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Release The 3rd World
Year 2008
Label Koch
Format Mixtape
Country Peru
Language English
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Immortal Technique, The 3rd World, accessed 13 November 2026; cite each song by its SongID

The 3rd World

2008 · Mixtape · Koch · Peru
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Vietnam Analogy.
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Artist background
East Coast Hip Hop / Political Hip Hop artist, born Felipe Coronel on 19 February 1978 in Lima, Peru. His family moved to New York in 1980, and he is currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA. Several of his songs referenced the Vietnam War: "Obnoxious" (2003), "The 3rd World" (2008), "Hollywood Drive By" (2008), and "In the Trenches" (2011).
This mixtape (Koch Records) featured two references to the Vietnam War. Firstly, the song "Hollywood Drive By" , which used Vietnam as a comparison for alleged government lies: "like government officials trying to justify Vietnam" . Secondly, the song "The 3rd World" - an outdated term for developing countries, that originated during the Cold War in the 1950s - the artist discussed his home area, describing it as being worse than the US: "from where police brutality is not half as nice, it makes the hood in America look like paradise" . He used Vietnam as a metaphor for a war zone: "from where the bombs that they used to drop on Vietnam" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
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2008 · Mixtape · Koch · Lima, Peru · The 3rd World

East Coast Hip Hop / Political Hip Hop artist, born Felipe Coronel on 19 February 1978 in Lima, Peru. His family moved to New York in 1980, and he is currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA.

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2008 · Mixtape · Koch · Lima, Peru

East Coast Hip Hop / Political Hip Hop artist, born Felipe Coronel on 19 February 1978 in Lima, Peru. His family moved to New York in 1980, and he is currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA.