The Return of Clean
Chuck D is on his gil scott heron lane of his career and on celebration of ignorance I think he has found his voice even though his voice sounds a bit more strained than usual which can be due to his production or his years of performing on the road like dmc(from run dmc). Chuck … Read More “Chuck D-Celebration of Ignorance” »
This year we found many pioneers in hip-hop adding to their storied catalog with new bodies of work so it is only fitting that Public Enemy deliver some new audible goodness for us all to appreciate. PE dropped their latest “Nothing is Quick in the Desert” for free download a vast contrast to the business … Read More “Public Enemy- Nothing is Quick in the Desert…….” »
Public Enemy have announced reissues of 1988’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and 1990’s Fear of a Black Planet. It Takes a Nation will include liner notes written by the Roots’ ?uestlove, and will be reissued on November 24. Black Planet follows on December 8, with Wax Poetics editor-in-chief Andre … Read More “Public Enemy to Reissue It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet” »
Chuck D wants Urban radio to “get it right or be gone” — and he’s not just talking about Hot 97 in New York. The Public Enemy co-founder has been in a Twitter war of words with the Hot 97 team since the station’s Summer Jam concert on June 1, when he derided “what a … Read More “Chuck D Wants to ‘Change the Face of Urban Radio’ in Wake of Hot 97 ‘Fiasco’” »
Public Enemy, hip-hop’s original revolutionaries, are about to kick over the barriers once again. Specifically the rap legends have decided to release “Get Up Stand Up”their fist-raising collaboration with rhymesayer Brother Ali as a BitTorrent bundle today. That might not sound like a shot heard round the world at first gloss but what it means … Read More “Public Enemy + BitTorrent Team Up To Revolutionize Online Music” »
