
Debido a la próxima visita de Public Enemy a México en el marco del festival 72810 , tuve la oportunidad de platicar unos minutos con Chuck D sobre sus gustos personales y lo que espera la banda de su visita a nuestro país. Chuck contestó el teléfono y comenzamos a platicar un poco de México y lo importante que era para Public Enemy mantener una especie de respeto entre su país y el nuestro. Recalcó que le parecía necesario que las cosas no se salieran de control, como sucedió hace un tiempo cuando [...]

La productora independiente Albino es la responsable de la creación de un nuevo festival en México. El Festival 72810 se llevará al cabo el 10 de marzo en San Andrés, Cholula, Puebla e incluye en su cartel a 6 bandas internacionales, 11 bandas nacionales, 2 DJs internacionales y 8 DJs nacionales, todos repartidos en tres escenarios. Los boletos cuestan 750 (general) y 1500 pesos (VIP), y el cartel completo es el siguiente: Amunive Sex Sex Sex Damn Disco Salón Acapulco Los McAllister Malibu Sound Los [...]

Debido a la próxima visita de Public Enemy a México en el marco del festival 72810 , tuve la oportunidad de platicar unos minutos con Chuck D sobre sus gustos personales y lo que espera la banda de su visita a nuestro país. Chuck contestó el teléfono y comenzamos a platicar un poco de México y lo importante que era para Public Enemy mantener una especie de respeto entre su país y el nuestro. Recalcó que le parecía muy importante que las cosas no se salieran de control, como sucedió hace un tiempo [...]
Last night, Crown Royal Black hosted An Introspective Look Into Chuck D at the DuSable Museum, and after the tribute, Chuck D hit the stage with Professor Griff for a performance of "Fight The Power." Where art thou Terminator X? Shouts to Kane One for the footage.
Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! You can listen right now, or you can also stay up late and catch the show again at midnight ET. Turn your dial to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM. Listen online with a free trial here . Check out this week's playlist below! Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think Sleigh Bells - Comeback Kid M.I.A. - Bad Girls [...]
Jason Miles has been around for a long time, programming synths for and jamming with the likes of Miles Davis and Luther Vandross, let alone producing other side projects over the years. DJ Logic has been around, too, working with ?uestlove, Vernon Reid, Marcus Miller and many more. The two have been through a lot [...]
Flannel, Marlboros, and family "complications" may have played a role in musically shaping Owl Magger, Johnny Firecloud.
Questo 2012 sarà un anno intenso per l'hip-hop. Tornano, a distanza di cinque anni, i Public Enemy con ben due nuovi album. Si intitoleranno "Most of my heroes still don't appear on no stamp" (frase contenuta nel brano "Fight The Power") che sarà da prodotto da Gary G-Wiz e dovrebbe uscire in giugno e "The evil empire of everything" che dovrebbe arrivare nei negozi a settembre. In un'intervista concessa a Billboard, Chuck D ha descritto i lavori come "due affermazioni concise unite nello stesso respiro" e ha colto l'occasione per promuovere " Operation Skidrow [...]

Chuck D anunció el lanzamiento de 2 LPSs nuevos para el 2012. Estos álbumes serían sus más recientes lanzamientos desde el How Do You Sell Soul To Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul , publicado en el 2007. El primer álbum se llama Most Of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp , haciendo referencia a una línea del tema 'Fight the Power' , y será lanzado en Junio. El segundo álbum The Evil Empire of Everything , será lanzado en Septiembre. Chuck D describió los álbumes como: "dos álbumes concisos [...]
After spending the last two years touring and asking for money from their fans on Sellaband , Public Enemy ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ public-enemy-promise-two-album s-for-2012/60586/

► "Occupy Skid Row" will be taking place according to the promoter Chuck D despite concerns of acquiring correct permits . The concert benefiting the homeless on Gladys Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets will start at 1 P.M. with Public Enemy playing at 2 P.M. Other acts scheduled to play include Freestyle Fellowship, Nipsy Hustle and more. ► Talented songbird Eleni Mandell (of the Living Sisters ) [pictured above] headlines the Bootleg Theater. Songwriter and producer Aaron Embry will also be playing at set, followed by Daniel [...]
As we move into a new year, one of the strangest pieces of news has been revealed. Album sales in 2011 actually went up for the first time in almost a decade. Granted it was mostly due to Adele's incredibly popular album...that still proves that the album as a musical format is still very viable. And while all the news articles still like to pronounce the death of rock and how pop has

Public Enemy is back in full force this year with plans to drop not one but two albums. Most of My Heroes Don't Appear on No Stamp drops in June and the follow-up album, The Evil Empire of Everything, drops in September. Chuck D recently spoke with Billboard and described the albums as "two concise statements that are connected in the same breath." However, the free charity concerts seem the most intriguing with plans to play on the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the Operation: Skid Row Festival that benefits the [...]

I can rave and rant about how well this Ghetto Funk hits, but I think I've set it enough, especially with hip-hop! This time Bobby C "Shuts em Down" with Public Enemy in one of his best ghetto funk remixes, yet. DAMN, does this shit BUMP! (sorry just one more time) Public Enemy - SHUT EM DOWN (Bobby C Sound TV Remix) Bobby C Sound TV Genre: Electronica, Ghetto Funk Name: Bobby Collins Location: Denver, Colorado [...]
What started as an offhand Twitpic and a follow-up tweet ended up causing my inbox and timeline to swell within the past 24 hours. Here's a brief, five-point explanation that [...]

This week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) announced its list of inductees for 2012. To be eligible, performers must have recorded their first album 25 years ago, and exhibit criteria that demonstrate "influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll." There are categories for sidemen, non-performers, and early influences, but the category of prestige is performer and that's where this rambling is focused. The 2012 performer inductees include Guns 'n Roses , The Beastie Boys , Red Hot [...]
Public Enemy | NYC @ Central Park | 15 Aug 2010 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo . flac 403.83MB t1-16 Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (2000, 1988) [ Def Jam Recordings ] (CD) Video: Live PA, Summerstage, Central Park, New York, NY, US 2011-09-15 Members: Chuck D (vocals), Flava Flav (vocals), DJ Lord (turntables), The Bomb Squad (production), Professor Griff (vocals) [...]
Even with all the convenience the digital age has brought to the fan's music consumption diet, chalking up the days of producers digging for infectious samples and thumbing through an [...]

Previously: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-21 20. Mike Dean Kanye West might not have the best eye for fashion and we know his choice in artists is up for debate, but he's unimpeachable when it comes to cherry-picking talent to help him behind the boards. See his work with The Rza, No I.D., Jon Brion and maybe his best collaborator, Mike Dean. In many ways, Dean (along with fellow Rap-A-Lot in-studio wizard, [...]