Television, the Drug of the Nation  

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Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a rap/hip-hop band active during the early 1990s best known for their track "Television".

The group was somewhat reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron due to the vocal styles of Franti and the up-front political messages in the music.

Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing.

In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band's previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs' spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, who (to date) have released 7 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystick Journeymen.

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