Chuck just can't go for that "Steel Magnolias" shiat... also, Flavor Flav was asked if he would play a "controversial negro", not Huey P Newton or H Rap Brown.

Ice Cube did it.

BobtheFascist: Ice Cube did it.

I thought it was on Amerikkka's Most Wanted, last track IIRC -- bonus track maybe? Track listing on wiki doesn't list it, but I could swear it was on the cassette I had. But it was also on PE's Fear of a Black Planet.

Big Daddy Kane did it too :)

Anyway, I wonder if they'll have Professor Griff and Siser Souljah in the movie.

/burn, Hollywood Burn I hear a riot going on first they're guilty now they're gone
//yeah I'll check out a movie, but it'll take a black one to move me
///can't remember the rest by heart
////something shots ringing out, something putting each others' heads out

Perhaps they'll have an episode on the history of jewelry.

From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

It could potentially be totally awesome, too, you know.

mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

There's a Public Enemy comic book?

Does Flav get his super powers from smoking crack?

This ought to be done as a sequel to Bebe's Kids!

/"We don' die, we multiply!"

Well. I didn't expect this.

Public Enemy is a world-famous Hip-Hop band that has crossed genres and influenced a generation with their lyrics and beats. What the world doesn't know is that they are members of a secret network of global freedom fighters known as the 'Underground Railroad.' When a young runaway seeks out Public Enemy's help, the group uncovers a government conspiracy to use the homeless as guinea pigs for illegal human experimentation. What they don't realize is these experiments are designed to create genetically-enhanced super soldiers that will be used to build an unstoppable army. Public Enemy quickly realizes they are in way over their heads as they fight for their lives against the powers that be!

You have got to be farking kidding me.

See, this is the shiat that makes me think Young MC was farking WRONGED.

Here was a guy who was a silly comic book rapper just doing his thing and the hip hop community threw him and P.M. Dawn to the curb.

Now P.E. is farking doing a pathetic comic book.

What the fark is next, KRS-One Meets Spider-Man?! Jesus farking Christ.

Bag of Hammers 2009-03-30 06:58:30 PM
mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

Yup.

Look at Flava Flav; the guy is an embarassment and last week
I heard Todd Rundgren's 'Hello, It's Me' in a TUMS commercial. I am not kidding.

I just came here to say PE's music was farking awesome back in the day.

mfaby: Bag of Hammers 2009-03-30 06:58:30 PM
mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

Yup.

Look at Flava Flav; the guy is an embarrassment and last week
I heard Todd Rundgren's 'Hello, It's Me' in a TUMS commercial. I am not kidding.

Farking Lust for Life is used in Princess Cruise lines commercials.

Bag of Hammers: mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

Speaking of Sex Pistols
/also

Saw Public Enemy and Anthrax in Fresno about 1992. Fresno is not a bastion of racial tolerance. At the theater I was at there are cupolas on either side of the stage. Motherfarkers were spitting on Flavor from the cupolas. Flavor did his best to spit back. One of the best shows I've seen in 30 years of show a goin'.

Charlie Benante threw me a drum stick at the show. Still have it.

Saw Primus at the same show.

We were in the 3rd row.

You know you love hearing of the minutia of my life.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

Glitchwerks: Well. I didn't expect this.

Imagine them giving a damn

Time to get the hell out

still one of the greatest albums ever made

Global Citizen: still one of the greatest albums ever made

Man, I agree. For a while Public Enemy was one of the best band that ever lived

Sadly though, apart from The Roots, most post-mid1990 hiphop albums are mostly crap to me. Rap went from talking politics, freedom and encouraging people to think to themselves to a self-absorbed discourse on money, hoes and pretending to be gangsters and there's nothing elevating in that

Glitchwerks: Well. I didn't expect this.
...


I did.



//Yeah, I know, not exactly the same thing, but still.
//The KISS cartoons could also bean example, I guess.
//I was actually looking for the sequel when i found this, but it was amusing.

mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

Elvis LIVES!

Jim_Callahan: //The KISS cartoons could also bean example, I guess.

KISS was always a joke, though. They were a parody/party/arena-rock version of the "hard" rock of the time.

Elmer was a hero to most but he
Elmer was a hero to most but he

I think Greg Giraldo best described Flava Flav on his roast:
You look like Idi Amin after a crack binge on the sun

/DNRTFA
//muthafark him and John Wayne!

