posted by Chris @ 6/05/2005 05:00:00 PM  
Soldier Rap, The Pulse of War

Excerpt: "It took only a few ambushes, roadside bombs and corpses for Neal Saunders to know what he had to do: turn the streets of Baghdad into rap music. So the First Cavalry sergeant, then newly arrived for a year of duty in Sadr City, began hoarding his monthly paychecks and seeking out a U.S. supplier willing to ship a keyboard, digital mixer, cable, microphones and headphones to an overseas military address. He hammered together a plywood shack, tacked up some cheap mattress pads for soundproofing and invited other Task Force 112 members to join him in his jerry-built studio. They call themselves "4th25" - pronounced fourth quarter, like the final do-or-die minutes of a game - and their album is "Live From Iraq." The sound may be raw, even by rap standards, but it expresses things that soldiers usually keep bottled up. "

Comment: I don't usually like "rap me, zap me, crap me" music (as my 1st Sergeant used to call it), unless it's Kid Rock, but this music/video is pretty cool. Plus, the video contains scenes from a number of Iraq War videos circulating on the Net. More at 4th25.com!

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