Akira The Don & Ross Ulbricht - FREEDOM ▶ STREAM: go.meaningwave.com/FREEDOM ⬇ DOWNLOAD: akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/freedom 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you 🙏 www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🎵 Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Akira The Don In DSPDC, Mexico 🎙 Vocals by Akira The Don & Ross Ulbricht 🎵 Mixed and mastered by James Millar & Akira The Don 📺 Video by Akira The Don 🌬 Additional vocals on 07 by The Living Melody Choir 🎸 Additional guitars on 04, 05 & 07 by Juani 🗣 Vocal sample from Ross' call from prison to the Miami Bitcoin Conference, 2021. Used with permission Special thanks to Lyn Ulbricht and Martha Bueno freeross.org ____________________ TRACKLIST 00:00 - 01 - SILK ROAD (TO LOSE YOUR FREEDOM) 06:27 - 02 - I'M IN HELL 12:16 - 03 - BROKEN HEART SYNDROME 17:42 - 04 - THEY DO IT TO ALL OF US 22:19 - 05 - DEATH PENALTY 26:13 - 06 - HELP 30:22 - 07 - I AM PROUD OF YOU
"And I wonder if you know.. what it means.. .. to find your dreams come true." 🕶🩵🐫 Such a beautiful journey of an album, interwoven with call backs and connections to all your past works and inspirations. 🌊 Thank you Akira the Don! 🥰
I’ve been where he is. I was in a medium security federal prison for 2.5 years for a fb post calling for people to defend the country. They put me in solitary for a year and put someone in my cell to attack me. I had to use jiujitsu to defend myself. I had work out and do yoga and meditation for hours every day to protect my mind and body and soul from the screaming inmates and violent and abusive guards. I had the support of activists but not my family. And they still try to entrap and extort me now that I’m out and on probation. This is America.
When I was in federal prison as a political prisoner, I saw many innocent people fighting against their charges. I’d say at any given time about 20% of federal prisoners are completely innocent and about 80% are not guilty of what they’ve been charged with.
I have my own unique political views that disagree with Akira occasionally and I never really cared much about bitcoin but this album is probably the most meaningful to me out of all Akiras work because I’ve begged for my freedom while a friend records over the phone from federal prison while unjustly deprived of my freedom.
Robert Barnes suggested that DJT should enact a pardon board to highlight people treated badly by the justice system. How many lives could that change? Merry Christmas MAZ 💙
As both an individual and a psychologist who has worked, treated, and assessed people psychologically during my clinical internship in maximum-security prisons in Colorado, here’s my opinion: I like the album; of course, Akira’s work is genius-we all know that. Some of the ideas and perspectives Ross shares have value-for example, the importance of valuing freedom and practicing patience rather than being impulsive when dealing with potentially problematic futuristic concepts. However, much of what he says echoes what many offenders in prison claim to exploit the vulnerability and compassionate, empathetic mind of people without a criminal or sociopathic tendencies. They often accuse "the system," portraying themselves as victims. They use their families as tools to generate pity, and they frequently claim that everyone is conspiring against them or that they’ve been victims of injustice. At the end of the day, most of these individuals committed crimes or felonies, and consequences exist for those actions. Laws are written and public; if you don’t violate them, most of the time, you won’t end up in prison. When Ross suggests that prisons are for "evil" people, that’s simply not true. Prison isn’t about good and evil; it’s about compliance. If you break the law, there are consequences-plain and simple. That said, it’s important to acknowledge that the laws or rules themselves may not always be good or just. Laws are meant to evolve alongside the collective moral development of society. When laws become outdated, unfair, or out of alignment with societal values, it is the responsibility of society to push for reform and create better systems. For instance, if you create an illegal website and quickly realize it’s being used for drug transactions, yet you continue operating it-that’s a crime. You don’t need to be a genius to understand that. He broke the law, and there are consequences. Now, I do believe that a life sentence may be excessive, and the death penalty seems extreme for this type of crime. However, while I admire his intelligence and innovative thinking, I’m not convinced by his cries for help or the narrative that he’s an innocent man with good intentions. This is just my opinion, but I don’t buy everything he’s saying. Spend just one hour visiting a local prison, and most offenders will tell you the same things as this guy-maybe with less sophisticated language, but the essence is the same. Moral of the story: Don’t break the rules. Instead, work to improve them in other ways so you don’t lose your freedom. And if the rules are flawed or unjust, strive to be part of the collective movement to change them rather than becoming ensnared by them. Akira, keep your good work, this stimulate meaningful conversations like this and that is how we grown individually and collectively.
