Tag: Public Enemy
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RC 318: Stormy Weather aka Veni VD Vichy
Stormy weather And I just can’t get my poor self together Oh I’m weary all of the time… With the weather of the last week with Storm Ciara and Storm Denis, Valentine’s Day it’s a hopeful episode of Radio Clash, with uptempo uplifting songs as we shout into the storm – I came! I saw!…
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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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Pop Goes The Weapon
New Prophets of Rage (the supergroup formed by members of Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and Cypress Hill) and they are back with a hard-hitting video about gun culture in the US and all the shootings this year alone. It’s a good time to be angry, and there is a lot to be…
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Happy Birthday Shirley!
Shirley Bassey is 80 today, and I present to you a few of her finest moments, firstly is 1972’s Jezahel which you probably know better as Last Leg theme Harder Than You Think by Public Enemy. Yes, they took the horn arrangement, lock stock and tooting barrel! Another is the excellently dramatic and louche version…
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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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RIP Phife Dawg
Sad to hear Phife Dawg from Tribe Called Quest has died. Love this tribute to J-Dilla he made, which seems oddly appropriate now. I have a complex relationship with Tribe – a massive fan back in the day, until I heard a homophobic track from them which they then turned into a moan about the…