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Public Enemy

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Celebrate Four Years of Debaser With This Exclusive Boyz n the Hood-Themed Mix

    Editor's note: Ahead of the four-year anniversary of beloved '90s party Debaser, we invited party DJs Jamie Jams and Stab Master Arson to make a mix of some of the songs we can expect to hear at Saturday's party. What follows is their mix and commentary. By JAMIE GUZZI Hip-hop historians note that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Album of the Year: Handicapping the Race for the Best Record of 2011

    It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

  • Music

    August 24, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2011

    Public Enemy: Show Preview

    It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    The Antidote to Watch The Throne: Why We Need Chuck D's "Notice -- Know This"

    Public Enemy's Chuck D​ The luxurious sheen of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne has beamed brilliant over the last couple of weeks of the hip-hop hype cycle. But amongst the chatter marveling at the upscale audacity of it all, there came a sobering and grounded moment just before the al ... More >>

  • Music

    July 27, 2011

    The Cool Kids: Cool with Recording for Mountain Dew

    Public Enemy's Chuck D​ The luxurious sheen of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne has beamed brilliant over the last couple of weeks of the hip-hop hype cycle. But amongst the chatter marveling at the upscale audacity of it all, there came a sobering and grounded moment just before the al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Seasunz on Hip-Hop Activism, Spirituality, and Speaking Klingon

    ​Ashel Eldridge has made the rounds. Otherwise known as Seasunz, Eldridge has emerged as a social and environmental activist, working with groups like Amazon Watch and Project Pink and partnering with Will.i.am to open a youth center in Oakland. And, lest we forget, he also makes music. In ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Happy Meal 2.0: McDonald's to Cut Back on Fries

    Healthier Happy Meal makes S.F. ... happy​San Francisco became the nation's laughingstock -- and Public Enemy No. 1 for children -- when it rolled out the controversial Happy Meal ban. You might recall the epic Daily Show episode where Aasif Mandvi gave the man behind the ban, Supervisor Eric Mar, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Rethinking Tyler, the Creator's Goblin: Why It May Be One of the Year's Best

    ​I know. You're sick of reading about the little shit. So am I. What I couldn't have known during my miserable first run through Goblin is that I wouldn't be sick of listening to it as July approaches. Not by a long shot, not nearly as much as I thought I'd be when I slogged and blogged my way thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    DJ Prince Aries Talks Bay Area Rap, Loving Too $hort, and Why Busta Rhymes Is a Jerk

    Prince Aries​Prince Aries has been a presence in the Bay Area's hip-hop scene for more than a decade now, holding down VJ duties on the Distortion 2 Static show, throwing local rap parties, and now releasing a mixtape that combines exclusive tracks from the Bay's bright new stars like DaVinci ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Public Enemy: Show Preview

    Prince Aries​Prince Aries has been a presence in the Bay Area's hip-hop scene for more than a decade now, holding down VJ duties on the Distortion 2 Static show, throwing local rap parties, and now releasing a mixtape that combines exclusive tracks from the Bay's bright new stars like DaVinci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Vandal Busts Gas Pipe

    Smi23leKicking a gas pipe is not popular these days​Busting a gas pipe for the sheer thrill of destruction might make you a sociopath. But, in the days after a large swath of San Bruno went up in flames -- and every odor of yesterday's barbecue fumes results in a school evacuation -- it could go a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Swam Lake

    Smi23leKicking a gas pipe is not popular these days​Busting a gas pipe for the sheer thrill of destruction might make you a sociopath. But, in the days after a large swath of San Bruno went up in flames -- and every odor of yesterday's barbecue fumes results in a school evacuation -- it could go a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Eric Mar Unleashes on the Happy Meal. But What About Public School Lunches?

