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Fight The Power Going Down Where It All Started
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| PE Wraps 3rd Leg By Smashing Central Park NYC |
I just got back from the show in NYC....It was off tha chain!!!
IT WAS SUPER HELLIFIED
IT WAS SUPER FUNKY
IT WAS SUPER EDUCATIONAL
IT WAS SUPER HISTORICAL
I was on my feet chanting, singing & dancing the whole show. So was
everyone else who was there. This crowd was truly "on the one." (with
each other)
Public Enemy clearly demonstrated on multiple levels exactly why they
are probably the single most important artist in the history of hip hop.
And maybe why they might just be the most important artist in the future
of hip hop by having a SUPER NASTY FUNK BAND, playing their classics
behind them (our friends from the Fine Arts Militia)
This summer I have been fortunate enough to see Living Colour, Bobby
Brown and Public Enemy all perform in front of huge, enthusiastic
outdoor crowds and to watch each one of them turn it out each time, and
leave the crowd literally talking to themselves after the shows.
It also occurs to me that the timeframe of the mainstream commercial
peak of each one of these three artists (1988 - 1992?) was possibly the
last moment in time, that Black music was "right with itself?" Since
then, Black music seems to be squarely on a path of "self destruction."
After seeing each one of these shows, I have walked away thinking that
maybe it isn't too late to change that path? Maybe if more artists stop
pandering to the "mainstream," and start returning to the grassroots,
they will cause a tidal wave of innovation/creativity that will cause
Black music to emerge from the toilet where it currently resides, before
it gets flushed down that drain?
(or perhaps I am living in a fantasy world or kidding myself & Black
music is doomed to completely destroy itself, a la the recent BET KOON
SHOW?)
Anyhow...
I'll have more detail about today's BLOWOUT of a show @ Central Park, I
asked a police officer there what he thought the size of the crowd was,
and he told me "around 5,000." It rained pretty fiercely at times and
was overall a pretty nasty day weather-wise.
NOT
ONE
PERSON
LEFT
(so obviously I wasn't the only person there who was impressed)
Stay tuned, I'll have more details later...
NP: "By the time I get to Arizona"
--Public Enemy
BOB DAVIS
www.SOUL-PATROL.NET
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Falls State Park gets some Flavor
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| Public Enemy Shoots Say It Like It Really Is VIDEO at Niagara Falls |
August 12, 2010
By Nick Mattera and Emilie Hagen The Tonawanda News
NIAGARA FALLS — If it were up to Flavor Flav, he would have gone over the falls in a barrel, clock necklace and all — just for the fun of it.
Instead, the eccentric hip-hop legend settled for taking in what he called the breathtaking views of a location he always dreamed of seeing.
“This is my first time here, I have always said one day I will come to Niagara Falls and here I am,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “Growing up in the Bronx, you don’t see a waterfall like this, that’s for sure.”
Aside from considering going over the falls in a raft, Flavor Flav grabbed ice cream at Twist O The Mist on Niagara Street with Public Enemy front man Chuck D. The two posed for photos, shaking hands and fraternizing with fans on a stroll through Niagara Falls State Park.
Flavor Flav wasn’t in Niagara Falls just for pleasure. The reality television star and Public Enemy hype man was shooting a music video for the rap group’s newest single “Say it like it really is.”
The simple video shoot, which took place at Prospect Point just below the State Park’s visitor center, featured Flavor Flav, Chuck D and more than a dozen extras and just one cameraman. Chuck D said the idea of the video is to capture real world natural locations and not the status quo in the music industry, which is shooting videos on artificial sets or in front of green screens.
“The idea behind the video is to capture the beautiful landscapes of the world and take advantage of what God gave us,” Chuck D said. “We are looking to shoot in real world scenes, and what better than Niagara Falls.”
Chuck D said the group was performing at the Town Ballroom on Wednesday, which is what brought the group to the area.
The celebrities certainly got the attention of local businesses and residents during their visit. Mickey Singh was having an ordinary day working at Twist O The Mist when he spotted the VH-1 reality star who always wears a big chrome clock around his neck.
Flavor Flav was walking alone down Niagara Street when Singh recognized him. He yelled, “Hey Flavor Flav want some ice cream?”
Later, Singh told a reporter, “when you see Flavor Flav, you know who he is.”
Flavor Flav walked into Singh’s father's Indian restaurant, the Punjabi Hut, and bought a bottled water, then headed next door to Twist O The Mist. According to Singh, Flavor Flav said: “How you doing, dad,” to Pammi Singh, the owner of the two stores and The Misty Dog, next door.
Stanley Stavas, Niagara Falls resident and the manager of the restaurants, served Flavor Flav a lemon ice, since they didn’t have any slushies that the rapper requested.
After receiving the lemon ice, Singh said Flavor Flav got down on his knee and made a dramatic attempt to thank him for his generous donation on the hot day. Flavor Flav read the navy blue polo with Mickey stitched in it that Singh was wearing and said “Mickey Mick, I love you.”
