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  :: MVRemix Interviews - Chuck D (Public Enemy) ::
Continuing Public Enemy's revolutionary mentality, Chuck D recently got involved with the MP3 disputes arising - releasing many of his own tracks for free in an effort to show artistry is more important than profit.
Chuck D: Well you know we believe in changing the way artists are governed by their record companies and retail outlets.
Chuck D: Chuck was a nickname of mine and D is my middle initial.
www.mvremix.com /urban/interviews/chuckd.shtml   (661 words)

  
 Giving a bad rap - Tucker - MSNBC.com
CHUCK D: Because when they yell loud enough they're not heard.  I mean, look, if Hoover Dam could stop the raging Colorado River, I'm pretty sure that they could have came along with a strong enough levee system to stop Lake Pontchartrain.
CHUCK D: No, you can't say it's the same thing.  It would be like you just don't acknowledge them and you kind of feel like they are not even there and often fl people in this country feel that, you know, unless our back is up against the wall that we're not acknowledged at all.
CHUCK D: You cannot blame people for coming up with conspiracy theories when they look on television and see that the government is four days late in saving people that are supposed its citizens.
msnbc.msn.com /id/9369408   (841 words)

  
 Wired News: Chuck D Keys on Notes
Chuck D's talk was animated as he peppered his lecture with imitations ranging from Casey Kasem and record label lawyers that were cracking up Flavor Flav, also of Public Enemy, who sat next to him.
Chuck D says he was frustrated that the release date for the BTN 2000 album was repeatedly pushed back, but his distributor at the time -- Polygram -- forced him to take down the tracks, since they owned the rights to the songs.
Chuck D said the recording industry similarly feared the dawn of FM radio, but today the big labels "can't pay a radio station enough to play their shit," he said.
www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,18317,00.html   (855 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - What's ahead for Net, digital entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chuck D: The fact that somebody in the Ukraine could just wake up and fall into their (home) studio and make some kind of material and submit it to a situation that can be heard worldwide — that, to me, is incredible.
Chuck D: The artist Prince — he calls himself Prince again — said it's best to be on top of technology or else it will be on top of you.
Chuck D, a rapper and music entrepreneur, says that after the dust settles from this digital era, the best of the artists will still be around.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2005-05-11-roundtable-usat_x.htm   (3246 words)

  
 hip online: artists: public enemy
Chuck D initially was reluctant, but he eventually developed a concept of a literally revolutionary hip-hop group -- one that would be driven by sonically extreme productions and socially revolutionary politics.
In a notorious statement, Chuck D claimed that rap was "the Black CNN," relating what was happening in the inner city in a way that mainstream media could not project.
Chuck D retired Public Enemy from touring in 1995 as he severed ties with Def Jam, developed his own record label and publishing company, and attempted to re-think Public Enemy.
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/p/public_enemy   (1229 words)

  
 Chuck D Progressive, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chuck D, born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour in Roosevelt, Long Island, in 1960, is Public Enemy's visionary songwriter and rapper.
Chuck D continues to make work that "moves us forward." He now divides his time between working with Public Enemy, collaborating with new artists, hosting a radio show on Air America, and speaking to audiences around the world.
Chuck D: The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1295/is_8_69/ai_n15383880   (948 words)

  
 Chuck D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chuck was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA.
The specific sampling is Chuck D counting of the numbers 1 to 9 from the track Shut Em Down.
Chuck D appeared in an episode of NewsRadio as himself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chuck_D   (905 words)

  
 Chuck D Brings Mobile Power To The People - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chuck D, one of the earliest hip-hop artists and the founder of the group Public Enemy, in 1987, is onto something new.
Chuck D Mobile plans to sell content through a storefront on the Web, but the main goal is to get wireless carriers such as Cingular, Verizon Wireless and Sprint to distribute the service over their networks.
Chuck D says that because the labels are more concerned with selling music they know will positively influence the bottom line, hip-hop gets a bad name.
www.forbes.com /newsletter/2006/04/18/chuckd-mqube-wireless-in_nh_0418unwired_inl.html   (1177 words)

  
 freedomforum.org: Chuck D. talks of hype and hope
Chuck D. NEW YORK —; The driving force behind today's rap music is not the power of the word but the promise of a payoff, says one of the foremost rap artists of his time.
Public Enemy, which Chuck D. co-founded, debuted on Long Island in 1987 and was known for forcing the issues of racism, poverty and class anger to the forefront while bringing hip-hop culture into the mainstream.
Chuck D., whose real name is Carlton Riderhouse, and Flavor Flav, born William Drayton, released hits like "Bring in the Noise" in 1987 and "Fight the Power" in 1989.
www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=13981   (718 words)

