{"product_id":"its-right-to-be-civil-lp-remastered-reissue","title":"It's Right To Be Civil [LP Remastered Reissue]","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMarc Mac - It's Right To Be Civil [LP Remastered Reissue]\u003c\/h2\u003e\n20 Years of Beats, Voices \u0026amp; Black History\nMarc Mac – Beats \u0026amp; Knowledge Series\nThere are records that entertain, records that educate and records that become historical documents in their own right. For twenty years, Marc Mac’s Black History Soundbite Series has existed somewhere between all three.\nBeginning in 2006 with “It’s Right to Be Civil”, Marc Mac quietly embarked on what has become one of the most original long-form projects in contemporary independent music. Conceived not simply as albums but as audio documentaries pressed onto vinyl, each release combines original production with carefully curated speeches, interviews, broadcasts, and historical recordings, transforming fragments of Black history into immersive musical journeys. When Marc set out on creating the series he couldn’t imagine how important it would have become today in a time where some institutions are masterminding plans to suppress black history.\nAcross six volumes (“It’s Right to Be Civil”, “Extend the Knowledge”, “Message From Soulville”, “Generation X”, “All Power to the People”, and “The Invisible Soldiers”) the soundbites drop names and instances that allow the listener to explore further. Rather than sampling history for effect, Marc Mac built beats around it, armed with a sampling drum machine (MPC) and Logic Pro, every beat serves the narrative. Musically, the series is unmistakably Marc Mac in his beat mode. Boom Bap, Jazz, and Soul.\nA mixtape aesthetic remains central to the project. The sequencing is equally important, every transition is intentional like discovering a carefully crafted mixtape from a trusted selector. What makes this series remarkable is its refusal to separate education from musical enjoyment. Knowledge isn’t presented as obligation but as rhythm.\nCollectively, the six albums form a single body of work; a living archive told through beats and voices. They remind us that history is never silent; it simply waits for someone willing to listen. For Marc Mac, this series has never been about nostalgia. It is about preservation, connection and passing knowledge from one generation to the next.\nAs the needle drops twenty years after “It’s Right to Be Civil” first introduced this vision, the invitation remains the same. The voices are still speaking, black history is not to be forgotten.\nFull continuous play mixtape style remastered.\n,\n1. It's Right To Be Civil (full mixtape style)\n2. 100 Years Later\n3. Liberation Drums\n4. The Freedom Clap\n5. By Any Means\n6. Unorganized Protest\n7. Analogue Violation\n8. No More Pigs\n9. Detroit Red\n10. Love Is True\n11. Corretta's Beat\n12. Tell Me Now\n13. Don't Waste Time\n14. Rosa Said\n15. King's Music\n16. Brother Of Peace\n17. Atlanta Walking\n18. Down South\n19. Newtons's Beat\n20. The Dreamer\n21. Try To Please Me\n22. The Back Of The Bus\n23. Sweat Little Rock\n24. Funky Protest\n25. March 1968\n26. Even The President Knows\n27. Black Babies\n28. So Free\n29. The Shot Still Echoes","brand":"Marc Mac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49006562967769,"sku":"5050580878884","price":56.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/0468\/3425\/files\/5050580878884_01.jpg?v=1784949347","url":"https:\/\/drownedworldrecords.com\/en-ca\/products\/its-right-to-be-civil-lp-remastered-reissue","provider":"Drowned World Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}