Dear Mr. President (Fredwreck song) explained

Dear Mr. President
Type:	single
Artist:	Various Artists
Released:	2004
Genre:	Rap
Length:	7:14
Producer:	Fredwreck

"Dear Mr. President" is a protest song by the hip-hop producer Fredwreck. It is available free on the Internet, but was not originally released on a CD due to its controversial nature.^[1] It is also available on Fredwrecks' Greatest Hits Episode 1 CD.^[2]

History

The politically charged song is directed at George W. Bush, criticizing him for the war in Iraq. The single was released as part of the S.T.O.P. movement by Fredwreck, which was a group formed to protest the Iraq War and only released this song and one other.^{[3] [4]}

It features Everlast, Mobb Deep, The Alchemist, Mack 10, WC, Evidence, Defari, KRS-One and B-Real.^[5]

Financial and time constraints meant that this song had to be recorded in parts. Mobb Deep's vocals were recorded using a laptop in a hotel room.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hale . A . 2004-10-17 . Dear Mr. President . 2024-03-24 . HipHopDX . en.
2. News: The Mad Science of Fredwreck . LA Weekly . Ben Quiñones . 9 June 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071018161924/http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/the-mad-science-of-fredwreck/569/ . 18 October 2007.
3. Web site: Abushakra . Nasrine . 2015-03-25 . FredWreck: Famed Music Producer and Advocate For Peace . 2024-03-24 . Haute Living . en-US.
4. Book: Roussel . Violaine . Voicing Dissent: American Artists and the War on Iraq . Lechaux . Bleuwenn . 2010-02-02 . Routledge . 978-1-135-19237-2 . en.
5. Web site: Dear Mr. President . https://web.archive.org/web/20041205111522/http://www.fredwreck.com/ . 5 December 2004 . Fredwreck.
6. Web site: Putting Politics Back Into Us Hip-Hop . Al Jazeera . 17 August 2005 . Kris Evans . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407184824/http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=14285 . 7 April 2008 . 23 February 2024.