Tour terrrordome yup yup, since the eMpTy V piece I’ve gotten a ton of responses that spoke in favor of dissing the channel. Again, I stress the fact that it was about the principal of their refusal. How can you accept the stereotype, and get testy when an artist has a political viewpoint? This was a perfect example of a giant corporation, deemed infallible shaking at the foundation. How? You always can make corporations respond by identifying the decision making participants and singling them out. I don’t see this as a problem as I’m forced to cosign my statements as an individual, so my opposing viewpoint should be exposed as well. It’s only fair. Who’s ever gonna challenge VIACOM’S hold on the images of America? In this case they alerted organizations who take this seriously.

They don’t really care about music as much as leveling out the human rights field. They can’t be bought out, and the MUMIA, JAMIL AL AMIN rejection struck a big nerve that the channel is gonna have to deal with. On the flip, MTV news finally did have a discussion about this with me during our performance at the WORLD, also in TIMES SQUARE just down the block. I sat across, under the famed teleprompter, and handled my viewpoint. Seriously, this effort should expand the possibility of pushing black faces past the point of being ‘ blackface‘ parody …open the doors for increased visibility of the DEAD PREZs, DILATED PEOPLES, BLACKALICIOUS, maybe encourage cats like TALIB KWELI to stay on the same path and make artists feel like they don’t have to sacrifice their intellect for the sake of being accepted by MTV standards. Hopefully we have set a pick for soul giants like ERYKAH BADU (in whose video yours truly happens to appear with DP), COMMON and THE ROOTS to never concide their great art.

Impossebulls promo which is a sticker shaped like a dollar bill, looks like a dollar bill, seems like a dollar bill but is really an advertisement for ‘Who Wants To Act Like A Millionaire’ a www.slamjamz.com single under the IMPOSSBULLS artist page.

SLAM jamz artists… speaking of SLAM artists the IMPOSSEBULLS put it down in the opener at PiTTSBURGH, then later doing their thing in CLEVELAND and DETROIT capping it in CINCY on Sunday. THE IMPS show energy and great continuity on stage, the aspect of them having a forming routine is helped by the fact that their stage gear consisting of uniform cap and shirt complete with ‘BULLS’ logo make them look different than just five different cats screaming anonymous joints on stage. Since a concerts first priority for the goer is to ‘see’ the IMPS visuals keep it interesting indeed. The addition is the fact that they sound good as well.

The SCALLIONS set their zone off in WORCESTER and AMHERST MASS, with a miscommunication that left them off the PROV date. UNO the PROPHET did his thing in WORCESTER and was guest starred by female underground mc prodigy MEDUSA. Also UNO brought it again in PROV. KENDO and GENERAL POP did their thing in PHILLY and NEW YORK which by the way had a ROLLING STONE review. REGENERATED HEADPIECE did the most out of their far too short set. They proved much skill and energy. KENDO had a mixup but performed in the middle of the PROFESSOR GRIFF/ 7th OCTAVE set …over a LED ZEP track. KENDO is a presence and GEN POP will do their thing wih a few key west coast dates. Jahi is the consumate professional and ripped it in DC. Unrelated but possibly future SLAM acts also ripped, PHILLYS ‘PROPHETS OF THE GHETTO’ put it down with much class and skill, as well as the CHOP SHOP and IRON TRIANGLE getting it on as well. Expect some mp3s in the near future...

The final IMPS performance, will be a split opening bill with FORCE OF NATURE, who’ll be arriving from ATLANTA. CHICAGO presents poetess AREWA, and KANSAS CITYs SOUL PROJECT. Denver intros the ORANJ MECHANIK, NWD, CHILLIOUS and GENERAL POP rounds out the west coast with JAHI again puttin it down in the bay. All these groups sounds can be found here at www.slamjamz.com the 21st century record label.

Flav status…yeah I guess by now everybody has heard the Flav status about him serving 9 weeks for the license violation. The judge sentenced him knowing a tour was pending. The judge also stated that he wasn’t in the game of ‘LETS MAKE A DEAL.’ It’s the BRONX court system; New York… the pit of the belly of the beast. Instead of the original plan to cram a world tour into 3 and a half months from September to December I decided to spread it over the next year and a half. Flav will be free to get down. All responses on this tour have been great as we made the transition of just PUBLIC ENEMY into the ‘PE TURBO REVOLVERLUTION REVUE’ backed by the 7th OCTAVE’s torrid rhythm section consisting of KHARI WYNN from MEMPHIS on guitar, BRIAN HARGROVE on bass who has contributed to SLAMjamz as HARDGROOVES FLYING CIRCUS and the FINE ARTS MILITIA, and the incredible find of ATIBA ‘T BONE ‘ MOTTEN… son of drummer DENNIS MOTTEN. This funky drummer hits them beats like he’s mad at em. Powerful. Along with DJ LORD I’m having incredible fun tripping thru a fantastic voyage of rap, hip hop, soul, rock, and funk.

Great friend DAVEY D happened to stop by two of the east coast dates PROVIDENCE and NYC and its always a pleasure hanging with DAVE. always in the trenches trying to bring the rap and hip hop game up along with a plethora of great ideas, especially with the show having breakdancing parts, and a SON OF A BUSH video idea. On the way back to the hotel from the gig I turned a 5 minute drive into 30 with a twisted sense of RHODE ISLAND directions.