  
 VH1.com : Chuck D : Biography - Urge Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As the founder of Public Enemy, Chuck D. is one of the most colossal figures in the history of hip-hop,
Chuck D. was born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour in Roosevelt, Long Island, on August 1, 1960.
There were storms of controversy along the way, most notably Chuck D. 's endorsement of the polarizing Muslim minister Louis Farrakhan, and group member Professor Griff's highly publicized anti-Semitic slurs.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/chuck_d/bio.jhtml   (612 words)

  
 Interview with Chuck D & Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy
Chuck D: Not only were they expensive, but they were limited in what they could do--they could only sample two seconds at a time.
Chuck D: Copyright laws pretty much led people like Dr. Dre to replay the sounds that were on records, then sample musicians imitating those records.
Chuck D: The lawyers didn't seem to differentiate between the craftiness of it and what was blatantly taken.
www.stayfreemagazine.org /archives/20/public_enemy.html   (1896 words)

  
 Chuck D & Lars go head to head on PBS
On Friday (May 12) Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and Metallica's Lars Ulrich went head-to-head debating the Napster controversy on The Charlie Rose Show on PBS.
Chuck D: But there's always gonna be the shadow of technology lurking over entertainment anyway.
Chuck D: I think that there are artists, whether they're in Oslo or the middle of the United States, who can't get signed or probably couldn't get signed because of the limitations of the music business.
www.rapstation.com /promo/lars_vs_chuckd.html   (1996 words)

  
 About Chuck D
"Chuck D is the towering artist of hip hop culture and a leader public intellectual of and for young people.
Chuck has also launched a radio station on the Internet, Bringthenoise.com, and in a landmark move, made Public Enemy the first multi-platinum selling act to release their album via the Web before it was available in retail stores.
Chuck's involvement in the Internet has landed him on the cover of The Net, Wired, Bomb and Yahoo Internet Life magazines, and he was the guest editor of the 1999 year-end issue of Red Herring, one of the tech industry's leading business magazines.
www.rapstation.com /about/people/chuckd.html   (566 words)

  
 Chuck D takes on the artistry of hip-hop
When Chuck D picks up the phone at his New York home, the voice of a generation sounds a little bit fatigued.
The ability to build a career and a life in hip-hop is of paramount importance to Chuck, as is reminding people that hip-hop is a far wider field that most people, or even hip-hop fans, know.
Whether he's developing his artists on Slamjamz or discussing policy and culture on an Austin stage, Chuck D remains a singular figure in hip-hop, independent to the last.
www.austin360.com /music/content/music/stories/2006/04/24chuckd.html   (794 words)

  
 Chuck Norris Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.
Chuck Norris was cold, so he turned the sun up.
www.chucknorrisfacts.com   (292 words)

  
 Chuck D Speaks on Elvis' Legacy @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
NEW YORK (Public Enemy Fans Website) - Public Enemy frontman Chuck D derided Elvis Presley on the group's 1989 anthem "Fight The Power," but it turns out his feelings for Presley are a little more complicated than the song suggests.
Chuck D spoke to Newsday about Presley's legacy for a 25th anniversary story on the singer's death.
As for whether there is a modern-day Elvis, Chuck D points to Eminem.
www.top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=3516   (331 words)

  
 Chuck D interview
Leader Chuck D has never been anything less than outspoken and become not only a spokesman for rap music but for the struggles of African-Americans: his fans wouldn't want him any other way.
Chuck D: Well, in the hip-hop world, 'psychedelic' can mean 'spaced out,' something you really can't put your finger on and say what it is. And that's what we try to do with Poison.
Chuck D: Overall but the rap that we're exposed to is maybe 15% of what's out there.
www.furious.com /perfect/chuckd.html   (2407 words)

  
 Interview w/ Chuck D on Making of 'Revolverlution'
CHUCK D-Right-well, number one, I just think other aspects of music, are revered because they are more organized and Hip-Hop has never been one to organize itself properly.
CHUCK D- Well, we have all our accapellas done over thanks to the idea that you- Davey D made years ago!(laughing)...And we just said that we go one step further.
CHUCK D- DJ Johnny Juice did “Give the People What They Need” & the fact is that Paris went to the Enemy Board on PublicEnemy.com & inquired about being on the album.
www.daveyd.com /Chuckdrevinterviewpt1.html   (1808 words)

