anyone know

[pauly p]

can anyone help me with this conversation Im having...

Whats the name of that hip hop group who have just withdrawn their album cover of NYC as it depicts events similar to sept 11 n all that

Cheers
Paul

 

[iche_1]

i seen the before and after pics on the web but havent heard much else about them.......guess they suck

 

[pauly p]

hip hop

apparently the cover was designed and in the shops a few months before the attacks

 

[rob s.]

It was by a group called The Coup for their album "Party Music".

You can get the full story at Snopes Urban Legend Site, but here's what they had to say to try to explain it...

I came up with the idea with the photographer. We took the pictures on May 15, and we were done with it by the beginning of June. Any similarities are totally coincidental, and it was originally supposed to be more of a metaphor for destroying capitalism -- where the music is making capitalist towers blow up. The politics of the Coup have more to do with the people organizing each other. -- Riley (Coup)

Actually, the guy sounds like a bit of a nut-job if you read this interview with him...