Tag: Chuck D
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My video shouted out by Chuck D!
Now this is something that made my year – hip hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy fame not only played Rhythm Scholar’s Slick Rick mix but he shouted out the artwork video I made and my name/social media handle on his radio show …AndYouDon’tStop. It’s around 36:50 in. That’s a tick off the bucket…
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Public Enemy – State of the Union
Back when the Public Enemy #1 wasn’t the President of the United States, it was rap group, and like RTJ 4, they are very welcome in this hour of music and chaos. Short and sweet is this message for 45 and his followers, and a request to rock the vote and get him out…he’ll be…
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Public Enemy Rhythm Scholar mix
Chuck D himself said share this, and I can see why, nice remix of Public Enemy by Rhythm Scholar with RATM-inspired guitar riffs from Sami Turunen and video from TravAlma which is a bit of a history lesson – I’d certainly not heard of Farrakhan and probably Malcolm X til I heard PE records.
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RC 306: The First Pride Was a Riot And Other Stories
Just over a week ago was the 50th anniversary of the riot at Stonewall Inn, and today is London Pride, so the first half is a queer collection of revolutionary songs, from trans hardcore punk to dragapella, werk a pose to some acid banji realness and pansexual pop, and some folk tunes from the fabulous…
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Public Enemy #1 – 1984 demo
Today is all about the original demo of Public Enemy #1 by Public Enemy from 1984 (!). Chuck D talks about in on BREAL.tv, it’s genesis from a JB’s track, the intro, getting big on WBAU radio, Rick Rubin and how PE were different. Here’s the WBAU radio demo in full, with a Stetsasonic shout…
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We Will Not Live In Fear mix (Pride 2016)
Nearly exactly a week ago a man stepped into a LGBTQ Latinx club in Orlando and shot over a hundred people, killing 49. I usually make personal mixes, but this is specifically as a message for my friends and ‘family’ who are living scared, worried about what happening in the US, UK, and the political…