We couldn’t make that up. Robert 3D Del Naja and Grant Marshall of Massive Attack have collaborated with rapper Snoop Dogg under the name of 100 Suns for a song featured in the film In Prison My Whole Life that was released in the UK last weekend. The film is a documentary about the controversy over the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a man who has been on death row since 1981 after being convicted of shooting a policeman. In the song “Calling Mumia”, Massive Attack demonstrates their political activism (not suprisingly), while the legendary rapper takes a brand new opportunity to %@$k the po-lice in rhyme (not suprisingly). The result of their efforts is as hard-hitting as the song I Against I, MA’s collaboration with Mos Def, recently played on Chillville. Both Snoop Dogg and Mos Def also appear in the movie. Other artists featured in the music-heavy film span from Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine and The Roots.
MA have been featured in many films, including The Matrix, Go and Snatch. The band also created the entire soundtrack for Danny The Dog, a 2005 film starring Jet Li which was called “Unleashed” in its U.S. release.
Until In Prison My Whole Life comes to the States, grab some gin and juice, and plug into this.
