BAMBU || PROGRESSIVE TAX || PRODUCED BY FRANK GRIMES || DIRECTED BY ANTHONY IGNACIO
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2015
- PROGRESSIVE TAX
Producer: Frank Grimes
Director and Director of Photography: Anthony Ignacio
Editor: Chris Miyasaki
1st Assistant Director: Aman Segal
B Camera Operator: Archi Prudencio
Gaffer: David Graves
Key Grip: Alfredo Sanchez
Grip/Electric Swing: Kevin Bautista
It's been a little over year since the release of Bambu's Party Worker album. Funded by the people and supported by Beatrock Music, Party Worker dropped to an overwhelming response and kept Bambu busy with the Party Worker Live Tour at the top of 2015. Thank you to everyone who supported the Party Worker album.
Before the one-year mark, Anthony Ignacio shot the visuals for the Frank Grimes produced song, Progressive Tax to conclude the Party Worker series.
Get the Party Worker album here: beatrockmusic.com
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This guy deserves more recognition.. much more than mumble rappers with gold and diamonds
true but still underrated
"palm reader said I was destined to take no shit. I mean, she knew because I refused to unclench my fist!"
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That line about the schools looking like prisons is pure genius. A person, especially a kid, is likely to have an attitude that reflects their environment.
Yeah BAMBU! My favourite Filipino-American, respect from Poland!
I'm liking those True Detective visuals :D
Ever since I saw bambu in Seattle I've been hooked! keep up the good work!
I saw him too! Was it with Brother Ali and others?
its a crime that this track barely bout to touch 30k...
Legendary🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Great visuals and deep message! Once again, you high score with this one Bam, keep going!
Pushin' that Lyrical Dope…Pare!!👊🏽
Went to his concert in Honolulu, got to even take a pic with bam! Keep it comin with that music bam!
I see that 🔥🔥🔥🔥all way from San Jo.
beast Mabuhay ka kuya bambu Keep making legit and real shit songs!
That some deep n real rap shit! Salute Bambu n all Beatrock fam!
I'm loving this dude right here keep doin your thing I'm a fan fa sho
Facts 🙌🔥🎧❤🙏
dope track bam!!!
puck yeah...This is truth
preach!!!!!!
Bambu, can u do this song with tagalog version?
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You should COLLAB WITH SNOW THA PRODUCT!!!!??? 🤷💖💖💖
@Beatrock Music Do you mind something if I would put Polish lyrics to some Bambu songs and publish it on another channel?
Long live the CPP! 🇵🇭🚩
he didn't just say "we tryna keep the niggas out the game" at like 1:20 did he? im tripping and misheard that right?
Not we, he said "they." Referring to the Bourgeoisie
Yo my dads in this mv
Bambu is always a master, but this song is a bit off. A progressive tax protects lower-income families by reducing their tax obligation. The absolute poor pay no tax. The working classes pay smaller percentages, and the middle classes pay more. The wealthy, if they don't hide their money in tax shelters, are supposed to pay the most. The lyrics in the song never explain how a progressive tax is actually regressive. The hook sounds nice, but it implicitly attacks a system that is good for low-income families. I'd love to hear more about why it's not positive.
I'd like to add that it's not just tax shelters, but in capital gains, where the wealthy avoid tax.
The song itself should not be an essay for you to gain all knowledge on the tax system, it's just meant to bring attention to the issue.
+KaninoWorldIsThis Bambu is definitely PRO Progressive Tax. "The more money you make, the more money they take - they ain't gon' stop until we breakin' the bank" speaks at face value. We want to dismantle the banks - progressive taxation will help fold institutions who rely on giant money to exist. The hook is an ode to an old party hook. Party Worker titles don't necessarily have to do with the song... Minimum Wage doesn't speak directly to the issue around wage increase. Comrades doesn't necessarily break down the dynamics of what it means to be a comrade. But in the hooks, there are reflections of that break down. The song itself is more about just stretching out as an emcee than it is about financial structures. I hope that makes sense. Thank you for your comment.
+Beatrock Music - Thanks for your reply. I understand your statement that titles of songs don't necessarily represent the content, although I'd be really interested in Bambu engaging in direct discussions of structural issues like taxation and wages. I just think that the hook HEAVILY suggests that progressive taxation is bad. "The more money you make, the more money they take" reads as if people just can't catch a break: if they come up and make more money, then more just gets taken away. Which, while technically true, is a very different perspective than "the less money you make, the less money they take", which is the whole point of that tax structure. Sure, break the banks. I'm down. I just think the phrasing is kind of murky (no offense).
On the actual content side, the prison lyrics are really good. If y'all haven't read Wacquant's "Punishing the Poor" it's the shit, and talks about how welfare and the prison state work together. A good overview is here: www.rosalux.de/class-in-crisis/class-in-crisis-freitag/the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-precariat.html. Check out Part 2. Dude is crazy French, but smart. Keep up the great music.
@@BeatrockMusic He is actualy saying untill they break in the bank.
The answers that Bambu looks for will not be found in the systems he preaches for, or, against. It will only found in the wisdom of his ancestors and the other islander peoples who bring that wisdom to their fight for freedom today. He needs to spend more time in Hawaii and heʻll find the connect to his ancestors as well as the answers and the home that his heart is looking so hard for. Salamat po - Mahalo no!
I see that 🔥🔥🔥🔥all way from San Jo.