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“It was the B-side that became one of the most important pieces of music ever - certainly one of the most sampled”: How breakbeat took over the music world

“It was the B-side that became one of the most important pieces of music ever - certainly one of the most sampled”

MusicRadar

“Michael Stipe said it was his favourite dance album – he used to put it on and then write his lyrics for REM to it”: Rave icons Utah Saints on their legacy, sampling Kate Bush, and the challenges of making their debut album

“Sometimes it would take three of us to make little adjustments as the track was going down live – we all had to get our cues in the right place”: The UK duo look back on their debut as it’s reissued over 30 years on

MusicRadar

The Proud Boys founder counselled Kanye West about Hitler. John Safran has the lowdown

Gavin McInnes, founder of far-right “Western chauvinist” group the Proud Boys, told a BBC documentary that “the corrupt leftwing media” was responsible for the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, it emerged this week. The documentary also showed him saying he wants to “make America hate again”.

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MC Duke: a pioneering British rapper more people should know about

MC Duke (Kashif Adham) was a key figure in the development of hip-hop in Britain in the late 80s. When he died in April, British rap lost a giant. From the East End of London, Duke strengthened the evolution of the genre in the UK by relating directly to US…

The Conversation

My week at Kanye’s: John Safran on his time squatting in the rapper’s mansion

The Jewish Australian comedian-journalist spent a week living in one of West’s houses in Los Angeles. This is what he learned

The Guardian - AU

Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’

With a new Body Count album out next month, the hip-hop superstar turned actor answers your questions on Law & Order, the Cop Killer furore and working with ‘wild man’ Abel Ferrara

The Guardian - UK

“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more

Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary

Louder

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'Scheduling issues': Public Enemy cancel their Newcastle show

Ticketholders, refunds are coming in 30 business days.

Newcastle Herald

Flavor Flav is soaking up his 1st Olympic experience cheering on the US water polo teams

Flavor Flav stopped for hugs, handshakes and high-fives as he made his way around the Team USA House at the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

From John Lennon to NWA: 14 of the best protest songs, ranked

From Marvin Gaye to Little Simz, here are 14 songs that illuminate the power of protest music to make change, as ranked by Finn Cliff Hodges

The Independent UK

“Our failure got us dropped by our label, manager and publisher – and led to us rediscovering what we really wanted to do musically”: How No-Man learned to confound their expectations without offending each other

Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson’s mutual respect and passion has kept their art-pop collaboration alive – despite the constant distractions of their other projects

Louder

Flavor Flav wants to save Red Lobster

Last month, the Public Enemy rapper made a promise to "help save one of America's greatest dining dynasties"

Salon

Flavor Flav orders entire Red Lobster menu in effort to save chain following bankruptcy

Public Enemy rapper says he will do ‘everything to help Red Lobster’ after chain restaurant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Independent UK

The surprising '80s album that never leaves our hi-fi test rooms

It's a gem of a hip-hop album that should be in every music fan's collection – and it's a great test disc, too.

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30 incredible albums that didn’t win Album of the Year at the Grammys, including Beyoncé’s Lemonade

So many incredible albums didn't win Album of the Year at the Grammys.

Louder

“Us and them doesn’t exist any more”: How The Cult's Ian Astbury tried to break down genre barriers with his pre-Lollapalooza festival Gathering Of The Tribes, and claimed he got “ripped off” for his trouble

Don't tell Ian Astbury that Perry Farrell invented the concept of the genre-fluid alt. rock festival in the US

The Independent UK

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R

Louder

"It's never been a phase!" Watch Public Enemy's Flavor Flav casually turn up in the middle of a circle pit at emo club event Emo Nite last month

Flavor Flav is just completing side quests at this point

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Louder

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Ghost Story; Class of 88 with Will Smith; Shaun Keaveny’s Daily Grind – review

Tristan Redman uncovers a tangled web of secrets, lies and murder; Will Smith goes back to his his hip-hop roots; and Shaun Keaveny makes everything seem better

Chicago Sun-Times

Southeast Side mural pays tribute to hip-hop’s Public Enemy

This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at a mural on the Southeast Side, a new painting celebrating the Chicago Bulls and another piece of art in Austin chronicling Black history in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Humboldt Park artist Stef Skills loves Public Enemy and paid tribute to the hip-hop icons with a mural

The rap group “baptized me into hip-hop music and culture,” the artist says, with lyrics that helped instill in her “the spirit of activism and being able to question things.”

The Conversation

50 years of hip-hop: Its social and political power resonates far beyond its New York birthplace

Some historians say hip-hop culture all started at a party one hot August night in the South Bronx in 1973. DJ Kool Herc plugged his parents’ record gear into a street lamp and began creating what is known as breaks — longer instrumentals in records created by replaying the musical…

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture

The Public Enemy frontman talks about why he returned to his first love of art to create a book about the violence dividing his country

The Guardian - UK

‘She spoke truth to power, always’: Sinéad O’Connor’s affinity with Black music – and liberation

The Irish musician expressed solidarity and an appreciation for Black music with gospel, rap and roots reggae recordings, which were often fuelled by her own experiences of marginalisation

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