Public Enemy Performs At Central Park
August 16, 2010 @ 9:59 AM EDT
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Public Enemy brought the noise on the Summerstage at Central Park yesterday. Kool Herc opened up the free concert with Coke La Rock and the Cold Crush Brothers on the bill. Believe the hype! More footage below.
Wow true Hip Hop!!
I had a good time, a little rain but all in all good old hip hop
YES!! Much respect….these are the pioneers.Real hip hop right there!!
They should know by now that they can’t stop the bumrush!!Lov that line!P.E forever!!!
Bless Up!!! Hip-Hop @ It’s Purest Form W/ Live Instrumentation And DJ Kool Herc Pon Da Wheels. The Truest Of Truest Witnessed The Gods While Da Mighty Higher Showered Down Super NAtural Abundance. P.E. Really “Shut Em Down” Authentic Hip-Hop 4Ever, Those Replicas Belong In Wooden Bins.Recycle The Truth Cuz It’s On It’s Way Like Nikki Giovanni. Yours Truly, A.L.L.S.T.A.R. (Monarch Of New York)
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white people beware!!
Fuck Public Enemy…Nobody feeling that political bullshit anymore. Pioneers or not, they can eat a dick along with KRS-ONE and any other old niggas fucking the game up with all that bullyank
wow this dudes is goin hard
fuck mega this is true hip hop right here
What the fuck is “true” hip hop my nigga? Rapping/Crying about the injustices of the government?? Always complaining about how hip hop is dead and shit cause nobody buying their shit anymore? Fuck that. All these so-called “real hip hop” artists can suck my big black dick.
^ Co-sign
@ Mega @ FuckWitCha
SO MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING, BLACK PANTHERS ETC… WERE “CRYING” ABOUT THE INJUSTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT!!!! PUBLIC ENEMY WAS FIGHTIN’ THE SAME WAY THEY WAS BUT IN AN ENTERTAINMENT FORMAT!!!! THEY AIN’T CRYIN’ HOMEBOY THEY’RE PROTESTIN’!!! WITHOUT THEY’RE “CRYING” YA BLACK UNGRATEFUL MISINFORMED ASS WOULDN’T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE POPPIN’ SHIT ON A BLOG!!!! THOSE “CRIES” GAVE U FREEDOM U PIECE OF SHIT!!!! PUBLIC ENEMY WERE RAPPIN’ ABOUT REAL ISSUES NOT “REAL” HIP-HOP!!!! THEY USED HIP-HOP AS A PLATFORM TO SPEAK ON THE INJUSTICES OF THE OPPRESSED!!!! THEY’RE BIGGER THAN HIP-HOP!!!! U SHOULD PAY HOMAGE INSTEAD OF POPPIN’ SHIT AND SOUNDIN’ LIKE A JACKASS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
So you proposing that Public Enemy and the like paved the way to my freedom of speech??? LOL Nigga you outta your goddamn mind…The right to freedom of speech was birthed in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948 you dumb fuck…long before Chuck D and KRS One stepped on the scene with this bullshit.. Public Enemy and the rest of those politicin’ ass niggas with microphones did little more than the punk rockers did in the 70’s….they just sat around bitching and moaning and you can’t tell me otherwise my nigga. The day I pay homage to some crybaby ass rappers is the day I shit diamonds out my ass. To even credit these rappers as paving a way to my freedom of speech and expression is complete idiocy. Educate yourself lil nigga before you come at me..
^ TOTAL PWNAGE GOTDAYUMM SON
@ Mega:
You truly ignorant fool must STILL not get it even after mac Diesel told you EXACTLY what the fuck Hip-Hop is all about! It’s a mothafucking culture just to let people know that even if we black and uneducated, we still are human beings and our ancestors went through SHIT to get us here. Even if all U.S. citizens were granted the right to vote in ’48 don’t mean we weren’t still treated like worthless little dogs! Whites and cops still give us niggas dirty looks and those like Public Enemy are just tryin to educate people of the matter. To be frank, I doubt you even black. You fuckin cracker prolly a rich lil white kid who listens to Drake and Justin Beeber who go to a Catholic school and are on this site just to look cool or some shit. Get the flying fuck out of here and I don’t want to see your sorry lil ass here again.
