Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1

Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 is a mixtape by political hip hop duo Dead Prez.[3][4] The mixtape was released on November 19, 2002. It was released under the pseudonym DPZ due to a contractual conflict Dead Prez had with their former record label.

Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1
Compilation album (Mixtape) by Dead Prez
Released	November 19, 2002
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:50
Label	Holla Black[1]
Producer	Dead Prez, Mike Dean, N.O. Joe, Uncle Eddie
Dead Prez chronology
Let's Get Free (2000) Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 (2002) Turn Off the Radio Vol. 2: Get Free or Die Tryin (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:56
2.	"Turn Off the Radio"	2:59
3.	"That's War!"	2:09
4.	"We Need a Revolution"	2:06
5.	"B.I.G. Respect"	1:27
6.	"Hit Me, Hit Me"	0:52
7.	"Food, Clothes + Shelter, Pt. 2"	2:42
8.	"Soulja Life Mentality"	4:20
9.	"Get Up"	3:47
10.	"Know Your Enemy"	3:18
11.	"It Was Written"	3:31
12.	"No Love"	4:52
13.	"Look Around"	2:21
14.	"Old School-Survival"	0:36
15.	"Sellin' D.O.P.E."	3:24
16.	"Hood News"	1:19
17.	"Tho It Up"	3:06
18.	"Hip Hop (RBG Mix)"	4:05

Notes and samples

• Track 2: "Turn Off the Radio" was later released as "Radio Freq" on the Revolutionary But Gangsta album.
• Track 3: "That's War!" Samples from "Whoa!" by Black Rob.
• Track 4: "We Need a Revolution" samples from "We Need a Resolution" by Aaliyah.
• Track 5: "B.I.G. Respect" samples from "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G..
• Track 7: "Food, Clothes + Shelter, Pt. 2" Is the Sequel to the duo's debut single "Food, Clothes + Shelter".
• Track 8: "Soulja Life Mentality" samples from "Soulja 4 Life" by Soulja Slim.
• Track 9: "Get Up" Originally released on The Coup's Party Music album.
• Track 11: "It Was Written" samples from "It Was Written" by Damian Marley.
• Track 13: "Look Around" Originally released on The Beatnuts' A Musical Massacre album.
• Track 15: "Sellin' D.O.P.E." Originally released on the Slam: The Soundtrack album.
• Track 18: "Hip Hop (RBG Mix)" Samples from "Break Ya Neck" by Busta Rhymes

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[5]	78
US Independent Albums[6]	30

References

1. Carroll, Mark (July 5, 2017). Music and Ideology. Routledge. ISBN 9781351557702 – via Google Books.
2. AllMusic review
3. Tribune, Soren Baker Special to the. "Dead prez runs with a militant, anti-war agenda". chicagotribune.com.
4. "DPZ/Various Turn Off The Radio: The Mixtape Volume 1". exclaim.ca.
5. Turn Off the Radio (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart), Billboard, December 28, 2002.
6. Turn Off the Radio (Independent Albums chart), Billboard, December 14, 2002.