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::MUSIC NEWS::
LE Newsletter -
March 18, 2010
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PE, Chuck D Still Bringing the Noise
Source:
www.eurweb.com
(March
15, 2010)
*Rap group
Public Enemy
and its leader
Chuck D
appear to be even busier now than
during their heyday in the 1990s, according to Billboard.com.
The collective is gearing up for what will be its 69th, 70th and
71st tours this year. Through its SLAMjamz digital label (SLAMjamz.com),
PE recently released the benefit album “Kombit pou Haiti,” with
proceeds donated to the Lambi Fund in Haiti.
Coming in the spring: a “Welcome to the Terrordome”
three-CD/three-DVD boxed set encompassing live tracks, videos
and documentaries from the past 12 years of PE’s work; a Chuck D
solo album, “Mistachuck: Don’t Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin’”;
and “It’s Back to a Million of Us to Hold a Nation,” by PE
backing band the baNNed.
The forthcoming instrumental set reinterprets PE’s 1988 classic,
“It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.”
And don’t forget Chuck D’s radio show launched in November on
WBAI.org — “AndYouDontStop!”
— with plans to expand across the Pacifica Radio network and as
a podcast on iTunes.
Also in the works are three key ventures: SellaBand, a Web site
where the general public can invest in artists (PE has raised
more than $57,000 for its next album from investments in $25
increments); the Chuck D and Gary “G-Wiz” Rinaldo-created Web
site
HipHopGods.com, an archive
site focusing on the history of classic rap; and
FightThePower.org, a
non-profit company established by Chuck D to continue to fight
for artists’ rights in terms of publishing, copyright and
masters ownership.
In an interview with Billboard, Chuck D reflected on the
creative climate that spawned “Fear,” PE’s early involvement in
the Internet revolution and the evolution of rap and hip-hop. View
the entire interview here. |
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