''Radio Free DC'' is the debut studio album of

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band

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. It was recorded in the band's hometown of

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The concept of Radio Free DC is that the listener is scanning the radio dial and encountering different sounds from

, including jingles and banter from radio jockeys interspersed throughout the album. The music video for the first single ''Funk 4 Peace'' debuted on October 24.

Track listing

# "RFDC: A Place Called Fort Knox" – 0:24 # "Insight" (featuring

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) – 4:11 # "Funk 4 Peace" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 4:25 # "How To Start a Band" (featuring

Ian Svenonius Ian F Svenonius is an American musician and singer of various Washington, D.C.-based punk bands including Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Weird War, XYZ, Escape-ism, and Chain and the Gang. Between his numerous projects, Svenonius has releas ...

) – 4:13 # "Sao Funky parts 1 & 2" (featuring Javier Miranda) – 3:49 # "The FK Strut" – 3:43 # "RFDC: Calling All Stations" – 0:16 # "The Party Pushers" – 4:03 # "Killa Soundboy" (featuring Sleepy Wonder & Zee of See-I) – 4:18 # "The Wonder Strikes Again" (featuring Sleepy Wonder) – 3:43 # "The Spirit of '75" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 5:00 # "RFDC: The Power of Five" – 0:27 # "Papa Was Stoned" – 4:47 # "Uptown Tricks" (featuring Mustafa Akbar) – 4:14 # "Not Gonna Take It" (featuring Rootz) – 4:27 # "RFDC: Signing Off" - 1:00

References

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