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'''Renegades''' is the fourth studio album to date by Rage Against the Machine.
It consists entirely of cover songs and includes covers of artists such as Bob Dylan, Minor Threat, EPMD, MC5, the Rolling Stones, Cypress Hill, and Devo.
It was released in 2000, after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but featured his vocals. It is rumored that Zack did not want the album to be released, and the band secured separate management to ensure it would come out. After the release of ''Renegades'', the remaining three members of the band reformed with Chris Cornell on vocals as Audioslave. Rage did, however, release one final album, ''Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium'', a live recording of their final two concerts in Los Angeles on September 12 and September 13, 2000. The bonus live version of "Kick out the Jams" on the European version of this album also appears on Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. The band recorded a version of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" for the album but it does not appear on this or subsequent b-sides and remains unreleased.

Contents

Album artwork

Track listing

Best-Buy Bonus Disk

Personnel

Chart

Album

Singles

Album artwork

Suitably for a covers album, the cover art is a homage of the iconic pop art work LOVE by Robert Indiana. The album shipped with four different versions of the cover: either red lettering with black and either blue or green background, or with the red and black switched. (see infobox for images).
The album artwork includes a poem by Josh Koppel:

''"I write messages on money.
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''It's my own form of social protest.
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''A letter printed on paper that no one will destroy
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''passed indiscriminately across race, class and gender lines
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''and written in the blood that keeps the beast alive.
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''A quiet little hijacking
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''on the way to the check-out counter
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''And a federal crime.
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''I hope that someone will find my message one day when they really need it.
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''Like I do."
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The artwork ends with a photograph of an American one dollar bill with the message ''"YOU ARE NOT A SLAVE"'' written on the back.

Track listing

(original artists in parentheses)
#"Microphone Fiend" (Eric B and Rakim: ''Follow The Leader'') – 5:03
#"Pistol Grip Pump" (Volume 10: ''Hip-Hopera'') – 3:19
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★ Contains portions of "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
#"Kick out the Jams" (MC5: ''Kick Out the Jams'') – 3:11
#"Renegades of Funk" (Afrika Bambaataa: ''Planet Rock - The Album'') – 4:36
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★ Contains samples from "Renegades of Funk" by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force & "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
#"Beautiful World" (Devo: ''New Traditionalists'') – 2:35
#"I'm Housin'" (EPMD: ''Strictly Business'') – 4:57
#"In My Eyes" (Minor Threat: ''In My Eyes'') – 2:54
#"How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Cypress Hill: ''Cypress Hill'') – 4:08
#"The Ghost of Tom Joad" (Bruce Springsteen: ''The Ghost of Tom Joad'') – 5:38
#"Down on the Street" (The Stooges: ''Fun House'') – 3:39
#"Street Fighting Man" (Rolling Stones: ''Beggars Banquet'') – 4:43
#"Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan: ''Bringing It All Back Home'') – 6:55
#"Kick Out the Jams" (Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium European & Australian Bonus Track) (MC5: ''Kick Out the Jams'') – 4:31
#"How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium European & Australian Bonus Track, Including vocals from Cypress Hill) (Cypress Hill) – 4:31

Best-Buy Bonus Disk

Albums bought at Best-Buy contained a bonus disk with 2 live recordings, they were recorded Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
#"People Of The Sun" Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
#"No Shelter" Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

Personnel

★ Rage Against the Machine – Co-Producer, Art Direction

★ Zack de la Rocha – Vocals, Lyricist

★ Tom Morello – Guitar

★ Tim Commerford – Bass

★ Brad Wilk – Drums

★ Rick Rubin - Producer

★ Brendan O'Brien – Producer of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad"

★ Jim Scott – Engineer

★ David Schiffman – Engineer

★ Rich Costey - Mixing

★ D. Sardy – Mixing of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" and "Street Fighting Man"

★ Katie Teasdale – Assistant Engineer

★ Darren Mora – Assistant Engineer

★ Matt Marin – Assistant Engineer

★ Mike Scotella – Assistant Engineer

★ Geoof Walcha – Assistant Engineer

★ Rich Veltrop – Assistant Engineer

★ Greg Fidelman – Digital Editing

★ Mark Moreau – Digital Editing

★ Lindsay Chase – Production Coordination

★ Jake Sexton – Political Coordinator

★ Jake Koppell – Inside Booklet

Chart

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2000	The Billboard 200	#14
2000	Top Canadian Albums	#13
2000	Top Internet Albums	#14
2000	UK Album Chart	#71

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2000	"Renegades of Funk"	Modern Rock Tracks	#9
2000	"Renegades of Funk"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#19
2001	"How I Could Just Kill A Man"	Modern Rock Tracks	#37
2001	"How I Could Just Kill A Man"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#39