@ thanks to you. These people that you bring as speakers in meaning wave are very new for many of us and we have the opportunity to engage with their psychic memes distributed trough your music and its truly a miracle and its truly a great day to be alive.
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Akira The Don & Ross Ulbricht - FREEDOM
▶ STREAM: go.meaningwave.com/FREEDOM
⬇ DOWNLOAD: akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/freedom
💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you 🙏
www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
🎵 Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Akira The Don
In DSPDC, Mexico
🎙 Vocals by Akira The Don & Ross Ulbricht
🎵 Mixed and mastered by James Millar & Akira The Don
📺 Video by Akira The Don
🌬 Additional vocals on 07 by The Living Melody Choir
🎸 Additional guitars on 04, 05 & 07 by Juani
🗣 Vocal sample from Ross' call from prison to the Miami Bitcoin Conference, 2021. Used with permission
Special thanks to Lyn Ulbricht and Martha Bueno
freeross.org
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TRACKLIST
00:00 - 01 - SILK ROAD (TO LOSE YOUR FREEDOM)
06:27 - 02 - I'M IN HELL
12:16 - 03 - BROKEN HEART SYNDROME
17:42 - 04 - THEY DO IT TO ALL OF US
22:19 - 05 - DEATH PENALTY
26:13 - 06 - HELP
30:22 - 07 - I AM PROUD OF YOU
And he's free... FREEDOM
🔓🥰🌱
They had to destroy this man for punching a tiny hole in the Matrix. That is how vulnerable these demons are. God bless Ross Ulbricht!!
🙏🙏🙏
There’s been a few people sacrificing themselves for everyone else lately.
He's free guys 😊
His mother has to be so incredibly happy.
I came here to celebrate and wasn't disappointed 🥳
I AM PROUD OF YOU!
FREED ROSS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
🔓🤍🌱
Good on you for taking the challenge Akira, your the real don
🙏🙏🙏
The blend of music and message here is incredibly moving. Grateful for this creative masterpiece!
Thank you Silver 🙏
this is highly educational
yet absolutely heartbreaking
thanks for the lesson, Akira the Don
🌊🌍☮️
🙏🙏🙏
AKIRA your music has changed the way I think about the world; you have been such a blessing in my life. Thank you bro... THANK YOU
Appreciate you!
Wow dude... 7+ years of listening to Meaningwave, and I believe this is the first time I've actually been left in tears.
Making it was made difficult by that aspect 🙏
@@akirathedon I believe that. I hope he gets the chance to listen to this in the near future.
One time for the homey Ross. ✊😤
👊👊👊👊👊👊
🙌🙏❤️Always Respect Your Freedom 🙌🙏❤️
🙏🙏🙏
amen
I got arrested for interfering with a peace officer. 8 hrs in a cell. Worst feeling ever.
"And I wonder if you know.. what it means..
.. to find your dreams come true." 🕶🩵🐫
Such a beautiful journey of an album, interwoven with call backs and connections to all your past works and inspirations. 🌊
Thank you Akira the Don! 🥰
THANK YOU 🙏
I’ve been where he is. I was in a medium security federal prison for 2.5 years for a fb post calling for people to defend the country. They put me in solitary for a year and put someone in my cell to attack me. I had to use jiujitsu to defend myself. I had work out and do yoga and meditation for hours every day to protect my mind and body and soul from the screaming inmates and violent and abusive guards. I had the support of activists but not my family. And they still try to entrap and extort me now that I’m out and on probation. This is America.
I’m glad you got through it, Dan. 🙏
I'm proud of you 💜
🙏🥰🙏
Wow...
Another beautiful album. Thank you, Akira. I knew of Ross but not this call, and not the severity of his sentence.
🙏
Absolute banger of an album.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
This album is lovely! The instrumentals are so creative. Praying to see Ross restored to full freedom very soon ❤🤍
🔓🥰🌱
Beautiful and Thought-provoking. Great Work Akira! 🌊🌊🌊
Thank you brother 🙏
This… ❤🙏
🙏
Eye opener
🙏🙏🙏
I dont want to ever know firsthand what it means to lose my freedom. 💯
Amen
It’s definitely hell bro
🙏
Appreciate you brother
Dying to hear Akira make a Musashi Myamoto Masterpiece. Love your music bro
Merry Xmas
🙏🙏❄️🙏🙏
When I was in federal prison as a political prisoner, I saw many innocent people fighting against their charges. I’d say at any given time about 20% of federal prisoners are completely innocent and about 80% are not guilty of what they’ve been charged with.
