''Radio Free DC'' is the debut studio album of
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to ...
band
Fort Knox Five. It was recorded in the band's hometown of
Washington, D.C.
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The concept of Radio Free DC is that the listener is scanning the radio dial and encountering different sounds from
Washington, D.C.
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, including jingles and banter from radio jockeys interspersed throughout the album. The music video for the first single ''Funk 4 Peace'' debuted on October 24.
Track listing
# "RFDC: A Place Called Fort Knox" – 0:24
# "Insight" (featuring
Asheru
Gabriel Benn (born December 29, 1974), better known as Asheru, is an American rapper, educator, and youth activist. He performed the opening and closing themes for the popular TV series, '' The Boondocks''.
Early life and music
As a youth, Ash ...
) – 4:11
# "Funk 4 Peace" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 4:25
# "How To Start a Band" (featuring
Ian Svenonius
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) – 4:13
# "Sao Funky parts 1 & 2" (featuring Javier Miranda) – 3:49
# "The FK Strut" – 3:43
# "RFDC: Calling All Stations" – 0:16
# "The Party Pushers" – 4:03
# "Killa Soundboy" (featuring Sleepy Wonder & Zee of See-I) – 4:18
# "The Wonder Strikes Again" (featuring Sleepy Wonder) – 3:43
# "The Spirit of '75" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 5:00
# "RFDC: The Power of Five" – 0:27
# "Papa Was Stoned" – 4:47
# "Uptown Tricks" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 4:14
# "Not Gonna Take It" (featuring Rootz) – 4:27
# "RFDC: Signing Off" - 1:00
References
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2008 albums