HappyHarryHardOn: Sadly though, apart from The Roots, most post-mid1990 hiphop albums are mostly crap to me. Rap went from talking politics, freedom and encouraging people to think to themselves to a self-absorbed discourse on money, hoes and pretending to be gangsters and there's nothing elevating in that

Yeah? Well when KRS-One threw P.M. Dawn off the stage he was paving the way for the bullshiat to come.

God forbid introspection and spirituality be a part of hip hop.

When Arsenio showed that Young MC wasn't "street" enough for hip hop, he was paving the way for artists who's credibility is based on how many times they've been shot.

Now we have 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. And Soulja Boy. Hip hop deserves its fate.

So apparently a nation of millions didn't need to hold them back.

almejita: Saw Public Enemy and Anthrax in Fresno about 1992. Fresno is not a bastion of racial tolerance. At the theater I was at there are cupolas on either side of the stage. Motherfarkers were spitting on Flavor from the cupolas. Flavor did his best to spit back. One of the best shows I've seen in 30 years of show a goin'.

Charlie Benante threw me a drum stick at the show. Still have it.

Saw Primus at the same show.

We were in the 3rd row.

You know you love hearing of the minutia of my life.

That's it? But what about the drive to the show? And dinner? What did you eat for dinner?

Chuck D is one angry/bitter mofo.

"Burn, Hollywood, Burn" An Alan Smithee film... Alan Smithee is the name directors take when they don't like the final cut of the film and don't want their names attached. As I recall, one of the worst films in history according to IMDb... starring the Brothers brothers.

almejita
Saw Public Enemy and Anthrax in Fresno about 1992.

That would have been cool to see.

Funny, I was listening to the 1991 version of Bring the Noise on my way home from work today... Link

boogerwolf: I think Greg Giraldo best described Flava Flav on his roast:
You look like Idi Amin after a crack binge on the sun

/DNRTFA
//muthafark him and John Wayne!

I don't remember who said it but the one from the roast I loved was "you look like a skeleton wrapped in electrical tape".

it'll probably be shown on channel zero

All I have to say is that Chuck D would be a great voice of God. He was about the only reason I listened to Air America when he was on.

boogerwolf: I think Greg Giraldo best described Flava Flav on his roast:
You look like Idi Amin after a crack binge on the sun

/DNRTFA
//muthafark him and John Wayne!


John Wayne was a fag.

Bag of Hammers 2009-03-30 07:22:20 PM
mfaby: Bag of Hammers 2009-03-30 06:58:30 PM
mfaby: From 'threatening' to 'banal' is 20 short years.

But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

Yup.

Look at Flava Flav; the guy is an embarrassment and last week
I heard Todd Rundgren's 'Hello, It's Me' in a TUMS commercial. I am not kidding.

Farking Lust for Life is used in Princess Cruise lines commercials.


For some reason, this doesn't bother me. I really like the song and there were some hot babes in a few of the commercials.

t3knomanser: Jim_Callahan: //The KISS cartoons could also bean example, I guess.

KISS was always a joke, though. They were a parody/party/arena-rock version of the "hard" rock of the time.

Well... yeah.

Are you saying Public Enemy isn't?

//Well, maybe it's less intentional.

I always imagined that PE would be a great template for a
team of Shadowrunners (back when I still played the game):

Chuck D & the S1W were perfect street samurai/combat muscle.

Flav was a street shaman/magician.

Terminator X was their decker.

/White boy nerd, nevertheless appreciates their music

Lord Snoopy's G.P.E.H.: Elmer was a hero to most but he

That's: Elvis was a hero to most

E.S.Q.: John Wayne was a fag.

The hell he was!

Global Citizen: still one of the greatest albums ever made

Word.
Gonna bring it up on my walkman now.

Too bad PE got worse and worse over the years..I guess they got too preachy.
Early stuff is still classic

Flavor?

I'm the animated version of Meadowlark Lemon, so I'm getting a real kick out of this thread.

Yes. The rhythm, the rebel...

Bag of Hammers: But isn't that the trajectory of every band that lasts that long? If the Sex Pistols hadn't broken up they'd be doing Mountain Dew commercials now.

actually.... butter commercials.



/hot like a syringe full of sellout