    Public Enemy No. 1? ​San Francisco has been abuzz about Supervisor Eric Mar's proposed legislation that would take the toy out of the Happy Meal. Some say it would improve the health of children. Others say it's like, totally socialist. Our online news editor, Joe Eskenazi, found it a little distu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Tomorrow: Speakeasy Turns Lucky 13. Touch the Magic

    phil h./YelpThere'll be a new brew to mark Speakeasy's 2,500th batch.​Even though 21st Amendment didn't go off for its 10th anniversary a few days ago, that doesn't mean fellow SF Brewers Guild member Speakeasy Ales and Lagers won't. Tomorrow, visit the brewers where they work (and bottle) the ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    Kid Koala reimagines heavy rock with the Slew

    phil h./YelpThere'll be a new brew to mark Speakeasy's 2,500th batch.​Even though 21st Amendment didn't go off for its 10th anniversary a few days ago, that doesn't mean fellow SF Brewers Guild member Speakeasy Ales and Lagers won't. Tomorrow, visit the brewers where they work (and bottle) the ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 17, 2009

    "Claire Fontaine: The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers"

    phil h./YelpThere'll be a new brew to mark Speakeasy's 2,500th batch.​Even though 21st Amendment didn't go off for its 10th anniversary a few days ago, that doesn't mean fellow SF Brewers Guild member Speakeasy Ales and Lagers won't. Tomorrow, visit the brewers where they work (and bottle) the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Z-Trip Hypes Obama

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Girl Talk

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2008

    Long Island Rhymes

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Music

    January 30, 2008

    "Meat" Mixes Seared Flesh and an Industrialized Dancefloor

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    Black Power (Pop)

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2007

    Rock the Bells, The Expendables, New Monsoon -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Saturday, August 18

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2007

    LiveFEED: Rock the Bells, 2007!

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    ASD hopes Rock the Bells Brings the Noise

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    For Whom the Bottom Line Tolls

    Hip hop's big Rock the Bells thinkers break free from industry shackles

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2007

    Rock the Bells Rises in SF

    Hip hop's big Rock the Bells thinkers break free from industry shackles

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Goodbye to the Godfather

    RIP James Brown

  • Music

    December 13, 2006

    Charting Hits

    A year on the Public Enemy roller coaster

  • Music

    June 21, 2006

    Various Artists

    Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

  • Music

    May 17, 2006

    Garage punks wryly needle religion; jazz stars skewer Orwellian politics

    Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

  • Music

    May 10, 2006

    Hip hop heroes school the new kids

    Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

  • Home Entertainment

    March 29, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of March 28

    Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

  • Music

    March 8, 2006

    Public Enemy Featuring Paris

    Rebirth of a Nation

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2005

    Step Right Up

    Running away with the circus

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    Mike Patton / The X-ecutioners

    General Patton vs. The X-ecutioners

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    BeatBox

    Mr. Lexicon reminds us that rap can be smart and funny; the crew that produces News Breakz brings the jams; the Last Poets deliver classic agitprop -- and a writing workshop

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    The Free Design

    You Could Be Born Again|Stars/Bubbles/Time/Love

  • Music

    March 24, 2004

    BeatBox

    The DJ that dared to remix Elvis, the man behind the Lazy Dog, and the ninjas that make up Ninja Tune

  • Film

    September 3, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    The DJ that dared to remix Elvis, the man behind the Lazy Dog, and the ninjas that make up Ninja Tune

  • Music

    September 3, 2003

    House of Tudor

    There's something about scary: You'll give your right arm to hear the Phantom Limbs' latest

  • Music

    April 2, 2003

    Beans

    Tomorrow Right Now

  • Music

    November 27, 2002

    Hear This

    Legendary DJ Afrika Bambaataa brings his b-boy esoterica to town

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    DJ Z-Trip & DJ P

    Uneasy Listening, Volume 1 (Self-released)

  • Calendar

    May 16, 2001

    Rapper's Delight

    The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

  • Music

    October 27, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Les Nubians, Andrea Parker, Stereo Total, House of Horror, and Cloyne Court Haunted Hotel

  • Music

    January 13, 1999

    Beats, Rhymes, and Laughs

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    Riff Raff

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    September 20, 1995

    Jazzoetry

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

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