“It almost felt as if he had never been spotted as a celebrity before,” Singh said. “He took time to talk to everyone. He made it a point to make their day.”
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3 CDS, 3 DVDS Of The Post DEF JAM era of Independence.
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| BRING THE NOISE, THE HITS, VIDS, and DOCS BOX |
Arguably, if RUN DMC are the BEATLES of Rap Music, PUBLIC ENEMY is surely Hip Hop's ROLLING STONES. CHUCK D, FLAVOR FLAV, PROFESSOR GRIFF and the S1WS are still doing their thing, making PE an 'event' wherever they go on the earth.
In these times where hip hop is a billion dollar business, yet at the crossroads, it has no other choice but to look back at its foundations in order to legitimize itself as true music rather than disposable pop.
One can look up or 'Google' all of the accolades of PUBLIC ENEMY as they drag the genre with them into the ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME voting in 2012.
This new innovative HITS, VIDS, and DOCS BOX SET is a 'first' and has followed that 'PE' tradition in trendsetting, while never repeating itself. A stunning set of 3 CDS featuring PUBLIC ENEMY'S post DEF JAM catalog of 10 Albums and DVDs since 1999, this is a mass compilation of studio and LIVE recordings, remixes, videos, documentaries and concert footage. Replacing legendary PUBLIC ENEMY DJ TERMINATOR X, DJ LORD has been with the group since 1999 expanding it with world class stature in that department. The group's recordings have reached into its performing 3 piece unit, aptly named the baNNed, this past decade. In house producers GARY G WIZ, DJ JOHNNY JUICE, PROFESSOR GRIFF, WHITFIELD PAYNE, SPACEMAN, and CDOC THE WARHAMMER (also compiler of this set) have followed production suit in classic BOMB SQUAD tradition.
It was never intended for PUBLIC ENEMY to solely sell, and be marketed to, the 'youth market' although its material has been found to be beneficial and non-toxic to that demographic. PE has always been a 'CLASSIC' album artist muck like TOM PETTY, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, or MILES DAVIS. This is how PUBLIC ENEMY aims to be treated and thus marketed. The 31 year old rap genre now has a marketplace range from 10 to 50 years of age. PUBLIC ENEMY aims for people of all ages, over daring to pave new marketing and promotional territory.
RANKS IN BEASTIE BOY/RUN DMC TERRITORY AS THE FIRST BOX SET OF ITS KIND DEDICATED TO ONE SINGLE HIP HOP ARTIST WITH 3 CDS, 3 DVDS, PHOTO BOOKLET,T SHIRT AND A CHUCK D SIGNED LITHOGRAPH ALL PRESENTED IN COLLECTOR'S EDITION PACKAGING.
* 3 CDS FULL OF TRACKS FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUMS
* TRACKS INCLUDE: THERES A POISON GOIN ON, REVOLVERLUTION, NEW WHIRL ODOR, BEATSAND PLACES, REBIRTH, BRING THAT BEAT BACK AND HOW YOU SELL SOUL TO A SOULESS PEOPLE WHO SOLD THEIR SOUL???
* 3 DVD INCLUDING PERFORMANCES, VIDEOS, AND DOCUMENTARIES POST 1999 ON THE LEGENDARY PE STORY FANS ARE YEARNING FOR.
* BRAND NEW TRACK SINGLE 'SAY IT LIKE IT REALLY IS' SPECIALLY RELEASED FOR THE BOX SET
* AND REMIXES INCLUDED THROUGHOUT THIS RARE RELEASE.
PUBLIC ENEMY IS TOURING 7 LEGS OF THEIR 'FEAR OF A BLACK PLAN' TOUR COMMEMORATING THE 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 1990'S FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET.
CHUCK D AND FLAVOR FLAV, INDIVIDUAL ICONS ON THEIR OWN, TOGETHER THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL HEROES.
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A LOGO Of Champions
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| PUBLIC ENEMY MERCHANDISE OFFICIAL LOGO |
The Public Enemy Merchandise Store Has stepped up Big time
LOGO tag sampled and redesigned by KELVIN Fonville. And as you see new generation stars like Angela Simmons and Lil Wayne are representing a design from last century in a very new century way.
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Flav and Chuck Boxing it in Brussels Belgium
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| FEAR OF A BLACK PLAN TOUR INVADES NORTHEAST USA |
This is the Immediate breakdown for the FEAR OF A BLACK PLAN Northeast LEG run of the USA.
AUGUST
August 1 flight from Atlanta to New York
August 2- Flight from New York-Belgium
August 3 - Lokerse, Belgium
August 5 Marisquino/Xacobeo Festival 2010 Vigo, Spain
August 7 Collingwood, ON
August 8 Club Soda Montreal, Canada
August 9 House of Blues Boston, MA
August 10 Northern Lights Clifton park, NY
August 11 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
August 12 The Chameleon Lancaster, PA
August 14 9:30 Club Washington DC
August 15 Central Park Summerstage New York, NY
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