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Public Enemy sounds off with Brother Roger, Brother James I, Terminator X, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, James Bomb,
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HOUSTON — Self-proclaimed
Ph.Ds of modern music, get your de
gree plans out. If they don’t list Rap
202 on them somewhere, then your
education is incomplete, my friends.
Rap shows are a strange and dif
ferent animal that should be a pre
requisite for every enthusiast of
modern music.
Last Sunday, I was belatedly in
doctrinated to live rap (and hip hop)
at the Houston Summit, an exhila
rating experience punctuated by the
excellent seven-act lineup.
Headlining the extravaganza was
the untouchable Chuck D and Public
Enemy. I’ve always enjoyed hard
core shows because that format is
meant to be experienced live, fast
and furious with the belligerent
faithful.
RAP
Musical market’s latest tangy taste
-By JOHN RIGHTER-
Public Enemy’s militancy and in-
your-face energy fits that bill per
fectly. As good as P.E. is on vinyl,
Chuck D and crew are 10 times more
powerful in the flesh, without the
censors or artistic contemplations of
a producer or studio.
Chuck D is a militant. The man
knows where he stands, and he’s
going to make certain that you do
too.
Following the choreographed en
trance of the Navy-attired Sl-Ws
(they would later appear clad in
army fatigues and toting machine
guns), P.E.’s spiritual bodyguards,
Chuck D tore into a furious version
of “Welcome To The Terrordomt
I), sporting his signature Raiders
jacket, kept the intensity high with
heavy renditions of “Bring The Noi
se,” "Rebel Without A Pause,”“Wlio
Stole The Soul?” and the anthemit
“Fight The Power.” While I) was rac
ing across stage and juicing at full
octane, sideman and joker, Flavor
Flav, was busy making sure that the
intensity never boiled over.
The insolent Flav was quick to
reprimand D for dissin’ on his gal
Anita (Baker, who performed at die
Summit the night before), as well as
to poke fun at some of D’s zealous
anger. Flav also added a lifetimes
worth of his trademark “Yeah boy,
even bringing his two children
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Juttin’ For Ya Man,"
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Flav limbo.
The most interestii
,,E.’s set was the ends
creating mass chaos
performance of tli
shortened "Welcome
frordome,” the audi
walked out with th
Inouncement. By the
ished “Terror,” three
crowd had departed.
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Buffeting P.E.’s e
were a host of rap am
formers that represer
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