Party Music

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Party Music
Studio album by The Coup
Released	November 6, 2001
Genre	Alternative hip hop, Funk
Label	75 Ark
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The Coup chronology
Steal This Album (1998)	Party Music (2001)	Pick a Bigger Weapon (2006)
Alternate cover
Original album artwork

Party Music is the fourth studio album by The Coup, an alternative hip hop group based in Oakland, California.

The album was originally released by 75 Ark Records and has since been re-released by Epitaph Records after the group's signing in 2004.

[edit] Original cover

The album, which was originally scheduled to be released in late September 2001, is best known for its original cover art, which depicted Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress appearing to detonate a pair of twin skyscrapers bearing a strong resemblance to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. What appears to be a "detonating device" is in actuality a digital chromatic tuner, which is used in music to tune instruments or vocals during warm ups.

The art was created in June 2001. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the album's release was delayed until November 2001 to allow new cover art to be used.

[edit] Lyrics

Boots Riley wrote the album's "Wear Clean Draws" for his daughter.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Everythang"
2. "5 Million Ways to Kill a C.E.O."
3. "Wear Clean Draws" (featuring Martin Luther)
4. "Ghetto Manifesto"
5. "Get Up" (featuring Dead Prez)
6. "Tight"
7. "Ride The Fence"
8. "Nowalaters" (featuring Kween)
9. "Pork and Beef"
10. "Heven Tonite" (featuring Kween)
11. "Thought About It 2"
12. "Lazymuthafucka"