Sunday, July 04, 2010
Happy 4th of July from Me and Public Enemy....
I think I post this video practically nearly every July 4th but it never stops being relevant, especially with the recent f-ckery in Arizona.
In a complete dishonoring of PE's sentiment at the top of this song on my part, I'm heading out to CT for the 4th but will try to post a couple things from the DMV artists who are gonna be a part of the Connoisseurs of Culture project, Independent's Day I mentioned the other day.....
Labels: Chuck D, Happy Holidays, Public Enemy, Racism, US race relations
Friday, April 16, 2010
Video: Chuck D of Public Enemy Talks Hip-Hop Past & Present
Speak on it, Chuck!!! Do the knowledge and watch this. Don't f-ck it off so you can go download yet another f-cking Drake remix - you NEED TO WATCH THIS!!!
Yesterday, I posted about the 20th anniversary of seminal hip hop-inspired comedy series, In Living Color. Turns out its the 20th Anniversray of the Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet too. I always thought It Takes A Nation of Millions... was the album but Fear is an amazing work in its own right. Never heard it? Go check it out.
[spotted via the twitter of Harry Allen]
Labels: Billboard, Chuck D, Old School Hip Hop, Public Enemy
Friday, October 31, 2008
Video: Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome"
Too little too late? From an album I thought was one of the best of 2007 and proof that an MC can do a credible, fresh & interesting cover of an old hip hop song:
No! The visual content and the song itself couldn't be more timely.
I remember when the orginal version dropped. It was the lead single from the follow-up album, Fear of a Black Planet, to the neutron bomb that was Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation of Millions... and the "Fight the Power" single which was the theme song to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. After those two landmarks, the group and Chuck D had the attention of the entire hip hop nation and the world - the only group bigger or (possibly) more important than them was U2. People would have literally gone to war for Chuck if he had decreed it, that's how big and influential PE were at the time. Anyway, relive a time when it felt like hip hop could change not only the way you thought or looked at the world but that world itself:
Public Enemy - "Welcome To The Terrordome" [YouTube link]
Online:
Check out the Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome" blog here.
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No! The visual content and the song itself couldn't be more timely.
I remember when the orginal version dropped. It was the lead single from the follow-up album, Fear of a Black Planet, to the neutron bomb that was Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation of Millions... and the "Fight the Power" single which was the theme song to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. After those two landmarks, the group and Chuck D had the attention of the entire hip hop nation and the world - the only group bigger or (possibly) more important than them was U2. People would have literally gone to war for Chuck if he had decreed it, that's how big and influential PE were at the time. Anyway, relive a time when it felt like hip hop could change not only the way you thought or looked at the world but that world itself:
Public Enemy - "Welcome To The Terrordome" [YouTube link]
Online:
Check out the Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome" blog here.
Labels: Chuck D, Pharoahe Monch, Public Enemy
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Rakim & Chuck D Live in Brooklyn TONIGHT!!!
With Luv Bug Starski at Studio B on 259 Banker St. (click here to see a map of the venue location). It's way too cold for me to go out for this plus c'mon: I gotta watch the Giants tonight! Click here for more details if seeing legendary hip hop icons perform is more important to you than seeing if Eli & crew can keep the streak going though!
Labels: Chuck D, Luv Bug Starski, Rakim
Monday, October 29, 2007
Raheem DeVaughn on the Nas album title controversy
More from David Banner, Chuck D, Alicia Keys and others at Allhiphop.com here.
Also:
Nas’ N-Word title may cost Universal $84M. (The Rap Up)
Labels: Chuck D, David Banner, Nas, Raheem DeVaughn
