Here’s an excerpt from Vlad Yudin’s Big Pun: The Legacy (The Lost Files.) It drops on for free February 7th, which is the 10th anniversary of Big Pun’s death. Thanks to Shake. Previously: Chuck D Speaks on Big Pun (Video)
Andrea Rose Clarke, Chuck D, Wildman Steve and DJ Johnny Juice’s new weekly radio show on WBAI airs Mondays at 9p, below is the second show featuring different segments including one about the disconnect between new and younger generations. Link …ANDYOUDON’TSTOP! / 11.30.09 on 99.5 WBAI
"Elvis was a hero to most." -- Chuck D. According to Cecil Adams, this is true. But was Elvis better? No. This question is tangential to an N-Word conversation that never ceases, and since I recorded a YouTube on it...
The venerable Stax Records celebrates its 50th anniversary, and HDNet is there to capture it for this special concert premiere, Sunday February 17th at 8:30 p.m. ET. Hosted by Public Enemy's Chuck D and Randy Jackson of American Idol, the lineup includes Angie Stone, the Reddings, Booker T. and the MGs, Mavis Staples, Isaac Hayes, and more. Related posts: Playing Your Song: Detroit Concert Venues...
From the department of "most ridiculous newspaper corrections evah," this from the Washington Post: "A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number." (Via Quinn)...
From the department of "most ridiculous newspaper corrections EVAH," this from Washington Post: "A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number." (Via Quinn)...
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Most HiFi - Action ft. Chuck D & Huggy Over at Hip Hop Press: Supernatural INC and MECCA USA Clothing presents New Music Video by MOST*HiFi and Chuck D of Public Enemy - "ACTION"
(Excerpted from Model Minority ) -- M. Dot On a fluke a few of weeks ago, I picked up a dvd about the Black Panthers and the student and employee strike at SF State that created the first Black Studies department in the country. It was in watching this video that realized that both crack and hip hop politically underdeveloped young people. Much of this statement comes out of my reading two or three...
via youtube.com Finally, elderly white folks with questionable ideas about politics and constitutional law have an MC to call their own. Seriously, though, this video from Hi Caliber, the conservative Tea Party rapper, really must be seen to be believed. It's like Chuck D and Glenn Beck had a child, and it didn't just realize it was a freak of nature and take its own life immediately upon exiting the...
DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it." The student places his hand on the disc. Freddy Fresh sets the tonearm down on a record rotating on a second...
Minnesota College Offers America's First Hip-Hop Studies Program A professional DJ since 1992, Freddy Fresh (real name Fredrick Schmid) is among the new teachers brought in by McNally Smith College of Music for a hip-hop studies program that school officials say is the first in the nation . The private downtown St. Paul, Minn. college — where rapper-actor Ice Cube already funds a scholarship...
Minnesota College Offers America's First Hip-Hop Studies Program A professional DJ since 1992, Freddy Fresh (real name Fredrick Schmid) is among the new teachers brought in by McNally Smith College of Music for a hip-hop studies program that school officials say is the first in the nation . The private downtown St. Paul, Minn. college — where rapper-actor Ice Cube already funds a scholarship...
Preparing your listening materials for the 24-72 hours? Let me help you out a little. That DV One mix was intended to be the first assist with Mick & Terry’s tape thrown in as an extra log on the fire for newer material. This compilation should allow you to check off the “old school” segment [...]
Troops were popular as an urban / hip-hop sneaker in the 80s and the 90s. The sneakers were endorsed by the likes of LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Ultramagnetic MCs, Stetsasonic, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Flava Flav as well as Ghostface Killah, Cool Kids, Mickey Factz and Teriyaki Boys. The sneakers were bright, bold and cheaply made. They did not necessarily last as long as other more mainstream sneakers, but...
Mr. Peter Parker & Ice Cube - No Sleep Til Compton - Free Download @mixlayer.com Click here to Download this Mixtape Track List: 1 INTRO 2 DOPEMAN 3 BITCH IS A BITCH 4 STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON 5 FUCK THE POLICE 6 GANGSTA, GANGSTA 7 HOW TO SURVIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL 8 N***A YOU LOVE TO HATE 9 SUMMER VACATION 10 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE PROJECTS 11 BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN FT. CHUCK D & BIG DADDY KANE 12 JACKIN