Slow Down Gandhi
2005 · Epitaph 86709-2 · Miami, Florida
- Artist
- Sage Francis
- Title
- Slow Down Gandhi
- Release
- Slow Down Gandhi
- Year
- 2005
- Label
- Epitaph # 86709-2
- Format
- 12" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Sage Francis is a East Coast hip-hop artist, born in Miami, Florida (1976), and currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. In 2005 he self-released the 12" single "Slow Down Ghandi", which later appeared on the album A Healthy Distrust (Epitaph Records # 86709-2). He wrote the song during the 2004 presidential election, about "fly-by-night activists who get caught up in political fervor every election year and then they fall by the wayside when the party is over". (1) In the middle section of the song, he criticised US military recruitment methods with regards to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, saying "it felt like Kent State the way they targeted the students, I galloped off whistling Ohio" - a reference to the famous Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young single Ohio. Francis later wrote that "ever since 9/11 I've been on an anti-war crusade, dear Barack…bring 'em home". (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Sage Francis (born Paul Francis, 18 November 1976, Miami, Florida) is an underground hip-hop artist long based in Providence, Rhode Island, founder of Strange Famous Records and a member of Non-Prophets. "Slow Down Gandhi" appears on his 2005 album "A Healthy Distrust" (Epitaph/Anti-), confirmed via the Discogs listings for the album and its promo 12"; the record's political focus is documented. Date 2005 recorded as a fact. [Source: Wikipedia; Discogs]