At every step of their music industry and lyrical innovation, the hip-hop group Public Enemy has been a magnet for irony.
A collective of self-proclaimed radicals lead by rapper Chuck D and hype man Flavor Flav, they've championed positive black causes and shouted out everyone from Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King to Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan. But one of their most memorable contributions to mainstream music was a cover version of their own song "Bring the Noise" with thrash metal group Anthrax.
They railed against the scourge of freebase cocaine in "Night of the Living Baseheads," then Flavor Flav developed a crack problem.
They blasted a fictitious woman for watching garbage TV in "She Watch Channel Zero?!," then Flav became a reality star in Flavor of Love on VH1.
Now the group has announced its plans to flip the script on the major-label-driven music business model by making...
A collective of self-proclaimed radicals lead by rapper Chuck D and hype man Flavor Flav, they've championed positive black causes and shouted out everyone from Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King to Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan. But one of their most memorable contributions to mainstream music was a cover version of their own song "Bring the Noise" with thrash metal group Anthrax.
They railed against the scourge of freebase cocaine in "Night of the Living Baseheads," then Flavor Flav developed a crack problem.
They blasted a fictitious woman for watching garbage TV in "She Watch Channel Zero?!," then Flav became a reality star in Flavor of Love on VH1.
Now the group has announced its plans to flip the script on the major-label-driven music business model by making...
- 10/7/2009
- by Tyler Gray
- Fast Company
Picture this: the year is 1985; a little girl is in her pajamas and seated in front of the TV entranced by the awesomeness that is Krush Groove. I've listened to a lot of music over the years, but I always came back to hip-hop. Come to think of it, I've listened to it, read about it -- heck, I've even watched every junky documentary that came my way. Not to mention that, to this day, when I hear It's Tricky, I make sure the volume is maxed out. So you would think that a Run Dmc biopic would be good news, right? I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed, and here's why: The Hollywood Reporter announced that Notorious screenwriter, Cheo Hodari Coker, has signed to adapt Bill Adler's (the group's former publicist), Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-dmc -- The Authorized Biography.
- 2/5/2009
- by Jessica Barnes
- Cinematical
At least three SpoutBlog commenters will be happy to learn that Notorious screenwriter Cheo Hodari Coker is next adapting Bill Adler's book on Run Dmc, Tougher Than Leather. Two weeks ago, when I responded to the Biggie Smalls biopic with a list of 5 Dead Rappers Who Need a Biopic, I excluded Run Dmc's Jam Master Jay on account he was a DJ, not a rapper. But SpoutBlog readers nevertheless pointed out my error and suggested he and his group get a biopic anyway. Another screenwriter goes from one bio to another: A Mighty Heart scribe John Orloff <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr ...
- 1/29/2009
- by Christopher Campbell
- Spout
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