offering three new t-shirt designs. Click on the "STORE" tab at the top of the page to see more. (Free shipping on all sales, U.S. & International.)

Video Premiere: ROTM & REEF THE LOST CAUZE!!! - "They Must All..." prod. by Keelay & Zaire

2010-06-29T19:23:00.000-07:00

Revolution Of The Mind presents the first video off our new album “HONOR IN SIN” (Exec. Prod. by Sabac Red). The single “They Must All...” features Reef The Lost Cauze, and is produced by Keelay & Zaire.

Directed and Photographed by James Mann.
www.CameraExperiment.com

Enjoy, and remember to post/share/forward this video with your network.

You can also click here to watch the video on Vimeo.

*** Throughout 2010, ROTM will continue to drop new free singles and music videos, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, SickNature, Kahlee, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list at the top of this page.***

Revolution Of The Mind & Sade!!...New Song for Anniversary of Iran Uprsing!!!

2010-06-21T22:11:00.000-07:00

To mark the 1 year anniversary of the mass uprising for human rights and democracy in Iran, Revolution Of The Mind has released a new song as a symbol on the current state of the Green Movement. (The song, “Still Waiting (We Will Not Forget)” is a remix of Sade’s “Soldier of Love”.)
Though there were scattered clashes between freedom fighters and government forces on the anniversary of the disputed presidential election, the milestone passed “quietly” relative the millions of people that poured into the streets to protests last year. But this is not because the government in Iran has eased its repressive actions against its own people. To the contrary, it is precisely because the regime has intensified its crackdowns on dissent and free speech that people are more afraid than ever to stand up to their oppressor.
Some see this as a victory for the military dictatorship in Iran. Others feel that the Green Movement must adjust its tactics, and increasingly attack the legitimacy of this murderous regime through media campaigns and dissident communication, using the Internet as the front line in this modern war.
Taking both of these views into account, ROTM’s new song “Still Waiting (We Will Not Forget)” can be interpreted two ways:
As an opening salvo in the Green Movement’s new digital war against the regime; OR,
As a reminder to those throughout the ranks of the regime, whose hands are still stained with the blood of our fallen brothers and sisters, that nothing has been forgotten, and nothing has been forgiven. That their day of judgment will come.

Download the song below or by clicking here. The lyrics of the song are also available for download here in both English and Farsi.

*** Throughout 2010, ROTM will continue to drop new free singles and music video, leading up to the release of our new album “HONOR IN SIN”, Executive Produced by Sabac Red (formerly of Non-Phixion). The album features guest appearances/production by Sabac, Snowgoons, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Keelay & Zaire, SickNature, Kahlee, Malaguti of F.A.M.E. and more. To receive free downloads off the new album, sign up for ROTM’s email list on this site.***

Sheik on HARD KNOCK RADIO w/ DAVEY D (KPFA)!!!

2010-06-21T15:17:00.000-07:00

I.Sheik was interviewed June 18 by Anita Johnson of KPFA's long-running hip-hop program HARD KNOCK RADIO hosted by Davey D. Sheik discussed the political situation in Iran around the 1 year anniversary of the mass uprising, his own background coming from a family of freedom-fighters and being raised in the U.S., and the connection between music and political action/philosophy. Listen to the interview below. Sheik's interview starts around the 35:00 minute mark and lasts for the rest of the hour.

Hard Knock Radio - June 18, 2010 at 4:00pm KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio

Bay Area Marks the 1-year Anniversary of the Iran Uprising

2010-06-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

The Iranian community in the Bay Area came out strong once again to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the mass uprsing for human rights and democracy in Iran. ROTM performed for hundreds of attendees at the evening rally at Union Square in San Francisco.

Earlier in the day, we combined two global icons by marching the world-renowned Green Scroll to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Green Scroll is a 2,000 meter piece of fabric signed by Iranians in hundreds of cities throughout the world in 2009 declaring that Ahmadinejad is NOT our president, and listing a set of demands for our brothers and sisters in Iran, including basic human rights, and free and fair elections. The Green Scroll is the longest petition in human history.

