Steal This Album is the third studio album

Studio album

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 by Oakland

Oakland, California

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 hip hop duo The Coup

The Coup

The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California. It formed as a three-member group in 1992 with emcees Raymond "Boots" Riley and E-Roc along with DJ Pam the Funkstress. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album but appears on the track "Breathing Apparatus" on...

, released four years after their second album Genocide & Juice

Genocide & Juice

Genocide & Juice is the second studio album by Political hip hop group the Coup, which was released October 13, 1994, on Wild Pitch Records. The album is produced entirely by group leader Boots Riley, and features guest appearances from fellow West Coast hip hop artists Spice 1 and E-40...

. Steal this Album is a homage to 70s radical Abbie Hoffman's

Abbie Hoffman

Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ....

 Steal This Book

Steal This Book

-Advice on dissidence:The book includes advice on such topics as growing cannabis, starting a pirate radio station, living in a commune, stealing food, shoplifting, stealing credit cards, preparing a legal defense, making pipe bombs, and obtaining a free buffalo from the Department of the Interior...

. Steal This Album became the group's most critically successful release, and is widely considered to be their best album. Steal This Album features the group's signature sound, funky live-instrumentation production and socially conscious, political lyrics delivered in a humorous, satirical manner. The album features the single "Me & Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night", a 7+ minute storytelling track.

The album was re-released in 2002 as Steal This Double Album, which featured two bonus tracks, "What the Po-Po's Hate" and "Swervin'", and a bonus disc featuring over 70 minutes of live performance footage.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer	Performer (s)
1	"The Shipment"	Boots Riley, DJ Pam the Funkstress	Boots Riley
2	"Me & Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
3	"20,000 Gun Salute"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
4	"Busterismology"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
5	"Cars & Shoes"	Boots Riley, DJ Pam the Funkstress	Boots Riley
6	"Breathing Apparatus"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley, E-Roc
7	"U.C.P.A.S."	Edifice, Boots Riley	Boots Riley, Vexx, Clap
8	"Pizza Man (Skit)"		*Interlude*
9	"The Repo Man Sings for You"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley, Del tha Funkee Homosapien Del tha Funkee Homosapien Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...
10	"Underdogs"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
11	"Sneakin' In"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
12	"Do My Thang (Skit)"
13	"Piss on Your Grave"	Boots Riley	Boots Riley
14	"Fixation"	Brother K	Boots Riley

Chart history

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	37
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	51