The Battle of Los Angeles

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Album

The Battle of Los Angeles · This third studio album was released on 2 November 1999 on Epic Records and was Rage Against the Machine's last album of original songs before the band split up in 2000. The music is described as rap metal and funk metal. The cover is an original piece of graffiti art by the Los Angeles street artist Joey Krebs.

The songs are politically charged. Voice of the Voiceless is about the activist and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and refers to a letter by Mao Zedong. For Testify and Sleep Now in the Fire, the documentary maker Michael Moore directed the videos, in which he appears himself. The album went straight to number 1 on the American Billboard 200. Guerrilla Radio won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, and both Time and Rolling Stone declared the record the best album of 1999.

Listening

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  Testify · Rage Against the Machine, 1999
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  Sleep Now in the Fire · Rage Against the Machine, 1999
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  Calm Like a Bomb · Rage Against the Machine, 1999
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Track list

1. 1Testify3:30Apple Music ↗
2. 2Guerrilla Radio3:26Apple Music ↗
3. 3Calm Like a Bomb4:59Apple Music ↗
4. 4Mic Check3:34Apple Music ↗
5. 5Sleep Now In the Fire3:26Apple Music ↗
6. 6Born of a Broken Man4:41Apple Music ↗
7. 7Born As Ghosts3:22Apple Music ↗
8. 8Maria3:48Apple Music ↗
9. 9Voice of the Voiceless2:32Apple Music ↗
10. 10New Millennium Homes3:45Apple Music ↗
11. 11Ashes In the Fall4:37Apple Music ↗
12. 12War Within a Breath3:36Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

• Tom Morello