For more information on how to get involved, go to http://www.norcal4iran.com/ or http://www.united4iran.com/.

I.Sheik on KPFA Radio....

2010-06-09T23:25:00.000-07:00

I.Sheik of Revolution Of The Mind was interviewed on KPFA Free Speech Radio's "Voices of the Middle East and North Africa" program tonight, discussing the upcoming anniversary of the mass uprsing in Iran, Iranian activist activities in the Bay Area, and ROTM's music. Listen or download the show here:

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa - June 9, 2010 at 7:00pm

Click to listen (or download)

Final Scenes for ROTM's new "Die For My People" Video!!

2010-05-24T16:44:00.000-07:00

We shot the final scenes yesterday for our upcoming video "Die For My People", one of the singles of our new album "HONOR IN SIN". Much love to everyone from the community who came out.... all my cousins, and my brothers and sisters in the struggle. To help emphasize the human side of our peoples' struggle for freedom, we held up portraits of fallen revolutionaries and freedom fighters to symbolize the individual loss/destruction of lives in this massive movement. Here is one of the shots from yesterday's shoot:

And here are a couple of screenshots of main video shoot from last month. This video will drop this summer, and trust me its ridiculous. Shout out to director James Mann.

Is I.Sheik gonna have to slap a b!#ch?!?!

2010-05-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

In the space of 1 day, I went from never having heard of 23-year-old Persian-French tennis player Aravane Rezai, to having a favorite tennis player for the first time in my life, to wanting so slap some sense in her ignorant young ass. How the hell did that all that happen in a day? Well here's the breakdown.

Late yesterday morning, I get some emails that some Persian chick upset Venus Williams in the finals of the Madrid Open. Dizzam!!! I didn't know we had Persian tennis players, and she slapped Venus in two sets?!?! I had to google it right away, and I saw her standing with her trophy in hand.
Not too long after that, I am on the air co-hosting Iranican Live (if you couldn't figure it out from the title, its a talk show about Persian-Americans) and one of the other hosts tells me about a YouTube video of Rezai and her mom in Iran, gushing over how they just got to speak with punk-ass "President" Ahmadinejad. The young brainless broad starts going off about how he's upholding the pride of our country, and (here's the clincher) she gets f*%kin teary-eyed while talking about this murderous SOB (watch the clip, disgusting):

Now there have been some reports that she just talks all that pro-government garbage cuz she's in the public eye and she wants her mom to be able to travel back-and-forth to Iran safely, but at a time like this, there is very little room for these "shades of grey", especially when you're a public figure. You want your family to be safe? You don't want trouble? You don't do politics? Fine. Keep your mouth shut. Don't espouse this type of crap and expect to get a free pass. Like I said, no shades of grey, either you're down for the cause or you're not.

Then there's the other option, just as likely, that this chick is actually brainwashed enough to believe that stuff she was saying, which obviously is a hundred times worse.

Either way, no free pass. So congratulations Aravane, you just went from my favorite tennis player to my least favorite tennis player in the span of 6 hours. I hope you accidentaly mess up Serena's hair at the French Open and she puts you in a damn headlock!!

Silent End for "Quiet Dynasty"

2010-05-10T18:34:00.000-07:00

In the end, they lost the same way they won...quietly. Even though the Suns closed the coffin on the Tim Duncan era Saturday night behind a fourth quarter performance for the ages by Goran Dragic (who??), it was another short white man, Steve Nash, that put the final nail in, with one eye no less.

But even though the Spurs were dead in the water already, damn near nobody thought they were gonna get closed out in a sweep Sunday night. Champions don’t just roll over. And to their credit, the Spurs didn’t. They played tough all four games. Actually, that might have been the highest quality series to ever end in a sweep. Just quality basketball from both teams. The crazy thing is that the team that could never close games...never... found a way to close out four straight against the team that always found a way to beat them.... always.

