#Pam the funkstress

[effluvlia]

The Coup

5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO

2001

[deadmansparty]

[a-dead-mouse]

The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon - 2006

[profeminist]

Rest In Power Pam the Funkstress from The Coup

I’m a huge fan of the Coup and seeing Pam DJ live was always amazing.

[garadinervi]

Pam the Funkstress (Pam Warren), 1966 – 2017

/ rest in beats, rest in power /

/ «I loved a woman. Her name was Pam. I’ve yelled her name thousands of times in my life. Pam The Funkstress. Pam The muthafuckin Funkstress. Now when I yell it, she won’t hear me. These are a few thoughts about her. Just things I want to share. Not definitive and I don’t care how correct it is, it’s just what I feel right now.» (continue...) – Boots Riley / 

(image: the Coup, Kill My Landlord, Wild Pitch, 1993)

[thaliberator]

Black to Business

It's been too long, but the Get Off My Lawn podcast is back, and J (aka @HipHopTaliban) is reflecting on the two greatest HipHop things he's ever heard,  the most gangsta cinematic outro of all-time, paying some overdue respect, and catching up on five months worth of fist shaking!

[thejohnmillerprogram]

Rise Up Radio December 28 Repeat Show ep 15 Survival!! Good Evening Wonderful people! I hope you had an amazing holiday and more to come.  Tonight we will be re-running episode "Survivor" with guest co-host Kumi from I Love Being Black and Sistah Iminah. 

[kokolevelblog]

Female 90s rapper DJ, Pam the Funkstress of the Oakland died 51

Legendary female DJ, Pam the Funkstress of the Oakland hip-hop duo the Coup, who also served as Prince’s personal DJ during the final months of the music legend’s life, has died at the age of 51.

Bay Area radio station KBLX confirmed Warren’s death, with the San Francisco Chronicle reporting that Warren died of organ failure on Friday.

The DJ whose real name is Pam Warren was hospitalized…

[onepeoplesproject]

The Coup's Pam the Funkstress, Rest in Peace!

The Coup’s Pam the Funkstress, Rest in Peace!

This just makes the holidays sadder, but for 51 years, the revolution was a party thanks to her! (more…)

[toptopixs-blog]

Pam The Funkstress, DJ For The Coup, Has Died

A Bay Area icon, Pam was a member of the beloved Oakland collective The Coup as well as a personal DJ to Prince in his final months.

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[a-dead-mouse]

The Coup - Steal This Album - 1998

[we-roll-deep]

Pam The Funkstress aPPRECIATION 

[jp-lovecraft]

Never forget Pam the Funkstress.

[thenixkat]

The Coup- 5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO

[Intro: Scratches] Help me out Yo, yo, yo, yo! Help me out Yo, yo, yo, yo! [Chorus: Boots Riley] We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go [Verse 1: Boots Riley] Well I hope you testify that it was worth your waitin' On the turf debatin' how to get it percolatin' He workin' you while we happy just to work a day But I'ma slap him 'til my blood starts circulatin' (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Do your checks have elasticity? Did they cut off yo' 'lectricity? Did you scream and yell explicitly? Force the boss into complicity (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) I'm a white chalk stencil but I push a pencil Rollin' dope fiend rentals through your residential Broke as fuck, eatin' lentils with no utensil Finna teach pimp class with a ho credential (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) They own sweat shops, pet cops, and fields of cola Murder babies with they molars on the areola Control the Pope, Dalai Lama, Holy Rollers, and the Ayatollah Bump this rollin' in your bucket or your new Corolla Well you might catch me on the scenic route, with my penis out Yellin', "Twamps for the executives with the meanest mouth!" Wanna know what this demeanor's 'bout? City tried to clean us out Green is clout, shut 'em down, they ain't never seen a drought You interviewed but they ain't callin' you back And for the record I ain't called it a gat But tuck this in the small of your back Wait in the bathroom stall 'til I tap (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) [Chorus: Boots Riley] We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go [Verse 2: Boots Riley] 'Cept this game ain't slow, it's the creeper If you a janitor, get a street sweeper Ugly is even skin deeper If you can't get the Pres, get the VeePer (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) They made the murder scene before there was a coroner I mighta been born here but I'm a foreigner Spillin' swigs for victims of pigs and Afeni's kid Flip off the lid, who you pourin fo'? (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) You too could be a corporate green killer, bean spiller (uh) "Gangster of Love" just like Steve Miller They wear skivvies that's made of chinchilla Factory in Mexico, bought a spring villa I'm from the land where the Panthers grew You know the city and the avenue If you the boss we'll be smabbin' through, and we'll be grabbin' you To say, "Whassup with the ra-venue?" (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) And if you feel it we can even try to seal it with the [Chorus: Boots Riley] We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go We've got 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go [Verse 3: Boots Riley] Tell him it's a boom in child prostitution When he show up at the stroll, give him lead restitution You could throw a twenty in a vat o' hot oil When he jump in after it watch him boil (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Toss a dollar in the river and when he jump in If you can find he can swim Put lead boots on him and do it again! You and a friend Videotape and the party don't end (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Tell that boogers be sellin' like crack He gon' put the little baggies in his nose and suffocate like that Put a fifty in the barrel of a gun When he try to suck it out, a-ha, well you know this one (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Make sure you ain't got no priors Don't tell 'em that we conspired We could let him try to change a flat tire Or we could all at once retire (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) There are just a few of the [Chorus: Boots Riley] 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go 5 million ways to kill a CEO Slap him up and shake him up and then you know Let him off the flo', then bait him with the dough You can do it funk or do it disco (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Y'know how this go [Verse 4: Boots Riley] Bay Area, get ready to brawl Bay Area, are you ready to brawl? L.A., get ready to brawl L.A., are you ready to brawl? (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Chi-town, get ready to brawl Chi-Town, are you ready to brawl? Detroit, are you ready to brawl? Detroit, are you ready to brawl? (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Atlanta, are you ready to brawl? Atlanta, you ready to brawl? Houston, get ready to brawl Houston, get ready to brawl (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) New York, are you ready brawl? New York, are you ready to brawl? London, get ready to brawl London, are you ready to brawl? (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Capetown, get ready to brawl Capetown, are you ready to brawl? Tokyo, get ready to brawl Tokyo, are you ready to brawl? (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) [Outro] Yeah The Coup (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Boots Riley, Pam the Funkstress It's really goin' down (Yo, yo, yo, yo!) Yeah, ya know, in case you didn't know, gats are comin' The Coup You know, sum'n, sum'n (Yo, yo, yo, yo!)