Make Love F**k War
Artist: Moby & Public Enemy
Label: V2 Records
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Rating: *** (3 out of 4)
Availability: 
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First of all, let’s all marvel at the amazing censor job on the title, here. What’s that word supposed to be? Fask? Fink? I don’t know – and I’m sure nobody else does, either. But that’s neither here nor there. We’re supposed to talk about the iTunes exclusive single from Moby and Public Enemy, “Make Love Folk War.”
As the title would suggest, “Make Love Funk War” is one of the crop of pro-peace songs to mysteriously crop up in the past couple of years. You would think we had a President hurtling headlong toward war or something.
What? Oh. Right.
So, naturally, it didn’t take long for two politically-active musicians – one fronting one of the biggest names in Rap and the other with a name synonymous with electronic music – to band together and produce a new single. And they called this single “Make Love Frak War.”
For starters, don’t expect the absolute best material ever produced by either Public Enemy’s Chuck D. or from the man himself, Moby. This song is quick and dirty – out the door and ready to go, as political music really is. What you will hear is two top acts flexing their musical muscles in the way that Mr. Universe flexes his muscles when he picks up a kitten.
Moby lays down a great beat with building tension and variations on themes, while Chuck D. reduces his political stance to a series of easy-to-catch slogans. The result is a sound track with energy and vibrancy, but “Make Love Fark War” offers little in the way of genius.
The song is worth a listen, however. Interestingly enough, the full 3-track single features the original mix, the a cappella, and a radio edit, but no instrumental. So remixers are encouraged to put the words to whatever they can mix it with, but leave Moby’s beats alone.