I’m talking about the Spurs that knocked the Suns out of the playoffs in ’06 after Joe Johnson broke his friggin face, even though Stoudemire averaged like a 100 points per game; the same Spurs that only beat the Suns in ’07 because Robert Horry tackled Steve Nash and Nash’s teammates got their boy’s back, earning automatic suspensions that cost them another shot at the championship; the same goddam Spurs that needed Duncan (who can’t even make his free throws after all these years) to hit a game tying 3-pointer in overtime to beat the Suns in ’08.

But sometimes that’s the only way that a team’s karma really changes... in a fluke ass way that nobody coulda predicted. Nobody woulda guessed the Suns would outplay the Spurs in crunchtime 4 straight games. Nobody woulda thought the Suns could win ugly games where they didn’t shoot the ball well (like they did in Game 1 and 2). And nobody would have expected that in the 4th quarter of game 3, Dragic would turn into Isaiah Thomas from the ’88 Finals. With the Spurs facing the end of their dynasty (since this was their last realistic chance to win a ring with a Duncan-led team), Dragic scored 23 points in the fourth quarter as some of the most accomplished players in playoff history stood helpless. And Dragic’s performance was a microcosm for the game.

With the Spurs legacy hanging in the balance, they expectedly had their big guns on the court in the fourth quarter (Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, etc.). The Suns? They had Grant Hill and a bunch of bench players on the court to try to put the dagger in one of the greatest dynasties in the NBA history. And while the Suns best players cheered from the bench, their back-ups were unstoppable, scoring 39 points in the fourth period to seal the deal.

So, obviously, the surprises were done for this series, right? The Spurs would come out like a wounded animal in Game 4, and win easily, especially since the Suns were now playing with house money.

But nothing about this series was predictable. The Suns came out in Game 4 with a purpose to kill the beast while it was wounded. And even though Nash got his eye busted by Duncan’s elbow, the kid went to the locker room to get stitches, and played the whole fourth quarter with one eye swollen shut.

I didn’t think anything could be more memorable from this series that Dragic’s Game 3 performance. But after Game 4, the lasting image of this battle will be Nash executing the Spurs -- busting 25-footers, and-one’s, and running floaters -- all with his eye busted like Rocky Balboa. Finally slaying his demon.

Even though no one coulda seen this coming, deep down we all knew this is the only way the Suns could overcome their tormentors... in a way that defied all logic and history. And just like that.. the witch is dead.

Deeeaaammm, Jada killed this ish!!!

2010-05-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

My homie sent me this new track today, "Soldiers Survivors" by Jadakiss featuring Nas and Sheek Louch (just those three names alone should make any real heads stand at attention) off Jada's new mixtape The Champ Is Here Vol. 3. The subject of my boy's email was "Nas murked this!!". Yo, I love Nas, he's at or close to the top of my favorite MCs list, and no artist has been more influential on my rhymes..... but Nas' verse was just aiiiiight.

Jada on the other had, oooooh my gooooodddd!! I was gonna put some of his punch lines here, but the verse is damn near a 16-bar punch line in itself. Am I buggin, or did this verse kill 99% of the flows that Jada spit on his actual album? And I was kinda feelin that LP too. Here's some of Jada's quotables:

Not a killa, nah I'm in the villa chillin out/ With ur girl pourin coconut Ciroc in her mouth.
Bumpy Johnson was rich but he wasn't wealthy/ money ain't everything, you happier when you healthy
Right there in front of ur momma, you get pounded/ treat the track like Rihanna and Chris Brown-it!!!

I mean c'mon, and those three quotes didn't come close to doing the verse justice. The way he set them up with his rhyme patterns, and the rest of the lines, straight fiiire!!

Oh, and not to be outdone, Sheek Louch, the master of taking a simple ass line and saying it so that it sounds like the dopest thing ever, finished his verse like this:

Don, 357 long/ Put the hammer in your mouth...trey songs

Hahahah. Nas probably had the weakest verse on the track, and that sentence by itself should let you know the caliber of rhymes being spit. The dopeness of this track also made me NOT listen to the rest of the tracks on YouTube. I'm waitin to get this mixtape as legit MP3s so I can twist up and listen to it properly. Link is below. Enjoy. And ur welcome.