The Battle of Los AngelesRage Against the Machine · 1999

consequence

9.5

“The Los Angeles group's final album of original material perfected the Rage Against the Machine formula”

pitchfork

8.7

“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the third album from the radical rap-rock band, their sharpest revolutionary screed dropped into the dead zone of 1999.”

rollingstone

8.0

“Have you ever tried writing your own Rage Against the Machine song? It’s easy. Just grab a religious pamphlet off the street. Replace the word God with killing, Jesus or Christ with a political prisoner like Mumia Abu-Jamal or Leonard Peltier, and scripture citations with swear words. Lines from a recently distributed tract — "Jesus […]”