Michael Franti & Spearhead is tagged as: Michael Franti is a gifted and much-heralded spoken word artist and political activist from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the politically and socially-charged group Spearhead, Franti is at the forefront of hip-hop’s renaissance, expanding the music’s boundaries as he draws on funk and soul-driven beats. Through his music and poetry, Franti tackles a range of issues—the criminal justice system, corporatization of our daily lives, AIDS, gay rights, homelessness, the death penalty, drug addiction and suicide. His project Spearhead produced the critically acclaimed Home in 1994. The album contained his biggest single, “Hole in the Bucket,” a thoughtful lament on the plight of the homeless, and “Positive,” which addressed the growing AIDS epidemic. The album boasted adept funk samplings, sinuous guitar vamps, and soulful, melodic tracks about family and social injustice. 1997’s Chocolate Supa Highway was not as pop-friendly as Home, but neither did its themes of kidnappings and police brutality lend themselves to such overt accessibility. Its mixture of harsher musical styles — techno, rock, and funk — was a step forward for Franti as his world view broadened and deepened. In 2001, Franti released Stay Human. In it he ex... Read More About Michael Franti & Spearhead Biography...  Send Michael Franti & Spearhead ringtones to your cell
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