Public Enemy
with Jungle Brothers
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Public Enemy are one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time. Exploding out of Long Island, New York in the early 1980s, their firebrand lyrical assault, the Bomb Squad’s innovative production techniques, and their unmistakeable live performances gave them a formidable reputation. They terrified the establishment, and have continued to blaze a trail over a twenty year period up until the present day. Today, they are more autonomous and as determined as ever, still touring and finding more ingenious ways of distributing their music.
Public Enemy! Join us for an evening with founding members Chuck D, Flavour Flav and Professor Griff, along with DJ Lord, along with a 12 piece band!
Supporting on the day will be the Jungle Brothers. Their amazing embrace of a range of styles -- including house music, Afrocentric philosophy, a James Brown fixation, and of course, the use of jazz samples -- each of which has been the sole basis for the start-up of a rap act. Signed to a major label for 1989's Done by the Forces of Nature, -- hailed by some as an ignored classic -- they predated the jazz-rap innovations of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and they are still going strong.
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