  
 Chuck D's Int-y Rap
Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy fame delivered a talk about the new wave of music marketing that sounded eerily like lots of recent speeches on direct marketing in the age of the Web.
Chuck D, an outspoken advocate of Napster, MP3 and future forms of file-swapping, believes music-swapping technology will have the same effect on music that radio did: It will encourage sales.
Chuck D's advice to those who want to rise to the top is sound for any dot-com.
directmag.com /mag/marketing_chuck_ds_inty/index.html   (558 words)

  
 On The Real | Air America Radio |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
From now on- Chuck D and Gia'na open up their amazing phonebooks and give you the innovation of spontaneity, yet still give you the best in talk radio.
Chuck D and Gia Garel chat with Baba Heru, a wonderful singer, songwriter and craftsman of fine jewelry.
Chuck D talks about his adventures in the country of Texas.
shows.airamericaradio.com /onthereal   (719 words)

  
 Rapper Chuck D throws weight behind Napster | CNET News.com
Rapper Chuck D, who has long been one of the industry's most outspoken proponents of MP3 music, said today that he is hosting a song-writing contest on his Rapstation.com Web site, aimed at highlighting how Napster can help musicians.
In recent weeks, musicians Metallica and Dr. Dre have filed their own suits against the company and university students who use the software, saying that swapping their works without pay is the equivalent of theft.
Chuck D is quickly taking on the same role for Napster that he
news.com.com /2100-1023-239917.html   (462 words)

  
 Cosmik Debris Presents: Chuck D
Chuck D went on to describe the battle for the consumers' wallet, but with references the audience could understand.
I couldn't imagine Chuck D and Tupac sharing their Franklin Planners and comparing notes on their Palm Pilots.
Chuck D has a powerful voice and a powerful message.
www.cosmik.com /aa-march00/chuck_d.html   (1622 words)

  
 Chuck D
Chuck D has always believed in the political power of hip-hop.
Most recently D has been working to leverage the power of the hip-hop musical culture to build a political movement and an electoral force.
D also recently dropped a one-world, antiwar anthem he recorded with electronica avatar Moby, slyly titled “MKLVFKWR” (add the vowels!), and has been spreading the progressive gospel as a cohost of the Air America Radio program “Unfiltered.”
www.motherjones.com /arts/qa/2004/09/09_100.html   (1556 words)

  
 Chuck D lays down the law on DRM | CNET News.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
"You've got artists who are just starting out who are understanding that DRM is a way of life," Chuck D said, adding that musicians "understand it doesn't have to be the Pirates of Penzance as it was," a reference to the free-for-all early days of Napster and similar P2P engines.
Chuck D Mobile was launched earlier this year to offer a range of ring tones, videos and other hip-hop-related content for mobile phones.
The venture is not Chuck D's first into digital distribution--his Slamjamz online record label was launched in 1996 and continues to release albums, while his Rapstation.com web portal offers free MP3 downloads.
news.com.com /Chuck+D+lays+down+the+law+on+DRM/2100-1027_3-6117413.html   (574 words)

  
 Chuck D maps music's Net future | CNET News.com
Q&A NEW YORK--No one is happier to see the Web's altering effect on the recording industry than Chuck D, the always outspoken and often incendiary baritone from rap group Public Enemy.
Through this venture, Chuck D will use the Web as his distribution channel as well as for promoting new and existing talent.
CNET News.com caught up with Chuck D at the New York Music and Internet Expo, where he touched on the role he sees the record industry playing down the road, his Creamwerks venture, and the Web's importance for new recording artists.
news.com.com /2100-1023-222765.html   (1322 words)

  
 Chuck D - Moviefone
Ridenhour also contributed (as Chuck D) to several episodes of the PBS...
The specific sampling is Chuck D counting of the numbers 1 to 9 from the track...
Chuck D - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Chuck D Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/chuck-d/392505/main   (146 words)

  
 Salon Technology | No fear of an MP3 planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
If the MP3 movement has a standard bearer, it is Chuck D, the opinionated rapper at the helm of influential hip-hop group Public Enemy.
Wherever there's a mention of the digital music revolution, there is Chuck D explaining how the Net is going to blow apart the music industry.
While Chuck D may be the most visible rap musician to release music online, he's certainly not the only one.
archive.salon.com /tech/feature/1999/06/01/hiphop   (678 words)

  
 Wired News: Rappers in Disharmony on P2P
The Recording Industry Association of America keeps a united front, but LL Cool J and Chuck D candidly shared their opposing views on file sharing and its effect on the industry.
The musicians were invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, which is investigating the effect of peer-to-peer file sharing on the entertainment industry.
Chuck D, leader of Public Enemy, vehemently opposes what the industry is trying to do.
www.wired.com /news/mp3/0,1285,60650,00.html   (842 words)

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