Thanks!
Appreciate you!
Thanks 🙏 for everything you do Akira, I’ll be buying merch shortly. Love you ❤
Thank you for this brother, thank you for this so much, thank you for doing this for Ross. I feel like we are all Ross given the opportunity
Exactly 🙏
my heart goes out to my brothers and sisters, both innocent and guilty, spending this holiday season behind bars
Amen
I have my own unique political views that disagree with Akira occasionally and I never really cared much about bitcoin but this album is probably the most meaningful to me out of all Akiras work because I’ve begged for my freedom while a friend records over the phone from federal prison while unjustly deprived of my freedom.
👀
Tragically Powerful
🙏
We can collectively be heard, the power resides in all of us, I’ll be contacting the elect pres
Such a deep sad song
ROSS IS FREE!!!!!!
💪🥰👌
He’s a good guy
Akira drops an album, and now he's free. Coincidence? I think not!
🥰
Robert Barnes suggested that DJT should enact a pardon board to highlight people treated badly by the justice system. How many lives could that change?
Merry Christmas MAZ 💙
Why would he do anything about a justice system he's not accountable to. These Moguls care only for things affecting them.
Share this with everyone you know, the injustice must be stopped
As both an individual and a psychologist who has worked, treated, and assessed people psychologically during my clinical internship in maximum-security prisons in Colorado, here’s my opinion:
I like the album; of course, Akira’s work is genius-we all know that. Some of the ideas and perspectives Ross shares have value-for example, the importance of valuing freedom and practicing patience rather than being impulsive when dealing with potentially problematic futuristic concepts.
However, much of what he says echoes what many offenders in prison claim to exploit the vulnerability and compassionate, empathetic mind of people without a criminal or sociopathic tendencies. They often accuse "the system," portraying themselves as victims. They use their families as tools to generate pity, and they frequently claim that everyone is conspiring against them or that they’ve been victims of injustice.
At the end of the day, most of these individuals committed crimes or felonies, and consequences exist for those actions. Laws are written and public; if you don’t violate them, most of the time, you won’t end up in prison. When Ross suggests that prisons are for "evil" people, that’s simply not true. Prison isn’t about good and evil; it’s about compliance. If you break the law, there are consequences-plain and simple.
That said, it’s important to acknowledge that the laws or rules themselves may not always be good or just. Laws are meant to evolve alongside the collective moral development of society. When laws become outdated, unfair, or out of alignment with societal values, it is the responsibility of society to push for reform and create better systems.
For instance, if you create an illegal website and quickly realize it’s being used for drug transactions, yet you continue operating it-that’s a crime. You don’t need to be a genius to understand that. He broke the law, and there are consequences.
Now, I do believe that a life sentence may be excessive, and the death penalty seems extreme for this type of crime. However, while I admire his intelligence and innovative thinking, I’m not convinced by his cries for help or the narrative that he’s an innocent man with good intentions.
This is just my opinion, but I don’t buy everything he’s saying. Spend just one hour visiting a local prison, and most offenders will tell you the same things as this guy-maybe with less sophisticated language, but the essence is the same.
Moral of the story: Don’t break the rules. Instead, work to improve them in other ways so you don’t lose your freedom. And if the rules are flawed or unjust, strive to be part of the collective movement to change them rather than becoming ensnared by them.
Akira, keep your good work, this stimulate meaningful conversations like this and that is how we grown individually and collectively.
Thank you for your considered and thoughtful comment, brother!
@ thanks to you. These people that you bring as speakers in meaning wave are very new for many of us and we have the opportunity to engage with their psychic memes distributed trough your music and its truly a miracle and its truly a great day to be alive.
My bad, I saw what Ross was doing now, I definitely take back my other comments
this dude is not ok, " on side despair and darkness and on the other side we have bitcoin and freedom".. he needs some therapy
Some people are more complex than others Micro.
@Lesley9661 well his complexity doesn't matter, what matters if it's true or not, and it's a twisted interpretation or the monetary system.
I was ignorant on the subject
Unfortunately, I know how it is to lose my freedom, it’s horrible
Didn’t do my research
He was acting nefariously
I like the guy but drugs actually are bad, and enabling people to destroy their lives isn't love
2 life sentences for the head of T Mobile!