Florida State was a soothing peaceful trip to TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Originally, since it was slated to be my only college speaking engagement, I took my time with these students and relished the experience. I signed many books and was very animated until my energy ran dry at around 1am in the morning.

Saw ESPN special on JOE FRAZIER that damn near left me in tears. The heart of a champion is still not respected even today and it kind of ticked me off that PHILLY had put a ROCKY statue up at the library when SMOKIN JOE was truly that city’s real life rock. The man has a reason to feel hurt.

Speaking of boxing, now that FLOYD MAYWHETHER SR got OSCAR DE LA HOYA to slip and slideduck thru punches, look out hes got that that underdog spirit. VARGAS came in swol and real fight fans knew that he was being sized up for a late round execution… and it happened. That fight was a signal to the millennial generation who swear by style rather than substance…

Cellerful of Motown is an incredible collection of unreleased material from the hitsville vaults in the 1960s. The FUNK BROTHERS put it down in the MOTOWN PIT.

Big ups to hall of famers KOOL DJ RED ALERT who brought us on in NEW YORK, and KURTIS BLOW who was providing helpful tips alongside DELITE from STETSASONIC and CHUCK CREEKMUR from the incredible WWW.ALLHIPHOP.COM and TONY SAMUEL from the underrrated IMSOMNIAC MAGAZINE. KEITH and HANK SHOCKLEE stopped thru.

SHAWN CARTER who is serving as the tour’s SLAMjamz stage manager as well as hypeman and emcee just got me a copy of SAM MOORE’S solo CD which is incredible. Recorded in 1970 for ATLANTIC it was thought to be lost in the vaults.

LORD KEL ARROYO was at the Cleveland show… a vast supplier of scouring the earth for recorded PE performances amongst others..

DATES... the west coast swing will be sweet as the PE HIGH OCTANE 7TH OCTAVE TURBO REVUE will wind up in ANAHEIM and SAN FRANCISCO at the famed FILLMORE AUDITORIUM on Thursday night OCTOBER 10th. Its gonna go down hard to def…

MTV LETTER LA TIMES…. the LA times asked me to write a piece about the MTV thing where I submitted a part 2 .. WHERE TO SPIT?… for 15 years the dilemma I had in my career was where to spit on stage. For real , I never could do it at the crowd , and the the sides have always been the best option.

ROOTS / OKAY PLAYER... I didn’t know their headquarters was at the ELECTRIC FACTORY in Philly. I dig that organization they make it a pleasure to be a part of the hip hop universe. MCA Records is trying their best to hone into the careful fanbases that the ROOTS, COMMON, BLACKALICIOUS, and others have. CAPITOL got DILATED PEOPLES and this is the test for hip hops future in the major labels scheme. Rather than just developing the art , it seems that downloading has forced them into having to pay close attention to building true artists again.

This book was given to me while lecturing at WESLEYAN U in CONNECTICUIT last year. It’s called The American Directory of Certified Uncle Toms… This is an excellent review of the book posted at Amazon.com.

"A Daring Rebuke to Multicultural white white supremacists", June 27, 2002 Reviewer: Vincent Thomas from Washington, DC.

The American Directory of Certified Uncle Toms is a well documented, scholarly, and witty critique of the most stridently "Eurocentric" elements of the black community. The book clearly distinguishes black interests (economic, political, and creative Black self-determination) from the practices of Black Eurocentrists (undermining grassroots black leadership, justifications for white supremacy, artistic portrayals of black pathology for financial gain, and fronting anti-Black agendas with no accountability to Black constituencies). Finally, we have a publication that courageously critiques white-liberalism, black conservatism, elitism in the black upper and middle classes, and an inordinate Zionist influence (the section where Ron Dellums was forced to have a family meeting because he feared a political backlash for not supporting aid to Isreal was especially telling). Whether you agree or disagree with all entries (Dubois and Washington both with five stars!), The American Directory of Certified Uncle Toms is an important work.

The passing of ALAN LOMAX signified the end of a certain discovery on the roots of american cultures. Gathering the roots of the blues LOMAX wanted the pure uncut stuff always. I wonder what he thought about hip hop , at least we know what he thought about corps..

We now have cultural machines so powerful that one singer can reach everybody in the world, and make all the other singers feel inferior because they're not like him, Mr. Lomax once reflected. “Once that gets started, he gets backed by so much cash and so much power that he becomes a monstrous invader from outer space, crushing the life out of all the other human possibilities. My life has been devoted to opposing that tendency.”

“Alan Lomax, Who Raised Voice of Folk Music in U.S., Dies at 87,” The New York Times, July 20, 2002,

Also condolences go out to the COLD CRUSH BROTHERS who lost ERIC ‘MONEY RAY’ HOSKINS to cancer just after being diagnosed 5 weeks prior. A good cat, and always down for the cause of hip hop. EASY AD who calls me from time to time is one of the most caring cats in the game and it hurts to hear this happen to such good cats. Yes it strikes me by surprise also because MONEY always appeared the best picture of health.

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