SUNDAY, AUGUST 15th, 3PM: PUBLIC ENEMY, Blitz The Ambassador, The 7th Octave @ SummerStage!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on 08/15/2010 05:35 am by infoSummerStage is coming to a close, only 3 shows left in the 2010 season {August 21; Sept 21 & 26}
We are super-psyched to be creating with LEGENDARY Public Enemy celebrating the 20th anniversary of their release of Fear of a Black Planet.
Opening up beforehand, Blitz The Ambassador, The 7th Octave!
Ad Hoc Art’s visiting artist on the creative 1′s & 2′s is Kimyon Huggins, painting fiend.
When: Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 3:00PM
The most influential and controversial rap group of the’80’s performs on the 20th anniversary of their seminal album Fear of a Black Planet, with two rising and equally political new comers.
Part of the NY Revolutions series Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap groups of all time. Public Enemy pioneered a variation of rap that was revolutionary. With his powerful, authoritative baritone, co-founder Chuck D rhymed about all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing the Black community, often condoning revolutionary tactics and social activism. In the process, he directed hip-hop toward an explicitly self-aware, Pro-Black consciousness. Musically, Public Enemy were just as revolutionary, creating dense soundscapes that relied on avant-garde cut-and-paste techniques, unrecognizable samples, piercing sirens, relentless beats, and deep funk. It was chaotic and invigorating music, made all the more intoxicating by Chuck D’s forceful vocals and the absurdist raps of his comic foil Flavor Flav. Today, PE celebrates the twentieth anniversary of their classic, influential album Fear of A Black Planet. Ghanaian hip-hop artist Blitz the Ambassador uses rousing horns and clever beats that make him impossible to take lightly. Alongside his band, The Embassy Ensemble, Blitz tests the limits of hip-hop with live instruments and heavily complex, cross-cultural musical exploration. In an age of disposable, cookie cutter acts, The 7th Octave offers up a different musical and lyrical perspective, combining metal riffs and blistering instrumentation with fiery, socially aware lyrics to provoke the minds of the new millennium generation.