"Sound of da Police" is the second and final single from rapper KRS-One's first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for Cop Out. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a b-side, "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from DITC. The lyrics refer to police, in places like Bronx, New York.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:abstract
  • "Sound of da Police" is the second and final single from rapper KRS-One's first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for Cop Out. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a b-side, "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from DITC. The lyrics refer to police, in places like Bronx, New York. The lyrics are a protest against institutionalized racism, oppression and violence against the black community. This is all purveyed with lines like "Are you really for peace and equality?", comparing police officers to plantation overseers, from the slave trade. This song is very similar to a song released by N.W. A called Fuck tha Police, released 5 years earlier.
dbpedia-owl:bSide
  • "Hip Hop vs. Rap"
dbpedia-owl:format
dbpedia-owl:genre
dbpedia-owl:musicalArtist
dbpedia-owl:musicalBand
dbpedia-owl:producer
dbpedia-owl:recordedIn
dbpedia-owl:releaseDate
  • 1993-12-06 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:runtime
  • 258.000000 (xsd:double)
dbpedia-owl:subsequentWork
dbpedia-owl:thumbnail
dbpprop:artist
dbpprop:bSide
  • "Hip Hop vs. Rap"
dbpprop:cover
  • Sound Of Da Police.jpg
dbpprop:format
dbpprop:fromAlbum
dbpprop:genre
dbpprop:lastSingle
  • "Outta Here"
dbpprop:length
  • 258.0
dbpprop:name
  • Sound of da Police
dbpprop:nextSingle
  • "MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
dbpprop:producer
dbpprop:recorded
  • 1993 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:released
  • 1993-12-06 (xsd:date)
dbpprop:thisSingle
  • "Sound of da Police"
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • "Sound of da Police" is the second and final single from rapper KRS-One's first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for Cop Out. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a b-side, "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from DITC. The lyrics refer to police, in places like Bronx, New York.
rdfs:label
  • Sound of da Police
owl:sameAs
foaf:depiction
foaf:name
  • Sound of da Police
foaf:page
is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageRedirects of
is owl:sameAs of
is foaf:primaryTopic of