@ mega
I’M NOT SAYIN’ P.E. GAVE U FREEDOM OF SPEECH U DUMMY!!!! I’M SAYIN’ THEY SPEAK ABOUT THE INJUSTICES LIKE MARTIN AND MALCOLM THAT STILL TILL THIS DAY PLAGUE BLACKS AND THE OPPRESSED!!!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR BLACKS IN 1948??? HA!!!! IN 1948, NIGGAS WAS STILL GETTIN’ LYNCHED!!!! THAT’S FREEDOM DUMBFUCK??? ARE U EVEN BLACK??? ANYWAY, THE MESSAGE IN THEIR IN MUSIC MADE PEOPLE OPEN THEIR AND SEE WUT THE FUCK WAS GOIN’ ON!!!! DON’T SHIT ON THEM CUZ YA SLOW ASS DON’T WANNA THINK!!!! MAYBE IT AIN’T FOR YOU!!!! AND WHEN DID U EVER SEE P.E. BITCHIN’ AND MOANIN’??? WHERE THE FUCK U GET YA NEWS FROM??? STEP YA KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION GAME UP SON!!!! IT’S EMBARASSIN’!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
@ Belize
COSIGN!!!! THAT DUMB FUCK NEED TO LOCK HIS ASS UP IN THE LIBRARY AND LEARN SOMETHIN’!!!! U PROBABLY RIGHT, HE/SHE PROBABLY SOME PASTY FACED FUCKBOY WHO WANNA BE BLACK BUT DON’T WANT OR KNOW THE ISSUES BLACK PEOPLE FACE ON A DAILY BASIS!!!! HA!!!! FUCKIN’ SUBURBAN DWEEB!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Are you assuming that I’m not black because of my ability to articulate the truth, or perhaps it was my reference to politic-fueled punk rock music in the 70’s? At any rate, I’m not the type of kneegrow to be out complaining like these niggas and drawing attention to elements that we are trying to progress from as people. You on some Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson shit my nigga..keeping injustice alive rather than putting it to rest by moving beyond it. You don’t hear me though beause you’re too influenced by the sensationalism in black entertainment media. You simply refuse to evolve. Simp.
@ mega
I DON’T KNOW WUT WORLD U LIVE IN, BUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OPPRESSED BLACK PEOPLE BACK THEN ARE STILL HERE TODAY!!!! I’M NOT ON NO JACKSON OR SHARPTON SHIT, BUT I’M DEFINITELY CONSCIOUS OF WUT’S GOIN’ ON!!!! THE ISSUES FOR BLACKS ARE STILL THERE, IT’S JUST HIDDEN WELL AND NOT AS VISIBLE!!!! DON’T BE FOOLED!!!! SHIT IS STILL FUCKED UP FOR BLACKS!!!! WE’VE PROGRESSED BUT CERTAIN THINGS STILL AIN’T RIGHT!!!! U CAN’T HAVE PROGRESS WITHOUT STRUGGLE!!!! BELIEVE THAT!!!! AND I DON’T KNOW WUT RACE U ARE, BUT U ARE DEFINITELY MISINFORMED AND LIVIN’ IN YA OWN BUBBLE!!!! TO EACH’S OWN!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
To each his own indeed..I just don’t think I’m not alone when I say that Public Enemy and KRS One are the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of urban music….They are not really making a positive difference at all or taking us in a new direction..they just using that angle to create controversy, generate buzz and make money off it. The biggest downside to that is what happens to the easiest influenced percentile of the black population that are unable to see past the bullshit. But I regress..
Wow… a lot of blog hate coming from Mega, but that’s his true right as its coming from deep inside. Although this is a blog, its also the real world where one would be really naive to not think it exists. He could be a coal miner from West Virginia or some bro from Brooklyn. We’ll never know.
In my defense of KRS ONE however …I say to Mega and Fuckwitcha that I have seen cats run out of the room when he comes walking in. Rhyme wise KRS ONE can literally rap a cat into submission with metaphor and such. LIVE. Seen it too many times. He has helped too many people.
Also politics simply means who’s controlling the streets not simply who’s running in them. The majority of the world supports this realm of hip hop and buys into the fact that Americans need to step their game up. Then again the amerikkkan white law also seems to support ‘black on black crime ‘ and thus a host of niggativity that goes along with it.
While KRS ONE may have been able to rap cats into submission in the past, I find it very unlikely that he could do the same these days. I saw him @ a show in ATL last year performing with Buckshot and his freestyle was too old school to impress anyone. Same ol same ol…Anyhow- Chuck, with all due respect, at some point you gotta ask yourself- are you for the cause or against it?? You can unknowingly digress your people by constantly bringing up the past and encouraging them to “fight the power”. That’s evolution in reverse if you think about it…call it the de-evolution of black America. If you truly want your people to rise up and become leaders in the world, let the negatives of the past go and embrace the future. The sooner we let go of the past, the closer we are as a people to thrive and bring new life to our culture. A breath of the freshest air is a beautiful thing.
I dont know if I can co sign with you on this Mega. I know cats that rhyme 3 languages and can braid them like hair verse wise….
I know Superrappers from other lands who have the same beats , similar flows and different word action… that I think are too advanced for USA ears and minds , so how ‘future ‘ do you want it?
I think KRS has broken down various levels of rhyme science. Im for the cause of a collective bringig us up instead of keeping us down.
The letting go of the past is a problem if we don’t open ourselves to the planet and ask how we got here in the first place. Enough said neither here or there ….
My only problem with some current agenda is lack of collective agenda, Its individual go for self.
Hence the disappearance of crews and the explosion of soloists.
Hence the artform going from arenas and stadiums on its own terms to clubs.
Hence the evaporating of record labels and unit selling for everyone…
The difference moneywise 20 years ago was invest 10, 000 get a million back if its right.
Now labels invest a million to get half of that number ….not a good biz model
So the barometer today is more of the activity off the stage than on it. What someone has over what people want. It is what it is im a realist.
I like 50 Cents interviews even more than his music , he is sharp.
I think JAY Z has really finally understood how important the stage is …he has been awesome LIVE.
1. A growing amount of women and over 25 adults leave hip hop in droves because of the lack of connection on the broad scale. While its not the artists fault , the fact of
2. The effort of the entertainer artist is to leave everything on the stage where people have gathered
to take home something they can add to themselves.
3. Its the lack of Public Relations that have put the artform into a place that separates the audience from the artists…
These things can be repaired with care. I don’t think the craft should be selfish, sloopy or greedy thats all
theres a lot of artists that want to shine on some solid ground. It should be laid out for them…
But I can understand you not ‘jockin’ based on what you said in your first post Monday, August 16 2010 at 4:12 PM EST. A lotta blog anger there for no reason bro. Then again it may be a release to fire them words out.
You have political tension where ever you’re livin… if you pay attention to it. Sometimes a song can free a person up. Its done it for me regardless of how old that song or artist is. I just celebrated my 50th birthday and I feel that mind , body and soul wise its a good thing to cross that line for a black man and set some good standard.
Like said before its the hip hop language to the rest of the planet ..believe me when I tell you. The introduction of some knowledge , wisdom, and understanding to the rap game .
I think it’s not complaining but showing a way to do it even better with some balance…for a long time.
That’s the mark of music and the word.
You are correct in that it was a release to fire off the comment in the way that I did.. I suppose I get fed up with the back and forth of what is hip hop and what isn’t so I have more less chosen my side based on the illogical pseudo-science that most self proclaimed “REAL hip hop” heads (and emcees) spew forth on the blogs, on the mic, whatever.. In 2010 and beyond, I personally feel that as black men living in America, we have a new standard to set for the younger generation in all art forms and platforms that reach our people. While knowing our history in this world is important- the militant/anarchic angle of approach to change is counter-productive and lends itself to an extremist mindset that is easily adopted by the uneducated and easily influenced young men and women out there trying to find their own identities in music. Anyhow- that’s just the way I feel. No need to continue going back and forth on the topic. I suppose everything was meant to happen the way it has for a bigger reason and some day we may find resolution in it all. In closing, I will say that I respect your opinion and admire you as an artist that stands up for his beliefs, as I am also standing up for mine. All the best, Mega
“Hip-Hop is more than music. Hip-Hop has crossed cultural boundaries that other music genres never crossed. Hip-Hop is not only the music you listen to, but the way you walk, talk, dress and act. Hip-Hop is a state of mind, an entire generation. Thirty years strong, we are the Hip-Hop generation. Rap is what we do, Hip-Hop is how we live!” – KRS One
PHRAYNKHP and especially mac DIESEL and I are just keepin it real. Mega and Chuck, you lil girls keep living in your fantasy world, but we just be staying true to our blood, to what we and our ancestors been through and what the definition of Hip-Hop is.
Yup Yup
PEace
an
Respect
‘chk’
Belize UR an idiot. The guy posting as “Chuck” is actually Chuck D himself from Public Enemy. Show some respect son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes, this is real, classic, true, etc. Hip Hop!
To people like mega…it seems you think that we live in some type of post-racial America where the messages of Public Enemy are no longer needed. You are sadly mistaken. PE, BDP, BDK, etc. were AHEAD of their time, which means that today, their messages are right ON TIME.
For you to say their messages are not needed and then call someone my n**** in the same breath is ludicrous. Whether your black or not, your mind is certainly stuck on stupid.
In regards to punk rock, Hip Hop groups like the Cold Crush, Afrika Bambaata and the like interfaced with the punk rockers all the time because they knew something was (and is) wrong with America and how it plays out for the masses of the people. There is a universality in the culture of Hip Hop that has now been picked up by admirers from all across the globe.
I challenge you and others that agree with you to discuss any and all points you raise intelligently. Otherwise, don’t bother responding.
Peace.
A-tone, the Hip Hop Historian
Originators.
First single:
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