Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury is the debut album by alternative hip hop

Alternative hip hop

Alternative hip hop is a sub-genre of hip hop music. Allmusic defines it as follows: -Origin:...

 crew The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an American industrial hip-hop band, active during the early 1990s.The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who had been in the Beatnigs, and introduced the work of guitarist Charlie Hunter...

, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music

1992 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....

). Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury found some critical acclaim, although the album leaned away from the then-rising G-Funk

G-funk

G-funk, or Gangsta-funk, is a sub-genre of hip hop music that emerged from Westcoast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. G-funk incorporates multi-layered and melodic synthesizers, slow hypnotic grooves, a deep bass, background female vocals, the extensive sampling of P-funk tunes, and a high-pitched...

 that came to be the dominant sub-genre within west coast hip hop.

“Television, the Drug of the Nation” was released as a single. It was recorded previously by Michael Franti's first band, the Beatnigs

The Beatnigs

The Beatnigs were a San Francisco band, which combined hard-core punk, industrial and hip hop influences, described as "a kind of avant-guard industrial jazz poets collective". The band was the initial collaboration of Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who would later form Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy...

.

Track listing

1. "Satanic Reverses" (Franti) – 4:45
2. "Famous and Dandy (Like Amos and Andy)" (Franti) – 6:34
3. "Television, the Drug of the Nation" (Franti) – 6:38
4. "Language of Violence" (Franti) – 6:15
5. "The Winter of the Long Hot Summer" (Franti) – 7:59
6. "Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury" (Franti) – 3:47
7. "Everyday Life Has Become a Health Risk" (Franti) – 4:54
8. "INS
   Immigration and Naturalization Service
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    Greencard A-19 191 500" (Franti) – 1:36
9. "Socio-Genetic Experiment" (Franti) – 4:19
10. "Music and Politics" (Franti) – 4:01
11. "Financial Leprosy" (Franti) – 5:30
12. "California Über Alles
    California Über Alles
    "California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side...
    
    " (Biafra/Greenway) – 4:13
13. "Water Pistol Man" (Franti) – 5:55

Samples

• "Satanic Reverses"
  • Miles Davis
    Miles Davis
    Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
    
     - "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"
• "Famous and Dandy"
  • Herbie Hancock
    Herbie Hancock
    Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
    
     - "Watermelon Man
    Watermelon Man
    Watermelon Man may refer to:*"Watermelon Man" , a composition written by Herbie Hancock*Watermelon Man , a 1970 film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and starring Godfrey Cambridge...
    
    "
• "Television, the Drug of the Nation"
  • The Meters
    The Meters
    The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
    
     - "Look-Ka-Py-Py"
• "Language of Violence"
  • This Mortal Coil
    This Mortal Coil
    This Mortal Coil was a gothic dream pop supergroup led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were technically the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many of whom...
    
     - "Barramundi"
• "The Winter of the Long Hot Summer"
  • This Mortal Coil
    This Mortal Coil
    This Mortal Coil was a gothic dream pop supergroup led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were technically the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many of whom...
    
     - "Waves Become Wings"
  • Wally Badarou - "Ayers Rock Bubble Eyes"
• "Everyday Life Has Become a Health Risk'
  • Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic"
• "California Über Alles
  California Über Alles
  "California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side...
  
  "
  • "California Über Alles
    California Über Alles
    "California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side...
    
    " by Dead Kennedys
    Dead Kennedys
    Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....
    
    
• "Water Pistol Man"
  • Wally Badarou - "Leaving this Place"

Personnel

• John Baker - Engineer
• Kim Buie - Art Direction
• The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Editing, Art Direction, Mixing
• Michael Franti
  Michael Franti
  Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock...
  
  - Arranger, Programming, Vocals, Backing Vocals
• Vivian Hall
• Mark Heimback-Nielsen - Art Direction, Design
• Charlie Hunter
  Charlie Hunter
  for the New Zealand racehorse trainer and driver see: Charlie HunterCharlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer and bandleader....
  
  - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Voices
• Jeff Mann - Post Production Engineer
• Mark Pistel
  Mark Pistel
  Mark Pistel is a producer, engineer, programmer, remixer and song writer, who has been working in the genres of Electronic music, Experimental music, Break Beat, Hip-Hop, and Dance, since 1988....
  
  - Arranger, Programming, Engineer, Mixing
• Pete Scaturro - Engineer
• Rono Tse - Percussion, Drums, Drums (Steel), Noise, Sheet Metal
• Barbara Walker - Assistant Photographer
• Howie Weinberg - Mastering
• Simone White
  Simone White
  -Life and career:White moved to NYC from London in 2000 where she began to play music onstage. She recorded her first album with producer David Domanich and musician and friend Frank Bango. White released the album, The Sincere Recording Company Presents, in 2003 on Bango's label The Sincere...
  
  - Drums
• Mat Callahan
  Mat Callahan
  Mat Callahan is an American musician, author, songwriter, activist, music producer and engineer.-Early life:...
  
  - Engineer
• Jack Dangers
  Jack Dangers
  Jack Dangers is an electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. He lives in San Francisco.-Career:...
  
  - Mixing
• Victor Hall - Art Direction, Photography
• Jay Blakesberg - Photography
• Sean Mathis - Assistant Photographer