Editing Dead Prez (section)

===Releases (2000–present)===
[[File:Iching-hexagram-07.svg|right|thumb|Dead prez uses the [[I Ching hexagrams#Hexagram 7|''shi'' hexagram]], "Leading" or "The Army", as part of their logo.]]
The duo's debut album was 2000's ''[[Let's Get Free]]'', with their most popular single to date "[[Hip-Hop (Dead Prez song)|Hip-Hop]]". The album was well received by critics, and included intense political monologues featuring prominent black activist [[Omali Yeshitela]], as well as "Animal in Man" – a retelling of [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]''. The instrumental version of their song "Hip Hop" was used as [[Dave Chappelle]]'s entrance music for his show on Comedy Central, and can be heard on every episode. "Hip Hop" has also been featured on the soundtrack of the video game [[Skate (2007 video game)|skate]]. as well as underground [[graffiti art]] documentaries of the era. The song is also used in the introduction of [[Hip-Hop_Evolution|''Hip Hop Evolution'']], a show which is currently on [[Netflix]]. In 2001 they collaborated with [[The Coup]], another politically active hip hop outfit, to release ''Get Up''.

In 2002, dead prez contributed to ''[[Red Hot + Riot]]'', a compilation album created by the [[Red Hot Organization]] in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician [[Fela Kuti]]. The money raised by the CD was used for various charities devoted to raising AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. They collaborated with fellow hip-hop artists [[Talib Kweli]] and [[Bilal (American singer)|Bilal]] and Brazilian singer [[Jorge Ben]] to remake the famous Fela Kuti song "Shuffering and Shmiling" for the album. Also in 2002, dead prez released the independent [[mix tape]] ''[[Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1]]'', followed by the release of ''Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 2: Get Free or Die Tryin{{'}}'' in 2003. Also in 2003, their song "Hell Yeah" was featured in the [[2 Fast 2 Furious]] soundtrack. In 2004, [[Columbia Records]] finally released ''[[Revolutionary But Gangsta]]''. They were featured in the film ''[[Dave Chappelle's Block Party]]'', in 2006.

In 2006, they and former [[2Pac]] collaborators, the [[Outlawz]], jointly released two new albums: ''[[Can't Sell Dope Forever]]'' and ''[[Soldier 2 Soldier]]''. In 2006, M1 also recorded a solo album titled ''[[Confidential (M-1 album)|Confidential]]''. From the album, the song "'Til We Get There" was on the [[EA Sports]] video game ''[[NBA Live 07]]''. In 2007, stic.man released his own solo record named ''[[Manhood (album)|Manhood]]'' with Boss Up Inc. / Traffic records. M-1 further appeared with ProfessorD.us, of the politically charged Hip Hop group [[The Dope Poet Society]], on the track "Everything's Political" off the 2008 album ''THIRD WORLD WARriors Vol. 1''. On the track, M-1 and ProfessorD.us trade verses in response to the question "why is your music always so political?". That same year, Stic.Man appeared on "Changing Weather", the first single from Marcel Cartier's album ''Revolutionary Minded 2''.

Dead prez released a mixtape entitled ''Pulse of the People: Turn Off Your Radio Vol. 3'' on June 23, 2009. The mixtape is hosted by [[DJ Green Lantern]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deadprez.com/ |title=DeadPrez.com |publisher=DeadPrez.com |access-date=May 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723070535/http://www.deadprez.com/ |archive-date=July 23, 2009 }}</ref> On [[Mother's Day]] 2010, dead prez released "The Beauty Within", a remix of [[B.o.B]] and [[Bruno Mars]]' #1 single "[[Nothin' On You]]."<ref>[http://www.thatsthatish.com/2010/05/dead-prez-beauty-within.html thatsthatish.com: dead prez – "The Beauty Within"]</ref> Additionally in 2010, dead prez released a mixtape with [[DJ Drama]] entitled ''Turn Off the Radio Vol. 4: Revolutionary but Gangsta Grillz''. The album is available for free download on their website, and they announced this release was their ten year commemoration of their most well known and commercially successful album ''[[Let's Get Free]]''. The new album [[Information Age (album)|''Information Age'']] was released on October 16, 2012.