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Article: Fight the presets: Public Enemy's Chuck D on the power of hip-hop guitar.(Interview)
- Article from:
- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
- Author:
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CONTROVERSY AND CONFRONTATION ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH PUBLIC ENEMY'S incendiary brand of hip-hop. Devoid of gangsta cliches and pop-rap treacle, the group's full-frontal lyrical and aural assault is designed to challenge social and sonic complacency. Public Enemy's core line-up--iconic rapper, writer, and producer Chuck D, and rappers Flavor Flay and Professor Griff--always infuses its music with charged messages about demolishing social inequity, racism, and government corruption. Most importantly, the group encourages African-Americans to empower themselves, as Malcolm X once said, "by any means necessary."
Musically speaking, Public Enemy represents the hip-hop ...
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