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FUNKMODE - PART FUNKMODE Learn 4 - the PUBLIC info belowFUNKMODE ENEMY and you’re on FUNKMODE your way, yo! FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE As of the FUNKMODE writing FUNKMODE of this lesson, FUNKMODE onlyFUNKMODE a small handful FUNKMODE FUNKMODEof Hip Hop artists FUNKMODE have been voted intoFUNKMODE the prestigious FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODERock and Roll HallFUNKMODE ofFUNKMODE Fame. In this SCHOOL’d FUNKMODE FUNKMODE series, we willFUNKMODE learnFUNKMODE more about FUNKMODE each of these legendary FUNKMODE artists. FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE As popularFUNKMODE and innovative FUNKMODE FUNKMODE as the previous FUNKMODE Hall FUNKMODE of Fame inductees FUNKMODEd FUNKMODE wereby (Run DMC, funkmode FUNKMODE Grandmaster Flash FUNKMODE and the FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEFurious Five, BeastieFUNKMODE FUNKMODE Boys), it is arguable FUNKMODE FUNKMODE that the subjects FUNKMODE ofFUNKMODE today’s lesson, FUNKMODE Public Enemy (PE), madeFUNKMODE the most FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEimportant FUNKMODE music of FUNKMODEthem FUNKMODE all. With songs FUNKMODE like FUNKMODE“Fight the Power”, FUNKMODE “Don’t FUNKMODE Believe the FUNKMODE Hype”, and “911 is aFUNKMODE Joke”, which FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE eachFUNKMODE feature lyricsFUNKMODE expressing FUNKMODE their views FUNKMODE FUNKMODEon social, political FUNKMODE and FUNKMODE economic inequities FUNKMODE and injustice, FUNKMODE PE is known all FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE around the world (they’ve toured in 84 countries) as Hip Hop’s voice of change, personal empowerment and FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEglobal awareness. FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE Like all FUNKMODEgreat stories in HipFUNKMODE Hop,FUNKMODE Public Enemy’s FUNKMODE FUNKMODEorigin can be traced FUNKMODE FUNKMODEback to a battle. FUNKMODE In this case, we have FUNKMODE to go FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEback to 1982, FUNKMODE when Carlton DouglasFUNKMODE FUNKMODE Ridenhour wasFUNKMODE aFUNKMODE student at Adelphi FUNKMODE FUNKMODEUniversity in Long FUNKMODE Island, New York, FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEstudying FUNKMODE graphic design. AtFUNKMODE the University, FUNKMODE Ridenhour FUNKMODE met fellow FUNKMODE Hip FUNKMODE Hop lover Hank FUNKMODE Shocklee, FUNKMODE who worked FUNKMODE as a FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEparty promoter FUNKMODEand DJ. Shocklee FUNKMODE convinced FUNKMODE Ridenhour FUNKMODE toFUNKMODE emcee the parties FUNKMODE FUNKMODEhe was hosting, FUNKMODEallowing him to focus FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEon the FUNKMODE deejaying. Together FUNKMODE they started aFUNKMODE group FUNKMODE called Spectrum FUNKMODE FUNKMODECity and became FUNKMODE known FUNKMODE as one of the FUNKMODE hottest DJ FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEgroups FUNKMODE on Long Island. This FUNKMODE notoriety got FUNKMODE them FUNKMODE recognized by FUNKMODE Bill FUNKMODE Stephney, the programFUNKMODE FUNKMODE director for FUNKMODEWBAU radio, FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE which worked out of Adelphi. Stephney asked Shocklee and Ridenhour to do a Hip Hop radio show for the station FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEon Saturday FUNKMODE nights, which they agreedFUNKMODE to, calling FUNKMODE it theFUNKMODE Super Spectrum FUNKMODE MixxFUNKMODE Show. Good FUNKMODE news FUNKMODE ... it was one ofFUNKMODE the FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODErst ever radio shows FUNKMODE to feature Hip HopFUNKMODE Music. Bad newsFUNKMODE FUNKMODE ... Hip Hop music FUNKMODE was FUNKMODE so new that it FUNKMODEwas FUNKMODE hard to get FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEenough songs FUNKMODE together to ll theFUNKMODE three hour time FUNKMODE slotFUNKMODE they were given FUNKMODE forFUNKMODE the show. However, FUNKMODE FUNKMODE in the true spirit FUNKMODE of FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEHip Hop culture, FUNKMODE Shocklee and Ridenhour FUNKMODE (who started FUNKMODE going FUNKMODE by the on-air FUNKMODE name FUNKMODE “MC Chuckie FUNKMODE D”) FUNKMODE decided to start FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODErecording their FUNKMODE own music and putting FUNKMODE it into rotationFUNKMODE FUNKMODE on the show. “The FUNKMODE originalFUNKMODE Public Enemy FUNKMODE FUNKMODE sound was created FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEon-air. We were FUNKMODEsampling stu, taking FUNKMODE a beat, pausingFUNKMODE it upFUNKMODE and doing a rapFUNKMODE over FUNKMODE it. This was stillFUNKMODE at FUNKMODE a time when FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEmost of the other rap FUNKMODE records were using FUNKMODE a lot of live instruments. FUNKMODE FUNKMODE When we gotFUNKMODE theFUNKMODE choruses, there FUNKMODE wouldFUNKMODE be FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE nothing but scratching … absolutely no instruments … none!”, said Shocklee in a 1991 interview. Three years and FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEhundreds FUNKMODE of homemade songs FUNKMODE later, the two started FUNKMODE becoming really FUNKMODE popularFUNKMODE on the local FUNKMODE scene.FUNKMODE But, of course, FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEpopularity FUNKMODE also brought out the FUNKMODE challengers. Some FUNKMODE tried to battle ChuckieFUNKMODE FUNKMODE D, disrespecting FUNKMODE FUNKMODEhis rhyming skills. FUNKMODE As FUNKMODE a FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEresponse, Shocklee FUNKMODE and Chuckie D createdFUNKMODE what would becomeFUNKMODE their break FUNKMODE throughFUNKMODE song, “Public FUNKMODE FUNKMODE Enemy Number FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE One”.FUNKMODE Shocklee remembers, FUNKMODE “That record FUNKMODEwas the number one FUNKMODE smash hit on WBAU FUNKMODE FUNKMODE for three months FUNKMODE or FUNKMODE so. Out of all FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEthe stu we were FUNKMODE playing, even the FUNKMODE new records that were FUNKMODE coming out, FUNKMODE that FUNKMODE was the number FUNKMODE one FUNKMODE song.” FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE One day, Run DMC FUNKMODEhappened to be at the FUNKMODE radio station when FUNKMODE “Public Enemy FUNKMODE Number FUNKMODE One” was playingFUNKMODE FUNKMODE on André FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE“Doctor Dré” Brown’s FUNKMODE (not the producer FUNKMODE “Dr. Dre”, the “Yo! MTVFUNKMODE Raps” one) FUNKMODEshow FUNKMODE called “The Operating FUNKMODE FUNKMODE Room”. They FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE helped get the song to a very impressed Rick Rubin (who you’ll remember from previous lessons, was founding FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEDef Jam Records FUNKMODE at the time with FUNKMODE Russell Simmons), FUNKMODE who wanted to sign FUNKMODE them to his new FUNKMODE label. FUNKMODE After pursuing FUNKMODE him FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODE FUNKMODEunsuccessfully FUNKMODE for a while FUNKMODE (At 26, Chuck thought FUNKMODE he was too old to FUNKMODE