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Renegades
Cover album by Rage Against the Machine
Released	December 5, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Alternative Metal, Rapcore, Funk Metal
Length	51:35
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Rick Rubin, Brendan O'Brien, Rage Against the Machine
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Rage Against the Machine chronology
The Battle of Los Angeles (1999) Renegades (2000) Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium (2003)
Alternate Covers

Renegades is a cover album 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.

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.
It's my own form of social protest.
A letter printed on paper that no one will destroy
passed indiscriminately across race, class and gender lines
and written in the blood that keeps the beast alive.
A quiet little hijacking
on the way to the check-out counter
And a federal crime.
I hope that someone will find my message one day when they really need it.
Like I do."

The artwork ends with a photograph of an American one dollar bill with the message "YOU ARE NOT A SLAVE" written on the back.

(original artists in parentheses)

1. "Microphone Fiend" (Eric B. & Rakim: Follow The Leader) – 5:03
2. "Pistol Grip Pump" (Volume 10: Hip-Hopera) – 3:19
   • Contains portions of "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
3. "Kick out the Jams" (MC5: Kick Out the Jams) – 3:11
4. "Renegades of Funk" (Afrika Bambaataa: Planet Rock - The Album) – 4:36
   • Contains samples from "Renegades of Funk" by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force & "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
5. "Beautiful World" (Devo: New Traditionalists) – 2:35
6. "I'm Housin'" (EPMD: Strictly Business) – 4:57
7. "In My Eyes" (Minor Threat: In My Eyes) – 2:54
8. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill) – 4:08
9. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad) – 5:38
10. "Down on the Street" (The Stooges: Fun House) – 3:39
11. "Street Fighting Man" (Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet) – 4:43
12. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home) – 6:55
13. "Kick Out the Jams" (Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium European & Australian Bonus Track) (MC5: Kick Out the Jams) – 4:31
14. "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

Albums bought at Best-Buy contained a bonus disc with two live recordings, they were recorded Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

1. "People Of The Sun" Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
2. "No Shelter" Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium