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The year Public Enemy and N.W.A brought fury and politics to rap

The Los Angeles Times 07 Aug 2023

Hank Shocklee was listening to his car radio on the way to a Long Island movie theater with his family when Eric B ... Shocklee, a founding member of Public Enemy’s innovative production team, the Bomb Squad, sat gobsmacked ... “‘I Know You Got Soul’ stopped time,” Shocklee recalls ... “That was the year that defined the culture,” says Shocklee.

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50 years, 50 game-changing moments: How hip-hop took over the world

The Los Angeles Times 07 Aug 2023

“Rapper’s Delight,” the game-changing debut by the Sugarhill Gang, was produced out of Englewood, N.J., and featured unlikely rhyme pioneers Michael “Wonder Mike” Wright, Henry “Big Bank Hank” Jackson and Guy “Master Gee” O’Brien ... Hank Shocklee was listening to his car radio on the way to a Long Island movie theater with his family when Eric B.

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‘No one knew what to do’: when Sinéad O’Connor ripped up the pope’s photo on TV – the inside story

The Observer 27 Jul 2023

At the record label Chrysalis in New York, we had a Wednesday marketing meeting every week. I was a young executive and the president came in and said, “I just came back from England and we signed a super talent.” I think she was 19 – it was Sinéad. This was before she shaved her head ... That was her thing ... She befriended [Public Enemy’s] Hank Shocklee ... .

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How Sinéad O’Conner Became One of Hip-Hop’s Most Revered Allies

The Daily Beast 27 Jul 2023

The mid-1980s were a contentious time for hip-hop, and nobody wanted to admit it ... Ironic ... A year after that, she had Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee remix her single “Emperor’s New Clothes” off her follow-up album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got—which also includes her groundbreaking global smash “Nothing Compares 2 U,” written by Prince ... .

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‘Nothing Compares 2 U is perfect’: Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 greatest songs

The Observer 27 Jul 2023

Troy ... Mandinka ... It was a stunning appearance ... Sinead O’Connor ... Read more ... Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee also remixed the song, a nod to her forward-thinking sonic excursions.</iframe>","isTracking".false,"isMainMedia".false,"source"."Spotify","sourceDomain"."open.spotify.com"}"> ... .

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Today In Hip Hop History: Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold ...

The Source 28 Jun 2023

On this date in 1988, Public Enemy released their second LP It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back following up their debut album, which was released just a little over a year earlier ... and Sabella Studios in NYC. Production was done exclusively by Hank Shocklee and The Bomb Squad ... Check it out! ... .

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When your hype man’s a crackhead: How Public Enemy dealt with Flavor Flav’s addiction

The Grio 14 Jun 2023

While the group’s leader and co-founder Chuck D was preaching to the Black community to do better, the epidemic had infiltrated Public Enemy ... The group’s hype man, Flavor Flav, was a crack addict. Hank Shocklee, Public Enemy’s producer, reveals to Touré, in the latter’s “Being Black ... Hank Shocklee ... Hank Shocklee ... Hank Shocklee ... Hank Shocklee.

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‘Being Black: The ’80s’: De La Soul’s song captures the devastating effects of the crack epidemic

The Grio 08 Jun 2023

OPINION ... Editor’s note. The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio ... P.E.’s producer Hank Shocklee comes through to explain the origins of the song, which goes back to a movie he saw in his childhood — “Night of the Living Dead .” ... I asked Shocklee if they knew that Flav was doing crack ... .

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‘Being Black: The ’80s’ is my new podcast about Black music and politics in the 1980s

The Grio 30 May 2023

OPINION. My new podcast “Being Black. The ’80s” is about Black political issues and music in an incredible decade. Editor’s note ... Read more opinions on theGrio ... King’s daughter Bernice King, De La Soul’s producer Prince Paul, Public Enemy’s producer, Hank Shocklee, Stevie Wonder’s engineers on “Happy Birthday” and Donna Summer’s widower ... .

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Today In Hip Hop History: Public Enemy’s ‘Fear Of A Black Planet’ Was Released 33 ...

The Source 10 Apr 2023

April 10, 1990 was the release date of a cornerstone in hip hop music. Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet ... the Golden Age of Hip Hop ... Bomb Squad producer Hank Shocklee claimed in an interview this year there are still many more samples he’s never spoken of ... The post Today In Hip Hop History ... .

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The timeless innovations of De La Soul, now (finally) available for the streaming generation

The Charlotte Observer 02 Mar 2023

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, "'beautiful' and 'rap' weren't two words that went together." Shocklee would know. As a founding member of Public Enemy's production team, the Bomb ... .

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Public Enemy, De La Soul and the Golden Age of Long Island hip-hop

Newsday 27 Jan 2023

Credit. Newsday/J ... privacy policy ... Meanwhile, DJ crews such as The Concept (featuring Westbury’s Andre "Doctor Dré" Brown, who would go on to host “Yo! MTV Raps Today”) and Spectrum City (which included Chuck D and his future Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee) roamed the region, playing at parties for hire or staging their own events ... ... ....

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DJ, producer and UCSD 'Blacktronika' creator King Britt does it all: 'He's had so much ...

Finger Lakes Times 20 Oct 2022

"His 'Blacktronika ... "It works really well as a Zoom class." ... The list includes everyone from George Clinton, Flying Lotus and Jill Scott to Julian Priester, DJ Pierre, Roots leader Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Hank Shocklee, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as a member of seminal New York hip-hop group Public Enemy ... 29.

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Why DJs make great music producers

The Grio 11 Oct 2022

OPINION ... Editor’s note ... Dr ... “Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee out in Long Island, they were DJing with Spectrum City for many, many years,” said Dan Charnas, New York University professor and author of “Dilla Time.” “That experience gave them the cultural depth, the depth of the library to then go on and create a revolution in sampled music.” ... Dr ... .

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Today in Hip-Hop History: Public Enemy Released ‘Apocalypse ’91…The Enemy Strikes Back’ LP 31 Years Ago

The Source 01 Oct 2022

Drawn from the fictional movies Apocalypse Now and Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, the Bomb Squad produced project was a rush job according to Hank Shocklee, having to re-create the production after the discs from the past five years with album contents were stolen.